Actors Needed for "Lost In Yonkers" Play Audition
Looking to cast males and females for "Lost In Yonkers" project. Please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. About the project: This funny and heartwarming play is by one of America's most acclaimed and beloved playwrights. Neil Simon’s Tony award winner and Pulitzer prize-winning play tells the moving drama about the cruelties and painful memories that scar a family. It is Yonkers, New York, 1942. After the death of their mother, two young brothers are sent to stay with their formidable grandmother for the longest ten months of their lives. Grandmother Kurnitz is a one-woman German front—a refugee and a widow who has steeled her heart against the world. Her coldness and intolerance have crippled her own children: the boys' father has no self-esteem . . . their Aunt Gert has an embarrassing speech impediment . . . their Uncle Louie is a small-time gangster . . . and their Aunt Bella has the mentality of a child. Filled with laughter, tears, and insight, Lost in Yonkers is yet another testament to Neil Simon's talent. Rate: Non-union, Non-paid. Additional info: Callbacks, by invitation only, Tuesday, July 15, 2025; Performance Dates: September 6-27, 2025. Please familiarize yourself with the roles. The audition will comprise of cold readings/monologues from the script. If interested, please apply.
7 roles
(Stage age 13) Younger brother of Jay. If not for the fact that his mother had died and his father is about to leave him and his brother with their very strict grandmother, Arthur would be a typical 13- year-old, inquisitive boy.
(Stage age 16) Older brother of Arthur. Since his mother’s death, Jay has not only been taking care of himself and his younger brother, but also carries the burden of making sure that his father is ok as well.
(Stage age 40’s) Still mourning the loss of his wife, Eddie must find a way to support his two sons. The only option means having to ask his mother to care for his sons while he takes on a traveling sales position. His mother terrifies him.
(Stage age early 30’s) Bright and energetic, emotionally she is almost a young, innocent child. Bella lives with and works for her mother in their candy shop below their apartment. Everyone believes that this is all Bella will ever have but Bella dreams of so much more. Bella is Eddie’s sister.
(Stage age 70’s) She is the strongly opinionated matriarch of the Kurnitz family. She is a “big” woman who walks with a limp and runs her family like her candy store, with great discipline and authority. Grandma Kurnitz needs to speak with a German accent.
(Stage age late 30’s-40’s) Brother to Eddie and Bella. Louie is the black sheep of the family who appears to be involved in – stuff - wink wink. But whatever it is, it has brought him home to hide out for a few nights before leaving again. His mother definitely disapproves of him.
(Stage age late 30’s) Sister to Eddie, Bella and Louie. Aunt Gert suffers from a speech affliction. It causes her to say half of a line with the breath going out and then somewhere in the middle, she seems to need to take in more air which causes her to speak in a higher tone. Appears in Act 2.
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