[NEohioPAL] 82nd Street Theatre Teen Auditions - Pride and Prejudice

[82nd Street Theatre]

Upcoming Auditions at 82nd Street Theatre

For *Pride and Prejudice*



SHOW DATES July 31-August 1



*Auditioning students (Competed) Grade 6 through College Freshmen*

Tuesday, June 9, 6-9 PM



*NOTE: This show is different than most shows we do in that there is a
limited cast of older students. There is a limited cast (16) and most of
the cast will be High School and College age. *

*We will be using caution during rehearsals and performances and will be
reducing the number of seats in performances in order to provide a safe
environment for everyone. See more information on the website.*



 (possible call backs Wed, June 10, 6-8 PM)



Director Sarah Shamburger

*Our auditions are held with all actors in the same room. It is a relaxed
atmosphere and we ask that students stay for the whole time.  Please be
prepared to perform a monologue (you can find these monologues on our
website) and we will do some reading from the script.  Below are character
descriptions as well.*





Fill Out an Online Form and find our more at:

https://alcc.nm-secure.com/Auditions



Auditions at

Abundant Life Community Church

10143 Royalton Road, Suite N and O

North Royalton, OH 44133

440-877-1202

Alcc.cc



Direct inquiries to 82 at alcc.cc



*Character Descriptions Pride and Prejudice*

*Mr. Bennet:* He is a man of culture and taste, whose sense of humor has
helped to carry him through some twenty-five years of marriage with this
frivolous and irresponsible wife.  He is handsome, with graying hair and a
courteous and pleasing manner.  His manner of speaking varies from dry
humor to elaborate sarcasm, yet he is devoted to the real interest of his
family.

*Mrs. Bennet:* She is frivolous, irresponsible, and an inveterate
matchmaker.  An eligible young man has but to glance at one of her five
daughters and she is ready to announce their engagement.  When thwarted in
any way she takes refuge in imaginary ailments and complains piteously of
her “nerves”.  She is in her forties, with her hair elaborately done; she
is always fashionably dressed.  She is still pretty in a plump and florid
way. It is easy to see why, twenty five years ago, Mr. Bennet found her
irresistible.

*Jane:* She is twenty-two, the oldest of the five daughters.  Jane has
always turned so beautiful and sweet a face on the world that much of it
has been reflected back on her.  Jane honestly believe that people are
better than they are, and so is always ready to find a good excuse for any
questionable act.  Although docile and much under her mother’s thumb, Jane
is by no means lacking in spirit.

*Elizabeth:* She is a beauty who also happens to have brains.  A modern
girl.  She is more like her father than any of her sisters, and although
she does not know it, she is his favorite. She is distressed at her
mother’s airs and obvious matchmaking but loyally conceals it and attempts
to cover her mother’s blunders.  She has a quick temper, a proud spirit and
is unaffected and sincere.  Mr. Darcy might have resisted her beauty
because of her mother’s lack of taste.  He cannot resist her beauty, plus
the fire and spirit that are a part of Elizabeth’s charm.

*Mary*: She is 18, the plain one in the family, and a bookworm.  Later,
Mary will probably outgrow her extreme priggishness.  Right now she is
prepared to lecture on practically any subject.  Mary is smug and pedantic,
in a direct contrast to all her sisters. She is, however, likeable.  You
are amused rather than annoyed by her.

*Catherine (Kitty):* She is 17 and much under the domination of her
irrepressible younger sister.  Catherine is slight and rather delicate in
appearance.  She has an engaging giggle when fun is in prospect, but, like
her mother, she is inclined to whine when things do not please her.

*Lydia:* She is 15 and utterly frivolous and irresponsible. She thinks of
nothing but parties, officers and clothes.  She is not as beautiful as Jane
or Elizabeth, but she is very pretty and pert, and could never, imaginably,
lack a partner at a dance.

*Lady Lucas:* She is in her forties, and a good friend of Mrs. Bennet,
though they are rivals in matchmaking, for Lady Lucas has a daughter to
marry off.  Lady Lucas has a pleasant and matter of fact manner.  In Act
One she has the pleased, complacent air of one who has sighted eligible
masculine quarry first.

*Charlotte:* She is 27, and Elizabeth’s friend.  Her manner is quiet and
restrained and she is sweet and reasonable, though lacking somewhat in
feminine charm.  She does not dream of romance and is quite willing to be
guided by her mother’s advice.

*Mr. Bingley:* He is the catch of the county, handsome, moderately rich,
and with charming manners that captivate everyone who meets him.  He has
eyes only for Jane from the moment  he sees her.  He is about 23.

*Miss Bingley:* She is in her twenties, and very fashionably dressed.  Her
surface good manners scarcely conceal her contempt for provincial society.  She
is proud and conceited, and her chief concern is that her brother shall
make a suitable match.

*Mr. Darcy:* He is a little older than Mr. Bingley and a great deal richer.
He is tall, handsome, and aristocratic in appearance, but his manner is
cold and stiff.  He is secretly just as much attracted by Elizabeth as Mr.
Bingley is by Jane, but he is too intelligent not to recognize her mother’s
lack of taste, and so resists her as long as he can.

*Mr. Collins:* He is a tall, clergyman, pompous and pedantic, with absurdly
formal manners.  Yet, he is extremely servile whenever to be so is to his
advantage.  He pays ridiculous court to Elizabeth, but when he fears she
may not help his “career” he does not lose a moment in consoling himself
elsewhere.

*Mr. Wickham:* He is a handsome young officer, and cuts a dashing figure in
his smart uniform.  He has undeniable charm of manner, but is untrustworthy
and insincere.

*Hill:* This part is extremely flexible.  It may be played as a young
servant girl in her teens or as a quiet, repressed, elderly servant.  Or
the part may be played as a manservant.  Hill is quiet, unobtrusive and
efficient.

*Lady Catherine:* She is the dowager type, expensively dressed formidable,
and superior in manner.  When she walks she sweeps; she when sits, it is as
if she took her place on a throne.  Quite obviously, she expects everyone
to scurry at her least command.  She hardly knows how to meet it when
Elizabeth dares to defy her but she finally sweeps regally from the room
without bidding her goodbye.
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