*Beck Center will hold auditions for Conor McPherson's SHINING CITY on Monday, Nov. 9th and Tuesday, Nov. 10th. Auditions are by appointment only and slots begin at 7:30PM each evening. Please secure your audition time by calling the Beck Center Box Office at 216-521-2540 x10.* *Actors have the option of preparing a memorized 60 to 90 second monologue OR they can read a provided cutting from the script.* *Director Bernadette Clemens is looking to fill the following roles.....* *Character descriptions:* *JOHN* - *This role is cast*.(Robert Hawkes) *IAN* - 40s male, sharp, professional, has waged many battles within, outwardly gentle, searches to know himself better and often falls short of that goal, or thinks he does. *NEASA* - 30s female, smart, confident, abrupt, hard-working, strong, stubborn, no-nonsense, self-righteous and battle-ready when need be. *LAURENCE* - 20s-early 30s, male, professional escort/prostitute, easygoing, curious, fit, hyperactive or nervous, transient. One to two AEA contracts are available for this production. All non Equity actors receive a stipend for their participation. *SHINING CITY* performs in Beck intimate Studio Theatre. Run dates are Fri/Sat/Sun from April 1st to May 1st. Rehearsals will begin in late Feb., 2016. =========================================== *Shining City* is a play by Conor McPherson <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conor_McPherson>, set in Dublin <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin> which was first performed in London's West End at the Royal Court Theatre <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Court_Theatre> in June 2004. It is a ghost story recounting the visits of a widower to a therapist, claiming he has seen his dead wife in their house. The therapist has his own problems and the play charts the parallel trajectories of the two men in their struggle to understand what's happening. It opened on Broadway at Biltmore Theatre <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biltmore_Theatre> on May 9, 2006, and was nominated for two Tony Awards, including Best Play The New York Times critic Ben Brantley described it as a "Quiet, haunting and absolutely glorious new play... Shining City is as close to perfection as contemporary playwriting gets"