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Six diverse but equally hysterical one-act comedies, by David Ives! All are witty, romantic, a bit absurd but promise a existentially-minded evening of theatre!
Sure Thing. Two people meet in a café and find their way through a conversational minefield as an offstage bell interrupts their false starts, gaffes, and faux pas on the way to falling in love. (1 man, 1 woman.)
Words, Words, Words recalls the philosophical adage that three monkeys typing into infinity will sooner or later produce Hamlet and asks: What would monkeys talk about at their typewriters? (2 men, 1 woman.)
The Universal Language brings together Dawn, a young woman with a stutter, and Don, the creator and teacher of Unamunda, a wild comic language. Their lesson sends them off into a dazzling display of hysterical verbal pyrotechnics—and, of course, true love. (2 men, 1 woman.)
Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread is a parodic musical vignette in trademark Glassian style, with the celebrated composer having a moment of existential crisis in a bakery. (2 men, 2 women.)
The Philadelphia presents a young man in a restaurant who has fallen into “a Philadelphia,” a Twilight Zone-like state in which he cannot get anything he asks for. (2 men, 1 woman.)
Variations on the Death of Trotsky shows us the Russian revolutionary on the day of his demise, desperately trying to cope with the mountain-climber’s axe he’s discovered in his head. (2 men, 1 woman.)
The characters:
Betty – Woman in café
Bill – Man who begins conversation with woman in café
Dawn – Student with stutter
Don – Creator and teacher of Unamunda language
Swift – Male monkey at typewriter
Milton – Male monkey at typewriter
Kafka – Female monkey at typewriter
Mark – At café with Al
Al – At café with Mark
Waitress – Taking Al & Mark’s orders at café
Baker – Likes bread
1st Woman – Bakery Patron
2nd Woman – Bakery Patron
Phillip Glass – Composer
Leon Trotsky – Russian Revolutionary
Mrs. Trotsky – Leon’s wife
Ramon Mercader – Assassin
IF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP FOR EITHER NIGHT OF AUDITIONS PLEASE FILL OUT THIS AUDITION FORM AND BRING IT WITH YOU! Audition Form
The goal is to have a unique actor for each role – but we are pragmatic as may need to double roles and have more actors on stage without lines at times. Actors will be moving basic and generic set pieces in between each play.
Please use Signup Genius if you plan to audition. No specific slots. Just which night you plan to audition.
Readings will be from the script with a few fun articles!
SIDES FOR AUDITIONS:
https://qptheater.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Words-Words-words.pdf
https://qptheater.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Sure-Thing.pdf
https://qptheater.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Philadelphia.pdf
https://qptheater.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-universal-Language.pdf
https://qptheater.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Variations-on-the-death-of-Trotsky.pdf
If you have any questions please contact [email protected]
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