Auditions for Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Present Company Theatre, April 18 and 20, 2013

Present Company is thrilled to announce auditions for our next production, Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin, to be performed on the rooftop plaza of Whole Foods Market at 5th and Lamar this summer.

In partnership with Whole Foods Market, Present Company will present Martin's intelligent and quirky comedy June 14-30, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings, with rehearsals beginning early May. Actors will receive a profit-share/stipend.

 

Auditions will be Thursday, April 18th from 6:30-8:45pm at the Carver Museum (1165 Angelina St - click for map) and Saturday April 20th from 10-2pm at the Dougherty Arts Center (1110 Barton Springs Rd -- click for map). Callbacks, if necessary, will be the following week.

Please prepare a 2-minute contemporary comedic monologue. Actors could potentially be asked to read provided sides from the play. Proficiency with accents a plus.
Please e-mail headshot, resume, and ideal audition time to presentcompanyaustin@gmail.com for an appointment. 
Walk-ins will be seen as time allows.

Thanks and break legs!

All roles available:

Freddy, owner & bartender of The Lapin Agile

Gaston, an older man

Germaine, waitress and Freddy's girlfriend

Albert Einstein, age 25

Suzanne, age 19(ish)

Sagot, Picasso's art dealer

Pablo Picasso, age 23

Charles Schmediman, a young man

The Countess

A female admirer

A visitor (who turns out to be Elvis)

(*) Upcoming: The Underpants by Steve Martin, San Antonio College, February 9 - 16

 

 

The Underpants

San Antonio College

by Steve Martin

The Underpants - by Steve Martin

Theobald Maske has an unusual problem: his wife's underpants won't stay on. One Sunday morning they fall to her ankles right in the middle of town-a public scandal! Mortified, Theo swears to keep her at home until she can find some less unruly undies. Amid this chaos he's trying to rent a room in their flat. The prospective lodgers have some underlying surprises of their own. In The Underpants, Steve Martin brings his comic genius and sophisticated literary style to Carl Sternheim's classic 1910 farce. Directed by Charles Falcon this play opens in McCreless Theatre on February 7^th and running through the 17^th. For more information call (210) 486-0263 Tickets are $2 Alamo Colleges ID; $10 General Admission; No Credit Cards

Cast:

Theo Maske......................................Alan Galvez

Louise Maske.........................Jovi Lee Gonzales

Gertrude Deuter........................Julienne Ponce

Frank Versati.......................Jeremy Carrizales

Benjamin Cohen.............Mason Anthony Ortiz

Klinglehoff............................Alberto Penuelaz

The King.............................James Conner Dean

Location: 1300 San Pedro Ave., San Antonio, Texas, 78212
Times: February 7-9; 14-16 at 730pm and Sunday Matinees February 10 and 17 at 230pm.
Tickets: ATAC free

For More Information:

Paula Rodriguez or Charles falcon at 210-486-0263

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Upcoming: Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin, Texas State University, February 7 - 12

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presents

Picasso at the Lapin Agile

by Steve Martin
Directed by Aaron Johnson
February 7-11 at 7:30 p.m., Februaury 12 at 2:00 p.m.

[poster image: Geoffrey Douglas]

Laugh along with the noble denizens of a down-and-out Parisian bar as a youthful Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso meet in 1904 shortly before either is to become famous. As they debate art and science, they are eventually interrupted by a time-traveling stranger, the once and future King from Tupelo, Mississippi, who adds his own "twist" to the discussion. This inventive, witty comedy was the first full-length play by Steve Martin, the award-winning actor, writer, comedian, and musician.

Click for more information and performance image at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .

Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Austin Playhouse, March 27 - May 2

Kimberly Barrow as the enamored Suzanne comes to the "Lapin Agile" -- the "Nimble Rabbit" -- bar-bistro, looking for Pablo Picasso, the man who enraptured her by drawing a dove on the back of her hand and then having his way with her. She learns, eventually, that maybe the second time is not as good as the first.

I can share that feeling. I reviewed Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile last year as done by the Sam Bass Community Theatre in Round Rock. Theirs was, I reported, "a charming production of a quirky play by America's quirky funnyman Steve Martin." My review tracked through the plot and had a tone of satisfied amusement.

On viewing this Austin Playhouse staging, the thrill was gone, It seemed to me that Steve Martin, like his character Picasso, was seeking too hard to amaze.

Martin sets us in a Paris bistro in 1904, when the young Albert Einstein worked as a clerk in the patent office and the young Pablo Picasso, hungry and unknown, was seeking artistic expression, money, fame and women. His premise is that their encounter at the "Nimble Rabbit" bistro-bar was a defining moment for the twentieth century.

Read more at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .