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Welcome to an Amazing Year of Theatre at the Playhouse!
Fuddy Meers
By Pulitzer Prize & Tony-Award Winning Playwright, David Lindsay-Abaire
Our performance dates are scheduled for November 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10.
In the Hanifl Black Box, White Bear Lake, MN
Fuddy Meers is a funny, dark comedy filled with many antics.
Performances: November 1, 02, 07, 08, 09 at 7:30PM November 03 & 10 @ 2:00PM
To Be Performed at: The Hanifl Performing Arts Center 4941 Long Avenue White Bear Lake, MN 55110
General Auditions: Tuesday, September 03, 2024 Call Back Auditions: Thursday, September 05, 2024
ALL ROLES ARE OPEN TO Century College Faculty, Staff, Students, and Community Members from throughout the Twin Cities area.
AUDITION TIME: 6:00pm. No Appointments Necessary.
WHERE: Century College West Campus Theatre 3401 Century Avenue N White Bear Lake, MN 55110
WHO: Auditions Open to everyone College and Community-wide, at least 18 Years Old
WHAT TO PREPARE FOR AUDITIONS: Cold and Warm Readings from the Script and Improvisation Scenarios
NOTE:Script Readings will be available by August 15, 2024, outside Office: W1038 on Century College West Campus and online on the Century College Theatre Facebook Page. The complete script may also be found free to read online in PDF format by typing its title, playwright, and “complete script.”
REHEARSALS: 6:00pm-9:30pm Monday-Thursday, September 09, 2024-October 31, 2024. Friday Evening Rehearsals starting October 04, 2024, and Possible Saturday Afternoon Rehearsals October 19 & 26, 2024
Rehearsals will begin on the Century College Campus, then move to the Hanifl Performing Arts Center in October.
The Story: Claire has a rare form of psychogenic amnesia that erases her memory whenever she goes to sleep. This morning, like all mornings, she wakes up with a blank slate. Her chipper husband comes in with a cup of coffee, explains her condition, hands her a book filled with all sorts of essential information, and he disappears into the shower. A limping, lisping, half-blind, half-deaf man in a ski mask pops out from under her bed and claims to be her brother, there to save her. Claire’s info book is quickly discarded, and she’s hustled off to the country house of her mother, a recent stroke victim whose speech has been reduced to utter gibberish. Claire’s journey gets even more complicated when a thug with a foul-mouthed hand puppet pops up at a window, and her driven husband and perpetually stoned son show up with a claustrophobic lady cop that they’ve kidnapped. Every twist and turn in this funhouse plot brings Claire closer to revealing her past life and everything she thought she’d forgotten. It’s one harrowing and hilarious turn after another on this roller coaster ride through the day of an amnesiac trying to decipher her fractured life. This poignant and brutal comedy traces one woman’s attempt to regain her memory while surrounded by a curio cabinet of alarmingly bizarre characters. – Dramatist Play Service, INC.
“…heady fun…fresh, zingy dialogue, which revels in warping the language of self-help books…Like the resourceful chef who turns leftovers into haute cuisine, Mr. Lindsay-Abaire blends clichéd ingredients into something savory and distinctive…[a] dark, sweet and thoroughly engaging comedy.” —The New York Times.
“…an antically zany new play…” —Variety.
“…wicked fun…the evening explodes with laughter.” —New York Magazine.
Characters (no role is pre-cast, all roles are open)
CLAIRE—- a generally sunny woman with amnesia. Vibrant, funny, and intelligent but every morning she wakes up with a blank slate!
RICHARD—- a chatty, friendly, sometimes nervous man. A dutiful husband to Claire but is challenged and stressed with much fear about his past being revealed, his ability to stay in control in his present, and petrified about life in the future. A funny and uniquely odd but enjoyable character.
KENNY— a troubled teen who externally seems to critique daily life as something that can easily be escaped from by smoking a good joint, but underneath has hopes and longing for renewed motherly love and happiness. This role can, but does not need to be played by a teen actor. Kenny is humorous, serious, and does use profanity.
LIMPING MAN —-lisping, limping, half-blind, half-deaf man with secrets. A challenging role to play because of the characteristics noted above. He is extremely passionate, driven, and frantic to fulfill his goal. Requires an actor with good physical comedy and quirky character depth communication abilities.
GERTIE—-a clear-headed lady who’s had a stroke and can’t speak properly, reducing her words to sound like utter gibberish, although her words actually have great, important, and immediate meaning. Gertie is the mother of Claire. Quite humorous. Wonderful character development as the play progresses. Requires strong and animated actor who can speak the specific gibberish in a fashion that the characters—and the audience—can eventually make sense of and understand.
MILLET/HINKY BINKY—-an odd man with a puppet. Millet is an escaped convict who, while in prison, proudly made a puppet that has become is best and cared for friend with his own personality (Hinky Binky). Millet is tough but loving, humorous but is somewhat challenged in accomplishing actions and cognitively processing issues. His puppet (of whom he carries with him) is sharp, sometimes profane, loud, driven, and humorous. The actor playing Millet/Hinky Binky must be able to flip instantaneously in dialogue and attitude between his two characters who have distinctly different personalities from one another. Ability to manipulate the puppet simultaneously to speaking as Millet and Hinky Binky (which may be learned in rehearsals). A very fun and challenging role.
HEIDI —-a tough woman in uniform who is not who she seems to be. Kooky, unsuccessfully fierce, humorous, and filled with hopes and desires underneath her self-imposed, toughly presented exterior persona. Physical and comedic timing is essential.
Our Performance Dates are scheduled for February 21, 22, 27, 28, and March 1 and 2.
In the Hanifl Black Box, White Bear Lake, MN
The Shape of Things is also a dark comedy made into a successful movie. It is funny, powerful, and surprising.
Announcements
This upcoming year, 2024-2025, we are renovating our West Campus Theatre, with the renovation work starting in early fall. With this renovation, our Fall and Spring productions will be produced at the Hanifl Performing Arts Centerin White Bear Lake Black Box Theatre, where Lakeshore Players produce their shows. We will be producing our spring musical back in the newly renovated West Campus Theatre, with the show opening in April 2025.
About the Theatre Program
Century College’s Theatre program is a revitalized performance and technical theatre training area of study which provides our students, as well as participating members from the broad area communities, with the opportunity to enhance individual talents and crafts in the theatrical arena. For tickets, contact the Box Office at 651-748-2623.
Our Theatre program offers an Associate in Fine Arts in Theatre. Over the course of the year, the Theatre program produces three to four plays and musical productions for the public. Along with its high quality, insightful, and entertaining productions, the program courses offer an invigorating study of the arts.
