The Sidekick Players Club will be auditioning its last production of the season, The Wild Guys, later this month at the Tsawwassen Arts Centre.
Written by Andrew Wreggitt and Rebecca Shaw, and directed for Sidekick by Carroll Lefebvre, the comedy sees four men set out to find an isolated cabin in the forest on a "wildman" weekend. That’s when everything that can go wrong does.
Andy, a men's movement advocate, and Robin, a crystal gazing New Ager, coax Stewart, an unsuspecting grocer, and Randall, a skeptical, city lawyer, into reluctantly participating in male-bonding ceremonies and communal hugs. The result? Hockey cheers and Neil Young sing-a-longs.
This play is a satire on men's self-help encounters of the type made famous by drum-beating poet Robert Bly and the New Age, touchy-feely movement that supported it.
Auditions will be held on Sunday, April 22 from 6 to 8 p.m. and Monday, April 23 from 7 to 9 p.m. They will include a cold read from the script. There will be no appointments as auditions will be on a first come, first served basis.
Scripts are available at the Vancouver Library for perusal prior to auditioning if desired.
Lefebvre will be looking for four males aged from 30s to 50s. No accents required. Send photo and/or resume or inquiries to [email protected].
