SHEFFIELD-The Tennessee Valley Art Association will hold open auditions for the award-winning Broadway comedy, Moon Over Buffalo on Saturday, July 10 and Sunday, July 11 at 2 p.m. at the Ritz Theatre on 3rd Street in Sheffield, AL. Michael Green is directing this farce by Ken Ludwig, author of Lend Me a Tenor.
AUDITION INFORMATION
Roles are available for 2 men and 1 woman (age 50s), 1 woman (70s), 2 men and 2 women (20s-30s). Ages are those of the characters and not necessarily those of the actors. Production dates are September 9-12, 17, and 18 at the Ritz Theatre. Rehearsals will begin July 25. For copies of audition material, a cast description or more information contact, moonoverbuffalocs@gmail.com.
SYNOPSIS
In 1953, George and Charlotte Hay have taken their run-down touring company to Buffalo, New York. But on-stage harmony is compromised when George performs an off-stage infidelity, goes on a grief-stricken drinking binge, and to complicate matters, Frank Capra is headed to town to scout the couple for his next big movie. As a result, the Hay family–including mother in law Ethel, practical daughter Rosalind, and dashing actor Paul, must work overtime to get sloppy-drunk George into his Cyrano hat and nose–or is it his Elyot Chase smoking jacket? With pratfalls, slamming doors, and backstage shenanigans, Ken Ludwig’s Moon Over Buffalo is a fast-paced, screwball comedy in the old tradition, a valentine to the stage and the larger-than-life personalities that inhabit the world of the theatre.
REVIEWS
“Wildly funny!” – ABC News
“…packs more comic genius onto the stage than anything in recent memory.” – USA Today
“…roles that any actor…would give his soul to play.” – Boston Herald
“The funniest show in New York. This has to be one of the most hysterical things ever put on stage.” – New York Post
“…is by far Broadway’s funniest, most enjoyable lighthearted play!” –Entertainment Weekly
To learn more about the Tennessee Valley Art Association, which runs the Ritz Theatre and the Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, visit tennesseevalleyarts.org.
