

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Auditions for The Patio Prom - A New Comedy by A.M. Dean
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 01 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Mon, 02 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Neighborhood Theatre Group is holding auditions for The Patio Prom by A.M. Dean. Directed by Marisa Dluge

Audition Dates:
Sunday, March 1 and Monday, March 2 from 6:30-8:30pm at The Back Office Studio (13 N Washington St, Ypsilanti)
Callbacks (if needed) will be Wednesday, March 4 at 7pm

Audition Info:
Cold readings from the script.

Sign up for an audition time: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E48A5A623ABFDC43-62331707-auditions#/ 

Please be prepared to stay for the entire 30 minutes. Walk-ins will be seen but those with an audition time will be seen first.

Please bring all known conflicts to the audition as well as a headshot/resume if you have one.

Performance dates are May 8-10 and 15-17 at The Back Office Studio. Friday/Saturday at 8pm; Sundays at 2pm. Actors are called 1-hour before curtain. 

Rehearsals begin Wednesday, March 11. Rehearsals are Mon/Tues/Wed evenings from 7-10pm and Saturday afternoons from 1-4pm.  All rehearsals are in Ypsilanti.

Tech week is May 2-7. You must be available for all of tech week.
Actors will receive a $100 stipend.

All races and ethnicities are encouraged to audition. Actors 18 and up that can play various age ranges

SHOW SYNOPSIS:
Once a year the outdoor furniture salespeople of America (and other non-America places) descend on Chicago's Merchandise Mart to buy, sell, meet, and greet. This year they are pushed to the brink of sanity, during what is already a chaotic affair, when the Mart is locked down leaving the people inside to make it through a night of ill-placed debauchery, reconnections to people thought lost to them, and poorly thought out revenge plans.


CHARACTER BREAKDOWNS:

Leslie Ellis (40s-50s) - A patio furniture salesman. Male. 

Raymond Duffy (40s-50s) - Leslie’s business partner. Male.

Austin Knowle (20s) - Day laborer. An aspiring actor. Male.

Shirl McClennon (40s-60s) - Leslie and Raymond’s rival. The self proclaimed Patio Prom Queen. Female.

Jill Ellis (20s) - Leslie’s Estranged daughter. A college student. Female.

Lori Wyzak (30s) - A Gold Coast Dog Walker. Female.

For any questions email info@ntgypsi.org
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ypsilanti/auditions-for-the-patio-prom-a-new-comedy-by-am-dean/200029737677931
- **Event Categories**: art, theatre, comedy, sports, meet-and-greet, dog
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 15

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Ypsilanti
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: The Back Office Studio
- **lat**: 42.241579713836
- **long**: -83.615071661475
- **full address**: The Back Office Studio, 13 N Washington St, Ypsilanti, MI 48197-2617, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Neighborhood Theatre Group (https://allevents.in/org/neighborhood-theatre-group/8829191)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 01 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** The Back Office Studio, 13 N Washington St, Ypsilanti, MI 48197-2617, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Neighborhood Theatre Group
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, theatre, comedy, sports, meet-and-greet, dog
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Auditions for The Patio Prom - A New Comedy by A.M. Dean ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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