CASTING NOTICE

The Jewish Theatre Workshop Presents
"Game Show"
by Lew Riley

Performances:
Sunday, August 2nd at 2pm
Sunday, August 9th at 2pm
Sunday, August 16th at 2pm
May be an additional performance during the run on a weeknight

Auditions:
Weinberg Park Heights JCC, 5700 Park Heights Ave, Baltimore, MD 21215
Sunday, January 25th 1pm-4pm, Board Room
Monday, January 26th 6pm-9pm, Community Room
Tuesday, January 27th 6pm-9pm, Community Room
Callbacks Thursday, January 29th 6pm-9pm if needed

Prepare:
2 minute, comedic monologue memorized

Rehearsals:
Table read mid-February
Rehearsals starting in June, actors expected to be off-book by beginning of rehearsals.
Rehearsals will be Week Nights and Sunday Afternoons. No rehearsals on Fridays or Saturdays.

Inquiries:
Etan Weintraub, Director
etan@jewishtheatreworkshop.org
or call the JTW Hotline at 410-709-8589

All roles available:
Brad Bowers - King of the Mountain's emcee. An aging MC. Wears a plastic smile on his face and a too-hairy toupee on his head, doesn't see very well, but doesn't want to wear glasses.
Heidi - The Mountain Girl. A buxomy young lass. Like many game show hostesses, Heidi is longer on looks than intelligence.
Larry Steele - The contenstant coordinator. A nice-looking man in his early thirties.
Kathy Burns - The production assistant. An attractive woman in her mid-twenties.
William Baron - The producer. Late 50's to early 60's.
Bill McGuffie - A sergeant in the army. Early forties military man.
Ethel Tinsley - A housewife/author. Middle-aged, bubbly.
Nedra Krebs - A senator's assistant. A young woman.
Steve Nystrom - A student filmmaker. Early to mid-twenties, very smart, and very good-looking.
Dolly Perkins - An older woman, close to sixty-five with gray hair and wrinkles, acts very young at heart.

Synopsis:
This comedy goes behind the scenes and then in front of the cameras as it follows five fascinating contestants: a fidgety Vietnam veteran; a know-it-all senator's assistant; a cocky young filmmaker; a dizzy housewife/author; and a bubbly senior citizen, from the time they meet backstage at a popular game show until one of them wins the grand prize. Who wins the big money is one of Game Show's several compelling subplots. Another is the possibility of a rekindled romance between one of the contestants and the show's production assistant. And then there are the hilarious antics of the game show's narcissistic emcee and his beautiful bimbo of an assistant. Who was the only bachelor president? What boy dubbed Lauren Becall's voice when she sang in To Have and Have Not? What was unusual about Babe Ruth's uniform when he hit 60 home runs? These and other intriguing questions are answered during Game Show, a warm and witty look at an American institution, the television game show.