Fierce Backbone is happy to announce that we are holding public auditions for a workshop production of Everything But by company writer Tom Cook. The production will be directed by Kristina Lloyd.

Everything But by TS Cook

This May-September love affair has rules: Everything But. Jimmy and Carry do not make love but do all other things sexual. They generate a lot of heat. Can this 'abstinence' last? And once the dam breaks, how will this outpouring of powerful emotion affect their lives?

Characters (2 M, 1 F)

JIMMY - M, 60, Caucasian. Lead. Restaurateur and raconteur, fringe gangster. Still handsome. The depth of his feeling for Carry surprises him and compels him to confront the psychological and sexual changes that age brings. Strong theater background required.

CARRY - F, 30, Caucasian. Lead. Sharp-witted, genius IQ, math teacher. Her beauty and her emotions are closely held. Her relationship with Jimmy is the catalyst which allows her to love completely for the first time. Strong theater background required.

HENRY - M, Mid-late 70's, Caucasian, Ethnic or Multi-Ethnic. Supporting. Jimmy's headwaiter and friend. Courtly and European.

PRODUCTION NOTES

This play requires nudity and simulated sexual acts for the two leads (Jimmy & Carry). Actors must be fully committed to rehearsal process of 12-16 hrs a week for 6+ weeks. Excellent opportunity for two lead actors to showcase themselves while participating in a development process.

AUDITION & CALLBACKS

Wednesday 9/30 and Thursday 10/1. 7-10 pm

Callbacks will be on Saturday 10/3 and Sunday 10/4.

WHERE

TBD - check back for location

SUBMISSION

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More Information

Sides for auditions will be available - check back for the link.

Rehearsals begin October 15.

Performance dates will be December 4-6 and 11-13.

This workshop production is open to Equity and non-Equity actors. There will be no fees paid to actors and admission for performances will be on a donation basis.

Playwright TS Cook is an Academy and Emmy Award nominee.

Cleo's Girls - a Workshop Production

Written by JAN O’CONNOR

We are proud to announce performance dates for Cleo's Girls by Jan O'Connor*. This is the first play to go through the full development cycle at Fierce Backbone and become part of our Workshop Production Series. Please show your support for this outsanding play and help us celebrate the milestone with full houses every night. And...if you are a theater looking for a new play, we have a play looking for a long-term engagement.

About the play

Charmian and Iras, life-long handmaidens to the Queen of Egypt, are only minor characters in Shakespeare’s Antony & Cleopatra. But in Cleo’s Girls, they take center stage to tell their own story. Inspired by Tom Stoppard’s approach in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Cleo’s Girls adapts passages from Shakespeare, showing Charmian and Iras in scenes with Cleopatra. But most of the action happens when the girls are not “on stage” an then an entirely different, surprisingly modern story emerges.
RT: 95 min

Directed by Jamie Virostko
Produced by David Watkins and Gioj DeMarco

Featuring
Hannah Crum
Jeff Elam
Logan Henderson
Morris Nash
Barry Saltzman
Tara Samuel
Lori Allen Thomas

To reserve your space, fill out the online form or call the reservation line: 310.201.0064.

Suggested donation: $15

Performance dates:
Friday, September 18 @ 8pm          
Saturday, September 19 @ 8pm
Sunday, September 20 @ 2pm
Friday, September 25 @ 8pm
Saturday, September 26 @ 8pm
Sunday, September 27 @ 2pm

Location:
The Lex Theatre
6760 Lexington Ave
Hollywood, CA 90038
(corner of McCadden & Lexington)