The Auburn Players announce Auditions for Moon Over Buffalo by Ken Ludwig and directed by Bob Frame, Sunday March 13 from 2- 4 PM and Monday March 14 from 7-9 PM at the Cayuga Community College Bisgrove Theatre.
There are parts for 4 men aged 20’s to 50’s and 4 women aged 20’s to 70’s.
The hilarious Moon Over Buffalo centers on George and Charlotte Hay, fading stars of the 1950’s. At the moment, they’re playing Private Lives and Cyrano De Bergerac in rep in Buffalo, New York. On the brink of a disastrous split-up caused by George’s dalliance with a young ingénue, they receive word that they might just have one last shot at stardom: Frank Capra is coming to town to see their matinee, and if likes what he sees, he might cast them in his movie remake of The Scarlet Pimpernel. Unfortunately for George and Charlotte, everything that could go wrong does go wrong, aided by a visit from their daughter’s clueless fiancé and hilarious uncertainty about which play they’re actually performing caused by Charlotte’s deaf old stage-manager. Then there is George’s decision to drink away his problems when things look most bleak- drunkenness has never been funnier!
Actors are requested to prepare a one to two minute, contemporary comic monologue
Backstage folk are encouraged to drop in and share their availability for work calls!
Characters with age range
- George Hay, a traveling actor. (40’s- 50’s)
- Charlotte Hay, George’s wife and actress in his company. (40’s – 50’s)
- Rosalind, Roz, George & Charlotte’s daughter, (20’s to 30’s)
- Howard, a TV weatherman and Rosalind’s fiancé. (20’s to 30’s)
- Paul, stage manager for George’s company, and Rosalind’s ex-fiancé. (20’s to 30’s)
- Ethel, Charlotte’s nearly-deaf mother. (60’s -70’s)
- Richard, a love sick lawyer who is courting Charlotte. (40’s to 60’s)
- Eileen, an actress in George’s company (20’s to 30’s)
Moon Over Buffalo relies heavily on situation comedy for its humor, as well as some sexual innuendo and a little slapstick. The actor who plays George, in particular, must be able to deliver a highly physical performance; George engages in a mock fencing match with Charlotte, a wrestling match with Howard, and a stunt fall into the orchestra pit. The action and dialogue are fast-paced, as the characters are constantly bickering or frantically trying to resolve some confusion. It bears numerous similarities to Ludwig’s previous farce, Lend Me A Tenor: period time-frame, Northeastern city, drinking-and-womanizing male star, justifiably jealous wife, young stage manager desperately trying to keep things together, important person(s) in the audience, at least one character who’s passed out and is believed missing, non-actors forced to go onstage, etc.
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