for West Allis Players’ production of:
Fools
by Neil Simon
Directed by: Robert Zimmerman
Audition Dates:
August 17 & 18, 6:30 pm
West Milwaukee Intermediate School
5104 Greenfield Ave.
(51st and Greenfield)
(Take National Ave. east to 52nd Street. Turn right. Parking lot is on the left a few hundred feed down 52nd Street. Enter doors off the circle drive/north parking lot and follow building signage to the auditorium.)
Looking for 10 actors.
We are looking for energetic actors who want to have fun while delving into Fools which is one of Neil Simon’s well known comedies. It is a romantic, comic fable set in the 19th century village of Kulyenchikov. The tale follows a schoolteacher, who arrives to tutor the town doctor’s daughter. He quickly learns that the town is under a 200-year-old curse that makes everyone chronically stupid!
We welcome performers of all backgrounds to audition.
We hope to see you there! Preregistration is not needed! Photos may be taken during auditions.
Auditions will consist of reading from the script. The audition form can be found here.
Show Synopsis:
A romantic, comic fable set in the 19th century village of Kulyenchikov. The tale follows a schoolteacher, who arrives to tutor the town doctor’s daughter. He quickly learns that the town is under a 200-year-old curse that makes everyone chronically stupid!
Important Dates
Sept 28 thru Oct 1 – Tech week. NO CONFLICTS ALLOWED
October 2, 3,9,10 @ 7:30 PM, October 4, 11 @ 2:00 PM – Performances
October 12 – Strike
Not everyone will always be called for rehearsal every night
Character Descriptions
Leon Tolchinsky: (Male; Mid 20’s to Mid 30’s) An ambitious young school teacher, newly arrived in the Village of Kulyenchikov. He’s been hired to educate the village doctor’s daughter, Sophia.
Snetsky: (Non-gender specific; 20’s to 60’s) An unintelligent shepherd
Magistrate: (Non-gender specific; 40’s plus) The unwise village judge
Slovitch: (Non-gender specific; 20’s to 50’s) An idiotic butcher
Mishkin: (Male; 20’s to 60’s) A foolish postman
Yenchna: (Female; 20’s to 60’s) A ridiculous woman, a seller of goods
Zubritsky: (Male; 40’s to 60’s) The dimwitted village doctor
Lenya Zubritsky: (Female; 40’s to 60’s) The doctor’s equally dimwitted wife
Sophia Zubritsky: (Female; 20’s to mid 30’s) The doctor’s beautiful young daughter, who is so stupid she just recently learned to sit down
Count Gregor Yousekevitch: (Male; 40’s plus) Ancestor of the man who cast the curse of stupidity on the Village of Kulyenchikov. Last in the line of Yousekevitches.