Name: Auditions for Fools by Neil Simon
Start: 2025-09-10T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-10T21:00:00-05:00
Location: STAGEtwo at 321

Fools is a comic fable by Neil Simon, set in the small village of Kulyenchikov, Ukraine, during the late 19th century. The story follows Leon Steponovich Tolchinsky, a school teacher who takes a new job educating Sophia, the daughter of Dr. Zubritsky and his wife, Lenya. Leon soon learns that there is a curse on the village that makes everyone stupid, but complications ensue when Leon falls in love with his pupil. It turns out that if Leon stays in the village too long, he too will be cursed with stupidity… unless he can find a way to break the town out of their “curse!”
Director: Kate Small
Stage Manager: Laura Roberts
Audition Dates:
Wednesday, September 10th from 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Thursday, September 11th from 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Show Dates:
Friday, November 14th at 7:30 PM
Saturday, November 15th at 7:30 PM
Sunday, November 16th at 2:00 and 6:00 PM
The audition will consist of readings from the script. They’ll be posted 1 week prior in the Facebook event. Be prepared to bring all your BIG CHOICES and to HAVE FUN!
NOTE: feel free to experiment with accents during the auditions, but it is not at all necessary, as they may or may not be used in the production.
Characters:
Leon Steponovitch Tolchinsky - the protagonist, a young schoolteacher who is sent to Kulyenchikov to teach Sophia. Breaks the fourth wall to narrate the story.
Sophia Irena Elenya Zubritsky - Daughter of Dr. Nikolai and Lenya and love interest to Leon.
Gregor Mikhailovitch Breznofsky Fyodor Yousekevitch ("Count Gregor") - the antagonist, the last descendant of Vladimir Yousekevitch who cursed Kulyenchikov with idiocy 200 years ago.
Dr. Nikolai Zubritsky - Father of Sophia and husband of Lenya. Kulyenchikov's doctor.
Lenya Zubritsky - Mother of Sophia and wife of Dr. Nikolai.
Something-Something Snetsky - A shepherd known as “the sheep loser”.
Mishkin - A young postman.
Slovitch - An animal-loving butcher.
Yenchna - A sweet but forgetful vendor.
Magistrate - Timid judicial officer.
Rehearsals will begin the week of September 14. We will have 3 rehearsals a week until Tech Week, which will rehearse every day from Sunday through Opening Night. Days of the week will be determined by cast availability, and will run from 6-9 pm.
Actors may not be required at every rehearsal, especially in the early part of the process, and we will work with each actor’s availability; but all rehearsals in Tech Week are required.
Ages: This is a family-friendly play, but there are no children in it.
All characters’ playable ages are based on character description. (Sophia’s parents must look older than her, the magistrate is probably not a teenager, etc.)
Intimacy details TBD, no later than 1 week prior to auditions.