Center Stage Community Theatre is pleased to announce open auditions for:

“Plaza Suite”
Comedy
By Neil Simon
Directed by Doug Davis
Auditions will take place on
Sunday, February 25th, 2018 6:30 – 8:30 pm.
Monday February 26th , 2018 6:30 – 8:30pm
They will take place at Center Stage Community Theatre
604 Powell Street
Lebanon, Indiana 46052

They are looking for actors and actresses to join us in this classic Neil Simon comedy.
Those auditioning please be prepared to read from the script. Please bring a list of all conflicts including weekends. There won’t be weekend rehearsals until it gets near opening unless it is needed to make up for missed rehearsals due to weather.
“Plaza Suite” will run:
May 4th – May 20th
Any questions regarding the show, rehearsals, etc. can be directed to Doug Davis at dougster362@gmail.com or at 765-659-1577 .

Show Synopsis:
Hilarity abounds in this portrait of three couples successively occupying a suite at the Plaza. The play is composed of three acts, each involving different characters but all set in Suite 719 of New York City’s Plaza Hotel. The first act, Visitor From Mamaroneck, introduces the audience to not-so-blissfully wedded couple Sam and Karen Nash, who are revisiting their honeymoon suite in an attempt by Karen to bring the love back into their marriage. Her plan backfires and the two become embroiled in a heated argument about whether or not Sam is having an affair with his secretary. The act ends with Sam leaving (allegedly to attend to urgent business) and Karen sadly reflecting on how much things have changed since they were young.
The second act, Visitor from Hollywood, involves a meeting between movie producer Jesse Kiplinger and his old flame, suburban housewife Muriel Tate. Muriel – aware of his reputation as a smooth-talking ladies’ man – has come for nothing more than a chat between old friends, promising herself she will not stay too long. Jesse, however, has other plans in mind and repeatedly attempts to seduce her.
The third act, Visitor from Forest Hills, revolves around married couple Roy and Norma Hubley on their daughter Mimsey’s wedding day. In a rush of nervousness, Mimsey has locked herself in the suite’s bathroom and refuses to leave. This is the most comic of the acts, filled with increasingly outrageous slapstick moments depicting her parents’ frantic attempts to cajole her into attending her wedding while the gathered guests await the trio’s arrival downstairs.

Cast:
Act 1
Karen Nash – Stage age 30’s to 50’s . A pleasant and affable woman, Karen has allowed herself to look middle aged because she knows she is middle aged. She is witty, and down to earth. She is also secretly hoping the visit at the suite will bring her and her husband closer together. (It is their Anniversary, she thinks)

Sam Nash – Stage age 30’s to 50’s. He is trim, incredibly neat and well tailored. Sam needs to know he looks good, and also that others know he looks good. He goes to great strides to keep the years at bay, with exercise and a meticulous diet. Sam is a workaholic, but not just because he likes to work.

Jean Mc Cormack – Stage age 30’s to 40’s.Jean is Sam’s secretary and highly efficient. She is well groomed, attractive, and bright and cheerful at 28 years of age. She is also Sam’s mistress.

Bellhop – Stage age 20’s.Younger man, eager to please and will visit as long as he needs to get it.
Act 2
Jesse Kiplinger – Stage Age 30’s to 40’s. A confident Hollywood producer who has made his success but still feels his life is missing the kind of relationship he had in his teens with Muriel. He has one purpose in seeing Muriel.

Muriel Tate – Stage age 30’s to 40’s.In her late thirties, very attractive and still seems somewhat naïve. She is warm, and generous, and very impressed with Jesse. She is unsure of meeting with him, and yet can’t seem to make a decision to stay or go. She claims to be happily married…..
Act 3
Norma Hubley -Stage age 40’s to 60’s. Dressed as mother of the bride and trying to appear calm in a crisis with every one EXCEPT her husband. Married to a Type A personality, she sways from trying to keep him in calm and in control while passively and aggressively taking a stand for herself.

Roy Hubley – Stage age 40’s to 60’s.The father of the bride with the bills to prove it. A competitive business man, out of his league when dealing with emotions and marrying off his daughter.

Borden Eisler – Stage age 20’s to 30’s.The young confident groom, a man of few words. (Literally)

Mimsey Hubley – A nervous bride, afraid of having her marriage turn out like her parents’

Waiters -Two waiters are also needed in the play. Open to anyone regardless of age/appearance.