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The Attic Ensemble, Theater for a New Jersey City, will hold auditions for a non-union production of The Sisters Rosensweig a play by Wendy Wasserstein, directed by Sherrie Ahlin. Auditions are Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, August 5th and 6th 7:30-9:30p.m at the Attic Ensemble, 83 Wayne Street, Jersey City. We are casting the following roles:

Tess Goode: 17, serious, passionate and intelligent, Tess is in the throes of teenage idealism. Much to her mother?s dismay, she is about to join the Lithuanian resistance with her working-class boyfriend. Her education in London at Westminster has only made her long for an unpretentious American university education.

Sara Goode: 54. Born Sara Rosenswieg in Flatbush, Tess?s mother is, at, an American expatriate with an acquired British accent. Highly intelligent, handsome and dignified, Sara is at the pinnacle of her career. She is the first woman to become head of the European branch Hong Kong/Shanghai Bank and has had her picture on the cover of Fortune twice. Sara has also been divorced twice to men who have left her for less intimidating younger women. She guards herself against future relationships with men.

Pfeni Rosenswieg: 40, Pfeni is the youngest Rosenswieg sister. A world traveler and world-renowned journalist and author, her book, Life in an Afghan Village, is required reading for Tess?s women?s writing segment at Westminster. Seemingly self-assured, she relies on and rebels against Sara?s authority. Fun-loving and witty, she is also insecure in her relationship with a famous theater director.

Geoffrey Duncan: 40, is an ?internationally renowned director and bisexual.? Although devoted to Pfeni, he still has feelings for his former partner who left him for a chorus boy in Cats. Playful and flamboyant, Geoffrey easily breaks into song or dance or both! He is charismatic, appealing, and the perfect foil to Sara?s dignified reserve.

Mervyn Kant, 58, has been a widower for three years. A highly successful faux furrier from Roslyn, Long Island, Mervyn is a business associate of Geoffrey?s. Like Geoffrey, Mervyn loves musicals and is not averse to bursting into song at the drop of a hat. Mervyn tours with the American Jewish Congress and is deeply serious and political around his own Jewish roots.

Gorgeous Teitelbaum is the middle Rosenswieg sister. She ?did all the right things.? She married a lawyer, had children, and moved to a Boston suburb. An overachiever, Gorgeous has become a pop-culture radio celebrity in and around her hometown. and dispenses advice with a chatty ostentation that endears her to Geoffrey and Mervyn and annoys her sisters. She wears pseudo Chanel suits, observes Jewish traditions and travels with the Beth El sisterhood. Flashy and self-absorbed, she is not as intellectually astute as her sisters.

Nicholas Pym: 58, is a high-society Englishman / banker who, while accepting of Sara?s hospitality, actually dates much younger women. Tess calls him anti-Semitic; Gorgeous describes him as a Nazi. His elitism clashes with Merv?s jovial good nature.

Tom Valiunus is Tess?s working-class hero. Raised in England, his large Catholic family hails from Lithuania. Hardly Tess?s intellectual equal, Tom is a bit over his head in the company of the Rosenswiegs. He is, however, genuine and endearing.

Actors of all ethnicities are encouraged to attend. Familiarity with the script is strongly encouraged; sides will be provided for cold readings, no monologues are needed.

The Sisters Rosensweig follows the reunion of three Jewish sisters who come together for a visit in Queen Anne's Gate, London, and the joys and struggles they share concerning romance, careers, childhood, and family--joys and struggles with which we all identify, not only as women but as human beings.

Performances are September 19-28, 2008. Rehearsals will be held in the evening with weekend rehearsals as needed.

There are no appointments necessary; auditioners will be seen on a first come/first served basis. There is no pay/no fee.

The Attic Ensemble is located just two blocks from the Grove Street PATH Station, in the Historic Barrow Mansion, 83 Wayne Street, Jersey City. There is free parking after 7 p.m. in the parking lot 1 ? blocks away on Christopher Columbus Drive. For directions and further information: www.atticensemble.org; phone (201) 413-9200, e-mail: auditions@atticensemble.org.