Harbor Lights Theater Company Announces Auditions for
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY
By Joe Landry
December 6-22 at Veterans Memorial Hall
Auditions on Friday, October 25th
October, 2013….. The Harbor Lights Theater Company is presenting It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, by Joe Landry, for the holiday season.
Auditions for the show are being held on Friday, October 25th from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30
p.m.in Manhattan.
The play is being directed by Stephen Nachamie and the producers are Tamara Jenkins & Jay Montgomery with Beth Gittleman as the Associate Producer.
It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, is performed as a 1940's live radio broadcast in front of a studio audience. Five actors perform the dozens of characters in the radio play. This fresh, award-winning interpretation is fast becoming America’s favorite holiday tradition. Backstage.com said It’s A Wonderful Life has “emotional potency,” and the New York Times said the show “triumphantly earns it wings.” The script is an adaptation of the beloved Frank Capra film by Joe Landry, whose other works include Reefer Madness, Vintage Hitchcock, and Hollywood Babylon.
Director Stephen Nachamie (Foreverman in the NYMTF, Luck at The York with Faith Prince) returns to Harbor Lights after directing the hilarious I Hate Hamlet in 2010.
It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play runs December 6th -- 22nd at the Veterans Memorial Hall on the grounds of Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Gardens with 12 performances.
Harbor Lights is seeking equity and non-Equity actors: 3 men and 2 women. Some play multiple characters. Bring picture and resume, stapled together. Sides will be provided at the audition.
Breakdown
Freddie Fillmore:
Plays Announcer, Potter, Gower, Old Man, Bridge Keeper, etc.
Jake Laurents:
Plays George Bailey
Sally Applewhite:
Plays Mary Hatch
Lana Sherwood:
Plays Violet, Rose Bailey, Mrs. Thompson, Zuzu, Janie etc.
Harry “Jazzbo” Heywood:
Plays Harry, Clarence, Sam Wainwright, Sheriff etc.
This is an Equity Principal Audition (NON EQUITY PERFORMERS WILL BE SEEN AS TIME ALLOWS.
WE WILL BE CASTING FROM THE CALL. ONE ROLE WILL BE CAST NON EQUITY.)
The Auditions are taking place at Ripley-Grier 520 (must show government photo ID to enter building). The address is 520 8th Avenue (between 36th and 37th) in Manhattan, 16th floor. Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend. Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions. Rehearsals for the show will be from November 19th through December 5th.
For further information contact Harbor Lights at
718-273-7516.
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