AUDITIONS: sATURDAY, Sept. 12, 2026 (10a to 2:30p)
callbacks: Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026 (6p to 10p)
By Yasmina Reza
WHAT: Terrific New Theatre seeks a cast for its June 2027 production of "ART."
WHO: Directed by Pat Yates; Scenic Design by Gary Weatherly
WHEN: Saturday, September 12 from 10am to 2:30pm
WHERE: Terrific New Theatre
2112 5th Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203
REHEARSALS BEGIN: Sunday, April 25, 2027
PERFORMANCES: June 3 to June 20, 2027
PREPARATION:
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Complete and submit the AUDITION GOOGLE FORM. Completion of the form is required, in order to attend the auditions.
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Choose which character you're auditioning for. The form will also ask for this detail.
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Locate the sides FOR that character: LINK TO SIDES
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Read the entire play, available HERE.
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Show up on Saturday, September 12 to audition. Doors open at 9:45a for check-in. Each person will be seen, in order of arrival.
ABOUT THE PLAY
Set in modern day Paris, this hilarious dark comedy revolves around three male friends, Serge, Marc and Yvan, who find that their previously solid 15-year friendship is on shaky ground when Serge buys a very expensive white painting. To Marc, the painting is a joke but Serge insists that Marc has no proper appreciation of the true value of the artwork. Their eager-to-please friend Yvan, burdened by his own problems, tries to appease both but is dragged unwillingly into the disagreement. Lines are drawn and these old friends square off over the canvas, using it as excuse to batter one another over long-held resentments before the three finally resolve their differences in an act of reconciliation.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN (All three characters could be played as 30 year olds/40s/50s/60s)
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SERGE (M) - Pompous and aloof, the purchaser of the artwork. An intellectual snob.
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MARC (M) - Cynical and stubborn, feels abandoned now that Serge has developed his own modern taste.
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YVAN (M) - The failed peacemaker whose own chaotic life and wedding arrangements draw the ire of his pals.
CALLBACKS ARE BY INVITATION ONLY: Sunday, Sept. 13 from 6pm to 10pm