Remember, we are holding auditions for Fools! on Monday August 17th and Tuesday August 18th.

Full details can be found HERE!

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.