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.
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: this is a non-union,
non-paying community theater production.
Synopsis:
Inspired by the true events surrounding the 1923 Broadway
debut of Sholem Asch's God of Vengeance — a play
seen by some as a seminal work of Jewish culture,
and by others as an act of traitorous libel.
This play charts the history of an incendiary drama
and the path of the artists who risked their careers
and lives to perform it.
Meet our Director:
In this short video selection, director Shira Helena Gitlin discusses
Indecent:
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Auditions will be held on Sunday, November 6 and
Wednesday, November 9, 2022,
and are by appointment only: to reserve a 5–minute appointment slot, please use our
signup form below.
For your audition,
please prepare a 1-2 minute contemporary monologue and a
1-minute a cappella song that demonstrates your range.
For all roles, we are looking for actors who sing and move
well, are able to play multiple characters, and are able to
learn Yiddish pronunciation.
See the
Character Descriptions
below for more details. We are looking to
cast 1-2 understudies as well. Note that
understudies are not guaranteed a performance opportunity.
Callbacks will be held on
Sunday, November 13 (7:00–10:00 PM), at 51 Walden St.
Rehearsals will be Sunday, Wednesday, and
Thursday evenings beginning on
Wednesday, November 16, 2022.
Performances will be Fridays and Saturdays at
8pm: February 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25, 2023; with a
matinee at 2pm on Sunday, February 19, 2023.
To sign up for auditions, please complete our online form,
below. Before you fill it out, please note the following:
Be ready to select a 5-minute appointment time either on
Sunday, November 6 (7:00-10:00 PM),
or on Wednesday, November 9 (7:00-10:00 PM):
If you cannot make any of these times, you will be able to select
None of the above, and
we will contact you to discuss an audition time.
Be prepared to upload your resume and headshot:
Resume: PDF format is preferred,
but most any document type will do (no image files, please).
Headshot: If you do not have a headshot,
a front-facing picture of your head or head and torso,
with just yourself centered in it, is acceptable. JPEG or PNG
format is preferred, but any image format will do.
(no PDF files, please).
If you are unable to upload these items,
you will be able to email them by replying to our confirmation email,
and attaching the documents.
Any necessary instructions will be repeated in the
confirmation email you'll receive when you submit the form.
Lemml - the Stage Manager. Male. 30s to 50s.
A country tailor who becomes leader of the Yiddish Art Theatre
of Lodz troupe; naïve in his youth, over time as Asch's company
manager he experiences the good and the terrible that the world
has to offer, but he is never consumed by cynicism; holds fast to
his belief in the transformative power of performance.
Chana/others - The Ingenue. Female. 20s to 30s.
Sweet, earnest, and passionate. Magda: Asch's wife;
has a discerning mind for literature and an enviable depth of
feeling. Ruth: Jewish actor living in Greenwich Village,
in love with Dorothee, cast as Rivkele in the New York premiere
of Asch's play, speaks English poorly, outspoken, defender of
her heritage. Virginia: American ingénue.
Replaces Ruth as Rivkele in the New York production. Energetic,
eager to please, and eager to shock her parents; Ensemble.
Halina/others - The Middle. Female. 20s to 40s.
Practiced, sly, protective, quick to adapt. Freida: a respected
German actor; she plays Manke in the Berlin production of Asch's play;
speaks frankly and with an air of sophistication. Dorothee:
Jewish actor in Greenwich Village; in love with Ruth; cast as Manke
in the New York premiere of Asch's play; sensitive and full of feeling;
she wants to assimilate into American culture; Ensemble.
Vera/others - The Elder. Female. 40s to 60s.
Traditional, motherly. Also plays: Sarah: the mother in
God of Vengeance; Mrs. Peretz: Peretz' wife; Immigrant;Esther Stockton: a german actress; older Madje; Bagelman Sister:
a singer; Ensemble.
Avram/others - The Ingénue. Male. 20s to 30s.
Rebellious, ambitious, and passionate. Also plays: Sholem Asch:
brilliant Polish Jewish playwright; Morris Carnovsky: actor in
New York production; Eugene O'Neill: hard-drinking, defender of
Asch's play; John Rosen: Connecticut-born Jewish idealist;
Ensemble.
Mendel/others - The Middle. Male. 40s to 50s.
Traditional and conservative. Also plays: Nakhmen: member of the
Polish Yiddish literary salon; Harry Weinberger: producer at the
Provincetown Playhouse, proud to produce a play; Officer Benjamin Bailie:
NY Police Officer; Rabbi Joseph Silverman: outraged by
The God of Vengeance; Ensemble.
Otto/others - The Elder. Male. 50s to 70s.
Cultured, educated, traditional, and cynical. Also plays: Peretz:
leader of a prestigious Polish Yiddish literary salon; Schildkraut:
leading Jewish-German theatre actor; Judge McIntyre: judge in the case
of New York vs. The God of Vengeance; Asch: late in life, Sholem
retreats from public life, bitter and cynical; Ensemble.