"Lost In Yonkers" Play Seeks Teen Actors
Looking to cast teen actors for the play "Lost In Yonkers". Please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. About the project: This funny and heartwarming play is by one of America's most acclaimed and beloved playwrights. Neil Simon’s Tony award winner and Pulitzer Prize-winning play tells the moving drama about the cruelties and painful memories that scar a family. It is Yonkers, New York, 1942. After the death of their mother, two young brothers are sent to stay with their formidable grandmother for the longest ten months of their lives. Grandmother Kurnitz is a one-woman German front—a refugee and a widow who has steeled her heart against the world. Her coldness and intolerance have crippled her own children: the boys' father has no self-esteem . . . their Aunt Gert has an embarrassing speech impediment . . . their Uncle Louie is a small-time gangster . . . and their Aunt Bella has the mentality of a child. Filled with laughter, tears, and insight, Lost in Yonkers is yet another testament to Neil Simon's talent. Additional info: The audition will comprise of cold readings/monologues from the script. If interested, please apply.
2 roles
Younger brother of Jay. If not for the fact that his mother had died and his father is about to leave him and his brother with their very strict grandmother, Arthur would be a typical 13- year-old, inquisitive boy.
Older brother of Arthur. Since his mother’s death, Jay has not only been taking care of himself and his younger brother, but also carries the burden of making sure that his father is ok as well.
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