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Kong's Night Out

Audition Dates

Tuesday, March 12th,

and

Wednesday, March 13th, at 7:00 PM

At SVP Theatre

Synopsis: Myron Siegel is a hapless producer whose latest Broadway show, Foxy Felicia, is being sabotaged by his archrival, who will go to any lengths to out-do Myron. What does this have to do with King Kong? You’ll have to come to this screwball comedy to find out!

Performance Dates: June 7th- 23rd

Call backs, if necessary, TBA

Produced by: Emily M. Muller & Cynthia Stetz

Directed by: Michael Schuller

The Director is seeking the following:

5 Adult Males (20's-70's)

4 Adult Females (20's-70's)

Character Gender/Age Range Description

Myron Siegel (Male 40s) Energized, determined. Broadway producer with a long list of failures.

Sally Charmaine (Female 60+) Brash, blunt, sarcastic. Myron’s mother.

Bertrille Siegel (Female 30s/40s) Very beautiful, vain, wife of Myron.

Little Willie (Male 30s) Thug. Makes the world a better place by expanding his vocabulary.

Daisy (Female 20s) Cute, in awe of NYC (from Buffalo). Niece of Myron.

Ann Farrow (Female 20s) Pretty, young, target of Kong’s affection.

Jack Driscoll (Male 30s) Terminally sweet and sincere. Ann’s fiance.

Carl Dennam (Male 40s) Brusque, succinct. Myron’s nemesis, has produced winners concurrently to Myron’s failures.

Sig Higgenbottom (Male 60+) Myron’s financial backer. Wears a terrible toupee. Speaks with a middle European accent.

NOTES FOR AUDITIONERS

Audition materials will be provided. Please bring a resume and headshot if you have them. Ladies, please wear heels for the audition, as costumes will be dresses and heels.

Rehearsals will be 2-3 evenings/week, Sundays – Thursdays, based on best actor availability. Please be prepared to list all potential rehearsal conflicts on your audition form, from March 17 – June 6. June 2 (Tech Sunday) rehearsal will likely be afternoon and evening. Rehearsals are mandatory Tech Week: June 2 – 6, as are all performances, June 7 – 23.

Please be honest with conflicts, as it will assist scheduling rehearsals for efficiency of everyone’s time.

Somerset Valley Players are committed to diverse, inclusive casting. Non-descript roles are available to all performers, regardless of age, sex, ethnicity, disability, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis.