Hot Ticket: HOW TO BEHAVE/PLACES, PLEASE

Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at the theater?  Tongue in Cheek is pleased to announce a special one-night-only event that gives audiences a glimpse behind the curtain, HOW TO BEHAVE/PLACES, PLEASE, on Wednesday, October 21 at 7 pm at The Bridge Theatre in midtown NYC. Musical guest Garry Novikoff will also perform.  Tickets are $10 and include a glass of wine.

Two one-woman shows share the stage: HOW TO BEHAVE by Connie Perry and PLACES, PLEASE by Allison Lemel.

Connie Perry
HOW TO BEHAVE

Connie Perry reprises (and revises) her piece about coming to NYC to work in the theater, including work as an usher, learning and telling people HOW TO BEHAVE.  Perry returns to the stage with TIC after performing an earlier version in TIC's Plus 1 Solo Show Festival.

Allison Lemel
PLACES, PLEASE

Allison Lemel wears many hats with TIC, including assistant directing several of its shows, and stage managing more than 14 with TIC.  Always unflappable, Lemel recalls her many stage management posts in PLACES, PLEASE, and shows the audience that despite the drama happening backstage, a great stage manager makes magic happen onstage every night.

Garry Novikoff has been a musical guest at TIC's Plus 1 Solo Show Festival and will return with a couple of his heartfelt and humorous songs, rounding out the evening.

We're nearly 2 months out and HOW TO BEHAVE/PLACES, PLEASE is already nearly sold out (as of publishing this blog, only 11 tickets remain!).  Details, below.  Can't wait to see you at the theater in October.

HOW TO BEHAVE by Connie Perry/PLACES PLEASE by Allison Lemel
Directed by Jake Lipman 
Wednesday, October 21 at 7 pm
The Bridge Theatre @ Shetler Studios, 244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor, NYC
Tickets: $10 at http://www.smarttix.com/Show.aspx?ShowCode=BEH2 or call 212-868-4444
Run time: 50 minutes, no intermission

Cast Announced: HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE

We are thrilled to announce the cast of Tongue in Cheek Theater's fall production of How I Learned to Drive.  Thank you to the exceptionally talented group of actors who auditioned for us.

Objects in the review mirror may be closer than you think.

Cast:
Lynn Berg* as 'Uncle Peck'
Michael Edmund as 'Male Greek Chorus'
Jake Lipman* as 'Li'l Bit'
Joan D. Saunders as 'Female Greek Chorus 1'
Shelley Little as 'Female Greek Chorus 2'
Holland Hamilton as 'Female Greek Chorus 3'

Read more about the cast and crew here.

9 performances: Thu, Fri, and Sat nights
Thu., Oct. 17 - Sat., Nov. 2, 2013 at 8 pm.

Tickets: $18 online or at 212-878-4444.

Fun TIC Fact: Tongue in Cheek's inaugural production in 2006 was another Paula Vogel piece, The Baltimore Waltz.

*Appears courtesy of Actors Equity Association.  How I Learned to Drive is an AEA-approved showcase.

Casting HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE August 18

Tongue in Cheek is holding auditions by appointment on Sunday, August 18 for is fall run of How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel.

Casting union and non-union actors (3 women, 2 men) for Tongue in Cheek Theater’s fall production of HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE by Paula Vogel. Ms. Jake Lipman, producer and director.

This Pulitzer-prize winning dark comedy recalls a teenage girl struggling to get out of rural Maryland in the 1960s. When her doting uncle gives her driving lessons, concern soon grows that he has an unhealthy attraction to his niece.

Auditions by appointment only, Sunday, August 18 in midtown. Seeking union and non-union actors.

Singing note: while not required for members of the Greek Chorus, please mention in your submission if you can carry a tune and your voice part.

E-mail auditions@tictheater.com with desired role(s), voice part (for GREEK CHORUS roles), headshot, resume and scheduling conflicts. Please do not submit if you cannot attend the first read-through or any tech rehearsals.

Schedule:
Rehearsals are in midtown for five weeks: Sun. afternoons 2-5 pm, Tue/Wed/Thu evenings 6:30-8:30 pm from Sun. Sep. 8-Sun Oct. 13.

Tech will be the evenings of Mon., Oct. 14, Tues., Oct. 15, and Wed., Oct. 16.

9 performances in The Bridge Theatre @ Shetler Studios, Thu-Sat nights for three weeks. Oct. 17-Nov. 2 at 8 pm.

AEA showcase, approval pending. Seeking union and non-union actors. Stipend for union actors is $224, non-union $150.

Seeking:
2 MEN

• UNCLE PECK, 30-40s. A former marine, nice-looking and kind, but struggles with drinking and an attraction to his teenage niece.
• MALE GREEK CHORUS, 30s-50s. Plays several roles: a dirty grandfather, a knowing waiter, taunting teenage classmates. Please note if you sing, and voice part.

3 WOMEN

• FEMALE GREEK CHORUS 1, 30-50s. Plays a naively vulgar grandmother and a taunting classmate. Please note if you sing, and voice part.
• FEMALE GREEK CHORUS 2, 30s. Plays a frequently-drunk-yet-knowing mother and taunting classmate. Please note if you sing, and voice part.
• FEMALE GREEK CHORUS 3, 30s. Plays Aunt Mary, the long-suffering wife of UNCLE PECK and a taunting classmate. Please note if you sing, and voice part.

Note: the role of LI’L BIT has been cast.

About the play:
A wildly funny, surprising and tempestuous tale of survival as seen through the lens of a relationship between a teenage girl and her uncle, How I Learned to Drive is the story of a woman who learns the rules of the road and life from behind the wheel.  Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.