Neil Simon’s God’s Favorite

The 2006-2007 VTG Season
Musical Revue	Best of Friends	A Heart Divided
K9 Action: Are You Ready for Round 2?
Gold in the Hills	Radio TBS	Fairy Tale Theatre

Neil Simon’s
God’s Favorite

directed by Garrett Wallace

Neil Simon's God's Favorite has been cancelled because the fire damage repairs will not be complete.

Auditions: Monday and Tuesday, June 5-6 from 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Shows: September 22-24, 29, 30 & October 1, 2006

Transferring the setting of the Book of Job to the Long Island mansion of a super-successful businessman, his wife, a prodigal son, and a pair of kookie twins, Neil Simon has succeeded in creating a hugely funny play while maintaining the integrity of the lesson. One night a messenger from God enters his life. Our modern Job won't renounce God, so a fire is sent to wipe him out, factory and home. Everything becomes a test of his faith, including his family. His wife asks him how he can love a God who makes him suffer and he says his prodigal son makes him suffer and he loves him. He believes he's been chosen to show how much a man can love God. He gets an itch, then neuralgia, then tennis elbow, then… well, worse. "Awesomely funny.... The work of a man of vision. It'll make you laugh out loud." N.Y. Daily News. "His jokes have a kind of hilarious deadpan ecstasy and, even better, are taken from life." N.Y. Times.

Director Garrett Wallace held open auditions June 5-6. The cast consists of five men and three women, able to portray:
Joe Benjamin (50-60ish)
Rose Benjamin (younger than Joe, but not a lot)
Ben & Sara Benjamin (early-to-mid 20's, twins with an IQ of 160—combined)
David Benjamin (30ish or so)
Sidney Lipton (40's or older)
Mady & Morris (middle-aged)

For more information, contact Garrett Wallace at 601-630-9211.

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God's Favorite Auditions, 5-6 Jun 2006