Audition Dates and Times
February 4 & 5, 2024
Sunday 2/4 at 2 PM
Monday 2/5 at 6:30 PM
SHOW DATES
April 5 - 14, 2024
Directed by Brad McKenzie
ABOUT THE AUDITION
We need a six men (young adult to adult) and two women (young adult) of a variety of backgrounds. Anyone who wants to help with the production in any capacity should attend auditions. For more specific information about roles, see below.
ABOUT THE PLAY
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.
Biloxi Blues had its world premiere at the Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, California, running from December 8, 1984 to February 2, 1985. It opened on Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre on March 28, 1985 and closed on June 28, 1986.
ROLES
ACT seeks a cast of actors aged 18 and older of any ethnicity. Noting most actors should appear to be aged 17 to 22, the available roles are as follows
Eugene Morris Jerome – Young drafted private (18 - 25) who is the narrator of the play.
Arnold Epstein – Young drafted private (18 - 25) engaged in a battle of wills with Sgt. Toomey
Roy Selridge – Young drafted private (18 - 25) from Schenectady, who is smelly with a mouth full of bad teeth
Joseph Wykowski – Young drafted private (18 - 25) from Bridgeport, Connecticut, who has a huge appetite for food and love
Don Carney – Young drafted private (18 - 25) from Montclair, New Jersey, who likes to sing loudly despite having a terrible voice
Sgt. Merwin J. Toomey – Adult man (25 - 50) who is in a battle of wills with drafted private Arnold Epstein
James Hennessey – Young drafted private (18 - 25) who is a timid man drafted into the Army.
Rowena – Adult woman (30 - 40) who is a world-wise, seasoned prostitute in Biloxi.
Daisy Hannigan – Young woman (18 - 25) who is intelligent and pretty and attends a local all-girls school in Gulfport
“Biloxi Blues” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. concordtheatricals.com.