AUDITION NOTICE
Huntington
Beach Playhouse
Presents
Moonlight & Magnolias
By
Ron Hutchinson
1939
Hollywood is abuzz. Legendary producer David O. Selznick has shut down
production of his new epic, Gone with the Wind, a film adaptation of Margaret
Mitchell's novel. The screenplay, you see, just doesn't work. So what's an
all-powerful movie mogul to do? While fending off the film's stars, gossip
columnists and his own father-in-law, Selznick sends a car for famed
screenwriter Ben Hecht and pulls formidable director Victor Fleming from the set
of The Wizard of Oz. Summoning both to his office, he locks the doors, closes
the shades, and on a diet of bananas and peanuts, the three men labor over five
days to fashion a screenplay that will become the blueprint for one of the most
successful and beloved films of all time.
Huntington Beach Playhouse is non-profit
amateur theater, there is no pay.
Auditions:
(choose one)
Monday, July 12th at 7:00pm
Tuesday July 13th at 7:00pm
Callbacks:
(per director’s request)
Tuesday
July 13th at 8:30pm
Preparation:
Cold readings from the script. Bring headshot and resume.
Location:
Huntington
Beach Library – Maddy Room
7111 Talbert Avenue
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Rehearsals
begin on Thursday, July 15, 2010. Rehearsals are typically
Monday-Thursday 7-10pm and some Saturday mornings.
Performances:
August
13th – September 5th, 2010 (Wednesday-Friday evenings at
8pm, Sundays at 2pm)
Director
– Gigi Fusco-Meese
Executive Producer – Stephen Reifenstein
Producer – April Gentry
Casting
the following roles:
David O. Selznick:
40, Caucasian, resemblance to the real historical figure preferred, legendary
Hollywood film producer, driven,fast-talking,intelligent, clever, sarcastic,
tireless, huge risk-taker, wants to make great films, burdened by his
relationship to his father-in-law Louis B. Mayer, defensive about his Jewish
roots and his place in Hollywood hierarchy.
Victor Fleming:
50, Caucasian, tall, light haired, handsome, the legendary director of The
Wizard of Oz and Gone With The Wind, Clark Gable’s director of choice, a
man’s man, supreme craftsman, meticulous, powerful, called by some “the
handsomest man in Hollywood, combative personality underneath the devil-may-care
surface, sarcastic sense if place in Hollywood, very protective of the role of
director on a film project.
Ben Hecht: 45, Caucasian, famous
tough-talking journalist, playwright and screenwriter, ferocious sense of barbed
humor, quick-thinking, fast-talking, carried a tremendous sense of righteousness
for the downtrodden, strong sense of bitterness toward Hollywood because his
Judaism keeps him on the outside, very protective of the role of the writer in
Hollywood.
Miss Poppengull:
30-45, Caucasian, resemblance to Scarlett O’Hara preferred, classic secretary
to Selznick, extremely efficient, able to focus on repetitive and mundane tasks,
can withstand mountains of abuse and mixed-messages.
For
further information go to www.hbph.com
or contact the director Gigi at (562) 225-3108 or email gigifuscomeese@aol.com.