Audition Notice
River City Community Players is pleased to announce auditions for our Fall production of The Sunshine Boys by Neil Simon.
Auditions are scheduled for July 8th and 9th from 7-9pm.
Those wishing to audition are encouraged to sign up, but walk-ins are also welcome.
Auditions are at Gayton Kirk Presbyterian Church, 11421 Gayton Road, Henrico, Virginia, 23238.
Rehearsals will begin in July 2024.
There will be 6 total performances between September 13th and 21st. All performances will be held at Gayton Kirk Presbyterian. No performers are paid.
Auditions will be from provided sides. Please either send your headshot (or recent selfie) and resume to brandystevens434@gmail.com or bring a printed copy of each to the audition. If sending your headshot and resume digitally, please send each as separate files attached to the email. Make sure to include your full name.
Callbacks will be held, if needed, on Thursday, July 11 at 7:30pm.
Readings will be from sides. All call back auditions must be in person.
About the Play
Al and Willie as “Lewis and Clark” were top-billed vaudevillians for over forty years. Now they aren’t even speaking. When CBS requests them for a “History of Comedy” retrospective, a grudging reunion brings the two back together, along with a flood of memories, miseries, and laughs. The story follows the attempt by a young theatrical agent to re-unite his elderly uncle, a former vaudevillian great, with his long-time stage partner for a TV reunion. Despite their celebrated reputation, the two old men have not spoken in twelve years. Besides remastering their sketch, the two men have numerous issues to work out before they are ready to return to the public eye. "Delicious and oddly affecting, this is another hit for Simon in a shrewdly balanced, splendid, and rather touching slice of the show biz life." (New York Daily News)
Character Breakdown
Ben Silverman (20s-40s, male/female/nonbinary): Willie's nephew who works as an agent. He is kind, compassionate, and has excellent comedic timing.
Patient (any age, male/female/nonbinary: an actor part of Willie and Al's comedy act, The Doctor's Sketch
Eddie (40s or older, male): TV producer for CBS
Nurse (20's, female): an actor part of Willie and Al's comedy act, a sexy nurse
Registered Nurse (50's, female): a kind and sarcastic nurse who attends to Willie after he falls ill
The roles of Willie and Al have been precast.