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PDC will be there!
April 15!
At Temple

Who wants a sneak peak of what Philly Theatre Week has to offer AND the ability to network with industry professionals?!? We’ll get excited, because it’s PTW Preview time, and for the third year in a row it will be combined with Temple Theater’s 7th annual Raise Your Voice networking event!

Come enjoy a preview of some performances that will populate Theatre Philadelphia’s annual Philly Theater Week this year AND stay for the annual networking event that brings together theaters and theater practitioners, raising awareness and celebrating the diverse voices in our Greater Philadelphia theatre community.
Find more information about the event here: https://theatrephiladelphia.org/whats-on-stage/2026-philly-theatre-week-raise-your-voice-preview-celebration

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Read-through reel for LAST TRAIN TO HOLLYWOOD by Ivan Taub

Excited to be producer for this jawn!




April 24- May 3

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We’re so excited over here at the PDC because rehearsals for “Last Train To Hollywood” are officially underway! Today, the cast and crew along with playwright, Ivan Taub, and a few PDC board members, had their first read through. You don’t want to miss this original piece for Philly Theatre Week! Catch us at The Deep End Studios April 24th and 25th, and May 1st, 2nd, and 3rd! #PhillyTheatre #Philadelphia #Theatre #Playwright #Actors

Had great auditions this week for LAST TRAIN TO HOLLYWOOD by Ivan Taub!

Cast announcements coming soon!

With director, Tadan Middleton and PDC board member, Cathy Simpson.

Auditions for LAST TRAIN TO HOLLYWOOD by Ivan Taub
Directed by Tadan Middleton

It's 1985, summer in Philadelphia. Frankie wants to go to Hollywood and become a movie star. Tommy loves Marie, but so does his younger sister, Frankie. Jack wants to save his family from hardship and poverty. In this hardscrabble life, family dynamics and sexual identity intertwine in unexpected ways that bring the tension between reality and fantasy into focus and raise unsettling questions about love and the risks one will take to find it and hold onto it. Until the last train whistle blows.

CHARACTERS:
FRANKIE (F) - 18-25 - A shy young woman who knows what she wants and believes that she can get it.
MARIE (F) - 20-30 - Smart, jaded by a difficult life but a fighter and determined to get what she wants.
TOMMY (M) 20-30 - Tries to be a good brother, son, and partner but is not equipped for the life that he was given.
JACK (M) 45-60 - A career criminal and father. Past his prime, but still formidable. He still yearns for the things he lost and the things he never had.
NICK (M) 45-60 - A natural follower. He’s not intelligent but has a lot of experience and is more wise than he knows.

Audition dates:
Thursday, February 26, 6-9pm
Saturday, February 28, 11am-4pm

Audition location:
Scottish Rite House
1525 Fitzwater Street
Community Room

Prepare one 2 minute monologue. You may be asked to read from the script.

Show dates:
April 24 @ 7pm, April 25 @ 8pm, May 1 @ 7pm, May 2 @ 8pm, May 3 @ 3pm

Performance location:
Deep End Studios
1313 S 33rd Street
(free parking in rear)

Rehearsals start around March 16.
Actor stipend: $100

If you are interested in auditioning, please contact the director to reserves a slot at:
[email protected]

Produced by the Philadelphia Dramatists Center for Philly Theatre Week.

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