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We are currently seeking headshots/resumes for our upcoming production of "The Woolgatherer" by William Mastrosimone, directed by Neill Hartley. Performances are May 20 to June 1, 2008 at Studio 5 at the Walnut Street Theatre.
The audition will be the first week of March at WST and rehearsals start at end of March. Day and/or evening rehearsal schedule will be arranged around who is cast.
We are taking submissions from Union and Non-Union men and women in for the roles of Cliff and Rose. Age range being accepted is early 20s to late 30s.
This is show will be submitted for Barrymore Award eligibility and pays the Special Appearance minimum for union and non-union actors.
Please mail your HS + R to casting director Ginger Dayle at our mailing address only:
New City Stage Company
2031 Locust Street
Suite 702
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Attention: Woolgatherer
All submissions need to be postmarked by February 15.
This audition is by invitation ONLY.
NO PHONE CALLS TO THE THEATRE PLEASE!!!
Play synopsis:
Cliff is stuck in Philadelphia overnight while he waits for repairs on his big-rig truck. He starts talking with Rose, a shy and reclusive candy-counter clerk at a local five-and-dime store. When they wind up at her apartment, Cliff expects that they're going to have sex. But he soon realizes that Rose is a bit odd, and that she has no intention of sleeping with him, and that she collects men's sweaters. He leaves at the end of Act I but returns later in the night, drawn by some kind of unnamed attraction. At this point, Cliff discovers that Rose has an entire closetful of men's sweaters and, in fact, has never recovered from an earlier nervous breakdown. She prefers a fantasy love life to the risks of involvement with real flesh-and-blood men. The play ends with Rose beginning to have another breakdown and Cliff comforting her.
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