[NEohioPAL] Weathervane Auditions

[Jan Harcar]

Weathervane Playhouse

Akron, OH

330-836-2626

 

AUDITIONS ~ Nov. 28 and 29
for BOTH Dancing at Lughnasa and Amadeus.

 

ABOUT THE DANCING AT LUGHNASA AUDITIONS

? Auditions are scheduled by appointment only in 10-minute blocks on Monday, Nov. 28 and Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, between 7 and 10 p.m.
? Please call the Weathervane Box Office at 330-836-2626 to schedule an appointment. Please call during regular Box Office hours (Mondays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Tuesdays through Fridays between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.).
? For your audition, please prepare a short monologue of your choosing. If you do not have a monologue, one will be provided for you to read. You will also asked to "try a dialect" at your audition.

Dancing at Lughnasa is directed by Katherine Burke

 

About the Play and its Performance Dates

Dancing at Lughnasa is set in the home of the Mundy family, two miles outside the village of Ballybeg, County Donegal, Ireland, in August 1936. In Celtic folklore, Lughnasa is an annual harvest festival marking the end of the summer growing season and the start of the fall harvest. In this Tony Award-winning drama by Brian Friel, the festival is in full swing as we meet the five unmarried Mundy sisters of County Donegal, who - dancing and laughing through their tears - embrace a life filled with equal amounts of happiness and heartbreak.

 

Dancing at Lughnasa plays on Weathervane Playhouse's Founders Theater stage between March 1 and 12, 2012. Performances are Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m.

 

Dancing at Lughnasa Casting Requirements

THREE adult males (ages roughly 30 to 55)
FIVE adult females (ages roughly 20 to 50)

 

A Breakdown of the Play's Characters

Michael, young man, narrator
Kate, 40, schoolteacher
Maggie, 38, housekeeper
Agnes, 35, knitter
Rose, 32, knitter
Chris, 26, Michael's mother
Gerry, 33, Michael's father
Jack, 53, missionary

 

ABOUT THE AMADEUS AUDITIONS

? Auditions are scheduled by appointment only in 10-minute blocks on Monday, Nov. 28 and Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, between 7 and 10 p.m.
? Please call the Weathervane Box Office at 330-836-2626 to schedule an appointment. Please call during regular Box Office hours (Mondays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Tuesdays through Fridays between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.).
? Actors are welcome to prepare a monologue or select a "side" to prepare, or read from the script, or use the sides the director has selected. To download the director's sides, please visit www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/audition



About the Play and its Performance Dates

Vienna, Austria, in the late 18th century - the glorious mecca for musicians - is the setting for this brilliant dramatization by Peter Shaffer of a great struggle for power and artistic dominance between two famous yet absolutely dissimilar composers. Antonio Salieri is the securely established and favored composer in the court of Austrian Emperor Joseph II who confronts a fierce rival in the ferociously outlandish Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

 

Amadeus plays on Weathervane's Founders Theater stage between March 29 and April 15, 2012. Performances are Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Also, there is one weekday-morning school-day performance: Thursday, March 29 at 10 a.m.

 

Casting Requirements

NINE adult males (ages roughly 25 to 65)
ONE adult female (age roughly 20 to 28)
SEVEN to EIGHT additional male and female adult actors of all shapes and ages to play the non-speaking roles of the citizens of Vienna

 

A Breakdown of the Play's Characters

Antonio Salieri - Male, 40 - 60. Leading role. A dazzling showman. Charming, witty, sophisticated, and manipulative.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Male, 25-35. Leading role. Childish, giggly, profane, loud and nervous genius.
Constanze Weber - female, 20 - 28. Supporting role. Mozart's wife. Earthy, attractive and sensual.
Joseph II - Emperor of Austria - Male, 45 - 65. Supporting role. Regal yet clueless. Avoids conflict.
Count von Strack - male, 50 - 65. Supporting role. Groom of the Imperial Chamber. Official to the bone. Humorless.
Count Rosenberg - male, 50 - 65. Supporting role. Director of the Imperial Opera. Grand and slightly pretentious.
Baron van Swieten - male, 50 - 65. Supporting role. Prefect of the Imperial Library. Compassionate court official.
The Venticelli - Two males, 25-40. Supporting roles. Foppish Court gossips. Playful.
Majordomo - male, 30 - 50. Supporting role. Efficient court servant.
Citizens of Vienna - Male and Female, seven to eight in quantity. Additional actors of all shapes and ages needed to physicalize several important non-speaking characters.





Janis Harcar
Director of Advancement
Weathervane Playhouse
330-836-2323 X16
www.weathervaneplayhouse.com
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