Twin Masks Performing Arts Center announces auditions for After-Play, written by Anne Meara Directed by D. Keith Stiver Auditions will be held on Sunday, July 15, at 6 PM, and Monday, July 16, at 7 PM. Monologues are welcome, but not required. Readings will be done from the script. Perusal scripts (2) available at The Twinsburg Public Library - Reference Desk - you will need to leave your Driver’s License or some form of ID at the Reference Desk while you read play at the Library - Library is located at 10050 Ravenna Road, Twinsburg, OH 44087 <https://maps.google.com/?q=10050+Ravenna+Road,+Twinsburg,+OH+%C2%A044087&entry=gmail&source=g>, tel. 330-425-4268; http://www.twinsburglibrary.org/ Auditions will be held at The First Congregational Church of Twinsburg 9050 Church Street <https://maps.google.com/?q=9050+Church+Street+Twinsburg,+OH+%C2%A044087&entry=gmail&source=g> Twinsburg, OH 44087 <https://maps.google.com/?q=9050+Church+Street+Twinsburg,+OH+%C2%A044087&entry=gmail&source=g> PLEASE PARK IN THE LOT BEHIND THE CHURCH AND ENTER THROUGH THE BACK DOOR - THERE WILL BE SIGNS DIRECTING YOU TO THE AUDITION SPACE All characters are in their very late 40s, or older. 4 men, 3 women. THE STORY: Set in the newest "in" Manhattan restaurant, the play opens with an ethereal waiter preparing for the arrival of a party of four. Just as the two couples are about to enter, it magically begins to snow making the night perfect for a cozy after-theater supper. The two middle-aged couples, Marty and Terry, and Renee and Phil, old friends reuniting after three years, have just seen a new Broadway play. Shedding the formality of the theater, the four friends settle into the comfort of the restaurant, order cocktails and begin to reacquaint themselves. The years and distance separating them have changed them more than they thought. Discussing the play and playing catch-up leads to little arguments and major differences of opinion. More drinks are ordered and apologies ease the way into dinner over which are discussed sex, the wearing of fur, matters of health and problems with their children. Time and distance aside, these couples know each other very well and will always be close friends. A third couple, Emily and Matt, acquaintances of Marty and Terry, stop by the table to say hello. After introductions, they are convinced to stay for a nightcap even though Emily has already had too much to drink. The nightcap sends her over the edge, and when the recent tragic death of her son is brought up, the uncomfortable situation is made worse. Emily makes a drunken, public spectacle of herself, forcing Matt to all but carry her out of the restaurant. The ugliness of the moment is not lost on Marty, Terry, Renee and Phil, all of whom are deeply affected. Having shared painful secrets and made new discoveries about one another, the four put their disagreements and arguments behind them and forge ahead in friendship until next time. Perhaps best known as half of the comedy team, Stiller and Meara, the highly respected actress Anne Meara's playwriting debut transferred from Manhattan Theatre Club to a successful Off-Broadway run. "…Meara…has written an astonishingly strong first play…Think Edward Albee and maybe Shecky Greene filtered through the sensibility of an observant woman on her way to psychological perfect pitch…No joke. Meara is a find." —NY Newsday. "…there is a solidity to Meara's writing that a lot of theatre writing lacks. That makes this an unusually entertaining evening." —NY Daily News. For further information you may visit our website, www.twinmasks.org; tel. 330-888-3211; email: claudia@twinmasks.org. Twin Masks Performing Arts Center (TMPAC) is a proud member of the Twinsburg Chamber of Commerce, Twinsburg Historical Society and the Ohio Community Theatre Association (OCTA). TMPAC is located in the heart of Twinsburg, right on the square, in between The Silent Mind and Laundromat, at 9076 Church Street, Suite 2 <https://maps.google.com/?q=9076+Church+Street,+Suite+2&entry=gmail&source=g> and 3, Twinsburg, OH 44087. TMPAC is a registered 501c3 non profit entity.