Actors Wanted for "Death by Dessert" Show
The company is holding auditions for "Death by Dessert" Show and looking for performers, please see the details below ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Additional info: "Death by Dessert" is a play featuring a feud between two Italian families, the Donneduccis and the Duccedonnis, who own competing restaurants in Little Italy. The play involves a murder, with the victim being the building's landlord. Key characters include passionate chefs, bumbling wait staff, and the victim's family, including a mobster grandfather. The play unfolds as a flashback, narrated by the victim, and involves audience participation. Additional info: Come prepared to do a cold read. Show goes up Sept. 6 and 7. Please apply if interested.
10 roles
The landlord of the building which houses two feuding restaurants in New York’s little Italy. A tough Brooklynite, she narrates the story of her own murder, posthumously.
The owner of “Donnaducce’s Restaurant.” He is a joyful, fatherly man who lives for food. With his thick Italian accent and pressed suit, he comes across like a mob boss
The owner of “Duccedonni’s Restaurant” Doesn’t take any lip and plays mother to everyone around her. Don gets under her skin.
The chef at “Donnaducce’s,” he is a New Yorker with a short temper, passionate about nothing in life so much as the art of cooking.
A down-to-earth young Romeo who has just been hired and fails to see the importance of the feud. Falls for the busgirl of the competing restaurant.
A down-to-earth young Juliet who has just been hired and fails to see the importance of the feud. Falls for the busboy of the competing restaurant
Don’s two idiot henchmen. technically, they’re waiters in his restaurant, but they do any dirty work he asks them to - usually badly
Two idiotic girls who work for Donna.Technically, they’re waitresses, but they act more like mobsters’ girlfriends
Pantomime characters who act out a flashback at the play’s conclusion
Staff who serve the audience dinner and also interact with them on stage. The play allows for these roles to be consolidated if desired.
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