After firing one of their founding members due to his erratic behavior, a world-class string quartet takes a chance on a gifted but relatively inexperienced young woman. With only a few days to rehearse a grueling Beethoven masterpiece, the four struggle to prepare their highest-profile performance ever -- a televised ceremony at the White House. Their rehearsal room becomes a pressure-cooker as passions rise, personalities clash, and the players are forced to confront the ephemeral nature of their life’s work.
Auditions will be held 4-7 p.m. Sept. 15 and 7:30-9:30 p.m. Sept. 16. Callbacks will be at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 18. Audition sides will be provided.
Performances will be 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays Nov. 15- 30, with a matinee Sunday, Dec. 1.
| Elliot (first violin) | Fastidious, controlling, single-minded, the self-anointed leader of the quartet. Not terribly imaginative; brittle rather than fragile. Music is his life. Dorian’s ex- lover. |
| Alan (second violin) | Funny, charming, sexual, music is a job, not an obsession. Never misses a trick, always the one that the others look to for support. |
| Carl (cello) | Cancer survivor, jocular, even-tempered, except when disharmony reigns. Pragmatic, like his instrument, the base on which the group is built. |
| Dorian (viola) | Unstable genius. Understands and feels the music, and has little patience for those who do not. Erratic and unpredictable, passionate and self- destructive, was fired from the group by his ex-lover Elliot. |
| Grace (viola) | Brilliant mind, enormously talented, naturally confident but slightly intimidated by the older men. Pretty, sexy but not overwhelmingly so. Must play 10-15 years younger than the men. |
The men must be of comparable age, somewhere between 35 and 50. Grace must be 10-15 years younger, so casting all roles depends on the mix.
For more information, email director Eric Walby at circleplayersnj@gmail.com. Circle Players is located at 416 Victoria Ave., Piscataway
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