Italian-American Reconciliation

By John Patrick Shanley

Directed by Maurizio Giammarco

Huey Maximillian Bonfigliano has a problem: While he is safely divorced from his volatile first wife, Janice, he feels he cannot regain his identity as a man until he courts and wins her one more time—if only to put his broken marriage behind him once and for all. He enlists the aid of a lifelong friend, Aldo Scalicki, a confirmed bachelor who tries, without apparent success, to convince Huey that he would be better off staying with his new girlfriend, Teresa, a waitress whose indignation flares when she leans what Huey is up to. In a moonlit balcony scene (hilariously reminiscent of Cyrano de Bergerac), Aldo pleads his lovesick friend’s case and, to his astonishment, Janice succumbs—although not for long. What follows is a series of comic, surprising, and poignant developments in which characters come to learn, in the words of one of them, “the greatest—and only—success is to be able to love”--a truth which emerges from this heartwarming, funny play.

Audition Notice
Auditions will be held on the following dates and times:

Tuesday, February 10 at 7:00 PM
Thursday, February 12 at 7:00 PM

Actors are asked to prepare a 1-2 minute monologue, either comedic or dramatic, with a preference toward the comedic. Cold readings from the script will also be available. Full rehearsal schedule will be given after auditions.

To schedule an audition time, contact Maurizio Giammarco at Mgiammarco@juno.com.

• Aldo Salicki, Italian, intense, jokester, 30s
• Huey Maximillian Bonfigliano, Aldo’s best friend since childhood, vulnerable, 30s
• Aunt May, A handsome Italian woman, 60s, sharp-tongued, compassionate
• Teresa, An Italian girl in her late 20s, early 30s; spirited; good-hearted
• Janice, An angular, patrician Italian woman, blonde hair and austere good looks, 30s
• Two young couples, 20s, who can dance and lip-sync to songs in the show, and who will be the “chorus”, moving in and out of the show. The character of Teresa will also lip-sync excerpts from two Italian songs.

Choreographer needed to work with the two young couples.