Coming Soon:
Kentwood Players presents
FOOLS
by Neil Simon
Directed by Jeremy Palmer
Produced by Catherine Rahm
Jul 19 - Aug 10, 2024
FOOLS is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., a Concord Theatricals Company.
FOOLS is the comic tale of Leon Tolchinsky, an enthusiastic young schoolteacher who arrives in the idyllic Ukrainian village of Kulyenchikov to find the townspeople sweeping dust from the stoops back into their houses and milking upside-down cows to get more cream. Hired to educate Sophia Zubritsky, the daughter of the town doctor, Leon falls in love with her at first sight, even though she just recently learned to sit down. Her father, Dr. Zubritsky, is hopeful that this teacher will be the one to break the curse of chronic stupidity from which the town has been suffering for 200 years.
The
Character Breakdown is:
- Leon Tolchinsky (20s-30s, Male identifying)
- An idealistic teacher who is convinced he can reach any pupil. Leon has his mettle tested by the people of Kulyenchikov, especially Sophia, with whom he falls hopelessly in love.
- Sophia Zubritsky (20s, Female identifying)
- Having just learned to sit down, Sophia knows there is more to the world than Kulyenchikov but fears she will never be smart enough to experience it.
- Doctor Zubritsky (40s-50s, Male identifying)
- The town “intelligentsia” who hires Leon to tutor his daughter Sophia, Zubritsky wants only the best for his child.
- Lenya Zubritsky (40s-50s, Female Presenting)
- A nurturing and supporting wife and mother, Lenya has given up hope for herself but is still holding out hope that Sophia might escape foolishness that plagues the village.
- Gregor Yousekevitch (30s-50s, Male identifying)
- Wealthy and entitled, his ancestor cursed the village and Gregor believes pursuing Sophia will undo it.
- ----TOWNSPEOPLE OF KULYENCHIKOV----
- Snetsky (20s - 80s, Any gender identifying)
- The local shepherd who can’t keep track of his flock or remember the rest of his name.
- Slovitch (20s - 80s, Any gender identifying)
- The local butcher, the most cantankerous of the townspeople with very little patience for stupidity, even his own.
- Mishkin (20s - 80s, Any gender identifying)
- The local postal worker who knows everyone and yet not a thing, except for how to keep or lose everyone’s mail.
- Yenchna (20s - 80s, Any gender identifying)
- The industrious local flower vendor, but if she doesn’t have it, she’ll just sell you a nice fish because what’s the difference?
- Magistrate (60s-80s, Any gender identifying)
- Constantly confused and elderly, the town’s only “law and order.”
Watch the
Audition page for audition details.