The plays being auditioned are currently unknown because they have not yet been chosen from the plays submitted.

More information will be provided closer to the audition dates. Keep up todate with any changes by joining the event on our facebook page.

Questions can possibly be answered by calling 33.788.8739

May 25 – June 2

Written by Harold Pinter
Directed by David El Hatton
Stage Managed by Becca Kopchec

CAST
Max …………………………… TOM O’DONNELL
Sam …………………………… TOM JONES
Lenny …………………………. CHUCK KETTERING
Joey ……………………………. JOHNNY PECANO
Teddy ………………………… MATT WHITE
Ruth ………………………….. BRANDY JOHANNTGES

In an old and slightly seedy house in North London there lives a family of men: Max, the aging, crude patriarch, his ineffectual brother Sam and two of Max’s three sons, both unmarried- Lenny, a small-time pimp and Joey, who dreams of success as a boxer. Into this sinister abode comes the eldest son Teddy, now a successful professor of philosophy in America. After six years abroad, Teddy brings his wife Ruth, to meet the family for the first time. In the style that became a trademark, Pinter creates mounting tension, with insidiously bizarre accusations and proposals by the men to Ruth, The Homecoming gives way to an ominous game of cat and mice.

PERFORMANCES:
Fridays, May 25 & June 1
Saturdays, May 26 & June 2
All performances at 7:30 p.m.

Performed in the Moyer Room as part of the Giffith/Adler Series seating is limited. Reservation are highly recommended.
330.788.8739

Three winning submissions will be workshopped during the month of July with staged readings on July 28th and 29th.

This first of its kind festival in Youngstown is being organized by Bernie Appugliese and The Playhouse with Mr. Appugliese, Carla Gipson, and Matthew Mazuroski comprising the evaluation team.

Auditions for the plays will be held June 11th and 12th at the Playhouse with workshops beginning July 9th.

Anyone interested in submitting a play for consideration should apply between May 11th and May 31st.

Submission document links are available below.

A submission fee of $10.00 is required.

For questions contact The Youngstown Playhouse at 330.788.8739.

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Play Submission Information

DROOD
The Mystery of Edwin Drood

THE SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MURDER MYSTERY MUSICAL!
Book, Music & Lyrics by Rupert Holmes
Directed by Lester D Malizia
Stage Manager: Carol Sulla
Choreographer: Marjorie Rapp
Set Design: Jimmy Lybarger
Lighting Design: Leslie Brown
Costume Design: Dorothy Butler Facciobene

A hilariously loony Victorian musical troupe “puts on” its flamboyant rendition of an unfinished Dickens mystery. The giddy playfulness of this play-within-a-play draws the audience to one of DROOD’S most talked-about features – the audience votes on the solution of the play!

CAST OF CHARACTERS
Mayor Sapsea/Chairman ……………………. ALAN MCCREARY
Edwin Drood ……………………………… BRIANNE KOCHUNAS
Rosa Bud …………………………………………….. ANNE REMATT
John Jasper …………………………………………… DAVID LYNCH
Princess Puffer ………………………………….. CARLA D GIPSON
Reverand Crisparkle ……………………………. DAVE WOLFORD
Neville Landless ……………………………………. DYLAN WHITE
Helena Landless ………………………………………… LIZ NALEPA
Bazzard/Waiter ……………………………………… JOHN WEBER
Durdles ……………………………………………….. DEREK LYNCH
Deputy …………………………………………… DONNY WOLFORD
Flo/Stage Manager ……………………….. LARISSA WOLOSZYN
Citizens …………………. SARAH DEMETRUK, VALARIE VINE

The Mystery of Edwin Drood won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Book and Best Original Score, as well as 9 Drama Desk Awards, on its Broadway premiere in 1986.

Performances are May 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 14 and is a Main Stage Production. Friday & Saturday performances are at 7:30, Sunday performances at 2:30.

Pre-show dinner at 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 12 for $25 per person, catered by The Fifth Season. Call for more information.

Ticket prices are $15 Regular Admission, $12 Senior (60+) and Students (with valid ID)
Call about group rates.

Call 330.788.8739 to reserve your favorite seat.

Daytime school performances are May 15-17. If your school is interested in more information call Candy at 330.788.8739.

Public performances will be May 18 at 7:30 p.m. & 19 at 2:30 p.m.

Kids big and small will delight in this adaptation of Roald Dahl’s modern fairy tale in which the orphan Sophie and her newfound friend The Big Friendly Giant demonstrate that heroes come in all sizes.

For more information or to make reservations call 330.788.8739.

Class fee is $65 per student.

Saturdays: May 26, June 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30
Classes will begin at 10 a.m. and run 1 hour.

Mail or drop off your check to reserve your childs place in the class.
If sending mail to:
The Youngstown Playhouse
PO BOX 11108
Youngstown OH 44511-0108

Fridays, April 13 & 20 and Saturdays, April 14 & 21
All performances are at 7:30 p.m.

CAST
Dodge …………………………………………… SAM PERRY
Halie ………………………………………… MOLLY GALANO
Tilden …………………………………….. DAVID EL’HATTON
Bradley ……………………………………… JOHNNY PECANO
Vince …………………………………………. RYAN NEWELL
Shelly ………………………………………. KATE STARLING
Father Dewis …………………………………… BILL FINLEY

A scene of madness greets Vince and his girlfriend as they arrive at the squalid farmhouse of Vince’s hard-drinking grandparents, who seem to have no idea who he is. Nor does his father, Tilden, a hulking former All-American footballer, or his uncle, who has lost one of his legs to a chain saw. Only the memory of an unwanted child, buried in an undisclosed location, can hope to deliver this family.

Winner of 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1996 Tony Award nominee for Best Play, Best Featured Actor, Best Featured Actress, Best Costume Design, and Best Direction of a Play.
1996 Drama Desk Award nominee for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

To make your reservations call The Youngstown Playhouse at 330.788.8739

Tuesday, April 17 and Wednesday, April 18 at 7 p.m.

Needed: 4 men and 4 women (various ages 20-70)

Performances will be on Fridays, June 15 & 22; Saturdays, June 16 & 23 at 7:30 p.m. and on Sundays, June 17 & 24 at 2:30 p.m.

Comedy/Farce
This night in September of 1934 is the biggest in the history of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company world famous tenor Tito Morelli is to perform Otello, his greatest role, at the gala season opener. Saunders, the harried General Manager, hopes this will put Cleveland on the cultural map. Morelli is nowhere to be found; when he finally arrives drunk, it is too late for any rehearsal. Through a hilarious series of mishaps, ‘Il Stupendo’ is given a double dose of tranquilizers which mix with the booze he has consumed and he passes out. His pulse is so low that Saunders and his assistant Max believe he is dead. What to do? Saunders coaxes Max into Morelli’s costume, intending to fool the audience with this fake ‘Il Stupendo’, blackface and all. Nervous amateur Max succeeds admirably, but Morelli revives and dresses for his second act. With two Otellos now in costume and two women en dishabille, each thinking she is with ‘Il Stupendo’, the farce spins out of control onstage and off. A sensation on Broadway and in London’s West End, Ken Ludwig’s ‘Lend Me a Tenor’ is guaranteed to leave your audiences teary eyed with laughter. A new production opened on Broadway during the 2010 season.

For more information call The Youngstown Playhouse at 330.788.8739

Monday April 9 and Tuesday April 10 at 5:30

Needed: 5 men (ages 25-70) and 1 woman (age 25-40)

Performances will be at 7:30 on
Fridays, May 25 and June 1
Saturdays, May 26 and June 2

In an old and slightly seedy house in North London there lives a family of men: Max, the aging, crude patriarch, his ineffectual brother Sam and two of Max’s three sons, both unmarried- Lenny, a small-time pimp and Joey, who dreams of success as a boxer. Into this sinister abode comes the eldest son Teddy, now a successful professor of philosophy in America. After six years abroad, Teddy brings his wife Ruth, to meet the family for the first time. In the style that became a trademark, Pinter creates mounting tension, with insidiously bizarre accusations and proposals by the men to Ruth, The Homecoming gives way to an ominous game of cat and mice.

For more information call The Youngstown Playhouse at 330.788.8739

We are thrilled to present the area premiere of the Tony award winning play, The 39 Steps!  Adapted by Patrick Barlow and directed by David Jendre.

Cast:
JOHN COX as Richard Hannay
CANDACE DILULLO as Annabella Schmidt/Pamela/Margaret
JASON GREEN as Clown #1
ROBERT MORRIS as Clown #2

About the show:
The 39 Steps is a physical comedy adapted from the 1915 novel by John Buchan and the 1935 film by Alfred Hitchcock
The play’s concept calls for the entirety of the 1935 adventure film The 39 Steps to be performed with a cast of only four. One actor plays the hero, Richard Hannay, an actress plays the three women with whom he has romantic entanglements, and two other actors play every other character in the show: heroes, villains, men, women, children and even the occasional inanimate object. This often requires lightning fast quick-changes and occasionally for them to play multiple characters at once. Thus the film’s serious spy story is played mainly for laughs, and the script is full of allusions to (and puns on the titles of) other Alfred Hitchcock films