AUDITIONS
All Auditions are open to the public, we welcome all levels of experience, and each production holds two dates in order to allow the greatest number of people to fit auditions into their schedule. Unless otherwise specified in the audition notice below, directors will request cold readings from the script or provide sides for auditions. Some may do both. Click here for our current COVID-19 policy for actors and other volunteers.
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Audition Notice:
Promises, Promises
Audition Dates: March 3 & 5, 2025
Director Tom Yenchick is seeking a cast for Promises, Promises, Book by Neil Simon, Music by Burt Bacharach, Lyrics by Hal David, at Forge Theatre (241 First Avenue, Phoenixville, PA).
Auditions: Monday, March 3, 2025 and Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 7:00, at the theatre
Rehearsal Schedule: Sunday afternoons, Monday and Wednesday evenings, with additional rehearsals during tech week (June 1-5, 2025)
Show Dates: June 6-7, 13-15, 20-22 (Fridays/Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2pm)
Audition Information:
Please prepare a 2-minute song that showcases your voice. Bring sheet music, an accompanist will be present. No pre-recorded music please. Cold readings from the script will be done.. For further information about auditions, please contact Tom Yenchick at [email protected].
Please see the cast descriptions, below, for open roles. Auditionees ages 18 and up are welcomed. Forge welcomes auditionees of any gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, and ability level. Forge is committed to maintaining and further fostering an inclusive environment that embraces and encourages diversity across all aspects of our organization and throughout our community.
Synopsis:
The year is 1962 and the place is New York City. Chuck Baxter is a young, ambitious clerk working for the New York insurance company, Consolidated Life. Chuck is eager to climb the corporate ladder but, unfortunately for him, he’s the type of guy no-one really notices. However, he hits on a plan: in return for allowing the firm's executives to use his midtown apartment for their extramarital love affairs, they agree to sing his praises to the company managers. However, trouble occurs when Chuck discovers that the object of his own love, Fran Kubelik, is caught in a complicated love affair with the powerful personnel manager, J.D Sheldrake...to whom Chuck has just lent his apartment! Throw in a nosy neighbor who is convinced that Chuck is a womanizing cad and a large quantity of sleeping pills and it's a recipe for disaster...or is it? With a score by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, the musical provided two hit singles for Dionne Warwick (“Promises, Promises” and “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again”).
Lead CharactersRoles (click names for character descriptions)
Chuck Baxter Male, Lead
Fran Kubelik Female, Lead
J.D. Sheldrake Male, Lead
Miss Olson Female, Supporting
Dobitch Male, Supporting
Kirkeby Male, Supporting
Eichelberger Male, Supporting
Vanderhof Male, Supporting
Marge MacDougall Female, Supporting
Dr. Dreyfuss Male, Supporting
Karl Kubelik Male, Featured
Sylvia Female, Featured
Miss Polansky Female, Featured
Miss Wong Female, Featured
Miss Della Hoya Female, Featured
Ensemble Any Gender, Ensemble