Auditions for the Strollers production of THE CEMETERY CLUB

Auditions for the Strollers production of 
THE CEMETERY CLUB  are 
MON SEPT 10th and TUES SEPT 11th at 7:30P
(with callbacks on THURS SEPT 13th)  
in the Community Room at the Burgdorff Center
(10 Durand Rd, Maplewood)      

The production will be directed by Sharon A. Quinn, rehearsals are in the evening and performances are Fri & Sat Nov 2 & 3 and 9 & 10 at 8:00P and Sun Nov 4 at 2:00P. 

For more information, go to www.TheStrollers.org.

Play Synopsis:

Three (Jewish) widows meet once a month for tea before going to visit their husbands’ graves. Ida is sweet tempered and ready to begin a new life, Lucille is a feisty embodiment of the girl who just wants to have fun, and Doris is priggish and judgmental, particularly when Sam the butcher enters the scene. Doris and Lucille squash the budding romance between Sam and Ida but are guilt stricken when this nearly breaks Ida's heart.

Seeking strong actors with a great sense of comedic timing. Think “(Jewish) Golden Girls”. All five characters are in their late fifties, early sixties.

IDA – is the gentlest and most charming of the three widowed friends and the one who faces life the most realistically. She is ready to move on past grief and to accept new challenges. 

LUCILLE – is the most brazen one, always looking for a good deal, good time and always looking to “get even” with her unfaithful husband.

DORIS – is the most conservative of the three and the one who refuses to change any element in her life. She adheres to her strict principles of love and respect and expects her friends to do the same. 

SAM – is the local butcher, whose dead wife he still mourns, but who realizes that life has much to offer. He is willing to take a chance on happiness again.

MILDRED – is a show-off and a flirt. (smaller role, though BIG in personality)