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Membership has its benefits! Volunteer to be an Usher, House Manager, Bartender (21+), 50/50 Lead, or working the Box Office.

Please consider these responsibilities before you sign up for a position:

All volunteers should arrive at least one hour prior to show time and check in with the House Manager.

Volunteer roles and times are as follows:

  • House Manager*
    7 p.m. – End of show (Friday/Saturday) or 1 p.m. – End of show (Sundays)
    *Prior house manager or usher experience is required for this position.
    *The House Manager must remain in the lobby for the duration of the performance to handle any issues that may arise.
     
  • Assistant House Manager*
    7 p.m. – End of show (Friday/Saturday) or 1 p.m. – End of show (Sundays)
    *The House Manager will train the Assistant House Manager on specific duties. Once trained, the Assistant House Manager is eligible to sign up to be House Manager for future shows.
    *Assistant House Manager must remain in the lobby with the House Manager for the duration of the performance.
  • Box Office Lead*
    7 – 8:15 p.m. (Friday/Saturday) or 1 – 2:15 p.m. (Sundays)
    *Training or prior experience is required for this position.
     
  • Box Office Assistant
    7 – 8:15 p.m. (Friday/Saturday) or 1 – 2:15 p.m. (Sundays)
     
  • 50/50 Lead
    7 p.m. – End of intermission (Friday/Saturday) or 1 p.m. – End of intermission (Sundays)
     
  • Bartender*
    7 p.m. – End of intermission (Friday/Saturday)
    *Must be 21 or older
     
  • Usher
    7 p.m. – End of show (Friday/Saturday) or 1 p.m. – End of show (Sundays)

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Auditions for Crossing Delancey

A romantic comedy by Susan Sandler

Synopsis

Crossing Delancey is a warm and charming romantic comedy by Susan Sandler which inspired the Golden Globe-nominated 1988 motion picture of the same name.  Isabelle Grossman, “Izzy”, is a young modern Jewish woman who works on New York City’s upper West Side at an independent bookstore.  But none of this matters to her feisty, colorful and traditional grandmother (“Bubbie”) who worries about her.  She hires a marriage broker who introduces her to Sam, a pickle vendor on the Lower East Side.  Isabelle doesn’t believe she has anything in common with Sam, and seems infatuated with Tyler, a successful writer who is highbrow and sophisticated.  Will she choose the handsome and urbane author or the gentle, wise and unpretentious pickleman?  This heartwarming, smart and funny story explores the bonds of family, tradition, cultural clashes, and the romantic benefits of a new hat.

Audition Dates

  • Sunday, November 3: Registration at 7:00 p.m., Auditions at 7:30 p.m.
  • Monday, November 4: Registration at 6:30 p.m., Auditions at 7:00 p.m.
  • Wednesday, November 6: Callbacks (if needed) at 7 p.m.
  • Auditionees only need to attend one audition date

The rehearsal schedule will be determined once the show has been cast. Expect 3 – 4 rehearsals a week. There will be no rehearsals on Thanksgiving, and there will be a week off during the Christmas and New Year holidays. All actors must be available for all tech/dress rehearsals and performances.

Performance Dates: January 15*, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, and February 1, 2, 2025

  • Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays @ 8 p.m.
  • Sundays 2 p.m.
  • *There will likely be a Benefit Performance at Final Dress on January 15, 2025

Auditions: In-person (preferred)

The Auditions will be held at Birmingham Village Players, 34660 Woodward Avenue, Birmingham, MI 48009.  Ample parking is provided on-site.

Auditions: Virtual/Video Submission

If you are unable to attend auditions in person, you may submit a video audition to CrossingDelancey@birminghamvillageplayers.com. All video submissions must be received by November 3, 2024. Please record your first and last name, role(s) you are auditing for, and the audition cut.

Meet the Production Team

  • Director: Steve Sussman
  • Asst. Director: Diane D’Agostino
  • Producer: Diana McClain
  • Stage Manager: Carol Aaron

Director’s Notes

If you have ever seen the movie starring Amy Irving and Peter Riegert, then you are aware of the charm of this warm and funny rom-com.  And while it takes place in NYC, accents are not necessarily required for all of the characters – especially Izzy and Tyler.  However, since the main characters are Jewish, conveying their ethnicity would be important for the authenticity of the characters and setting.

I love this clever and heartfelt play, and feel in these times of social division, and the alarming rise in antisemitism, it is important to reflect the humanity, warmth, charm and “mishegoss” of the characters.  Thank you for your interest in this play!

Time: The late 1980’s

Location: New York City

Character Descriptions/Roles

  • BUBBIE – a feisty, sharp-witted traditional Jewish woman in her seventies or eighties who immigrated to the United States as a young girl and has lived ever since in the shrinking community of New York City known as the Lower East Side. She has a close and loving relationship with her granddaughter Izzy.
  • ISABELLE – “Izzy” Grossman, her granddaughter, in her late twenties, is a dreamer who works in a bookstore on the Upper East Side and considers herself to be a modern and sophisticated woman.
  • HANNAH – a robust woman in her forties to sixties who is a professional matchmaker and a wheeler-dealer. She can be loud in her manner and dress.
  • TYLER – a well-known author of fiction whose works are often featured in Izzy’s bookstore. He’s handsome, charming, urbane and self-involved, in his early forties.
  • SAM – a pickle vendor business owner and a poet in his thirties. He’s an inhabitant of the Lower East Side and is gentle, intuitive, appealing, and very wise for his years.

Audition Cuts

Questions?
Please contact Steve Sussman, Director at steve.sussman@birmingamvillageplayers.com

** Click here for the Crossing Delancey Audition Registration Form **

You may download the registration form linked above and complete it prior to your audition. If you do, please bring it with you.

Furthermore, blank forms will be available at the audition.

NOTE: As of March 15, 2023, we will no longer require proof of COVID-19 vaccination, although we strongly recommend it. For more information about our Contagious Disease Policy please click here.

Village Youth Theatre

For information regarding auditions for the Village Youth Theatre please click here.