Four County Players Hosts Auditions for EARNEST and ROSENGRANTZ 1/30

THE IMPORTANCE of BEING EARNEST

Written by Oscar Wilde
Directed by John Holdren

WHEN AND WHERE:
· Sunday January 30 at 7:00 PM on the Main Stage of Four County Players, 5256 Governor Barbour Street, Barboursville
· Monday January 31 at 7:00 PM in the Cellar of Four County Players, 5256 Governor Barbour Street, Barboursville
· Call-backs if needed: Tuesday and Wednesday, February 1 and 2, at 7:00 PM in the Cellar at Four County Players in Barboursville

A classic comedy with sparkling verbal wit, The Importance of Being Earnest is set in and near London in the mid-1890s. In performance, actors will speak in an upper class British accent ("Received Pronunciation"), though accents are not required in the audition.

· Arrive at or close to the start time as actors will be grouped to read scenes from the script.
· The theatre will be open 15 minutes prior to auditions to allow time to fill out paperwork.
· Please be familiar with the script, which is readily available online.
· Auditions are open to everyone.

RUN AND REHEARSAL INFO:
· The Importance of Being Earnest will run Thursdays through Sundays, May 5-22, 2011, on the main stage at Four County Players.
· Accent coaching will begin in February. Rehearsals will begin in early March, 2011. Rehearsals will be held Monday-Thursday nights, as well as Sunday afternoons, with some Saturdays possibly required as we near tech week.

ROLES (four women and five men):
John ("Jack") Worthing-a bachelor, 29 years old
Algernon Moncrieff-Jack's friend, a bachelor in his mid-late twenties
Lady Bracknell-mother of Gwendolen, middle-aged
Gwendolen Fairfax-Lady Bracknell's daughter, twenties
Cecily Cardew -Jack's ward, 18 years old
Miss Prism-Cecily's governess, middle aged
Rev. Canon Chasuble-Rector of the church near Jack's country house, middle-aged
Lane-Algernon's butler, middle-aged
Merriman-Jack's butler, middle-aged

Auditions for ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD
Written By Tom Stoppard
Directed By Emily Dalton

Performances April 1,2,8 and 9 at 8:00 pm in The Cellar at Four County Players
Tickets 10$

Local Actress Emily Dalton is producing a production of "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" by Tom Stoppard.

Four characters have yet to be cast:
Hamlet, Ophelia, Claudius, and Polonius.
All four will be double cast as Tragedians.

Open auditions will be January 30, at 7 pm

If interested please contact Emily Dalton by email at daltonej@gmail.com for a location.
. Auditions will consist of reading from the script. Please be familiar with the plot and comfortable with Shakespearean text.

Rehearsals will begin Tuesday, February 1st, and continue Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings.

 

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