Arts & Entertainment
TPNC Auditions: The Farnsworth Invention by Aaron Sorkin
Auditions for this compelling story take place Mon/Tues Feb. 15/16 at 7pm at The Powerhouse Theater in Waveny Park, New Canaan.
AUDITION INFO
Monday, February 15 at 7:00pm
Tuesday, February 16 at 7:00pm
Callbacks (if needed) on Wednesday, February 17 at 7:00pm
Location: The Powerhouse Performing Arts Center, Waveny Park, New Canaan
For a character breakdown, please visit our AUDITIONS page.
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Questions? Contact the Director at juliebellpetrak@gmail.com.
ABOUT THE PLAY
It’s 1929. Two ambitious visionaries race against each other to invent a device called “television.” Separated by two thousand miles, each knows that if he stops working, even for a moment, the other will gain the edge. Who will unlock the key to the greatest innovation of the 20th century: the ruthless media mogul, or the self-taught Idaho farm boy?
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The Farnsworth Invention is a stage play by Aaron Sorkin adapted from an unproduced screenplay. In the 1920s and 1930s, the battle to create and control television came down to two men: David Sarnoff, a self-made titan of industry and the president of RCA; and Philo T. Farnsworth, an unsophisticated but brilliant inventor working independently in a private laboratory. Their separate paths eventually collide in a legal battle for control of the 20th century’s most powerful communications tool. The turning point of the 20th century wasn’t on television. It was television.
Linda Winer, Newsday, called it “vintage Sorkin and crackling prime-time theater … breezy and shrewd, smart-alecky and idealistic.”
Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times, described it as “a firecracker of a play in a fittingly snap, crackle and pop production, the drama has among its many virtues the ability to make you think at the same time that it breaks your heart.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Aaron Sorkin is a screenwriter, producer and playwright. His works include the Broadway plays A Few Good Men and The Farnsworth Invention; the television series Sports Night, The West Wing, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, and The Newsroom; and the films A Few Good Men, The American President, Charlie Wilson’s War, The Social Network, and Moneyball.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director: Julie Bell Petrak
Producer: Tom Butterworth
Stage Manager: Sheila Toner
Lighting Designer: Jeff Klein
THE CAST
Auditions will take place on Monday February 15 and Tuesday February 16 at 7pm, with callbacks on Wednesday February 17 at 7pm if needed.
For a character breakdown, please visit our AUDITIONS page.
