Casting call: 'Spike Heels' at Circle Players

Circle Players is looking for a few actors to put in  Theresa Rebeck's “Spike Heels.”

Pygmalion goes awry in this contemporary comedy of manners which explores sexual harassment, misplaced amour, and the possibility of a four sided love triangle. The combatants are a sexy, volatile young woman and three Back Bay types: a writer, a lawyer and a fiancée in sensible shoes. The setting is Boston, the ending is happy, and laughter abounds.

Auditions are from 7 to 9 p.m. Sept. 9 and 5-7 p.m. Sept. 10, with callbacks from 7 to 9 p.m. Sept. 11. Auditions will be held at Circle Playhouse, 416 Victoria Ave, Piscataway. The show is directed by Tom Frascatore.

All characters are around 30 years old.

ANDREW is a professor of political philosophy at a small college in Boston. He lives alone in an apartment and has befriended his neighbor Georgie, appointing himself her “teacher.” He is engaged to be married to Lydia. As the play opens, Andrew is fastidious, cautious, and averse to risk. However, during the course of the play he becomes less restrained because of Georgie’s influence on him.

EDWARD is an old friend of Andrew’s. Edward is aggressive, extroverted, demanding, and at times a little sleazy. He is a criminal defense lawyer and, as a favor to Andrew, has hired Georgie to be his secretary even though she has not attended college. He dated Andrew’s fiancee, Lydia, before Andrew began dating her.

GEORGIE is Andrew’s neighbor and Edward’s secretary. She comes from a working-class background and has not attended college. She is lusty, earthy, sarcastic and fatalistic, especially in her relationships with men. Six months before the play begins, Andrew has decided to become her friend and to try to diminish her self-destructive tendencies. In befriending her, Andrew has also tried to “improve” her by giving her books to read and encouraging her to speak more properly. She has responded to Andrew’s friendship by falling in love with him.

LYDIA is Andrew’s fiancée and Edward’s ex-girlfriend. She is from an old, upperclass Boston family. In many ways, she is the opposite of Georgie, and the characters talk about her a great deal before she ever actually appears. Edward describes her as cold and unemotional, and Andrew wants to keep her pure. When she does appear, she is quite fiery, convinced that Georgie is trying to steal Andrew from her. Georgie comes to like her when she sees that Lydia is not the “vampire” Edward has portrayed her to be.

Performances will be held Nov. 4, 5, 12, 13, 18, 19 and 20, at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 3 p.m. Sundays.

For more information, write to circleplayersnj@gmail.com.