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Performers Required for "The Importance of Being Earnest" Play

Edmonton, AB, Canada
ID: 216432Exp: 2/9/2023
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ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. Directors are looking for talent to play roles in "The Importance of Being Earnest" play. Additional information: Rehearsals start: Thursday, August 24, 2023. First Preview: Saturday, September 23, 2023. Opening: Thursday, September 27, 2023. Closing: Sunday, October 15, 2023. Those auditioning will also be given a script selection from the show to prepare. British accents will be explored in the audition. Actors are asked to prepare their audition pieces in a British accent if they are comfortable doing so. Currently only considering submissions from Alberta-based actors. When applying, please submit resume and head shot. Write “Earnest” in the subject line and indicate the role you are interested in in the body of the email.

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8 roles

JOHN WORTHING (he/him)Male27-31 y.o.All ethnicities

A bachelor and country gentleman who takes his responsibilities seriously as Jack in the country but enjoys avoiding them as Ernest in the city.

ALGERNON MONCRIEFFMale26-34 y.o.All ethnicities

(he/him). Fashionable & debonair, a friend of Jack’s (who he knows as Ernest).

LADY BRACKNELLFemale45-60 y.o.All ethnicities

(she/her): A domineering matriarch, Gwendolen’s mother and Algernon’s aunt.

GWENDOLYN FAIRFAXMale18-25 y.o.All ethnicities

(she/her). Sophisticated and cosmopolitan.

CECILY CARDEWFemale18-20 y.o.All ethnicities

(she/her). Imaginative and romantic, Jack’s ward.

MISS PRISMFemale45-60 y.o.All ethnicities

(she/her): Cecily’s puritanical governess.

REVEREND CANON CHASUBLEMale45-60 y.o.All ethnicities

(he/him): The rector on Jack’s estate.

LANE and MERRIMANMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

(he/him): Butlers to Algernon and John.