Actors Needed for "Grandma Sylvia's Funeral" Play Audition
Auditions for "Grandma Sylvia's Funeral" play. Actors wanted. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. See the details below. About the project: "Grandma Sylvia's Funeral" - the same kind of interactive theater experience as "Tony N' Tina's Wedding" puts the audience in the center of the action among 21 actors. The audience is both observer and participant in this highly improvisational and fun story of a Jewish funeral gone wrong. Grandma Sylvia has died.... hit by a garbage truck. Her bereaved family comes together in an uproarious fashion, as the mourners (the audience) at Grandma's funeral are treated to fond remembrances, biographical anecdotes, shameless bickering, and vaudeville-like turns with the dearly departed's friends and family. This piece is full of raucous comedy, and wacky and engaging characters! Additional info: Bring resume and headshot if you have one. Callbacks: February 26. Rehearsals: see the attachment. Show dates: May 29, 30, 31 and June 1 If you are interested, please apply.
15 roles
Nice Jewish boy. His Father is Jerry and his brother is Todd. Goes to pick up the coffin after the hearse breaks down. Trying to make it as a singer.
New age earth "mother" to Gary and Todd, fiancee to Jerry. Used to work as a high-end prostitute. Trying to have a child with Jerry. Takes "Sacred Sexuality Workshops".
Has a very cocky attitude, sexually compulsive. His Father is Jerry and his brother is Gary. Goes to pick up the coffin after the hearse breaks down. Likes to hit on women and do drugs.
Tough ex-cop. Father to Todd and Gary. His fiancee is Natalie. Trying to have a daughter with Natalie. Once had a one-night fling with Marlena. First wife is in a mental hospital. He dislikes Uncle Dave. He also is a philanderer .
Transgender. Sister to Gary and Todd and daughter of Jerry. Once had a lesbian affair with Dori. Uncle Dave paid for her operation.
Pretty, tough, Brooklyn Street chic. Likes flirting with men and asking women about their jewelry. In a relationship with Fredo Iannuzzi and pregnant with his child. Thinks Helen may have taken Grandma Sylvis's jewelry out of the coffin. Sister to skyBoy and Mark. Has had drug problems, and shop lifting issues. Has many boyfriends.
Gay, performance artist with no talent, out to lunch. He is a total bohemian, grandson of Grandma Sylvia, brother to Mark and Dori. Will be doing a performance art piece during the funeral.
Slow, dopey, type. Works for Helga at the mortuary, his sister is Dori and he is always showing baby pictures of her. Very hysterical when the coffin arrives.
'B*tch goddess.' Make-up artist. Married to Harvey. Likes to give Dori push up bras and hooked on phonics. May have a "cadaver consultant" job for Vlad on her next movie. Picks on Natalie and reminds her, she is not family. Very bossy. Insists on fixing Grandma Sylvia's makeup when she is in the coffin. Dori introduced her to Harvey. Had a fling with Jerry many years ago.
Nebbish 'whipped' husband. Born-again Jew. Married to Marlena and often has headaches. He makes numerous accusations against Helen that she stole $2000.00 and slept with all of the Grossman men. His wife thinks his face looks like a vagina. Former air traffic controller, father to Melissa and Risa.
ACLU attorney. Married to Byron. Must play a musical instrument preferably a violin. She is very distraught. Attended Yale Law School. Has a bad relationship with her stepmother Marlena. Sister to Risa, daughter to Harvey .
Doctor. Married to Melissa. Treated Grandma Sylvia at the Hospital. Comforts Melissa when she is upset. Vey attentive to other's needs. Has been married to Melissa for three months.
Beautiful and pampered Jewish 'Princess'. Married to Fredo, she doesn't like that he cheats on her but accepts his explanations for everything. Sister to Melissa, daughter to Harvey.
Tough, handsome Italian. Married to Risa, and a real philanderer. Having an affair with Dori Grossman. Wannabe mafia. Has a marble business, his first family lives in Italy.
Rich, kvetchy, kibitzer. Is Sylvia's baby brother. Dating Elsie Duey, used to pay for all of Grandma Sylivia's cruises until Elsie came into the picture. Very social. Very wealthy and gives money to a lot of the family.
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