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Auditions

AUDITIONS FOR FIGMENTS
by: Billy St. John
directed by: Jack Dugan Carpenter
2/27 & 28

SEEKING 7 Men and 7 WOMEN, Ages mid 20's to early 60's

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS:

The "Real World" Characters:

Rick Jacobs- a playwright with a vivid imagination, suffering from writer's (and life) block, almost 30

Loni Wagner- a book store clerk, Rick's neighbor and destiny, mid 20s

Beatrice "Mama" Jacobs- Rick's overbearing Jewish mother, full of advice and questions, about 60

Matt Santori- Loni's date, muscular and conceited, very "hands-on," around 30

The Figments of Rick's Imagination:

Characters in Rick's (yet to be finished) murder mystery:

Veronica- a beautiful cheating woman, running for her life, screams a lot, 30s

Winston- Veronica's ex-fling, mad with jealousy, has shot David and may shoot Veronica too, late 30s-40s

David- the man Veronica truly loves; dies over and over again, 30s

Louise-Veronica's sister and Winston's wife, tries anything to get him to forget about Veronica, late 30s-40s

The World, In Rick's Mind... Sometimes Idealized, Sometimes Utterly Grotesque:

Rick 2- Rick, but with guts (most of the time), his id and superego, sometimes has a mind of his own

Loni 2- Loni, but without the filter, she is unafraid to express her true feelings for Rick and Matt

Matt 2- Matt, but with all of his bad qualities exaggerated: a muscled buffoon, creep and insect

Mama 2- Mama, but w/all of her bad qualities exaggerated, a torturer, (may be played by a man in drag)

Pop- the ghost of Rick's father, still ruled by Beatrice, he's discovered comedy in the afterlife, 60s

Sarah- Rick's ex girlfriend, driven away by Mama, sultry and idealized in Rick's memory, a noir dame, late 20s

STORY SYNOPSIS:

Rick Jacobs is a playwright with a wild imagination, perhaps too wild! As he attempts to overcome a massive case of writer's block, the audience sees four figments of his imagination play out the opening scene of his next murder mystery. He, and they, are interrupted by the arrival of his neighbor, Loni, with whom Rick is secretly, and helplessly, in love. As Loni tells Rick about Matt, the man she is dating, and his attempts to speed the relationship toward the bedroom, the writer imagines the man as an eight-armed, human spider. Rick also conjures up doubles for himself and Loni, saying to each other the words he'd like them to exchange. The source of Rick's trouble with women, his domineering mother, arrives on the scene (along with her imagined double) carrying a burial urn with Mr. Jacobs' ashes inside. Pop pops in and out of Rick's thoughts (wearing a lifesize urn) to comment on his life with Mama and on the hereafter. Even the image of Rick's former ladylove, Sarah, comes around to encourage him to cut the old apron strings. As Rick's thoughts bounce between his frustrating love life and his play, the real people and the figments of Rick's imagination clash riotously with the fictional characters in his play. They enact their scenes tipsy when Rick has one too many, hung over like Rick the morning after, and even act out the scene as Mama would write it. If you've ever wondered what goes through a playwright's mind, this farcical comedy reveals all, hilariously!

to order a copy of the script visit:

http://www.dramaticpublishing.com/p487/Figments/product_info.html

TO SET UP AN AUDITION APPOINTMENT:

email headshot and resume to auditions@saintsebastianplayers.org for an audition appointment. Please specify which day (2/27 or 28) is best for you and a return email will be sent to you with your assigned audition time.
Please prepare a 90 second monologue for your audition.
NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

We are always accepting resumes
please send headshot and resume to:
auditions@saintsebastianplayers.org

SSP is an all volunteer theater company.

Auditions are held at our theatre at 1625 W. Diversey Pkwy.

in the St. Bonaventure Church building.

Enter from the corner of

the east parking lot.

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We accept headshots and résumés at any time, you may send them electronically to auditons@saintsebastianplayers.org

You may also write us and request to be emailed about auditions as they come up.

SSP General Auditions.

Here is a link to a PerformInk article about auditions.

League of Chicago Theatres - Audition Pages

Why You Should Have 20 Monologues

Checklist for a strong audition

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