Middletown Lyric Theatre
1530 Central Avenue
Middletown, Ohio
513-425-7140
middletownlyric.org
OVER THE TAVERN by Tom Dudzik
Directed by: Charley Shafor
Performances:
May 27 & 28 & June 3 & 4
Rehearsals begin May1 with a three week rehearsal period.
Roles:
CHET: The father of four and husband to Ellen. He runs a bar that the family owns and lives above. He is a believer of the Catholic church and feels his children are on a path of destruction. He struggles with forming loving relationships between each of them. In the end he is a good man searching for peace.
ELLEN: The glue that keeps the family intact. She is funny, sarcastic, quick witted and tired. She manages her brood and distant husband with a flare that many housewives in the fifties needed to survive. She has a different approach to her family than her husband does but she loves him nonetheless.
SYNOPSIS
In that most idealized period of 20th-century America, the Eisenhower years of the 1950s, the Pazinski family has a lot going on in their cramped Buffalo apartment. The youngest of the bunch, 12-year-old Rudy, is a smart, wise-cracking kid who’s starting to question family values and the Roman Catholic Church. When Rudy goes up against the ruler wielding Sister Clarissa and announces that instead of being confirmed he’d rather shop around for a more “fun” religion, all hell breaks loose. A warm and hilarious look at family, growing up, and God.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN AUDITIONING PLEASE CONTACT ASAP:
Charely Shafor – cshafor@middetownlyric.org or call 513-425-7140
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