Ringgold Playhouse to hold auditions for ‘The Boys Next Door’ Feb. 18-19
The Ringgold old d Playhouse (TRP) will l hold open auditions ons s for its upcoming ng g production of the he e comedy “The Boys oys s Next Door” Feb. b. . 18 and 19 at the he historic Ringgold d Depot.
With the e company’s 2019 9 about to open with h “The Foreigner,” ” TRP is ready to o begin work on n “The Boys Next t Door,” which will l hit the stage for two weekends in late April and early May. The play is described as a comedic drama, which will be directed by TRP veteran Renee Lierow who directed last season’s “Almost, Maine.”
“This show is going to be really special,” Lierow said. “We need strong male actors who are willing to work hard and tell this story.”
Play synopsis
A communal residence in a New England is the setting where four mentally handicapped men live under the supervision of an earnest, but increasingly burned out young social worker named Jack.
Norman, who works in a doughnut shop and is unable to resist the lure of the sweet pastries, takes great pride in the huge bundle of keys that dangles from his waist; Lucien P. Smith has the mind of a five-year-old but imagines he is able to read and comprehend the weighty books he lugs about; Arnold, the ringleader of the group, is a hyperactive, compulsive chatterer, who suffers from deep-seated insecurities and a persecution complex; while Barry, a brilliant schizophrenic who is devastated by the unfeeling rejection of his brutal father, fantasizes that he is a golf pro.
Mingled with scenes from the daily lives of these four, where “little things” sometimes become momentous (and often very funny), are moments of great poignancy