AUDITION NOTICE:
TITLE: THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT
AUTHOR: Stephen Adly Guirgis
DIRECTOR: James Rice
RUN: June 6, 2020 through July 3, 2020.
Fridays & Saturdays 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. Special performances on Thursday and Sunday nights may be added for private parties and special events.
This is a community theater production. Non-Equity. There is no pay.
AUDITION DATES:
Open Call:
Dates: Monday, April 13 & Tuesday, 14, 2020
Times: 7pm – 9pm
Location: Long Beach Playhouse
Callbacks:
Date and Time: Wednesday, April 15, 2020, 7pm – 10pm, by invitation only.
REHEARSALS:
First Read-Through: April 20, 2020, 7pm – 10pm
Regular Rehearsals: Starting April 21, 2020, Mondays – Thursdays 7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m., Saturdays 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
(See Beg. Rehearsal Schedule for Specific Dates and Times)
Location: Long Beach Playhouse
LINK TO THE BEG. REHEARSAL SCHEDULE
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
Bring headshot and resume. Sides for cold readings will be provided at the auditions
SHORT SYNOPSIS:
A high-octane verbal cage match about love, fidelity and misplaced haberdashery. Struggles with addiction, friendship, love, and the challenges of adulthood are at the center of the story. Jackie, a petty drug dealer, is just out of prison and trying to stay clean. He’s also still in love with his coke-addicted childhood sweetheart, Veronica. Ralph D. is Jackie’s too-smooth, slightly slippery sponsor. He’s married to the bitter and disaffected Victoria, who, by the way, has the hots for Jackie. And then there’s Julio, Jackie’s cousin…a stand-up, “stand by me” kind of guy.
CASTING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:
JACKIE (M, Late 20s – 35, Latinx) Recovering alcoholic, recently released from prison, volatile and puppy-dog vulnerable, tough-talking bravado, self-destructive.
VICTORIA (F, Late 20s – 35, Open Ethnicity) Jackie’s wife; the bitter and disaffected wife of Ralph D, who–quite incidentally–is deeply attracted to Jackie; she’s hot-blooded and passionate, but deeply frustrated with the state of her life.
COUSIN JULIO (M, Late 20s, Latinx) Fastidious, effeminate, health nut, has a great body, great sense of humor.
VERONICA (F, Late 20s, Latinx) Foul-mouthed and tender-hearted, short fuse, ballsy, feisty, complex, sexy.
RALPH D. (M, 30 – 45, African-American) Wisecracking, slick talking, calculatingly charming, cocky, straightforward, overly self-confident, fast-talking scamster.