The Oswego Players will hold open auditions on for its July production “The Man Who Killed The Cure” a 2017 play by Luke Yankee inspired by the work of Dr. Max Gerson, one of the fathers of natural healing.
Auditions will be Monday and Wednesday, April 8th and 10th from 7-9PM each evening at the Frances Marion Brown Theater, Fort Ontario in Oswego. No preparation is necessary; auditionees will read sides from the script. Rehearsals will begin mid-May, 2024. Performance dates are weekends July 12-21, 2024.
The production is under the direction of William Edward White, who directed last season’s record-attendance and TANYS-award-winning production of “The Last Lifeboat”, also written by Luke Yankee.
When Max Gerson and his business partner, Rudolph Heller, escaped Nazi Germany, they had no idea what awaited them in New York. Rudy wanted the good life, treating his patients the traditional way. But when Max created an all-natural cure for cancer, the medical world felt threatened…not to mention his friend and colleague. Max was determined that the world should know about his findings, while the AMA and big pharmaceutical companies would stop at nothing to bury it completely. Inspired by true events in the life and death of Dr. Max Gerson, this gripping and controversial story delves into a world of medicine where the end goal is not healing, but profits.
The production will be casting 6-8 actors to play the following Characters:
Dr. Rudolph Heller – a headstrong German doctor. Warm, charming, egotistical and seemingly unflappable. Ages from mid 30’s-mid 60’s.
Dr. Max Gerson – also a German doctor. Intense, earnest and totally focused on his work. Ages from mid 30’s-mid 60’s.
Helga – Rudy’s mistress. Attractive, totally devoted to Rudy in a codependent way. Smarter than she thinks she is. (Also plays Woman in Coat )
Mr. Carmichael – A drug rep for the Riser Pharmaceutical Company. A charming, unscrupulous businessman.
Long John Nebel – An affable radio talk show host.
Charlotte Gerson – Max’s adult daughter. A straightforward, no-nonsense woman dedicated to spreading her father’s work.
Ensemble roles:
Gretchen Gerson, Young Charlotte, Mrs. Hammersmith, Hedda Gabler, Alice Hirsch, Waitress, Call-Girl, Anna Hendricks, Attendant, Nurse, Mr. Wienski, Radio Actor, Walter Fleming, Medical Board Chairman, Eilert Lovborg, Sign Painter, and George Grimson.
The Man Who Killed The Cure is presented by special arrangement with Yankee Hill Productions.