AUDITION NOTICE
The Albright Theatre is a Non for Profit Organization that functions by the generous time given by all of our volunteers. All productions at the Albright Theatre are non paid.
Our auditions are open calls that consist of cold reads from the script. If you are interested in auditioning, please arrive at least 10 minutes before the start time to complete paperwork. No appointment is necessary.
Rehearsals take place on evenings and weekends. The rehearsal schedule is determined by the availability of those cast. No rehearsals are scheduled prior to casting. The rehearsal schedule will be determined by the Director and is subject to the availability of the cast and crew.
Head shots and theatrical resumes will be accepted but are not required.
Please bring a list of ALL conflicts through the final performance.
Our auditions are open calls that consist of cold reads from the script. If you are interested in auditioning, please arrive at least 10 minutes before the start time to complete paperwork. No appointment is necessary.
Rehearsals take place on evenings and weekends. The rehearsal schedule is determined by the availability of those cast. No rehearsals are scheduled prior to casting. The rehearsal schedule will be determined by the Director and is subject to the availability of the cast and crew.
Head shots and theatrical resumes will be accepted but are not required.
Please bring a list of ALL conflicts through the final performance.
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Please feel free to download the audition form and have it filled out prior to auditions!
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Upcoming Auditions
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Laughter on the 23rd Floor
By: Neil Simon Directed by Ayden Lopez Audition Dates: Sunday - August 23rd - 7pm Monday - August 24th - 7pm *If you cannot attend auditions, please contact info@albrighttheatre.com to discuss potential arrangements. Auditions will be held AT the theatre. 100 N. Island Ave 3rd Floor Batavia, IL 60510 (Entry is the main doorway across from the parking lot directly in front of the building) This is an open call audition consisting of cold readings from the script. NO audition appointment is necessary. No monologue required. |
Lucas Brickman is a young comedy writer trying to prove himself in the fraternal writers room for The Max Prince Show, one of the country’s most popular variety shows. It’s 1953, and with McCarthyism running rampant, the network demanding budget cuts, and a host who can’t manage to stay sober, things aren’t looking good. Playwright Neil Simon, a television comedy writer himself, wrote Laughter on the 23rd Floor as a roman a clef: the characters are based on real people but given fictional names. There’s the flashy Milt, who prefers quantity over quality when it comes to jokes, Ira, the hypochondriac agitator, Val, the fussy Russian immigrant, Brian, who claims to have somehow sold a screenplay he’s yet to write, the sophisticated Kenny, and the defensive Carol, the sole female writer. Packed with Simon’s characteristic wit and offbeat characters, this ensemble comedy offers a fly-on-the-wall look at a zany TV writers room and the colorful personalities inside it.
Performance Dates
October 9th, 10th, 17th, 18th, 23rd, & 24th
Show Times
Friday & Saturday 7:30 PM
2nd Sunday at 2:30 pm
Lucas Brickman: Lucas has just started his second week as a writer on The Max Prince show. He’s on a four-week “try-out” contract. He’s very much “the new guy” among an already-legendary writing staff, trying to fit in, become one of the group, and impress everyone enough to be hired permanently. He is also among the least neurotic of the bunch.
Milt Fields: Milt is a rapid-fire joke machine. He considers himself to be a cheap “wholesaler” among the other writers, who are “Tiffany” quality. Highly insecure, he tries to stand out by dressing flamboyantly and attempting to be a ladies’ man.
Val Slotsky: Val is the senior member of the staff, and the most politically aware of the bunch. As a Russian Immigrant, he speaks with a strong accent. He is self-deprecating in an-your-face kind of way. He states his philosophy in the play: All humor is based on hostility.
Brian Doyle: A chain smoker and heavy drinker, Brian epitomizes the cynical, hard-living writer. He’s acerbic, bitter and has grandiose ideas that, any moment now, Hollywood will come calling. He and Ira are constantly at each other’s throats.
Kenny Franks: Kenny is the golden boy of the group – highly respected by all despite the fact that he’s the youngest, he’s sophisticated, worldly and self-assured.
Carol Wyman: Carol is the lone woman on the writing staff. She is a veteran of the industry, having survived, and thrived, in this male- dominated environment. In the first act, she’s been trying to get pregnant. In the second act, it is obvious she has succeeded. She is more mature and self-aware than most of her colleagues but is every bit as passionate and quick- witted.
Max Prince: Max Prince is the star of the most popular show on television: The Max Prince Show. Like the characters he plays each week on camera, He is larger than life off camera as well. When he enters a room, he FILLS the room. He has a brilliant madness to him that is exacerbated by his use of alcohol and sleeping pills to fight his perpetual insomnia; increasingly, it either dissipates into disorientation or devolves into out-and-out paranoia. He is a comic genius with a work ethic that is equally impressive. He is a serious professional – and a seriously funny man. He does everything with gusto, exuberance, passion and abandon.
Helen: Helen is the quintessential secretary for the group. She is kind-hearted and in awe of the talent she is privileged to be so close to. Her dream is to become a comedy writer herself. Unfortunately, she does not possess an ounce of comedic talent. But she is amiable and, although she is uneducated, she is self-possessed and unafraid to speak her mind.
Ira Stone: Ira is the most annoying member of the writing team – by far. He is a chronic hypochondriac and shameless attention seeker who is also extremely argumentative. Although he is late for work every day, and generally disruptive it is always he who is the victim. Unfortunately, he is also extremely funny and very inventive. If you don’t kill him, you kind of like him. He and Brian are always at each other’s throats.
Performance Dates
October 9th, 10th, 17th, 18th, 23rd, & 24th
Show Times
Friday & Saturday 7:30 PM
2nd Sunday at 2:30 pm
Lucas Brickman: Lucas has just started his second week as a writer on The Max Prince show. He’s on a four-week “try-out” contract. He’s very much “the new guy” among an already-legendary writing staff, trying to fit in, become one of the group, and impress everyone enough to be hired permanently. He is also among the least neurotic of the bunch.
Milt Fields: Milt is a rapid-fire joke machine. He considers himself to be a cheap “wholesaler” among the other writers, who are “Tiffany” quality. Highly insecure, he tries to stand out by dressing flamboyantly and attempting to be a ladies’ man.
Val Slotsky: Val is the senior member of the staff, and the most politically aware of the bunch. As a Russian Immigrant, he speaks with a strong accent. He is self-deprecating in an-your-face kind of way. He states his philosophy in the play: All humor is based on hostility.
Brian Doyle: A chain smoker and heavy drinker, Brian epitomizes the cynical, hard-living writer. He’s acerbic, bitter and has grandiose ideas that, any moment now, Hollywood will come calling. He and Ira are constantly at each other’s throats.
Kenny Franks: Kenny is the golden boy of the group – highly respected by all despite the fact that he’s the youngest, he’s sophisticated, worldly and self-assured.
Carol Wyman: Carol is the lone woman on the writing staff. She is a veteran of the industry, having survived, and thrived, in this male- dominated environment. In the first act, she’s been trying to get pregnant. In the second act, it is obvious she has succeeded. She is more mature and self-aware than most of her colleagues but is every bit as passionate and quick- witted.
Max Prince: Max Prince is the star of the most popular show on television: The Max Prince Show. Like the characters he plays each week on camera, He is larger than life off camera as well. When he enters a room, he FILLS the room. He has a brilliant madness to him that is exacerbated by his use of alcohol and sleeping pills to fight his perpetual insomnia; increasingly, it either dissipates into disorientation or devolves into out-and-out paranoia. He is a comic genius with a work ethic that is equally impressive. He is a serious professional – and a seriously funny man. He does everything with gusto, exuberance, passion and abandon.
Helen: Helen is the quintessential secretary for the group. She is kind-hearted and in awe of the talent she is privileged to be so close to. Her dream is to become a comedy writer herself. Unfortunately, she does not possess an ounce of comedic talent. But she is amiable and, although she is uneducated, she is self-possessed and unafraid to speak her mind.
Ira Stone: Ira is the most annoying member of the writing team – by far. He is a chronic hypochondriac and shameless attention seeker who is also extremely argumentative. Although he is late for work every day, and generally disruptive it is always he who is the victim. Unfortunately, he is also extremely funny and very inventive. If you don’t kill him, you kind of like him. He and Brian are always at each other’s throats.
UPCOMING AUDITIONS CONT.
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Silver Belles: A Christmas Comedy
By: Lauren Grove Directed by JP Quirk Audition Dates: Sunday - October 11 - 7pm Monday - October 12 - 7pm *If you cannot attend auditions, please contact the theatre at info@albrighttheatre.com to discuss arrangements. Auditions will be held AT the theatre. 100 N. Island Ave 3rd Floor Batavia, IL 60510 (Entry is the main doorway across from the parking lot directly in front of the building) This is an open call audition consisting of cold readings from the script. NO audition appointment is necessary. No monologue required. |
Come celebrate the holidays with the Silver Belles! While the ladies of Silver Meadows Retirement Home are getting ready for Christmas, scheming mogul Frank Davenport has plans to evict them and turn their home into a luxury hotel. But when Frank’s son Nick is sent to deliver the news, he discovers his old flame Kate is Silver Meadows’ fiercely dedicated manager. The more time he spends with her and the wise, witty, wonderful women under her care, the harder it gets to tell the truth – but luckily for him, the Belles know a thing or two about handling life and love. Can they guide Nick to save Silver Meadows and have a happy holiday after all? Both heartrending and hilarious, Silver Belles gives the gift of laughter, tears, and old-fashioned Christmas magic.
Performance Dates
December 4th, 5th, 6th, 11th, 12th, 13th
Show Times
1st weekend - Friday - 7:30pm, Saturday - 2:30pm, Sunday - 2:30pm
2nd weekend - Friday 7:30pm, Saturday - 2:30pm & 7:30pm, Sunday 2:30pm
Calling all ages 18+!! Actors can be aged up to fit the role! Women AND Men encouraged to audition as characters can be filled by either if the talent is there! Will provide hair and makeup for any switch.
NICK, a young man who works at Davenport & Associates, has dueling loyalties.
KATE, the general manager at Silver Meadows, cares deeply about her work.
MEGAN, a new and energetic nurse at Silver Meadows.
STEVE, a sometimes lazy but well-meaning nurse at Silver Meadows.
FRANK, local mogul, Nick’s father.
JERRY, Frank’s loyal lackey.
Belles
CLARA, the heart of Silver Meadows, often lost in the past.
YOUNG CLARA, Clara in her late teens/early twenties.
VIVIENNE, a fun and flirtatious lady, was once a B movie star.
HARRIET, kind and grandmotherly, always thinking of family.
PEARL, a feisty old broad with a chip on her shoulder.
GERTIE, sweet, naïve, and hard of hearing.
Ensemble (can be played by as few as two actors)
TOMMY
MR. JOHNSON
YOUNG VIVIENNE (VOICE)
GUY MORGAN (VOICE)
DR. LEE MAMA SOLDIER WAITER
Optional Alternate Ending Characters
ROGER
LEEANN
MOLLY
FUTURE AUDITIONS
Stay tuned for our amazing 2027 Season auditions!!!!
