Auditions:
Check this page for auditions in the area._____________________________AUDITIONSPROSCENIUM PLAYERS, INC. ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR 2012 PRODUCTION OF STEEL MAGNOLIAS.
Auditions will be held on Saturday, May 12, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. at Silver State Charter School located at 788 Fairview Drive in Carson City. Callbacks will be held on Sunday, May 13, 2012. Those wishing to audition should have 2 contrasting monologues prepared and be ready to do cold readings from the script as well as some easy improv. You need to also be available Monday and Wednesday nights from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. for rehearsals in Carson City beginning the week after auditions. Rehearsals will run 14 weeks and the show will run August 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, and 26 at the Brewery Arts Center in Carson City. Auditions are open to all women age 18 or older. Call 220-0420 for more info or to pick up a script before auditions.
Proscenium Players is holding open auditions for their August production at the Brewery Arts Center of “Steel Magnolias” directed by Abbey Gardner and produced by Melissa Knight. Steel Magnolias is a comedy–drama play about the bond among a group of Southern women in northwest Louisiana. It is written by Robert Harling, based on his experience with the death of his sister. The title suggests the “female characters are as delicate as magnolias but …as tough as steel”. The magnolia specifically references a magnolia tree they are arguing about at the beginning. The action centers on Truvy’s beauty parlour and the women who regularly gather there. The story begins on the morning of Shelby’s wedding to Jackson and covers events over the next three years, including Shelby’s decision to have a child despite having Type 1 diabetes and the complications that result from the decision. There is also a glimpse of the unlikely friendship between Clairee and Ouiser; Annelle’s transformation from a shy, anxious newcomer in town to a good-time girl and then to a revival-tent Christian; and Truvy’s relationships with the men in her family. Although the main storyline involves Shelby, her mother and Shelby’s medical battles, the underlying group-friendship among all six women is prominent throughout the drama.
Character Descriptions: Truvy Jones-(late 30s-50s) Wise-cracking owner of the beauty shop; Annelle Dupuy-Desoto (late teens – 20s) Truvy’s simple, yet enigmatic, assistant; Clairee Belcher-(mid 40s- 70s) Widow of the former mayor, a wealthy Grande Dame; Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie (20s) Sweet, smart and stubbornly independent; M’Lynn Eatenton-(mid 40s- early 60s) Shelby’s mother, a socially prominent career woman; Ouiser (“Weezer”) Boudreaux (mid 50s – 80s)-A wealthy curmudgeon. Acerbic but loveable.
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Youth Auditions for TheatreWorks of Northern Nevada Artown production, Curiosity Cat
Auditions for TheatreWorks’ summer Artown production will be held at Damonte Ranch High School from 9:00-12:00 on Saturday, May 12th, 2012. This comedy with music, Curiosity Cat, requires actors ranging in age from 8-20, with many playing personified animals such as cats, dogs, a squirrel, and even a lion. The production will also feature three performers singing one blues number, so actors who can play harmonica or guitar are urged to bring an instrument and play a simple blues lick. A cast meeting is required on the evening of May 16th.
Rehearsals will run at Damonte Ranch High School from 1:00-5:00, Monday-Friday, June 11-29, with dress rehearsals June 30 and July 1. Performances will tour four different venues, July 2-16. For more information, please contact director Rod Hearn at (775) 772-1245.
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The Tempest Auditions
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Linda Noveroske
All roles are OPEN, meaning not only is nothing pre-cast, but all characters are open to any age, ethnicity, gender, and/or level of experience. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script, and please come prepared to move! Roles- Prospero: Exiled Duke of Milan, the play’s protagonist Miranda: Prospero’s sweet young offspring Ariel: Prospero’s magical servant-spirit Caliban: Also under Prospero’s control, offspring of the evil witch Sycorax Alonso: King of Naples, father of Ferdinand, co-conspirator in Prospero’s exile Ferdinand: Son of Alonso, falls in love with Miranda Antonio: Prospero’s power-hungry brother Sebastian: Alonso’s brother, also power-hungry but cowardly Gonzalo: A lord, loyal to Prospero and Miranda Trinculo: A jester Stephano: a drunken butler Botswain: spends almost the entire play in an enchanted sleep
When- Saturday, May 19th from 11am-1pm Sunday, May 20th from 11am-1pm Auditions are by appointment for the day. Please be prepared to attend the entire 2 hours on the day you choose. If you can not attend the entire 2 hour session, please make a note of it in your audition appointment email. To make an appointment, please email Chad Sweet at chad@goodluckmacbeth.org stating your name and audition day. Example: Fred Magoo, Saturday May 19, will need to leave by 12:45
Where- Good Luck Macbeth, 119 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV
Performance dates are: July 6, 7, 8*, PWYC 12, 13, 14, 15*, 19, 20, 21, 22*, 26, 27, 28, 29*
About the show: Exile! An enchanted island! Matchmaking! A wind sprite! Magic! Shipwrecks! Moon men! Comedy? You bet! It’s Shakespeare at his best. And don’t forget the romance. Just in time for Artown.
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