BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS-NEW BROADWAY REVIVAL-OPEN CALL FOR THE ROLE OF EUGENE

Calling Graham Phillips! Paging Aaron Simon Gross! Are you out there, Corey Snide? All 3 of you guys get to this audition ASAP! Maybe you can be like the 3 Billy's, only the 3 Eugene's. I truly hope to see one of you, ANY of you, in this production. Hopefully you all age qualify. I am absolutely sure that any of you could play this part and be terrific! And no really high notes to sing! All you have to do is "put one foot in front of the other" and get to this audition. OK?

I'm so thrilled to hear there's going to be a revival of this show! It's one of my favorites.

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I have known of Henry Hodges for awhile, but I have never actually seen him onstage. Thinking of the actors in "13" I did think of Henry, but I wasn't sure he met the age requirement. However, according to IMDb.com he is 15 years old.
You are right. He definitely has the right look for Eugene. Apparently he is now getting ready to play Jem in To Kill A Mockingbird with Matthew Modine in Hartford and then in Westchester. He is building up quite a set of acting credentials.

You have nothing to lose by going, Broadwayboy.

Who knows, maybe they will hold onto your resume and headshot and think of you for another production.

It can't hurt to just put yourself out there.

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I'm a few years too old to qualify for this audition, but I find it annoying that they are holding the auditon for such a Jewish-themed show on a Saturday, so that anyone who actually observes the Jewish religion would be unable to attend and put at the disadvantage of having to submit a picture and resume instead of being able to actually audition and show their talent.

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Not being an actor, I have no idea about this. When are auditions usually held? I would have thought on weekends. What would auditioning children and teens normally do? Skip school to go to midweek auditions? Or would mostly all interested young actors be home schooled these days?

I know I would would. OK, Jon, I guess it was a silly question.

Hmm interesting discussion has ensued! There are plenty of auditions which occur during the week, and so yes people would have to miss school and/or work to attend the auditions. I thought it seemed a bit odd that this one wasn't, especially given the play involved.

To answer bwaylvsong, I think it does make sense for this show to not have Friday night performances, which I don't think this show's target audience would attend regardless of religious level. Also, it is entirely possible to have an 8 shows-a-week performance schedule without performances on Shabbat. If there were performances Monday through Thursday nights, and Saturday and Sunday evenings, as well as matinees on Sunday and Wednesday, that would be 8 performances and the actors get Fridays off each week as well as having the two show days spread out instead of packing them in on the weekend. So yes, it is plausible.

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To answer bwaylvsong, I think it does make sense for this show to not have Friday night performances, which I don't think this show's target audience would attend regardless of religious level. Also, it is entirely possible to have an 8 shows-a-week performance schedule without performances on Shabbat. If there were performances Monday through Thursday nights, and Saturday and Sunday evenings, as well as matinees on Sunday and Wednesday, that would be 8 performances and the actors get Fridays off each week as well as having the two show days spread out instead of packing them in on the weekend. So yes, it is plausible.

Plausible, yes, but ridiculous to think that this show would not perform two of the most profitable performances of the week- Friday nights and Saturday afternoons.

I think that would be a far likelier scenario for this production. If they find someone they really want to cast who observes the Jewish Sabbath, they would have an understudy or alternate perform at those times.

AGHH!!! I wish I had seen this before! I'm 15, and would've loved to try out! Would there be any point in sending in the resume and headshot now?

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