audition notice - BAREFOOT IN THE PARK - Desert Stages Theatre - July 16

Auditions have been announced for DST's first Actor’s Café show of the 2017-2018 season~ Barefoot In The Park

Directed by Gary Zaro

Audition Date & Time:
Sunday, July 16th at 7pm

Callbacks:
Wednesday July 19th at 7pm

What to prepare:
Bring headshot and resume
For auditions: 1-minute contemporary comedic monologue
For callbacks: cold reads from the script

Rehearsals:
Begin Monday July 24th
Monday-Thursday evenings, 7-10pm
Possible Friday evenings

Show Run Dates:
August 25th – October 8th, 2017

Character Breakdown:

Corie Bratter: Female; early to mid-20s; fun loving, romantic, and spontaneous

Paul Bratter: Male; mid to late 20s; a lawyer, very straight-laced,
rational and practical

Mrs. Banks; Female; late 40s to early 50s; caring and motherly but
underneath it all there is still a spark

Victor Velasco: Male; 50s; a quirky but debonair bon vivant

Telephone Repairman: Male; 30s or older; wise like someone who has
seen it all in his line of work

Plot:
Paul and Corie Bratter are newlyweds in every sense of the word. After a six day honeymoon, they get a surprise visit from Corie's loopy mother and decide to play matchmaker during a dinner with their neighbor-in-the-attic Velasco, where everything that can go wrong, does.