ACT 1 Sets Auditions for Will Eno's THE FLU SEASON
ACT 1 Sets Auditions for Will Eno's THE FLU SEASON
#1ACT 1 Sets Auditions for Will Eno's THE FLU SEASON
Posted: 10/26/15 at 12:47pm
ACT 1 announces auditions for “Flu Season”, written by Will Eno and directed by Memory Strong.
Where?
Auditions will be held at Tulip Street UMC, 522 Russell Street Nashville, TN 37206 (entrance on 6th Street side of building) on Sunday, November 8th and 9th from 6-8PM. Callbacks if needed on November 10th from 6-8PM. Read Thru will be on November 12th, with rehearsals being MAINLY on Mon, Tues and Thursday evenings. Show runs January 15th – 30th at the Darkhorse Theater.
What?
“The Flu Season really isn't about the flu or the season, of course. It's about a man and woman, called just that, Man and Woman, who meet and grow close as patients in a mental hospital, and their doctor and nurse, called (you guessed it) Doctor and Nurse, who have their own peculiarities and don't help their patients much.
Only The Flu Season is not really about all that, either. It's as much about the commentators, Prologue and Epilogue, who watch from the sidelines and interrupt to discuss the story that's unfolding. What it's about, in fact, is the process of writing the play (or the creative process in general). The two figures represent two sides of the creative impulse. Prologue is the earnest, optimistic voice early in the process, confident of his mastery. Cynical Epilogue is the wised-up voice of experience, after facing problems and rewrites: “For what it's worth, which is probably very little. ...”
Who?
Prolgue: A narrator, Male or Female, any age. Must have a clear speaking voice.
Epilogue: A narrator, Male or Female, any age. Must have a clear speaking voice.
Man: Intelligent, Scrappy, 28-40
Woman: Intelligent, delicate, 28-40
Doctor: Male, Distracted, 50’s
Nurse: Female, maternal, dignified although distracted, 50’s
