Auditions

Plaza Suite
by Neil Simon

directed by Tanya Marie

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AUDITIONS: Saturday, April 11, 2026 from 11am-3pm.

Please submit your headshot, resume and the role(s) you are interested in

under comments. Sides will be made available before audition dates. Be sure

to choose a preferred 10 minute time slot on the form. (See audition notes

regarding more information.)

CALLBACKS: Sunday, April 12, 2026, from 5pm-8pm.
(Includes reading sides from the show.)

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REHEARSALS will begin on Sunday, August 2nd from 6-9pm.
Rehearsals are Sunday-Thursday, with rehearsal times from 6-9pm on
Sundays and 7-10 pm Mondays-Thursdays.

PERFORMANCES: Sept. 11th - Sept. 27th (3 weekends); Show times are
Friday and Saturday at 7pm and Sunday at 2pm.

LOCATION: Coastal Repertory Theatre, 1167 Main Street, Half Moon Bay

All ethnicities, races, gender identities, and body types are encouraged
to audition.

NO PAY // NON AEA (small meal/travel stipend available)

AUDITION NOTES
Sides for your audition will be posted soon on this website. Please bring
a copy with you. We will have a few printed copies of each side for
loaners, if necessary.

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BRING TO THE AUDITION

Resume / Recent Headshot

Calendar and list of potential conflicts

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ALL INQUIRIES, CONTACT THE DIRECTOR
 

SYNOPSIS:

Plaza Suite portrays three couples who each occupy Suite 719 at the Plaza
Hotel at different stages throughout the year. In Act I a suburban couple Sam
and Karen have come to the hotel to celebrate their 24th wedding
anniversary...or is it their 23rd? Or is it actually their anniversary at all? Karen
is fearful that Sam is falling out of love with her, and she hopes to bring some
love back into their marriage. However, her plan backfires.
In Act II, Jesse, a Hollywood hotshot has returned to New York to seek out his
(now married) high school girlfriend, Muriel. After three doomed marriages, he
is eager to remind himself of the sweet innocence of a suburban woman...with
a little sexual diversion along the way. However, her obsession with Hollywood
and overindulgence in the vodka stingers gives him more than he bargained
for.
In Act III, the suite is now occupied by Roy and Norma who are about to
celebrate the wedding of their daughter...if they can get her out of the
bathroom where she has locked herself because she is scared and nervous.
Tension rises and tempers flare as all their attempts to get her to unlock the
door fail. Her fiancé finally solves the problem and the wedding will go on as
planned.
Neil Simon’s witty and piercing observations of love, marriage, and
contentment offer a unique challenge for talented actors making Plaza Suite a
huge hit when he first wrote it in 1968.

TIME: Late1960’s

CASTING: While often all these leading roles are played by the same
actor throughout the whole show, please know that our Director is
considering casting different couples for each act.

Male Leading Roles:
Sam Nash (Act I), Mature Male - Sam cannot come to terms with aging. He
is incredibly trim and neat, and well put together. He always needs to know
that he looks good and also that others know that he looks good. He goes to
great strides to keep the years at bay with exercise and a meticulous diet. He
is a workaholic.
Jesse Kiplinger (Act II) Mature Male - Jesse is a confident and successful
Hollywood producer, but he still feels life is missing the kind of relationship he

had in his teens with Muriel. His only purpose for coming to the suite is to see
Muriel where he attempts to seduce her.
Roy Hubley (Act III) Mature Male - Roy is the father of the bride with the bills
to prove it. He is a competitive business man, out of his league when dealing
with the emotions of marrying off his daughter.

Female Leading roles:
Karen Nash (Act I) Mature Female - Karen is a pleasant and affable woman
who has allowed herself to look middle aged because she knows she is middle
aged. She is witty and down to earth, secretly hoping the visit to the suite will
bring her and her husband closer together. She suspects that her husband is
having an affair with his secretary, Jean.
Muriel Tate (Act II) Mature Female - Muriel is a very attractive and still
somewhat naïve, warm and generous woman who is very impressed with
Jesse's success. However, she is unsure of meeting with him again, and can'T
seem to make a decision to stay or go. She claims to be happily married.
Norma Hubley (Act III) Mature Female - Norma is the mother of the bride and
trying to appear calm in the middle of a crisis with everyone except for her
husband. She sways back and forth, trying to keep him calm and in control
while passively and aggressively taking a stand for herself.

Male Supporting roles:
Waiter (Act I & Act II) Young, 20's to 30's - The waiter has obviously been
trained to be friendly and to please the customers.

These next two roles are usually played by the same actor.
Bellhop (Act I) Young, 20's to 30's - The Bellhop is eager to please and will
stay and visit with the hotel guests as long as he needs to in order to get his
tip.
Borden Eisler (Act III) Young, 20's to 30's - Borden is the young, confident
bridegroom who is a man of few words (literally). He has only 1 line, but it
always gets a big laugh!

Female Supporting roles:
These next two roles are usually played by the same actor.

Jean McCormack (Act I) Young, 20's to 30's - Jean is Sam's secretary who is 
well groomed, attractive, bright and cheerful She is highly efficient and is also
Sam's mistress.
Mimsey Hubley (Act III) Young, 20's to 30's - Mimsey is the nervous bride
who has locked herself into the bathroom and won't come out. She is afraid of
having her marriage turn out like her parents' marriage did, apparently dull and
lifeless. She finally comes out of the bathroom at the very end.