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Neil Simon’s play, Fools, will run on June 12-14, 17-21 for Town & Gown Players.  In Fools, clever Leon visits a town cursed with chronic stupidity and falls in love with total fool Sophia.  Leon must break the curse or become stupid too. The play is loosely based on a Russian folk tale, and ideally the production would capture both Simon’s humor and the magical quality of the story, which recalls some of Shalom Aleichem’s short stories  The designers will also consider using elements from Marc Chagall’s paintings to underscore the sort of “magical realism” that this show needs.  Fran Teague is the director, Carson Cerney is assistant director, Amy Miller is costumer, Tom Tanner is designer, and Ben Teague is builder. 

 

Fran

Fran

Carson

Carson
 Thomas Tanner

A Tom Tanner


Amy

Amy

Ben

Ben

 
Auditions will be April 20 and 21, 2009 at 7 pm at the T&G Theater for these roles (5 Men, 5 Women):

Leon, a young and earnest schoolmaster.  In appearance he may seem mild-mannered and even a bit of a nebbish, but his spirit is that of a lion.

Snetsky is a fool, of course, who guards his flock of sheep as well as he can.

Magistrate, is a politician, so she is also a very great fool.

Slovitch, the butcher, can tell his thumb from a pork chop, but that's about his limit.

Mishkin, the postal carrier, is a fan of folly and indulges in it every chance she gets.

Yenchna, the fishmonger, would be a shrewd businesswoman if only she weren't such a fool.

Dr. Zubritski, the village doctor is not sure if the village is under a curse or a hearse, but he knows he loves his wife and daughter.

Mme. Lenya Zubritsky, the doctor's good lady, is not sure if  the village is under a hearse or a nurse, but she knows she loves her husband and daughter.

Sophia Zubritsky, the heroine, is perhaps the greatest fool of all.  She is young and lovely, and her name means "Wisdom" just as Leon's means "Lion."

Gregor Yousekevitch, the villainous Baron, is responsible for the curse that hangs over the town.  He's big and rich and powerful, so when he enters, everyone goes tremble, tremble, tremble.