Casting Performers for "1984" Production
The company is holding auditions for "1984" show and looking for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: This authorized stage adaptation is true to the novel in which Orwell depicts with great power the horrors of man’s fate in a society where Big Brother is always watching—where everything that is not prohibited is compulsory. . Orwell himself once said, “I do not believe that the kind of society I describe necessarily will arrive, but I believe that something resembling it could arrive. The moral to be drawn from the dangerous nightmare situation is a simple one: Don’t let it happen. It depends on you.” Rate: No Pay Additional info: Rehearsals Begin: TBD Run/Shoot: October 18, 2024 – October 27, 2024 What To Prepare: Cold reads from the script Please apply if interested.
8 roles
Pale, timid, scholarly person, hesitant and self-effacing in manner, preferable wearing large horn-rimmed glasses as a kind of mask, played by either a man or woman. Syme should be dressed in the faded blue overalls of the Party.
A jovial, stupid and unpleasant looking woman approaching middle age. She is wearing the blue overalls of the Party but with a red sash that says, “Anti-Sex League”.
An intelligent young man who disagrees with much of what he encounters, but is too careful to express those feelings. He, too wears the blue overalls of the Party but he manages to look just a bit neater than the others.
Guards wear black uniforms, separating them from the others. They are always carrying heavy revolvers at their waist.
Wears the black overalls of the “Inner” Party. He is coarse, humorless and brutal. In spite of his formidable appearance, ,he does have a certain charm of manner.
A beautiful young woman. She wears the blue Party overalls as well as the ASL sash. JULIA begins the play as one person and changes remarkably throughout.
Unkempt old woman, she wears an old, sleazy housedress. She is one of the “Proles”.
Slovenly person In party overalls.
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