The Two Of Us Productions, the award winning theater company based in Columbia County NY, is pleased to announce auditions for It’s Only A Play by Terrence McNally. Performances are May 10th through 19th, 2024 at the Claverack Library’s Marilyn & Bob Laurie Gallery.
Auditions will be held on:
- Audition: Saturday Feb. 17th at 2pm
- Audition: Friday Feb. 23rd at 7pm
- Audition & Callbacks: Saturday Feb. 24th at 2pm
All auditions are held at the Community Hall of the Reformed Dutch Church, 88 Route 9H in Claverack NY.
- All roles are available.
- Sides will be provided at the audition.
- For more information or to get the sides in advance please write the director at StephenSanbornPhD@gmail.com
Synopsis – It’s the opening night of The Golden Egg on Broadway, and the wealthy producer Julia Budder is throwing a lavish party in her lavish Manhattan townhouse. Downstairs the celebrities are pouring in, but the real action is upstairs in the bedroom, where a group of insiders have staked themselves out to await the reviews. The group includes the excitable playwright; the possibly unstable wunderkind director; the pill-popping leading lady, treading the boards after becoming infamous in Hollywood; and the playwright’s best friend, for whom the play was written but who passed up this production for a television series. Add to this a drama critic who’s panned the playwright in the past and a new-in-town aspiring singer, and you have a prime recipe for the narcissism, ambition, childishness, and just plain irrationality that infuse the theatre—and for comedy. But don’t worry: This play is sure to be the hit they have all been hoping for.
Roles:
PETER AUSTIN – The playwright. Everything is riding on tonight’s Broadway opening.
JULIA BUDDER – The producer. Attractive and genuinely nice.
IRA DREW – The critic. Wears glasses and has good stains on his tie.
FRANK FINGER – The director. Soon to be knighted.
VIRGINIA NOYES – The star. She has an electronic bracelet on her ankle.
JAMES WICKER – The best friend. He used to be a stage actor.
GUS P. HEAD – Temporary help. Fresh off of the farm.