Auditions: Monday, December 29, 6:30pm – 9pm and Tuesday, December 30, 6:30pm – 9pm
Performance Dates: February 13 – 29, Fri – Sun. Rehearsals will start in January.
Prepare one Shakespearean monologue and be ready to read from the script. If you do not have a monologue, you will read from sides only. If you have a talent other than acting: i.e. singing, guitar, dancing… Please prepare a short selection showcasing that talent.
Email jimmydrag@yahoo.com with questions.
*All roles are open; please note that some characters may be double cast.
*We also will be casting pre-show acts of all performance varieties
Character breakdowns:
•Viola – Sebastian’s twin sister, a shipwrecked young lady, the heroine of the play, later disguised as a young man named Cesario.
•Sebastian – Viola’s twin brother, supposedly drowned in the shipwreck, but actually alive and visiting Illyria.
•Duke Orsino – Duke of Illyria-has been trying to win Olivia’s hand for quite some time
•Olivia – a wealthy countess-is in mourning and refuses to entertain any suitors
•Malvolio – steward in the household of Olivia-very full of himself and quick to assert his judgments on the rest of Olivia’s staff
•Maria – Olivia’s gentlewoman-brash and always speaking her mind
•Sir Toby Belch – Olivia’s uncle-crude and loves to party
•Sir Andrew Aguecheek – a rich man who Sir Toby brings to be Olivia’s wooer
•Feste – the clown, or jester, of Olivia’s household-arguably the wisest character of them all
•Fabian – a servant and friend to Sir Toby
•Antonio – a captain and friend to Sebastian
•Valentine and Curio – gentlemen attending on the Duke
•Captain of the Wrecked Ship, friend to Viola
•Ensemble of actors, singers, musicians, dancers