Auditions: Circle Players- Arthur Miller's The Ride Down Mount Morgan

 

NEWS FROM PISCATAWAY -- The Circle Players will hold auditions for “The Ride Down Mount Morgan” by Arthur Miller. The play made its world premiere in 1991 and opened on Broadway in 2000. It was nominated for a Tony award and a Drama Desk award.

Auditions will held be at Circle Players, 416 Victoria Ave., Piscataway, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10; and 7-10 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11. Callbacks, if necessary, will be held 7-10 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14.

Todd W. Jones will direct, and requests that those auditioning bring a headshot and resume if possible. Selections from the script will be provided at auditions. It would be helpful for those who audition to be familiar with the script.

 car wreck on the slopes of Mt. Morgan lands poet/insurance tycoon Lyman Felt in the hospital. While he recovers, two women meet in the hospital to discover that they are both married to him. Lyman tries to justify himself to the two women--the prim, cultured Theo and the restless, ambitious Leah -- at the same time hoping to convince himself that he is blameless.

Moving between broad farce and delicate tragedy, “The Ride Down Mt. Morgan” addresses the struggle between honesty with others and honesty with oneself. 

Character breakdown: Lyman Felt, mid- to late-50s, energetic, passionate, with an insatiable lust for life; Theo, his first wife, late 40s to early 50s, proper and reserved, artistic and refined manner; Leah, his second wife, mid-30s to early 40s, adventurous risk taker who knows how to have fun, but also a fierce competitor; Nurse Logan (African-American, age flexible), Lyman’s caretaker; Bessie, early 20s, Lyman’s daughter; and Tom, late 40s to early 50s, lawyer and Lyman’s friend.

The play will run weekends March 2-18.

For more information, email circleplayersnj@gmail.com.