Dynamic Comedic Actors for Comic Fable Play “Fools”

Expires: 3/18/2024
Paying up to $120/day
Description

Auditions for Neil Simon’s “Fools”. Seeking cast. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Please see the breakdown below.

About the project:
Synopsis of “Fools”: A delightful romantic fable about an idealistic schoolteacher-Leon Tolchinsky who is ecstatic. He’s landed a terrific teaching job in the idyllic Ukrainian hamlet of Kulyenchikov. When he arrives, he finds residents sweeping dust from the stoops back into their houses, and milking cows upside down to get more cream. The town has been cursed with Chronic Stupidity for 200 years and Leon’s job is to break the curse. No one tells him that if he stays in the village for more than 24 hours and fails to break the curse, he too becomes stupid. Problem is, he has fallen in love with his student, Sophia, a girl so stupid that she has only recently learned how to sit down!

Additional info:
*Callbacks will be on Wednesday 3/20.
Rehearsals will start in late March.
The Show Dates Are:
Friday 6/7/24 7:30pm
Saturday 6/8/24 7:30pm
Sunday 6/9/24 2pm
Friday 6/14/24 7:30pm
Saturday 6/15/24 7:30pm

If you are interested, please apply.

10 Project roles
Leon Tolchinsky
Male
20
-
39
y.o.
All ethnicities
The hero of the Play. Leon is a young, idealistic schoolteacher, who is bright, industrious and eager to make a difference. He comes to the town of Kulyenchikov to educate the village doctor’s daughter- "Sophia" and falls hopelessly in love with her. He frequently breaks the 4th Wall to speak directly to the audience.
Application deadline closed.
Sophia Zubritsky
Female
20
-
29
y.o.
All ethnicities
The doctor’s beautiful young daughter, who is so stupid she just recently learned to sit down. She is in love with Leon.
Application deadline closed.
Dr. Zubritsky
Male
50
-
69
y.o.
All ethnicities
The dimwitted village doctor as well as Sophia’s Father, He is married to Lenya and demonstrates slightly more acumen than his wife does. More than the other townspeople, Dr. Zubritsky seems to understand Leon’s predicament. Despite his own limited abilities, he tries his best to be of service to Leon.
Application deadline closed.
Lenya Zubritsky
Female
40
-
69
y.o.
All ethnicities
The doctor’s dimwitted wife, as well as Sophia’s Mother, Lenya is easily excitable, and meddlesome and is arguably the most invested in the future of the town of Kulyenchikov. She is also the most invested in Sophia’s happiness with Leon. She initially seems to be one of the town’s dimmest residents, making more mistakes than the others.
Application deadline closed.
Count Gregor Yousekevitch
Male
30
-
49
y.o.
All ethnicities
The Villain of the Play who rules over Kulyenchikov. The Count is an ancestor of the man who cast the curse of stupidity on the village of Kulyenchikov. Last in the line of Yousekevitches. He desperately wants to marry Sophia in hopes of breaking the curse.
Application deadline closed.
Snetsky
Both genders
30
-
59
y.o.
All ethnicities
An inept shepherd who has lost their sheep. They do not know their own first name. As a result, they refer to themselves as Something Something Snetsky.
Application deadline closed.
Slovitch
Both genders
30
-
59
y.o.
All ethnicities
The town butcher. They befriend Leon along with Mishkin and Yenchna. Late in the play, Slovitch raises the concern that some members of the town might have been dumb even without the curse. Once the curse is lifted, Slovitch finds that they are simply not very bright.
Application deadline closed.
Mishkin
Both genders
30
-
59
y.o.
All ethnicities
The Town postman. Mishkin delivers a letter of great importance to Leon.
Application deadline closed.
Yenchna
Female
30
-
59
y.o.
All ethnicities
A vendor who is never quite sure what she is selling. She frequently refers to her flowers as fish simply because the fisherman did not catch any that day.
Application deadline closed.
Magistrate
Both genders
60
-
79
y.o.
All ethnicities
The unwise village judge. They run the town and perform marriages. They are an elderly official in the town of Kulyenchikov. They are among the first to meet Leon.
Application deadline closed.