The Pineapple Playhouse
Want to be in a show?
The Pineapple Playhouse always welcomes new talent on our stage. We hold Open Auditions for any interested volunteers in the Treasure Coast area. Whether you are brand new to acting or returning to the stage after a long absence, The Pineapple has a place for you. See upcoming auditions below. Contact the Box Office for more details.
Audition Location
700 W Weatherbee Rd. Fort Pierce, FL 34982
*Unless noted in the audition notice, all auditions take place at the Pineapple Playhouse.
Upcoming Auditions
God of Carnage
Auditions:
December 14, 15
Michael Pisacane
A playground fight between 11 year-old boys brings together two sets of Brooklyn parents for a meeting to resolve the matter. At first diplomatic, niceties are observed, but as the meeting progressives and the rum flows, tensions emerge and the gloves come off, leaving the couples with more than just there liberal principles in tatters.
Important Audition Information
Auditions at the theatre at 7pm on December 14 and 15
Sign up to audition: https://thepineappleplayhouse.ludus.com/form.php?form_id=14866
Tentative Rehearsal Schedule
Character Descriptions
Alan Raleigh (a rude and dismissive investment banker)
Annette Raleigh (a wealth manager who is initially more composed but who loses it)
Michael Novak (seemingly easygoing but prone to outbursts)
Veronica Novak (a writer concerned with social issues but judgmental and domineering)
All in their forties.
If you can't make one of our audition dates, please contact the Director at:
michaelapisacane@gmail.com / 917-721-7556
to schedule a separate audition
Proposals
Auditions:
January 11, 12
Richie Lester
This elegiac memory play delightfully recalls the last time the Hines family gathered at their retreat in the Poconos. The summer of 1953 brings romantic entanglements that coalesce one idyllic afternoon; Burt Hines, mid 50's and convalescing from a second heart attack, eagerly anticipatesthe arrival of the ex-wife he still loves. Daughter Josie has just broken her engagement to a Harvard law student and pines for his buddy Ray, an aspiring writer with whom she once had a brief fling. Clemma, the black housekeeper at the center of the action casts an astute eye on the complications while facing with her own unresolved past.
Important Audition Information
Auditions at the theatre at 7pm on January 11 and 12
Sign up to Audition: https://thepineappleplayhouse.ludus.com/form.php?form_id=14867
Tentative Rehearsal Schedule
Feb 16 through April 16. Check the rehearsals page on the website for a calendar.
Character Descriptions
• NOTE: Age listed refers to the character’s age and not the actor’s.
• Clemma Diggins: (40’s/50’s) The narrator of the play, an insightul and devoted long-serving African-American housekeeper for the Hines family. She not only helps in resolving family issues, but has to deal with personal relationship challenges of her own.
• Burt Hines: (50’s) The family patriarch, a divorced, recovering workaholic who is convalescing from a heart attack. He is a nurturing father and still carries a torch for his ex-wife, Annie, with hopes to rekindle their romance when she visits.
• Josie Hines: (mid 20’s) Burt's daughter, a young woman in her twenties who has just broken off her engagement to Kenny. She is sorting out complicated romantic feelings for Kenny’s friend Ray, as well as dealing with unresolved issues with her mother.
• Annie: (50’s) Burt's ex-wife, she is a chic, worldly woman with a sometimes clumsy but deeply felt desire to reconnect with her daughter.
• Kenny: (mid 20’s). A Harvard law student and Josie's newly ex-fiancé. He is an intense and well-spoken young man who is trying to figure out where his relationship with Josie went wrong and whether or not he can get it back.
• Ray: (mid 20’s) An aspiring writer and Kenny’s best friend. He had a brief fling with Josie the previous summer and arrives at the cabin with a date, further complicating Josie's romantic feelings.
• Vinnie Bavasi: (25-32) A young, gangster-like tough guy from Miami. He provides comic relief with his charmingly misused vocabulary and inflated sense of importance.
• Sammii: (mid 20’s) A beautiful but dim-witted model who arrives as Ray's date.
• Lewis: (40’s/50’s) Clemma's estranged husband, who arrives uninvited. He is a weary man who has had a difficult life since leaving Clemma years ago.
If you can't make one of our audition dates, please contact the Director at:
to schedule a separate audition
Check back as we add new shows and acting opportunities
*Audition dates and times are subject to change.
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