Theater Casting Call for "Rough Crossing" Play
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. Searching for performers to portray roles in "Rough Crossing" play. Please, see the details below. About the play: "Rough Crossing" follows two famous playwrights, Sandor Turai and Alex Gal, who are travelling on an ocean liner (the SS Italian Castle) to New York to debut their new musical; everything is going to be perfect if they can only finish their musical, avoid broken hearts, survive a storm and maybe, just maybe, there will be time for a cognac. Additional information: Please arrive on time for check-in, administration, and incidentals. Auditions are by appointment only. Rehearsal will begin on Wednesday June 17th for a table reading and then run Sunday 1-4 pm as well as Tuesday and Thursday 7-10 pm. Some changes or additional rehearsals may occur during the course of the production schedule. Performance dates are September 9-12 & 15-19, 2026 (matinee September 13). All shows with the exception of the matinee will start at 7:30 p.m, matinee at 2:30 pm. If you're interested, please apply.
6 role s
A playwright, the literary half of a 20 year collaboration with Gal. “Turai has no genius, he can write a bit, unfortunately writes a lot”. He’s pretentious, manipulative, the dominant player in the struggle to finish both the play and the production in the 4 1/2 days of the Atlantic crossing.
Also a writer. The practical half of the collaboration with Turai. “Gal has no genius either, economy of expression is Gal’s gift”. Gal is an antidote to Turai’s, more florid literary flights. Sometimes treated by Turai as a dogsbody.
A gifted but naive young composer and pianist, engaged to and infatuated with his muse, Natasha. His unusual speech impediment gets in the way of his artistic career.
An experienced leading actress/singer, engaged to Adam who calls her his “Madonna”. That this is an ingredient of her attraction to him may imply something of an un-madonna-like past. She carries the three main songs of the show.
A ship’s steward and in theatrical terms a “fifth business”. Uncanny knowledge of events unknown to others and an ability to turn any situation or language to his own advantage.
Aging, fading romantic star of musical theater, unhappily married to “Piranha” whom we are left to imagine. Desperately trying to recapture something of his youth, which, as it happens, included a brief dalliance with Natasha with whom he would like to dally again. Possibly English. None too bright.
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