Performers Needed for Summer Season Audition
Looking to cast male and female talent for the upcoming theatre season. Find the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. About the project: 1. "STEEL MAGNOLIAS" Rehearsals: April 22 – June 5, 2024 Performances: June 6 – 8, 12 – 15, 19 – 22 at 7:30 pm (11 performances) SYNOPSIS: In Chinquapin, Louisiana, all the ladies who are “anybody” come to Truvy’s beauty salon. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle (who is not sure whether she’s still married), the wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to Ouiser (the town’s rich curmudgeon), Miss Clairee (an eccentric millionaire with a raging sweet tooth), and M’Lynn, the local social leader whose pretty daughter, Shelby, is about to marry a “good ole boy.” Filled with both hilarious repartee and moving drama, the story is touching, funny, and marvelously lovable. 2. "UNNECESSARY FARCE" Rehearsals: June 3 – July 17, 2024 Performances: July 18 – 20, 24 – 27, 31, Aug. 1 -3 at 7:30 pm (11 performances) SYNOPSIS: Two cops. Three crooks. Eight doors. Go! In a cheap motel room, an embezzling mayor is supposed to meet with his female accountant, while in the room next door, two undercover cops wait to catch the meeting on videotape. But there’s some confusion about who’s in which room, who’s being videotaped, who’s taken the money, who’s hired a hitman, and why the accountant keeps taking off her clothes. 3. "BOEING BOEING" Rehearsals: July 1 – August 21, 2024 Performances: August 22 – 24, 28 – 31, September 5 – 7 at 7:30 pm (11 performances) SYNOPSIS: In Shakespeare’s most enduring and influential play, the Danish prince Hamlet mourns his father’s death and his mother’s subsequent remarriage. When the ghost of Hamlet’s father appears and reveals that he was murdered, the prince feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and plots revenge on his uncle-turned-stepfather Claudius, who is now the king of Denmark. What follows is an epic and sweeping tragedy, as only the Bard can deliver. Additional info: Callbacks (if needed) will be held on Tuesday, March 26, 6:30 – 8:30 pm. See the file attached for the audition form. Please bring the following for EACH show you are auditioning for: A copy of your resume and headshot, if you have one. A completed audition form. Be prepared to share all conflicts with the rehearsal schedule(s). If interested, please apply.
26 roles
"STEEL MAGNOLIAS" Owner of the beauty shop. She knows everyone’s business and shares it with anyone who will listen. She always has advice. Vivacious.
"STEEL MAGNOLIAS" Shelby’s mother. She is overprotective and finds the need to have a firm grasp on things at all times. She is a busy woman who worries about her daughter.
"STEEL MAGNOLIAS" Very shy hair-dresser & assistant to Truvy. She goes from a very soft spoken and timid person at the beginning of the show to a bible loving Christian.
"STEEL MAGNOLIAS" Daughter of M’Lynn. Prettiest girl in town. Loved by all. Strong-willed. She has a bit of sass to her. Confident in her own life decisions, in spite of her mother’s protests.
"STEEL MAGNOLIAS" Widow of the mayor of Chinquapin. She is wealthy and knows everyone’s business. She loves to laugh and poke fun at the little things that others cry over. She is very close with Ouiser.
"STEEL MAGNOLIAS" She is a wealthy old bitty and a loveable, miserable lady. Her unique personality and sense of humor and personality provides comedic relief in the show. Quick-witted.
"UNNECESSARY FARCE" A bookish, even-keeled police officer who is thrown into some difficult situations–while not wearing any pants.
"UNNECESSARY FARCE" A police officer. Eric’s partner. Although she seems to lack every skill needed for police work, she is enthusiastic and eager to succeed.
"UNNECESSARY FARCE" An accountant who usually has a very professional demeanor, but seems unable to keep herself in control today.
"UNNECESSARY FARCE" A sweet, gentle fellow, who seems very Innocent (with a capital “I”)
"UNNECESSARY FARCE" Town Hall head of Security. Although he can seem confident and even gruff, in moments of crisis he is easily reduced to a very frightened man
"UNNECESSARY FARCE" Speaks with a pronounced Scottish accent. A professional hit man who’s accent gets thicker the angrier he gets, until he’s completely indecipherable.
"UNNECESSARY FARCE" The Mayor’s wife. Small statured, she seems very sweet natured, and a good match for her husband the mayor, however, she is not all that she seems.
"HAMLET" Hamlet is a beloved prince and a thoughtful, melancholy young man. Distraught by his father’s death, Hamlet is only made more depressed by his uncle Claudius’ succession to the throne and his subsequent marriage to his mother. When the ghost of the king, Hamlet’s father, tells him that he was murdered by his brother Claudius and that Hamlet must avenge him, Hamlet becomes almost suicidal and obsessed with revenge.
"HAMLET" The Queen of Denmark and King Hamlet’s widow, now married to Claudius, and mother to Hamlet.
"HAMLET" The King of Denmark, elected to the throne after the death of his brother, King Hamlet; Claudius has married Gertrude, his brother’s widow.
"HAMLET" Claudius’s chief counselor, and the father or mother of Ophelia and Laertes.
"HAMLET" The daughter of Polonius, and Laertes’s sister, who lives with Polonius at Elsinore; she is in love with Hamlet.
"HAMLET" Ensemble. The son of Polonius, has returned to Elsinore from Paris.
"HAMLET" Ensemble. A good friend of Hamlet, from the university at Wittenberg, who came to Elsinore Castle to attend King Hamlet’s funeral.
"HAMLET" Ensemble. Childhood friend and schoolmate of Hamlet, who was summoned to Elsinore by Claudius and Gertrude.
"HAMLET" Ensemble. Childhood friend and schoolmate of Hamlet, who was summoned to Elsinore by Claudius and Gertrude.
"HAMLET" Appears as the image of Hamlet’s father. The Player King is the leader of the troupe of touring actors; in the “play within a play,” he takes the part of the king who is murdered . The Gravedigger unearths Yorick’s skull.
"HAMLET" Ensemble.
"HAMLET" Ensemble.
"HAMLET" Ensemble.
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