Casting Call: 'Beachton Bright Memoirs'

Somerset Valley Players is looking for men and women to complete the cast of "Brighton Beach Memoirs."

Written by Neil Simon, whose comic works are a staple of community theater, "Brighton Beach Memoirs" is a semi-autobiographical tale of growing up in a 1937 Brooklyn Jewish household. The story focuses on a wise-cracking adolescent boy dreaming of baseball and girls, while he tries to make sense of his slightly off-the-wall but well-meaning family and the world around them.

Auditions will be held at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 14 and Dec. 18, at Somerset Valley Players, 689 Amwell Road. Parts include a man from 40-50 years old, a woman in her 40s, and two girls and two boys, all in their mid- to late teens.

Character	Age	Description
Kate Jerome	Early to Mid-40s	Practical woman and the caretaker of the family. She holds the family together.
Eugene Jerome	Mid-teens	Protagonist and narrator of the story. Depression in a working class Jewish family gives him stresses and wisdom beyond those of a typical teenager.
Stanley Jerome	Late teens-early 20s	Older brother of Eugene. He looks out for Eugene but feels misguided, inadequate and underprivileged.
Jack Jerome	Late 40s-early 50s	Patriarch of the entire family and everyone turns to him for the answers to all their problems.
Blanche Morton	Early to mid-40s	Widow whose husband left her with nothing. She has difficulties making decisions.
Nora Morton	Mid to late teens	Stereotypical teenager. Lives by the philosophy that she will do what she wants regardless of what her elders want her to do.
Laurie Morton	Early teens.	Bookish.

"Brighton Beach Memoirs" will be directed by Todd Bennington, and produced by: Crystal Coddington. Planned performances are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays March 6-22.