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THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO
by Alfred Uhry
Date: September 17 - 18.
Time: Tuesday and Wednesday, 6:30 – 9:30 pm. Ten minute spots by appointment.
Where: Genesis Creative Collective. 1507 Wilshire Blvd. On the campus of Genesis Presbyterian Church.
Needed: No prepared monologue. Sides will be performed and sent before your audition date. Please be familiar with the show and characters, and plan to stay a few minutes after your time as you may audition with others. Please bring headshot and resume.
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This is an open call to all actors. Actors of any race, sexuality orientation, gender expression, ability, and age are encouraged to audition. Casting all roles.
Show dates November 8 - 24 with rehearsals beginning in October. Directed by guest director Payton Trahan.
Alfred Uhry’s Tony Award winning play tells the story of the Freitag family. December 1939. Gone with the Wind is having its world premiere, and Hitler is invading Poland, but Atlanta’s elitist German Jews are much more concerned with who is going to Ballyhoo, the social event of the season. Prejudice, acceptance, and heartache stand in the way as the family gets pulled apart and then mended together with plenty of comedy, romance, and revelations. Ballyhoo takes several unexpected turns as the characters face where they come from and are forced to deal with who they really are.
Characters:
Lala Levy - 20s. Excitable, awkward, and a little immature. She lives in a dream world.
Reba Freitag - 40s-60s. Gentle, quietly observant but capable of sudden dizzy and hilarious outbursts.
Boo Levy - 40-60s. Fussy, controlling, and slightly sarcastic. Obsessed with status, she is the driving force of the play's anti-semitism.
Adolph Freitag - 40s-60s. Nice, down to earth, sentimental guy with a dry sense of humor. Adores Sunny, but has little patience for Lala.
Joe Farkas - 20s. Adolph's business assistant from New York. Finds an intellectual match in Sunny. Challenges the family to reassess their ideas of identity
Sunny Freitag - 20s. Junior at Wellesley College. Struggles with her Jewish identity.
Peachy Weil - 20s. Brash, obnoxious, and outspoken. Frat boy type. Finds a match in Lala. Red hair.
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