The Concord Players Announce Auditions for

Directed by Paul R. Dixon

Callback Notice

  • Those who have been invited to callbacks for Brighton Beach Memoirs have received an invitation by email.
  • The complete callback list will be posted here on Thursday, November 9, around midday.

All actors must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Please be prepared to offer proof of vaccination, either with your card, or a photo of your card, if you are cast. (To review our complete COVID-19 policy and precautions, click here.)

Synopsis: This coming-of-age comedy focuses on Eugene Morris Jerome, a teenager obsessed with baseball, girls, and writing (definitely not in that order) while living with his mother, father, and older brother in 1937 Brooklyn. Eugene's widowed aunt and her two daughters have come to live with the Jeromes, stretching their family resources and testing their relationships. And with fear and violence mounting in Europe, their family dynamics are about to change even more dramatically.

Auditions will be held at 51 Walden St., Concord, MA, on:

  • Sunday, November 5, 7:00–10:00 PM
  • Wednesday, November 8, 7:00–10:00 PM

Actors will be seen in groups of up to 10, by appointment only: to reserve your place in an hour-long appointment slot, please use our signup form below. Sides will be available at the audition.

See the Character Descriptions below for more details.

Callbacks will take place (as needed) on Thursday, November 9, 7:00–10:00 PM, at 51 Walden St. Actors, please reserve this date.

Rehearsals / Important Dates:

  • Our preliminary readthrough will take place Sunday, November 12 at 7PM.
  • Rehearsals will be Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings from 7-10 PM beginning on Sunday, November 12.

There will be seven performances in February 2024, over three weekends:

  • Friday, February 9, at 8:00 PM
  • Saturday, February 10, at 8:00 PM
  • Friday, February 16, at 8:00 PM
  • Saturday, February 17, at 8:00 PM
  • Sunday, February 18, at 2:00 PM
  • Friday, February 23, at 8:00 PM
  • Saturday, February 24, at 8:00 PM

Please note that actors cannot have conflicts on on performance dates, nor for tech week, which begins on Sunday, February 4.

To sign up for auditions, please complete the following online form:

  • Please select a hour-long appointment slot on one of
    Sunday, November 5 (7:00-10:00 PM) or Wednesday, November 8 (7:00-10:00 PM);
    • If you cannot make any of these times, select None of the above, and we will contact you to discuss another possible audition time.
  • Upload your resume and headshot after you receive a confirmation email for your signup:
    • Resume: We prefer PDF format, but most document types will suffice (no image files, please).
    • Headshot: If you do not have a headshot, use a front-facing picture of only you — your head or head and torso — centered. We prefer JPEG or PNG format, but any image format will do. (no PDF files, please).

    • You will find instructions for uploading your files in the confirmation email that you will receive after you sign up to audition.

If you have any questions, send an email to the staff at
bbm-staff@concordplayers.org

Character Descriptions

Concord Players is committed to diversity and inclusion. As such, we encourage performers of all races and ethnicities, gender identities, sexualities, and abilities to audition. We also recognize that these characters are written on the binary (use he/him or she/her pronouns) and we invite gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary actors to submit for the roles they most identify with.

Please note: although the character ages listed below are the rather precise ones mentioned in the text, please take these as a guide to the relative ages of the characters, and an actor's ability to portray a character of that age, rather than an actor's actual age. For example, an actor wishing to play Stanley should be able to portray someone in their late teens, and should ideally read older than the actor playing Eugene.

  • Eugene Morris Jerome (he/him), almost 15
    A teenager obsessed with baseball, girls, and writing (definitely not in that order).

  • Stanley Jerome (he/him), 18½
    Eugene's older brother.

  • Blanche Morton (she/her), 38
    Eugene's widowed aunt.

  • Nora Morton (she/her), 16½
    Eugene's older cousin.

  • Laurie Morton (she/her), 13
    Eugene's younger cousin; has heart problems.

  • Kate Jerome (she/her), about 40
    Eugene's mother, a strong Jewish matriarch.

  • Jacob "Jack" Jerome (he/him), about 40
    Eugene's father.

 

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