Audition Information

Performances: September 6th - 21st, 2024

Author: Book by Austin Winsberg, Music and Lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner Genre: Musical, Comedy Rights Controlled By: Concord Theatricals

Rating: Recommended for ages 16+ (adult themes and language)

Director: Elizabeth Wheeler

Music Director: Alicia Simme

Producer: Dana Wainstein

Costume Design: Tiffany Shoffner

Stage Manager: Tia Allen

Choreographer: Rose Marie Turbessi

Set Designer: Heidi Swartz

Synopsis:

These two singles have nothing in common. Aaron is a conservative banker, Jewish, and looking for a meaningful relationship, while Casey is artsy, a shiksa, and a serial-dater. What starts out as a casual drink turns into a high-stakes dinner full of mishaps and mistakes, like failed bailouts, awkward pauses, and the check! Along the way, restaurant patrons transform into Aaron’s and Casey’s supportive friends, manipulative exes, and protective parents to offer some advice and insight into their faulty interactions. Could this be another dating disaster or something that will last?

Audition Dates/Times:

Sunday, June 2 at 7 pm or Tuesday, June 4 at 7 pm (only need to attend one audition)

Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at 7 pm, Callbacks by invitation only (if necessary) or could be the Read Through

Rehearsal Dates:

Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 7 pm - 10 pm

Tech Week is September 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th. This is Labor Day Weekend!

Performance Dates:

Performances: September 6th, 7th, 8th*, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th**, 19th, 20th, 21st*

Curtain time for all shows is 8 pm unless indicated with an asterisk (*) which denotes a 2 pm matinée. A double asterisk (**) denotes a Relaxed Matinée performance.

Audition Information:

All roles are open. The Barley Sheaf Players encourage anyone who is interested to audition and is always eager to welcome new faces and fresh talent to its stage. We encourage members of diverse backgrounds and abilities to audition for our productions. Resumes and headshots are welcomed but not required. The Barley Sheaf Players is a volunteer non-profit community theater. All production staff, cast, and crew are volunteers.

• Auditions will be open and you only need to attend one of the evenings. You are welcome to attend both, but will only be permitted to audition one of the evenings listed above.

• Auditionees should arrive 15 minutes before the scheduled audition start time to complete audition forms. Conflicts will be submitted on the audition form.

• Auditionees should plan on staying for the entirety of the audition or until dismissed by the director.

• We will be doing cold readings from the script as well. Sides will be available when you arrive at auditions, you are welcome to arrive early, but please do not arrive before 6:30pm.

• Our Music Director, Alicia Simme, will be selecting songs from the show and will provide the tracks and specific bar cuts for the songs selected. (We will be uploading these tracks to a Google folder for you to access. Please check back often for this information. If you would like to be notified once it has been uploaded here, please click here.)

• Auditionees will be seen in the order in which they arrive.

Character Breakdown:

Aaron (25-35) Male. Tenor. New Yorker. Jewish investment banker. He has never been on a blind date before. He’s out of his element, nervous, and trying way too hard.

Casey (25-35), Female. Great belt/mix voice. She is daring, bold, and delightfully controversial; all as a defense mechanism.

Man #1 - Gabe, Edgy British Guy (20s - 40s) Male. GABE is the mega dude/womanizer. He has every answer to every question about women that has ever been asked and probably has a catchphrase to go with that answer. He has been Aaron's best friend since childhood. EDGY ROCKER/BRITISH GUY is a bad boy from Casey's past. Cocky and neglectful. He is overcompensating. Baritone/Tenor range.

Woman #1 - Grandma Ida, Lauren, Aaron’s Mother (30 - 55), Female. Belt/mix with soprano. Casey's sister, LAUREN is happily (somewhat) married to her highly successful husband, Kevin, and wonders out loud why Casey can't break her bad habits and learn how to catch a winner. Constantly trying to fix Casey up, Lauren is more concerned with listening to her own advice than actually helping her sister. GRANDMA IDA is Aaron's dead grandmother, who feels strongly that her grandson should marry a Jewish woman. AARON’S MOTHER: An absentee mother, regretful. Sings duet with Aaron.

Man #2 - Reggie, Aaron’s Future Son, Edgy Rocker Guy (20s - 40s). Tenor. REGGIE is Casey's fabulously fierce gay and over-imaginative best friend. Easily sent into a tailspin of jealousy, paranoia, and drama. EDGY ROCKER/BRITISH GUY are bad boys from Casey's past. Cocky and neglectful. He is overcompensating. Aaron and Casey’s FUTURE SON: A premonition of the future. He is confused about whether to follow Judaism or Catholicism. A Rapper.

Woman #2 - Allison, Jewish Chorus, Others (25 - 40). ALLISON is Aaron’s ex-fiancé. Gorgeous, sexy, uptight, conservative, controlling, and manipulative. Must have a great belt and some soprano.

Man #3 - Waiter, Casey’s Father, Friendly Therapist (35 - 50). Baritone/Tenor. A career WAITER, who dabbles with songwriting and performing on the side. A romantic. He wants nothing more than for love to blossom in his restaurant. A closet poet as well. CASEY'S FATHER is a stereotypical super-Christian, praising the Easter Bunny and dismissing Judaism.

NOTE: To increase the safety of the youth members of our community as well as those working with them, clearances are required for all cast and crew members who are 18 years of age and older if minors are a part of the show. The two clearances required are the Pennsylvania Child Abuse Clearance and the Pennsylvania Criminal Background Check. Both are free for volunteers and need to be handed in at auditions or, at the latest, during the read-through; those over 18 will not be able to rehearse at rehearsals with youth until they are received. Typically, these are returned to the requester within days of the request to the linked agencies. More details about the handling of clearances will be shared at auditions, but if you have any urgent questions, contact the Membership Chair at membership@barleysheaf.org.