Audition: It's a Wonderful Life, the radio play
Roles: There are five roles-two women and three men. One woman should be mid-to-late twenties, the other roles have no set ages, however all actors must be able to create voices for characters ranging in age from 5 to 80. They sometimes will have dialogue with themselves and need to be able to carry a tune for radio jingles.
Auditions will be cold readings from the script, no parts are pre-cast. This production will be directed by Shayne Gardner and produced by Columba Hoban and Beth Doyle.
When: Oct. 5 & 6 at 7pm
Where: McLean Community Center
1234 Ingleside Ave.
McLean, VA
Performances:
December 11, 12 (2 shows), 13 (matinee), 18, 19, 2009.
Description: An adaptation by Joe Landry of the film It's a Wonderful Life, this show is a 'play within a play,' set at a radio station in the late 1940s, with the theater audience playing the studio audience. The radio actors have been working together for some time, performing sound effects and playing from two to fifteen parts each, including several commercials with jingles.
For more information visit www.McLeanPlayers.org
