Truman Theatre is holding auditions for Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” which is one of his funniest and most touching plays. It’s about a brother and sister separated at sea, mistaken identity amongst quarreling lovers, and the hilarious/brutal tricks we play on each other.
Here are the important dates:
Initial Auditions: Sunday, November 3, 2013,
Audition Appointments still available
Callbacks: Monday, November 4, 2013, 6-10PM
Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 6-10PM
Cast List Posted: Wednesday, November 6, 2013
First Rehearsal: Sunday, January 12, 2014 (THE SPRING SEMESTER)
Rehearsals: January/February, Monday-Friday, 6-10PM
January/February, Sunday, 4-10PM
Opening Night: February 19, 2014
Closing Night: February 22, 2014
Audition Requirements:
– Sign up for a five-minute time-slot outside the Scene Shop door next the Ophelia Parrish Building freight elevator (OP 1331).
– Bring your SPRING schedule of classes and other work-conflicts/commitments to the audition so you can put them on your audition sheet.
– Prepare a one minute Shakespeare monologue of your own choosing or if you’re struggling to find one, try one of these:
MEN
1) Orsino- Act 1, Scene 1- “If music be the food of love, play on;”
2) Sebastian- Act 2, Scene 1- “No sooth sir. My determinate voyage is mere extravagancy.´
WOMEN
1) Olivia- Act 3, Scene 1- “O, what a deal of scorn looks beautiful…”
2) Viola- Act 2, Scene 4- “A blank, my lord, she never told her love…”
https://docs.google.com/a/truman.edu/file/d/0B8P2IgI1b4hSS01YNGdaNV96R2s/edit?usp=sharing&pli=1
Here’s the Facebook event for further info:
https://www.facebook.com/events/160629397478305/
Feel free to contact Stage Manager Allison Lammert ael1536@truman.edu if you have any other questions. If the timeslots fill up, please email Allison. She’ll add new times as the current sign-up sheets get filled.