| Show | Leopoldstadt |
| Company | Star Playhouse at Stage 74 |
| Notes | Attendance at all tech week rehearsals and performances is mandatory. |
| Instructions | Please prepare a short monologue. Sides will be provided for those unable to do so. |
| Rehearsal Dates | January 11-March 5 |
| Performance Dates | March 6, 7, 11, 13, 14 |
| Submissions | Email submissions to Stage74star@gmail.com |
| Show Info | Spanning 50 years and multiple generations, Leopoldstadt follows a Viennese Jewish family's reckoning with a past it cannot escape and a future it cannot control, beginning with their initial assimilation into Viennese culture, negotiating the outbreak of two World Wars through to the aftermath of the Holocaust. Traversing decades of joy and strife, the family strives to maintain their delicate bonds of shared history. |
| Type | Location | Date | Time |
| Open | Star Playhouse at Stage 74 74 Hauppauge Rd. Commack | Nov 06 | 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
| Open | Star Playhouse at Stage 74 74 Hauppauge Rd. Commack | Nov 18 | 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
| Call Back | Star Playhouse at Stage 74 74 Hauppauge Rd. Commack | Nov 23 | 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
Roles
| Role | M/F | Age | Description | HERMANN | M | 35+ | Ebullient patriarch. Warm, sympathetic and loving with a good sense of humor. He believes strongly in the process of assimilation and will do anything in his power to give a better life to his only son. | LUDWIG | M | 35+ | He is a mathematician: clever, witty, and a true intellectual. He is Hermann's ideological opposition. Despite his strong opinions, he will put his love for his family before all else. | ERNST | M | 40+ | A doctor. A kind, caring family man with a level head and distaste for danger and violence. | KURT | M | 30+ | A respectfully dressed philosopher and a Marxist academic. He is a very supportive husband to Hanna and respects her need to distance herself from his political reputation. | ROSA | F | 25+ | Born in Vienna, moves to New York as a student and becomes a psychoanalyst. Authoritative and witty. A kind person with a ferocious temper. | HILDE | F | 0+ | a parlor maid. | GRETL | F | 30+ | So enthusiastic and curious about her husband's Jewish culture that she is unaware of her place of privilege. She is beautiful and wants to be remembered. | HANNA | F | 25+ | She starts a bit naive and innocent, but grows to be tough. Plays piano. | HERMINE | F | 20+ | Flirtatious. A good dancer. Despite her love of romance, she is very understanding of her circumstances and approaches relationships with practicality in mind. | FRITZ | M | 20+ | A gentile. Military officer who enters an affair with Gretl. Passionate, prideful, and cunning. | OTTO | M | 30+ | Married to Hermine, father of Heini. A charming doctor of law and economics. | PERCY | M | 40+ | An intelligent Englishman who extends his kindness to the family after developing a deep understanding of the danger they are in. Friendly, honest, and worrisome. | WILMA | F | 30+ | Ludwig's sister. Married to Ernst and mother to twins Sally and Rosa. Yearns to regain the love and approval of her parents after marrying a gentile and does everything in her power to earn it. | ZAC | F | 25+ | Caring father of Nathan, Mimi, and Bella. Balances his appreciation for tradition with his love for his hesitant wife. | CIVILIAN | M | 0+ | a powerful, intimidating, and authoritative figure; an outsider. | JACOB . | M | 25+ | Son of Hermann and Gretl. After deciding he wanted to be a soldier from a young age, he is severely wounded in World War One. This experience makes him a realist with strong opinions on government, politics, Judaism, and revolution. | LEO | M | 20+ | Jewish, with a slight British accent as he ages. Fled Austria as a young boy and has since become unaware of his family's history and devastation. He is proud of his upbringing as an Englishman while remaining empathetic. | EVA | F | 30+ | Self-proclaimed bad Jew. A devoted wife and mother with a quick wit, unafraid to speak her mind. | NELLIE | F | 25+ | Jewish. The daughter of Eva and Ludwig, sister of Pauli, and mother of Leo. Educated, warm, witty, and intelligent; a socialist. | POLDI | F | 35+ | The family's housekeeper-cook. She is unreasonably powerful yet incredibly loyal. | AARON | M | 25+ | Jewish. Husband of Nellie, father of Leo. A working-class intellectual who doesn't take himself too seriously. | NATHAN | M | 30+ | Jewish. Son of Sally and Zac. Auschwitz survivor. Mathematician. He has strong opinions and the ability to articulate them passionately and effectively. Proud of his heritage, outspoken about what he and his family have endured. | EMILIA | F | 65+ | Jewish. A loving matriarch with a quick wit who passively resents her family's turning away from tradition. She cares deeply about the preservation of family memories and identities. | JANA | F | 0+ | the family's nursemaid, tasked with caring for several children of various ages during holidays. | SALLY | F | 30+ | A devoted mother who wants what is best for her children and is forced to navigate the uncertainty of what that might be in real time. Her passion can become loud, unabashed, and frantic at times. | SALLY | F | 7-13 | Daughter of Wilma and Ernst. Rosa's twin. Bold and sure of herself. | MIMI | F | 7-13 | Daughter of Sally and Zac. Bella's twin. Insistent. Protective. Loves when her mom reads to her. | ROSA | F | 7-13 | Daughter of Wilma and Ernst. Sally's twin. Finds joy in simple things, was thrilled to be asked to hide the afikomen. | BELLA | F | 7-13 | Daughter of Sally and Zac. Mimi's twin. Has a habit of sucking her thumb. Always self-soothing. | HEINI | M | 7-13 | Son of Hermine and Otto. The youngest and smallest of the children in 1938. Loves playing his toy piano. | PAULI | M | 7-13 | Son of Ludwig and Eva. Sweet brother to Nellie. |