Set in 1953 Neil Simon re-creates the mayhem, neuroses,
nonstop gags and constant one-upmanship of a team of brilliantly funny social
misfits as they write The Max Prince show, a weekly variety program. Among
the crew are Milt, the insult artist, Ira, the hypochondriac whose dream is
to have a virus named after him; and Val, a Russian émigré who
takes a Berlitz course so he can curse without an accent. They are devoted
to their boss, Max, a comic genius, a tyrant, and a paranoiac with a heart
of gold.
Laughter on the 23rd Floor is based on Neil Simon’s accounts of his
early days in the 1950s as a junior “jokesmith” for Sid Caesar’s
Your Show Of Shows, the groundbreaking comedy revue that launched the careers
of Woody Allen, Mel Brooks and the comic master of the Great White Way himself,
Neil Simon.
"Laughter on the
23rd Floor"
by Neil Simon
Directed by Courtney DiBello
Auditions: October 2-3, 2006
7pm
at the Goddard Center
Cast List
Characters
Lucas - Mid 20s Youngest of the Writers
Milt - wear of capes and berets
Val - senior member of the staff & Russian emigrant
Brian - Irish, heavy smoker, heavy drinker, has hair transplant
and always trying to sell screenplays to the coast.
Kenny - neat, boy genius (now grown up), most sophisticated of
the lot
Carol - only female writer
Helen - Secretary, wants to be member of the staff
Ira - hypocondriac with a touch of brilliant madness
Max - the comic
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