This Week at The Grand [VIDEO]

WDEA's Chris Popper was joined by Robin Jones from The Grand as they talked about the upcoming auditions this weekend for The Farnsworth Invention. We also found out that Jones and Gail LaRosa Thompson will be participating in The Grand's Mouth Off on April 9th.

The Farnsworth Invention is a play written by Aaron Sorkin (the Emmy-winning creator of The West Wing and the Oscar-winning writer of The Social Network, A Few Good Men and Steve Jobs) . Auditions for The Farnsworth Invention will be held Friday, April 1 from 6 pm- 8 pm and Sunday, April 3 from 1 pm- 3 pm. The production runs June 3 through June 5, 2016.

Here is the Cast they are auditioning for:
Actor 40s-50s: DAVID SARNOFF The first media mogul. Smart, relentless, savvy. Appears confident and determined.

Actor 30s-40s: PHILO T FARNSWORTH The last lone inventor. Even smarter, equally relentless but careful not to use his intellect to pick on anyone who isn't his own size- Sarnoff's the only man who's ever met that description.

Actress 30s-40s: PEM'S MOTHER, LIZETTE (Sarnoff’s elegant French wife), MARY PICKFORD (the movie star, a potential investor), LIPPINCOTT'S SECRETARY +Others

Actress, 20s-30s: PEM FARNSWORTH (Philo’s wife, loving and down-to-earth) +Others

Actor 40s-60s: WILLIAM CROCKER (Farnsworth’s main investor, a father figure), JAMES, LOUISActor 20s-30s: CLIFF GARDNER (Pem’s brother), SOLOMON, SALES REP (TONY)Actor 30s-50s: ATKINS (Crocker’s assistant), WALTER GIFFORD (a crass radio station owner), DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS (the movie star, a potential investor)/BROKER, DOCTOR #2

Actor 30s-40s: WILKINS (Crocker’s assistant), MAITRE 'D, HOWARD, ANALYST, BANKER #1 (THOMAS), BARTENDER, MAN AT EDISON'S FUNERAL
Actor 40s-60s: GEORGE EVERSON (a Farnsworth investor, more trusting than his partner Gorrell), VLADIMIR ZWORYKIN (the RCA scientist), FED CHAIRMAN
Actor 30s-50s: LESLIE GORRELL (a Farnsworth investor, more cynical and doubting than his partner Everson), WAITER, FED ADVISOR
Actor 20s-30s: STAN WILLIS (a Farnsworth assistant), RIDLEY, BANKER #2
Actor 40s-50s: JUSTIN TOLMAN (Farnsworth’s high school teacher), JIM HARBORD (The chairman of the board of RCA), MAN#1 (DON), DOCTOR #1
Actor 40s-50s: SIMMS (an executive who was Sarnoff's boss, then his employee), TRADER (BOBBY), LIPPINCOTT (Philo's attorney)
Actress 20s-30s: BETTY (Sarnoff’s secretary), + Others
Actor 20s-30s: HARLAN HONN (a Farnsworth assistant), LENNOX, BANKER #3
Actress 20s- 30s: AGNES (Philo’s sister), MINA EDISON (Thomas Edison’s widow) +Others
Actor 40s-50s: WACHTEL (an executive who was Sarnoff's boss, then his employee), PEM'S FATHER, SCHENK
Actor 14-17 YOUNG PHILO FARNSWORTH, PHOTOGRAPHER, USHER#2 +Others
Actor 10-14: YOUNG DAVID SARNOFF, STUDENT +Others
Actor 14-17 YOUNG DAVID SARNOFF (teen), STUDENT, USHER#1 +Others
Actress 10-14: STUDENT +Others
Actress 14-17 STENOGRAPHER, STUDENT +Others
Actor 30s-40s: LAWYER (works for RCA)
Actor 40s-50s: JUDGE (presiding over FARNSWORTH V. RCA trial)

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