It’s Only a Play by Terrence McNally 

Directed by Mike Frale

2 women/female-identifying

5 men/male identifying

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Auditions to be held 4/6 & 4/7 (Sunday and Monday) at 7pm at the Riverfront Playhouse in downtown Aurora (11-13 Water Street Mall)

Please SIGN UP to reserve your spot for a one-hour slot on either April 6 or 7. Callbacks, if needed, will be on April 8

Schedule by clicking here

**Auditions will consist of a cold reading of a few scenes of the show. Headshots and resumes are welcome, but not required.**

Rehearsals will be Sundays from 6-9pm and Mondays through Thursdays from 7-10pm starting Monday, April 14. There will be no rehearsal on Easter. 

Performance dates: May 16 - June 14

Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sunday performances on June 1 and June 8 at 2pm

Details:

It’s the opening night of The Golden Egg on Broadway, and the wealthy producer Julia Budder is throwing a lavish party in her lavish Manhattan townhouse. Downstairs the celebrities are pouring in, but the real action is upstairs in the bedroom, where a group of insiders have staked themselves out to await the reviews. The group includes the excitable playwright; the possibly unstable wunderkind director; the pill-popping leading lady, treading the boards after becoming infamous in Hollywood; and the playwright’s best friend, for whom the play was written but who passed up this production for a television series. Add to this a drama critic who’s panned the playwright in the past and a new-in-town aspiring singer, and you have a prime recipe for the narcissism, ambition, childishness, and just plain irrationality that infuse the theatre—and for comedy. But don’t worry: This play is sure to be the hit they have all been hoping for.​

 

James Wicker (Male): An egotistical but insecure comic actor who passed up a chance to star in the play for a television series.

Peter Austin (Male): James’ former best friend. The nervous and excitable playwright, desperate to reach the level and status of iconic playwrights of the past.

Julia Budder (Female): a first-time producer of the Broadway play The Golden Egg and one of the few genuinely nice people in the group.

Virginia Noyes (Female): dissolute star of the play; she wears an ankle monitor and drinks and snorts cocaine throughout.

Frank Finger (Male): the egomaniacal, “genius” British director

Ira Drew (Male): Insecure theatre critic with writing aspirations of his own.

Gus P. Head (Male): Polite, somewhat naive farm boy who checks the coats and hats but has aspirations for a Broadway career.