Makeshift Theatre in Akron seeks 2 Actors for staged reading this July Auditions via zoom this Saturday June 8th from 12-4. **Paid Opportunity** Play: West Side Waltz Synopsis: Holding out indomitably against advancing age, dwindling finances and failing health, Margaret Mary Elderdice, a widow and former concert pianist, resists the attempts of her violin-playing spinster neighbor, Cara Varnum, to move in with her. While she enjoys playing duets with Cara and gossiping about the other tenants in their upper West Side apartment building, Margaret Mary values her independence above the dubious comforts that the constant presence of the priggish Cara might provide. So Cara is shocked when Margaret Mary engages Robin Bird, a rather kooky young would-be actress, as her paid, live-in companion. Relations between the three are strewn with hilarious pitfalls from the start, with additional comic complications being provided by a malaprop-prone Rumanian building superintendent and an eager young lawyer-suitor whom Robin Bird brings home for dinner. Ultimately things do fall into place, and largely so because of the spirited will of Margaret Mary, who goads the others to rise above their problems, to stake a personal claim on life, and to resist, with all their strength, the infirmities and misfortunes that flesh is heir to. Thompson wrote the teleplay for and directed a CBS production that originally aired on Thanksgiving night in 1995. The cast included Shirley Maclaine, Liza Minnelli, Kathy Bates, Jennifer Grey, Estelle Harris, and Robert Pastorelli. Looking to cast the roles of: Margaret Mary Elderdice (50s-70s) Serge Barrescu (50s) Show dates July 13th and 14th and July 20th and 21st. All performances at 2:00 p.m. Rehearsals and performances will be held at 833 Carroll St in Akron Rehearsal schedule to be determined.-read through the week of June 24th. -two rehearsals the week of July 1st -two to three rehearsals the week of July 8th Email headshot and resume to Director Matthew Wilks at mjw1987@aol.com to schedule your zoom audition. Sent from AOL on Android