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AUDITIONS

Monday, Jan. 12th at 7pm-10pm
Tuesday, Jan. 13th at 7pm-10pm
Callbacks: Wednesday, Jan. 14th 7pm-10pm
Sign ups will begin at 6:15pm, you do not need to attend both nights of auditions.​

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Rehearsal Dates*
First rehearsal will be Tuesday, Jan. 20th
Sundays from 6:00-9:00pm
Monday-Thursday from 7:00-10:00pm
*Please note, you may not be called to all rehearsals.

Performance Dates
March 6th-15th
Friday & Saturday shows start at 8pm
Sunday & Sat. March 14th show start at 2pm
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Audition Requirements:

Please bring a headshot and resume. Please prepare a monologue.​

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Please note that The Heights Players is a non-profit theater and this is a non-equity production. All cast and crew volunteer their time and talent.The Heights Players is a membership organization, there is no pay or stipend for any role or position. There is a $20 membership fee, if cast.​​​

Superior Donuts

by Tracy Letts
Directed by Joe Pacifico

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Synopsis: Superior Donuts, by Tracy Letts, tells the story of Arthur, who owns a decrepit donut shop in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago. Defeated and unambitious, he goes through life basically existing. Franco Wicks, a young, charismatic African-American college student with a past, finds his way into the shop and asks to be hired. Arthur ends up giving him a job and in turn Franco ends up giving Arthur hope, leaving both men changed forever. This comedy-drama by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Letts (August: Osage County) explores the challenges of embracing the past and the redemptive power of friendship.

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The Heights Players is located at: 26 Willow Place, bet. State & Joralemon Streets in Brooklyn Heights. 

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN

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  • MAX TARASOV Russian. Must have dialect. He owns the DVD store next door to Arthur’s donut store.
     

  • OFFICER RANDY OLSTEEN Irish American lady cop. She is an avid hockey fan. She has a crush on Arthur.
     

  • OFFICER JAMES BAILEY African American cop. He is also a Trekkie.
     

  • ARTHUR PRZYBYSZEWSKI (Shub-er-shef-ski) Polish-American, Draft dodger from the Vietnam war. Still a hippie but supports himself running the donut shop his father started as a Polish immigrant from the 40s.
     

  • FRANCO WICKS African American. Franco has a dangerous gambling debt to settle and quits college to get a job at Superior Donuts to try to start earning money.
     

  • LADY BOYLE Irish American. Lady is a daily regular at Superior Donuts. She attends the local AA meetings when it suits her but doesn’t claim sobriety successfully.
     

  • LUTHER FLYNN He is the gangster responsible for Franco’s gambling dilemma. He is intimidating. Irish/Italian American.
     

  • KEVIN MAGEE Irish American. He is the henchman for Luther Flynn.
     

  • KIRIL IVAKIN He has come to America to help his uncle, Max, remodel the DVD shop. Kiril is big and strong.

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