BarnArts Presents: The Art of Dining

Auditions

Wednesday, Nov. 19
Thursday, Nov. 20
7-9pm
First Universalist Church, Barnard
6211 Rt. 12

9 adult roles
all genders and experience levels welcome!

Production Info
March 20-29, 2026
Barnard Town Hall

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Summary

The Art of Dining is a front-of-house/back-of-house fine dining romp set in the 1970s! Ellen and Cal have risked everything to open The Golden Carrousel to showcase Ellen's outstanding chef skills and Cal's unending support for his wife's food. Come meet the (happy?) couple along with the food-lover lovers, food-fussy friends, and quirky literary associates that descend on this trendy new French bistro on the same night.

This hilarious comedy will tickle your funny bone and whet your appetite, as it bites into the meaty contribution of food to human connection.

Character Descriptions

Owners

ELLEN - co-owner and chef extraordinaire of The Golden Carrousel, 30s-40s
CAL - co-owner and supple head waiter of The Golden Carrousel, Ellen's husband, lots of eating, 30s-40s

Table 1 - married couple with sexy eating habits

HANNAH GALT - beautifully dressed and hungry, lots of eating, 30s-40s
PAUL GALT - beautifully dressed and hungrier, lots of eating, 30s-40s

Table 2 - meeting for the first time

ELIZABETH BARROW COLT - exceedingly shy writer, who is intensely nervous. Requires strong character acting and physical comedy, almost zero eating, late 20s-30s
DAVID OSSLOW - head of his own publishing company, successful, at ease, lots of eating, 35-50s

Table 3 - friends with mixed love/guilt with food enjoyment, ages and gender flexible

HERRICK SIMMONS - enthusiastic eater
NESSA VOX - guilty eater, easily ruffled
TONY STASSIO - perpetually on a diet and miserable