Come audition for a department produced, student-directed play this term!

GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS by David Mamet

Full-Length Dramatic Comedy Roles for 7 Men

Directed by Max Gottschall ‘15

Performances: 11.15-16 8pm, 11.17 2pm, Bentley Theater

About the show:

This scalding and foul-mouthed comedy, by prolific American playwright David Mamet, took Broadway and London by storm. (Winner of the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.) In this play, Mamet is at his best, writing about small-time, cutthroat real estate salesmen trying to grind out a living by pushing plots of land on reluctant buyers in a never-ending scramble for their share of the American dream. In that America and today’s, that dream seems more and more concentrated among a select few. “Glengarry” focuses on the winners and the losers; how they get there, why they stay there, and how they react when all hell breaks loose.

AUDITION INFORMATION:

Please see the sign-up sheet now posted in Shakespeare Alley to sign up for a five- minute audition slot for this Wednesday, October 2nd, from 7-9 PM. Callbacks will take place beginning at 9:30.

The audition will consist of reading a monologue and/or sides from the show. For more information and for show materials, please blitz [log in to unmask] before the audition.

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CHARACTER LIST:

Levene is a consummate veteran salesman, relegated to second-class citizen status after failing to close on a sale. Once a top seller, Levene has been recently embarrassed as his sales numbers has dropped. On the brink of being fired, he is desperate to get “back on the board.” Late 50s.

Roma is a bigshot salesman who has been on top of the board since he started. He is always in selling mode, always closing a sale to unwitting strangers. He is arrogant and ruthless, quick-witted and very charming. He also tends to curse, and curse a lot. Early 40s.

Williamson is the manager of the real estate office, the self-proclaimed “marshal of the sales leads.” He is a company man, unwilling to step outside the line and willing

to be ruthless in keeping profits up. He is not a salesman, and so is resented by the men who work under him. Late 30s/Early 40s.

Moss is an angry and short-tempered salesman who is very unhappy with just about everything: his firm, the state of the business, his coworkers, his boss, and his life. He hasn’t closed a sale in over a month and is appropriately concerned. He is not subtle and has a propensity for lashing out. Early 50s.

Aaronow, also in his early fifties, is timid and meek. Also in danger of being fired, Aaronow is depressed, confused, and easily manipulated by his fellow salesman. He is dull and often just repeats what others say to him. Early 50s.

Lingk is an unwitting, quiet man who happens to meet Roma in a bar. After being suckered into buying property (without saying as much as ten words), Lingk is pressured by his wife into later confronting Roma and rescinding the deal. He is a powerless man, a prop, controlled first by Roma and later by his wife. Early 40s.

Baylen is a detective tasked with discovering the identity of the thief. He is tough and no-nonsense, and doesn’t hesitate to get physical with his suspects (everyone on stage). It is clear he dislikes them all, as they do not respect him or the threat he poses. Early 40s. 

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COMING UP:

WiRED! a 24-hour playwriting festival: Saturday, October 5th, 8pm, Bentley Theater

Ten Minute Play Festival: Monday, October 14th

For more information, blitz Diane Chen '14 and Amber Porter '14

MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION: