Actors Required for "The Cemetery Club" Play
Directors are in need of talent for "The Cemetery Club" play. Please, see the details below. About the play: Three friends, Doris, Lucille, and Ida, from the same Jewish community, have become widows within the past few years. Once a week, they gather to visit their husbands' graves and meet at a deli afterward to talk about their lives. One day they bump into their butcher, Sam, who is visiting his deceased wife's grave at the cemetery. Ida and Sam fall for each other, but the budding romance comes under fire from some unexpected sources. Additional information: Performances of this play will be over the two weekends of May 3 to 12, 2024 with 3 evening shows on May 3, 10, and 11, a dinner show on May 4, a matinee on May 5, and a special Mother’s Day brunch on May 12. Callbacks will take place on December 13 from 7 to 9 also in the Fred A Room. You are asked to be prepared to read scenes from the play in character. Rehearsals will start in January and be up to 3 times a week. Please, see the attachments.
5 roles
IDA is the peacemaker among the three friends, the thoughtful one. She loved her husband and misses him dearly, but is coming to the realization that she is open to the idea of moving on with her life and the possibility of finding love again.
LUCILLE is the flamboyant one. She has a real zest for life. She appears to have fully recovered from the death of her husband, dating often. She enjoys having a broad social life and has a flirtatious energy.
DORIS was a devoted wife, content to have loved her husband well and seeks nothing more than simply to go on mourning his loss. Doris sees life one way and she cannot understand that any of her friends could think differently.
SAM is a widower who meets the ladies during one of their cemetery visits. Ida knows him as the local butcher and has been a customer. He and Ida develop a romantic relationship. Sam had a good marriage. He believes he SHOULD move on but is unsure about doing that.
MILDRED is a glamorous and slightly younger widow; Sam's unexpected date to the wedding of a mutual friend. Mildred is oblivious to the “story” that she is stepping into when she appears with Sam at Ida’s house. (This is a small role.)
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