Boy's Life

Melville Theatre Company will audition for their August season 

 on SATURDAY MAY 29th from 1 pm (date confirmed)

(with call-backs if necessary on the afternoon of Saturday June 5th)

Told in a series of fast-paced, sharply etched scenes, the play traces the misadventures of three former university mates now seeking to make their way in the big city – and with various woman of their acquaintance. There is the cynical Jack, who is already married and a father, but is not above pursuing daytime adulteries while baby-sitting in the park; the innocent, vulnerable Phil, who grows weary of not being taken seriously and concludes that being unhappy is the way things are supposed to be; and the handsome, amoral Don, who risks a solid relationship with his girlfriend by sleeping with another, simply to see if he “could get away with it.” Moving along briskly, with its mood of satirical humour brilliantly sustained, the play dissects and anatomises the male narcissism – and protracted adolescence – which characterizes its protagonists and, in the end, makes it hilariously clear that is actually the women who possess the qualities of “manhood” and maturity which their deluded lovers so desperately lay claim to.

CAST: 4 Men 5 Women – ages late 20’s’ early 30’s - 1 male and 1 female role are smaller (in content) than the rest and would suit newcomers looking for a start in theatre. Set in present day Australia.

Please contact the director for information about this play and the characters.

Geoffrey Leeder: geoffandlynleeder@bigpond.com or 0410.505.582

“Howard Korder’s BOYS” LIFE puts sexual insecurity among under-30 males under the comic microscope and the result is a satisfying and thoughtful work by a fresh playwriting voice.”

Variety

“……BOYS” LIFE is the most balanced and intelligent comment on the battle of the sexes I’ve seen in a long time….”