GreenMan Seeks to Round Up Actors for
"How the West Was Done In"
Auditions for GreenMan's original play "How the West Was Done In" by Carolyn Thomas-Davidoff and Carl Zeitler will be held on Sunday December 11 at 2 PM and Monday December 12 at 7 PM.
This interactive murder-mystery with singing and dancing is part of an annual fundraising production series for GreenMan, performed as a dinner theater event at Angelo's Ristorante in Elmhurst.
The production will run 5 performances: Feb. 17-18-24-25-26, 2012.
Auditions will be held at First United Methodist Church at 232 S. York in Elmhurst.
Appointments are not required to audition. Auditions consist of cold readings from the script. There are roles for 6 men and 6 women. You do not have to sing to audition. If you are auditioning as a singer, have a song of your choice prepared. Bring a CD if you want music to accompany the song or you may sing it without music.
Carolyn Thomas-Davidoff will be directing the production.
For more information, please call 630-464-2646.
"How the West Was Done In" takes place on a Hollywood movie studio in the 1960's as a film crew rehearses a cast for the studio's latest western. An eclectic cast of characters emerge as actors become their movie counterparts. The play sends up many classic western movies as well as the Hollywood system itself. One of the characters ends up dead, and everyone else is a suspect. Actors interact with audience members as they try to see if they can decide who guilty party is.
"How the West Was Done In" takes place on a Hollywood movie studio in the 1960's as a film crew rehearses a cast for the studio's latest western. An eclectic cast of characters emerge as actors become their movie counterparts. The play sends up many classic western movies as well as the Hollywood system itself. One of the characters ends up dead, and everyone else is a suspect. Actors interact with audience members as they try to see if they can decide who guilty party is.
Characters
6 WomenTessa: A young, put upon production assistant on a Hollywood western film shoot
Claudia Moore (Ginger La Rue): Claudia is a veteran Hollywood actress who’s seen it all playing Ginger, the owner of a saloon
Vanessa D’Orsay (Frenchy): Vanessa has been Claudia’s rival for years playing Frenchy, a saloon singer/dancer
Tiffany Thompson (Hallie)/Agnes Novak: Tiffany is an up and coming star playing Hallie, a recently married schoolmarm. Agnes is a Hollywood Homicide Detective.
Frances: A screenwriter looking for her big break
Phyllis Everett (Marian): Phyllis is a Hollywood actress who has been in several recent box office failures playing Marian, a woman looking to strike it rich with a gold mine
6 Men
Buck Albright: A macho, hard-bitten, veteran movie director
Victor Lord (Hiram Kent): A veteran Hollywood character actor playing Kent, a corrupt official of a western town
Steve Manchester (Ostrich Hendershot): A young Hollywood actor much taken with the Method style of acting playing Ostrich, a drunken one-eyed lawman
Tony Sanders (Dexterity Balance): A timid new actor to Hollywood playing Dexterity, a notorious gunman
John Casey (Marshall Bill Able): Movie star of many westerns playing Bill Able, the straight-laced hero of the film
James: The technical supervisor of the film production
