Kudzu Playhouse is holding open non equity auditions for Sabrina Fair by Samuel Taylor on January 6 (Tuesday) and January 7 (Wednesday) from 7-9pm at 10743 Alpharetta Highway. Be prepared to do cold readings from the script.
The show will run from February 13 until March 15, 2009 on Friday and Saturday nights at 8pm and Sundays at 3pm. No appointment necessary. See www.kudzuplayhouse.org for directions. email to kudzuplayhouse@aol.com if you have any additional questions. (Theatre box office is on vacation until Jan. 12)
Sabrina Fair is a modern version of the Cinderella fable. It is set on Long Island in the 1950s, and deals with the involvement of a very rich family, named Larrabee, with Sabrina Fairchild, the daughter of their family chauffeur.
Characters:
Maude Larrabee– the beautiful mother of wit and perception
Julia Ward McKinlock– the smart magazine editor who, as a house guest, is the interested observer.
Linus Larrabee, Jr.– The elder son. He is a good-humored tycoon who has taken control of the family fortune. He detects Sabrina’s feeling for his brother, and for his own amusement lays a trap to bring them together. Casting 7 men and 7 women:
Linus Larrabee-; the father, whose one passion is attending funerals
Margaret-the Larrabee maid/Mother figure to Sabrina
David Larrabee-the younger Larrabee son.
Gretchen-David’s ex-wife
Sabrina Fairchild-, the daughter of their family chauffeur. She is bright, well-educated, and has just returned from five years in Paris, where she has done a brilliant job as an executive in a U.S. government overseas office. She has come home to find out if she is still in love with the younger Larrabee son, David.
Fairchild- the chauffeur who has been dabbling in the stock market and likes his job because it gives him time to read
Paul D’Argenson– a rich young Frenchman who has known Sabrina in Paris turns up and asks her to marry him.
2 young women-at the party
2 young men-at the party