Broom Street Theater Auditions

TWO NIGHTS OF AUDITIONS: Sept. 17 & 18. Both at the Wil-Mar Center. Both start at 5:30!

Broom Street Theater is proud to announce "The Full Treatment" by Jay Shearer directed by Doug Reed, opening January 13, 2017.

"The Full Treatment" is a wicked, dark, corporate comedy full of wordplay. The play concerns a trio of job-seekers at massive Peppercock Industries. Inside the massive front door is the luxurious domain of the CEO, Lonnie Peppercock. What's the door separating you from the 1%? What's it like inside that door? What do you have to give up to get inside? To stay inside?

Doug Reed is a longtime Broom Street Theater stalwart, author of "Sweet William", "The Nails", and "The Lamentable Tragedie Of Scott Walker". Jay Shearer teaches writing and literature at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and is the author of the novel "Five Hundred Sirens", as well as a novelette and many short stories and essays. "The Full Treatment" is his first full-length play.

Auditions will be held at the Wil-Mar Center: 953 Jenifer St. on September 17th and 18th from 5:30 - 7pm. If those audition dates are inconvenient, contact the director at BaronVonReed@gMail.com - and alternate arrangements will be made.

We will be casting the following roles:

Alan Blasphemuson: African-American male (25 - 35) Talented, hotheaded would-be revolutionary lawyer. A natural rabble-rouser and leader.

Lonnie Peppercock: female (40 - 60) CEO of Peppercock Industries. She's part JP Morgan, part Cruella De Vil.

Kyle Goodfork: white male (25 - 35) - A well-meaning, job-seeking bumbler.

Mr. White: male (30's - 50's) - The gatekeeper for Peppercock Industries. He sold out a long time ago for penultimate power.

Anna Peppercock: female (25 - 35) A distant cousin of the CEO, she struggles whether to trade on her famous name. Can she do more good on the inside or the outside?

Ned Begovitz: male (25-60) A cop with anger management issues.

Gary Bragg: male (25 - 60) A cop with a philosophical bent.

Manuel (Peppercock?): male (35 - 60) A proud man, reduced by circumstance to delivering boxed lunches to the powerful.