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 | Richard "Ricky" Roma: Early to mid 40's. Slick and suave, he is a smooth operator. A very sharp dresser, he is also the top salesman of the group. He is very determined to let no one stand in the way of his earning the top sales prize: a brand new Cadillac. He does not use a hard sell with his clients, rather, with his quick wit and intelligence, he lures his prey into thinking they want what he is selling. He will lie, cheat and steal with the best of them. |
| Shelley Levene: Mid to late 50's. Once known as "Levine the Machine" because of his success in selling over-priced real estate. He brags about what he has done in the past, but that isn't helping him now. He is past his sales prime and has fallen into a slump from which he cannot claw his way out. He is desperate, and willing to go to any measures, including bribery, to get the top leads from the office manager. |
| Dave Moss: Mid to late 50's. He is angry and harbors resentment towards
the company because of the favoritism in handing out the best leads to
certain people. He is an aggressive salesman, actually better than Levine or
Aaronow, but doesn't fare as well as he should because he lacks the smooth
and slick approach that Roma uses to win his sales. He is plotting to break
into the office to steal the good leads, but doesn't want to commit the act
himself, he want to get Aaranow to do it and then they will split the
proceeds from selling the leads. |
| George Aaranow: Mid to late 50's. A meek and mild mannered salesman who is not up to par in his sales. He actually never was a very good salesman and has only managed to scrape by. Although weak, he manages to resist the attempts of Moss to get him to commit the crime of breaking into the office to steal the leads. |
| John Williamson: 40’s. The office manager, he is despised by all of the salesmen and a friend to no one except himself. They think he plays favorites in handing out the leads and they are convinced that he doesn't have a clue about what it takes to make a sale. He is a company man, but he is not above taking bribes from some of the salesmen for handing out the better leads. |
| James Lingk: 40's-50. A mild-mannered, timid man, he is gullible and is an easy pushover for Roma's machinations. He is a nervous Nelly and totally controlled by his wife who insists that he go and get their money back. He is very nearly taken in again by Roma and Levene until Williamson interferes and spoils the game. He is about to have a nervous breakdown. |
| Baylen: 40's - 60. A no-nonsense policeman who is determined to get to bottom of things and find out who broke into the office. He is convinced it was an inside job. |
About the Play:
Written by David Mamet, the play first opened at Chicago's Goodman Theatre in 1983. From there it transferred to Broadway in 1984, where it had poor audiences at first, but after Mamet won The Pulitzer Prize, the play went on to enjoy 378 performances. The play was awarded the NY Drama Critics Award for Best New Play, and the Laurence Olivier Award in London for Best New Play.
In 1992 Glengarry Glen Ross was made into a star-studded, riveting film starring Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Al Pacino, Kevin Spacey and Alan Arkin. The play was successfully revived on Broadway and won the Tony Award and NY Drama Desk Award for Best Revival of a Play in 2005.
The play is about cutthroat salesmen who sell questionable real estate at overblown prices to unsuspecting, gullible people who think they are buying a piece of "The American Dream." These men will stop at nothing to make a sale. They will turn on each other if necessary to garner the best "leads," i.e., names and addresses of potential customers. Without the leads they have nothing; consequently they are willing to sink to the lowest forms of degradation to get them, including bribery and theft.
In spite of the bad language this play might be considered a "morality play."
Classified as a "comic drama, "Mamet attacks American business culture with a
vengeance, depicting a world where men will lie, cheat and steal to achieve
their nefarious goals. Money has become the end-all and be-all, and, clearly,
those who control our financial lives have lost all sense of decency -- they
lack a moral compass. The play was written in 1983 -- some things haven't
changed.
About the Director:
Previous ESP directing efforts include last season's The Violet Hour and in 2006 Three Tall Women, for which she received the coveted WATCH Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play. The play also received the awards for Supporting Actress and Lead Actress in a play. The play received a total of 10 WATCH nominations.
Other awards include “Best Director of a Play Award for “Twigs” By George Furth at The Little Theatre of Alexandria, The British Embassy Players Ruby Griffith Award for Best Overall Performance of a Play for “Suddenly Last Summer" by Tennessee Williams (PCP) and Runner-up for Best Overall Production of a Play for “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams (TAP). NVTA awards include “Save Me a Place at Forest Lawn” (PCP) “Last Night Oscar Wilde Went to Reading Gaol,” (LTA) and “The Last of the Red Hot Lovers.” (The Encore Players).
During her long and varied career, She has directed or acted in over 50 staged productions. She has been a Business Manager (The Little Theatre of Alexandria), an Artistic Director (The Encore Players), President of the New Hampshire Community Theatre Association, and has served on the Board of the New England Theatre Conference. She has also produced and stage managed many community and professional regional theatre productions. Film and television appearances have included Fox TV’s “America’s Most Wanted” in which she portrayed Jean Lampron, a murder victim. On the theatre front, l she originated the role of Evelyn in the world premier of Horizons Theatre’s production of “The Body Project” in Washington, DC, and played “Yente” in “Fiddler on the Roof” at the Wohlfahrt Haus Dinner Theatre in Wytheville, Virginia.
Ms. Hartman studied theatre at the University of New Hampshire and the University of Maryland. She served a year’s internship in directing and stage management at The Folger Theatre in Washington, DC.
Rehearsal Calendar: Information will be available at auditions.
Performance Dates: March 16 - April 7, 2012 (11 performances)
The Elden Street Players (ESP) is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit, community
theater.
All roles OPEN, no pre-casting is allowed at ESP. All roles are un-paid,
volunteer positions.
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