ACT Fuddy Meers Sept. 24 & 25 Auditions
Fuddy Meers by David Lindsay-Abaire
Albany Civic Theater
235 2nd Ave, Albany, NY 12209
Directed by Teresa Storti
Auditions Wednesday and Thursday, September 24 and 25 at 7:00pm
Auditions will consist of readings from the script.
Performances are Fri-Sun, December 5-21
Fuddy Meers is a dark comedy in which the central character, Claire, has a rare form of psychogenic amnesia that erases her memory whenever she goes to sleep. Every morning, she wakes up with a blank slate. Every morning her chipper husband shows her a book containing essential information to start her day. This morning, after he leaves the room, a limping, lisping, half blind, half deaf man in a ski mask pops out from under her bed. He claims to be her brother and here to save her, and she’s hustled off to the country home of her mother, a recent stroke victim whose speech has been reduced to gibberish. The journey becomes more complicated when a dimwitted thug with a foul-mouthed hand puppet pops up at a window and her husband and perpetually stoned son show up with a claustrophobic lady-cop they have kidnapped. Every twist and turn in this fun-house plot brings Claire closer to revealing her past life and everything she thought she had forgotten. It’s one harrowing and hilarious turn after another on this roller coaster ride of an amnesiac trying to decipher her fractured life. This poignant and brutal
comedy traces one woman’s attempt to regain her memory while surrounded by a curio-cabinet of alarmingly bizarre characters.
The cast of 7 (and a puppet) includes 3 women and 4 men – all challenging roles for actors.
Ages ranges are approximate and range from teens through 60’s-70’s. All roles are available, and casting will be race-neutral.
CHARACTERS:
CLAIRE – about 40, a generally sunny woman with amnesia.
RICHARD – about 40, a chatty, friendly, sometimes nervous man.
KENNY – 17, a troubled teen.
LIMPING MAN – abut 40, a lisping, limping, half-blind, half-deaf man
with secrets.
GERTIE – 60’s, a clear-headed lady who has had a stroke and can’t speak
properly.
MILLETT – 30’s or 40’s, an odd man with a puppet.
HEIDI – 30’s or 40’s, a tough woman in uniform
Contact the director for more information at tstorti@gmail.com.