[NEohioPAL] Auditions for THE MISER this Weekend

[Braelin Andrzejewski]

THE WESTERN RESERVE PLAYHOUSE IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE AUDITIONS FOR…


The Miser

Adapted by Daniel Hunsicker

Full-Length Play, Comedy

The Miser centers around the age-old conflict of love and money. The miser
of the title is the elderly Harpagon, who is a wealthy man but worries that
he never has enough money. His obsession with money spells disaster for all
those around him, including his two children, Elise and Cléante. Elise is
passionately in love with the penniless Valère, but her father has arranged
for her to marry a wealthy old man, Anselme. Meanwhile Cléante loves the
girl next door, the young, impoverished Marianne. In a further twist,
Harpagon has set his sights on marrying Marianne himself! With the help of
some wily servants, Elise and Cléante plot against their frugal father.


Directed by: Daniel Hunsicker


Audition Dates:

Sunday March 24th, 2024 - 2pm-4pm

Monday March 25th, 2024 - 7pm-9pm


Callbacks:

Only as needed.


Audition Location:

The Western Reserve Playhouse

3326 Everett Road

Bath, Ohio 44286



Performances:

05/31/24 -06/15/24 (Fridays and Saturdays @ 8pm, Sunday 06/9/24 @ 2pm)


Rehearsals:

Pending cast availability rehearsals will be Sundays from 2:00-5:00 and
Monday to Thursdays from 7:00-10 pm. Starting the week of April 22nd, 2024.
Please note tech week will be May 26th, 2024 with Monday May 27th off for
Memorial Day.


What to prepare:

You will be asked to cold read from the script

Please bring all conflicts for the rehearsal and performance process.



How to sign up:

You may sign up here (
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4BA5AB2FABF8C52-48322325-auditions)
for an audition slot. Please bring a headshot and resume if you have one.
We also are asking for all conflicts at this time.



If you are unavailable for any of these time slots, but would still like to
audition, contact the Director, Daniel Hunsicker @ dhuns1515 at gmail.com to
set up an alternative audition time.


No equity contracts available at this time. All positions are volunteer.

Roles are open to all races, ethnicities, gender/gender identities, ages,
and abilities, unless directly specified by the playwright as integral to
their storytelling. None of these parts are precast.




Roles Available:


Harpagon - The tyrannical father of Cléante and Élise Harpagon is a miser
whose love for his cash box exceeds that for his children. He builds his
wealth by lending at a usurious rate while pinching every penny at home,
refusing to replace the worn-out clothes of the servants he abuses. He is
the suitor of the young Mariane, whom Cléante also wishes to marry

Cleante - Harpagon's profligate son, Cléante is also in love with Mariane.
Intending to run away with her, he attempts to procure an illegal loan to
provide Mariane and her ill mother with money, only to discover the lender
is his own father. There is mutual resentment between the two over not only
money but over love when Harpagon tricks his son into revealing his love
for Mariane.

Elise - The daughter of Harpagon, Élise owes her life to Valère, who saved
her from drowning just before the beginning of the play. She opposes her
father's plans to wed her to the elderly Anselme, who has agreed to take
her without a dowry.

Valere - Valère has saved Élise from drowning and has come into the employ
of Harpagon with intentions to win her. Harpagon mistrusts him and suspects
him of wanting to rob him.

Marianne - The young woman whom Harpagon intends to wed is also the woman
his son Cléante intends to run away with.

Frosine - Frosine is an elderly woman who acts as a go-between to ensure
the marriage of Harpagon and Mariane; she convinces Harpagon that Mariane's
frugality will outweigh her lack of dowry, and that Mariane loves
bespectacled old men.

Master Jaques - Master Jacques is cook and coachman to Harpagon.

La Fleche - A servant in Harpagon's household, La Flèche helps Cléante
arrange a clandestine loan through Master Simon.[8] In a dramatic turn he
digs up and steals Harpagon's cash box.

Anselme - An older gentleman and suitor to Élise, Anselme is a wandering
Napolitan noble who believes his wife and children drowned sixteen years
earlier. Role may be doubled with others.

Brindavoine - Lackey to Harpagon. Role may be doubled with others.

La Merluche - Lackey to Harpagon. Role may be doubled with others.

Clerk - The recorder for the magistrate. Role may be doubled with others.

Master Simon - A dishonest broker that tries to arrange a usurious loan
between Cléante and his father. Role may be doubled with others.

Magistrate - Comes to investigate the theft of Harpagons cash box. Role may
be doubled with others.

Mistress Claude - A Servant to Harpagon. Role may be doubled with others.

-- 
Braelin Andrzejewski
Content/Marketing Coordinator
Western Reserve Playhouse
3326 Everett Road, Bath, Ohio 44286
330-203-1007
www.thewrp.org

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