Breakthrough Theatre of Winter Park
Directed by Wade Hair
Auditions:
Saturday, February 20 from 1 p.m.- 4 p.m.
Sunday, February 21, from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.
The role of Arnold has already been cast, and will be played by Joshua Eads-Brown.
Character Descriptions:
ED: 35. Very handsome, masculine with a boyish charm.
LAUREL: 35. Rather unfancy in appearance. Thoughtful and bright though she shows a girlish enthusiasm.
ALAN: 18. Shamefully beautiful. A frightened child in hustler's clothing.
DAVID: 15 going on 30. A wonderfully bright and handsome boy.
MRS. BECKOFF: Arnold's mother. 60ish. A real Jewish mother. A fighter.
Show dates are April 16-May 2, 2010.
Our first read-through will be Sunday, March 7, from 6-9.
Rehearsal schedule:
Act One: March 22-25 from 6-9 (Arnold and Ed Only)
Act Two: March 29-April 2 from 6-9 (Arnold, Ed, Alan, Laurel)
Act Three: April 5-8 from 6-9 (Arnold, Ed, David, Ma)
Entire Show: April 12-15 from 6-???? (ALL)
Show Synopsis:
Torch Song Trilogy is a collection of three plays by Harvey Fierstein rendered in three acts: International Stud, Fugue in a Nursery, and Widows and Children First! The story centers on Arnold Beckoff, a torch song-singing Jewish drag queen living in New York City in the late 1970 and 1980s.
Each act focuses on a different phase in Arnold's life. In the first, Arnold meets Ed, who is uncomfortable with his bisexuality. In the second, one year later, Arnold meets Alan, and the two settle down into a blissful existence that includes plans to adopt a child, until tragedy strikes. In the third, several years later, Arnold is a single father raising gay teenager David. Arnold is forced to deal with his mother's intolerance and disrespect when she visits from Florida.
The award-winning and popular work broke new ground in the theatre: "At the height of the post-Stonewall clone era, Harvey challenged both gay and straight audiences to champion an effeminate gay man's longings for love and family."
