Theatre Casting Call for "Pride and Prejudice" Show
The company is holding auditions for "Pride and Prejudice" Show and looking for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Additional info: PERFORMANCE DATES & VENUE: October 11, 12, 18 & 19 at 8:00 pm and October 13 & 20 at 3:00 pm. REQUIREMENTS: Cold Readings from the script will take place at the open call. The script is the Jane Kendall version. REHEARSALS: Rehearsals will start on August 12th, subject to availability. Rehearsals are on Monday and Tuesday evenings from 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm. After Labor Day, Sunday rehearsals will be added in either the afternoon or evening depending on cast availability. Rehearsal will take place at the director’s home in Bala Cynwyd. (Not everyone will be required to attend all rehearsals. MANDATORY REHEARSALS: Attendance is mandatory at Tech Week October 8th and 9th and STRIKE on Sunday, October 20th. There is a fee if you need to be fingerprinted.
16 roles
Man of culture and taste with sense of humor; handsome; long suffering husband of Mrs. Bennett and father of five girls (possibly slightly younger or older)
- Frivolous. Subject to “nerves”; older but still attractive; focused on marrying off her five daughters
Oldest daughter; gorgeous, sweet; sees good in people, but has spirit
Second daughter; a modern girl born in 1880, beautiful, but clearly knows her own mind and is spirited.
Younger than Jane and Elizabeth; serious, plain; a bookworm; smug and pedantic but very likeable. Could be a teenager; some piano skill preferred, but not required
Flighty, irresponsible, frivolous, but very pretty, very taken with soldiers
Dominated by her younger sister, Lydia, engaging giggle, but whines when not pleased
Friend of Mrs. Bennett around the same age; matter of fact, they are rivals in matchmaking,
Elizabeth’s special friend though slightly older; unmarried, quiet, sweet, and reasonable, not a dreamer.
Mr. Bingley- “Catch of the county”, handsome, moderately rich, with charming manners
Mr. Bingley’s sister, haughty, fashionable, wants her brother to “marry well”
Mr. Bingley’s friend, but slightly older, handsome, reserved with a cold and stiff manner
Heavy set relatively young clergyman, servile to anyone that can help him, looking for wife to help his career.
Handsome young officer, charming, but untrustworthy and insincere
Bennett family servant
Dowager type, expensively dressed, formidable, superior in manner, enters rooms like a queen