Performers Needed for Upcoming Show

ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. Searching for performers for "Emilie La Marquise Du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight" play. Please, see the details below. About the play: Emilie defends her life and loves; and ends up with both a formula and a legacy that permeates history. Tonight, 18th century scientific genius Emilie du Châtelet is back from the afterlife and determined to answer the question she died with: love or philosophy, head or heart? Based on the real life story of Emilie du Châtelet, a scientific genius of 18th century France. Women of her era were considered too simple-minded to understand mathematics or physics, but Emilie produced work ranging from a groundbreaking paper on the nature of fire (the first by a woman ever published by the Paris Academy), to a celebrated and still-used translation and commentary on Isaac Newton’s Principia Mathematica. She was married to a nobleman of the court of Louis XV, and took a series of lovers, including the writer and philosopher Voltaire. Additional information: Callback: Friday, July 31, 2026, 7-10 pm (if required). Please arrive on time for check-in, administration, and incidentals. Auditions are by appointment only. Rehearsal will begin on Sunday August 30 7-10:00 pm and then run every Sunday 7-10 pm as well as Monday and Wednesday 7-10 pm until opening night. Some changes or additional rehearsals may occur during the course of the production schedule. (All auditions and rehearsals take place in Kanata. Performance dates are November 18-21 & 24-28, 2026 (matinee November 22). All shows with the exception of the matinee will start at 7:30 p.m, matinee at 2:30pm. Member’s preview: November 16, 2026. Auditions are by appointment only. If you're interested, plelase apply.