Ages are indicative and approximate only. An actor’s true age may be different from the age of the character, if they look and sound right for the part. Please do not hesitate to audition because you are uncertain about the suitability of your age.

Eugene (23)
The play’s narrator and the central character of the Eugene trilogy. Carefree, witty and quick to joke, he is working in the stock room of a music company prior to breaking into showbiz with his brother Stanley. Eugene cares deeply about his family, especially his parents, Kate and Jack.

Stanley (28)
Stanley is highly neurotic, high-strung, and constantly obsessing and worrying over details. He brokers the first opportunity for him and his brother to begin their comedic writing career. The two constantly bicker and play as they collaborate. In Act II, Stanley stands up to his father in their iconic argument.

Kate (approx. 50)
Kate, a strong woman, is Eugene and Stanley’s mother. In addition to being a wife and mother, she is the primary carer for her father, Ben. Kate values family and familial experiences. She is the ultimate nurturer. However, she also values loyalty so when she suspects her husband of being unfaithful, she draws a line and stands her ground.

Ben (approx. 75)
Father of Kate, grandfather to Stanley and Eugene. A born socialist and ardent follower of Trotsky. He lives with his daughter and her family in Brighton Beach. He provides ample comedic fodder for his grandsons. Eugene describes him as ‘the greatest teacher of comedy I ever had … and he didn’t know I was studying him’. Ben cares deeply for his daughters and their families, but due to his upbringing and beliefs is not an affectionate man.

Jack (approx. 55)
Father of Stanley and Eugene. Jack has spent much of his working life as a clothier, making ladies raincoats, He is worn down by the monotony of life and has a brief, extra-marital affair which distresses Kate. He becomes outraged when the radio program his sons write turns out to sound uncannily similar to their own family situation. He and his son, Stanley argue. Jack leaves Kate at the end of the play.

Blanche (approx. 48)
Kate’s ‘well-to-do’ younger sister, by two years, has remarried to a very wealthy man and lives on Park Avenue in Manhattan. She visits Brighton Beach in Act 1 and tries to convince her father to move to Miami to be with his semi-estranged wife.

DATES:
Friday 9th May 2025 from 7.00 – 9:30pm and Saturday 10th May from 1.00 – 3:30pm

LOCATION:
Unit 8/417-419 Warrigal Road, Cheltenham

Auditions are by appointment only using the booking system on this page below or by clicking here.

You can download a copy of the play by clicking here or contact the director, Michelle Swann by e-mail: michelleswann65@gmail.com.

Please note: anyone who is offered a role will be asked to pay a $20 fee for membership and insurance.

Rehearsals will be at The Girl Guide Hall, Glebe Avenue, Cheltenham. Rehearsal schedule will be Sunday afternoons, Tuesday and Thursday evenings.

Successful cast members MUST BE available for rehearsals on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons from mid-July until the production commences, including dress rehearsals leading up to opening night. Most actors will be required at every rehearsal.

Thursday 4th September – Opening Night

Friday 5th September – Evening Performance

Saturday 6th September – Matinee & Evening Performances

Sunday 7th September – Matinee performance

Wednesday 10th September – Evening Performance

Thursday 11th September – Evening Performance

Friday 12th September – Evening Performance

Saturday 13th September – Matinee & Final Evening Performance

Please check you are available for all performances dates before booking your audition time. Please advise the director, at the audition, of any potential conflicts which may occur during the rehearsal period.

It is expected that auditionees will have read the play and have a reasonable understanding of it.

All characters will be required to competently deliver a Jewish-Brooklyn accent early in the rehearsal process.

Setting: Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York in 1949.