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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.
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
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.
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 [email protected]. 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!
CHARACTERS
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.
Time: The late 1980’s
Location: New York City
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
34660 Woodward Ave, Birmingham, MI, United States, Michigan 48009
