| Show | BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS |
| Company | Theatre Three |
| Notes | No conflicts accepted after January 9, 2026 |
| Instructions | Readings will be from the script; sides available on THEATRE THREE’s website. Callbacks to be determined. Please bring picture/resume. Performance stipend: $40/performance (for those 18 and older/post high school). |
| Rehearsal Dates | Rehearsals begin in November 2025. |
| Performance Dates | Sat, Jan 17 8 pm Sun, Jan 18 3 pm Fri, Jan 23 8 pm Sat, Jan 24 8 pm Sun, Jan 25 3 pm Thurs, Jan 29 8 pm Fri, Jan 30 8 pm Sat, Jan 31 8 pm Sun, Feb 1 7 pm Wed, Feb 4 2 pm Thurs, Feb 5 8 pm Fri, Feb 6 8 pm Sat, Feb 7 8 pm Sun, Feb 8 3 pm |
| Questions | Send Mail |
| Submissions | Video submissions may be sent to Jeffrey@theatrethree.com |
| Show Info | From the brilliant and prolific Neil Simon comes the coming-of-age comedy, BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS. The first in Simon’s acclaimed trilogy, the play follows teenager Eugene Morris Jerome as he searches for his identity while living with his extended family in a crowded, middle-class Brooklyn home. Simultaneously poignant and funny, this heartwarming comedy serves as a wonderfully nostalgic reminder of what it was like to grow up in a tight knit, loving family during the Great Depression. |
| Type | Location | Date | Time |
| Open | Theatre Three 412 Main Street Port Jefferson | Sep 28 | 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
| Open | Theatre Three 412 Main Street Port Jefferson | Sep 29 | 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
Roles
| Role | M/F | Age | Description | Eugene Morris Jerome | M | (Male identifying. Believable as 15 years old) “If only I was born Italian. My mother makes spaghetti with ketchup... what chance do I have?” Eugene is the protagonist and narrator. In many ways, his traits are typical of his age. He complains about his family, he is raging with hormones (particularly shown by his fixation on his cousin Nora), and he has big dreams of playing baseball professionally. That said, growing up during the Great Depression, in a working class Jewish family, gives him stresses—and wisdom—beyond that of a normal teenager. | Stanley Jerome | M | (Male identifying. Believable as 18 years old) “Well, I never had an older brother to teach me those things. I had to do it all on my own. You don’t know how lucky you are to be the younger one. You don’t have the responsibilities I do.” Stanley is the oldest son of Kate and Jack and the older brother of Eugene. He feels burdened by the responsibility of helping his father to support the family, which often causes him to make irrational financial decisions, like gambling. He looks out for Eugene, but feels misguided, inadequate, and underprivileged. | Jacob ‘Jack’ Jerome | M | 40-50 | (Male identifying, 40s to early 50s) “I never got past the eighth grade, and that’s why I spend half my life on the subway and the other half trying to make a few extra dollars to keep this family from being out on the street.” Jack is the husband of Kate and the father of Eugene and Stanley. He is stressed and concerned about his health, but he works two jobs to support his family, as he will always support as much extended family as he feels he needs to. Although he is uneducated and working-class, he has a steady skull and a strong moral code. | Kate Jerome | F | 40-50 | (Female identifying, 40s to early 50s) “This is a family. The world doesn’t survive without families.” Kate is the wife of Jack and the mother of Eugene and Stanley. She is family-oriented and takes care of everybody around her, including her adult sister and her two nieces. She sometimes comes across as irrational and melodramatic, but underneath, she sacrifices much of her own integrity to be a caretaker and a consistent domestic figure. | Blanche Morton | F | 30-40 | (Female identifying. Late 30s to mid-40s) “I wrapped my life up in Dave so much, I never learned to be their mother.” Blanche has two daughters: Nora and Laurie. Despite being the adult mother of two, she is extremely dependent on her sister Kate’s family, who she has lived with since her husband’s death. Although she loves her children, she fails to be a decisive and consistent parent. | Laurie Morton | F | (Female identifying. Believable as 13 years old) “You don’t get too far talking to Laurie. Sometimes, I think the flutter in her heart is really in her brain.” Laurie is Blanche’s daughter and Nora’s younger sister. Although her sisterly bond with Nora consists of pushing her buttons and commiserating over their shared experience of growing up without a father, she is aged, in a way, by a heart condition that her mother and aunt overdramatize that prevents her from handling stress or major physical activity. | Nora Morton | F | (Female identifying. Believable as 16 years old). “School? Momma, this is a Broadway show. This is what I want to do with my life. Algebra and English isn’t going to help me on the stage.” Nora Morton is Blanche’s daughter and Laurie’s older sister. She dreams of dancing on the Broadway stage, despite her mother and uncle’s desire for her to succeed in school. She is the subject of Eugene’s affection, despite being his first cousin. She lives by the philosophy that, at the age of sixteen, she will do whatever she wants, regardless of her elders’ wishes. |