Auditions – “By The Sea, By The Sea, By The Beautiful Sea…”

Audition Dates:
Sunday, April 27th, 2008 at 7:30pm
and Monday, April 28th, 2008 at 7:30pm

Call Backs:
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 at 7:30pm, as needed and/or

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 at 7:30pm, as needed

Plays and Players Theatre, 3rd Floor
1714 Delancey Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Open auditions for "By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea"...Three one-act plays by Joe Pintauro, Lanford Wilson and Terrence McNally will be held on April 27 & 28 @ 7:30; call backs on April 29/30 @ 7:30, as needed, on the Third Floor at Plays & Players Theatre, 1714 Delancey Place, Philadelphia. Production dates: June 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, & 27. BY THE SEA...is a collection of 3 three-character plays entitled, "Dawn", "Day" and "Dusk". The same 3 actors will play a role in each of the different plays. Director Peggy Connolly needs 1M & 2W (30-40s). Please visit www.PlaysAndPlayers.org for character break downs, etc. Auditions will be cold readings from sides. Actors will receive a small stipend. Please contact the director for more information at: pmcon@comcast.net

“By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea…”

Three one-act plays by Joe Pintauro, Lanford Wilson and Terrence McNally

"…an evening of thoughtful, provocative plays that share an exploration of relationships, love and lust." - NY Newsday

Performances:

Thursday, June 19th at 8pm - Preview Performance

Friday, June 20th at 8pm - Opening Night Performance & Party

Sunday, June 22nd at 3pm - Brunch Special & Performance (stay tuned for more details)

Monday, June 23rd at 8pm - Industry Night Performance ($10 tickets for Industry members)

Wednesday, June 25th at 8pm - Benefit Performance (stay tuned for more details)

Thursday, June 26th at 8pm - Dinner Special & Performance (stay tuned for more details)

Friday, June 27th at 8pm - Closing Night Performance & Party

The Stories: The opening play is Mr. Pintauro's DAWN: Quentin and his sister Veronica, together with his wife Pat, gather at the beach to scatter their mother's ashes. The act itself is a closure of sorts, but it stirs up conflicts between the three as marital wounds and sibling rivalries never dealt with are finally confronted. Mr. Wilson's DAY takes a playful look at Ace, a local gardener who goes to the beach on his lunch hour and runs into Macy, a sexpot yuppie (complete with a chic beach umbrella and laptop computer). Macy seduces Ace into applying her tanning lotion, but then the gardener's nutty girlfriend arrives to give them all a run for their money. Mr. McNally's DUSK focuses on Willy, a hunk at the beach, and the two women, Dana and Marsha, who would do anything to have him. We discover that all three suffer from their own personal prisons from which they need to escape, and luckily they seem to have found the right place and time to do so.

Character Breakdowns:

“DAWN”

Quentin or "Q" - A male, 40ish, clean cut lawyer, slick and witty with upper class aura, but tough and angry underneath.

Veronica or "Ronnie" - Q's sister, also 40ish, has a defensive sophisticated wit but is actually an angel who resorts to cruelty out of nervous desperation and loneliness.

Pat - Q's wife is a high functioning, highly moral practicing Buddhist who feels somewhat superior to her in-laws.

“DAWN”

Ace - In his thirties, a gardener and fisherman, soft spoken, shy and only moderately literate.

Bill - Ace's girlfriend, in her thirties rebelling against her wealthy upper class roots, strung out on booze and drugs, loud and prone to profanity.

Macy - Also in her thirties, is a writer, yuppie "sex pot," cunning and manipulative.

“DUSK”

Willy - In his thirties is a toned sexy "hunk" who has all the answers - the lifeguard who tries to rescue two women from their lives.

Marsha and Dana - Both are lonely women in their thirties needing comfort and friendship..

All Actors must be comfortable wearing swim suits, but no nudity.

The stipend will be a small amount meant as a gesture to the actors to compensate for gas, parking, etc. If this is your main concern, then this maynot be the job for you.

All interested in auditioning please send headshots and resumes to pmcon@comcast.net

Rehearsals to start in May - with a break over Memorial Day Weekend.