Biloxi Blues Auditions
Schedule
Sat Dec 07 2024 at 12:00 pm to 04:00 pm
Location
185 SE Washington St, Hillsboro, OR, United States, Oregon 97123 | Hillsboro, OR
HART is a volunteer based company. There is no pay for these productions.Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon
Directed by: Kraig Williams
Rehearsals begin: 1/6/25, Performances 3/1/25 - 3/16/25
DETAILS:
When: Saturday & Sunday, December 7th & 8th, 2024 - 12p - 4p
Location: The HIVE - 233 SE Washington St. Hillsboro, OR 97123
Callbacks: Tuesday, December 10th, 2024 6-8p @ the HIVE
*Both locations are within 2 blocks from MAX Stop.
Sign up for auditions here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094BACA922A7F5C61-52339419-auditions
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
Auditions will be round robin style reading sides. Please visit our sign up genius and pick one slot (you may audition for more than one character, but choose only one slot). Sides will be emailed starting no later than October 28th, 2024 to ONLY those signed up to audition.
Biloxi Blues:
We will audition these characters by sending out sides from the text to prepare. The sides do not need to be memorized, but should be prepared. Please keep the text with you while you audition. Any questions can be directed to Kraig at [email protected]
Characters:
Eugene Morris Jerome (M, 18-25, Lead): A writer and the narrator of the show. He is the alter ego of the youthful Neil Simon.
Roy Selridge: (M, 18-25, Major Supporting): A confident man who thinks of himself as funny. He tends to take cues from others on how to behave and who to harass.
Joseph Wykowski (M, 19-26, Major Supporting): Big and tough - but not too smart and somewhat bigoted.
Don Carney (M, 18-25, Major Supporting): A private from New Jersey who irritates his bunkmates with his singing. He is not very good at making important decisions. Auditions for this role will require the actor to sing the song Happy Birthday, acapella
Arnold Epstein: (M, 18-25, Major Supporting): A sensitive, well-read and intelligent guy from New York City. He is mentally strong, but physically weak. He constantly feels the need to fight for something.
Sgt. Merwin J. Toomey: (M, 35-50, Major Supporting): A Southerner. He is big and tough – he is smart and hardcore, old school “Army”, but he has his demons.
James Hennesy: (M, 16-24, Major Supporting): Big and tough - but not too smart.
Rowena: (F, 20-up, Minor Supporting): A world-wise, entrepreneurial Southern sex worker. She must have a flair for comedy.
Daisy Hannigan (F, 16-24, Minor Supporting): A USO dancer and Eugene's first love, she is young and pretty.
Synopsis: The second in Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Neil Simon's trilogy which began with Brighton Beach Memoirs and concluded with Broadway Bound. When we last met Eugene Jerome, he was coping with adolescence in 1930's Brooklyn. Here, he is a young army recruit during WW II, going through basic training and learning about Life and Love with a capital 'L' along with some harsher lessons, while stationed at boot camp in Biloxi, Mississippi in 1943
HART Theatre is committed to fostering diversity and inclusion in our casting process. We believe in providing equal opportunities for actors of all backgrounds and experiences. We welcome both new and returning actors to audition for our productions.
Where is it happening?
185 SE Washington St, Hillsboro, OR, United States, Oregon 97123