[NEohioPAL] Auditioning Two Roles for Waiting for Godot

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AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR Two Roles in WAITING FOR GODOT

at the Brecksville Theatre on Tuesday, July 5, at 7:30pm

ARE YOU SCARED OF GODOT?

No need to be.

Yes, it is one of the greatest works in the history of The Theatre…DAUNTING.

Yes, many members of the audience find it difficult…in some productions…DANGEROUS.

Yes, there are lots of words to learn and they have to be learned accurately…HARD.

BUT…those are the usual actors’ challenges and the roles always reward the actor.

This play is essentially vaudeville. The great comic actor Bert Lahr of Cowardly Lion fame was in the original American production.

While there are serious, even tragic aspects to this play, it should (will) be curiously uplifting for both the cast and the audience.

It is wildly funny—in the style of Chaplin or The Marx Brothers.

It is not about boredom. It is about what we do to avoid boredom!

So you’ve read it and you don’t see the theatrical power of Waiting for Godot?

Well, performing it and seeing it performed are a very different experience from reading it.

Waiting for Godot is exciting theatre.

Come audition for the two remaining open roles of Pozzo and The Boy.

Who is Pozzo? He is a larger than life presence, maybe a captain of industry or maybe a politician or maybe a tyrant or maybe a blowhard. He blusters and weeps and his moods and vocality change quickly. He contains multitudes. He is usually older, but that isn’t required for this production. He is usually stout, but that isn’t required for this production. You just need to be a good actor who enjoys taking risks and who want to improve his craft by going for this challenge!

Who is The Boy? He is a young person between the ages of 9 and 12. At the end of each of the two acts, he shows up and says he has been sent by Godot and tells Estragon (Gogo) and Vladimir (Didi) that Mr. Godot can’t come today. He has two wonderful scenes and the young actor who plays the role will learn much about the craft of acting.

And who knows? There is much for anyone to learn from acting in…

WAITING FOR GODOT

Auditions are Tuesday evening at The Brecksville Theatre starting at 7:30pm.

Call Director Art Suskin at 816-210-6266 for an appointment.
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