Cotuit Center for the Arts Hosts Auditions For QUILLS

Cotuit Center is announcing auditions for QUILLS, written by Doug Wright Directed by Mary Arnault

Synopsis:
Doug Wright, 2004 winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for his play I Am My Own Wife, has earned a reputation for dramatizing subversive, extravagant, and controversial characters from history. Writing with dark humor, Wright examines the nature and price of freedom through the final days of one of France's most infamous and scandalous figures.

Imprisoned in France's Charenton Asylum at the turn of the 18th century is the Marquis de Sade. In defiance of the increasingly punitive censorship that deprives him of quill, ink, and even clothes, he writes with anything and everything available to him in his cell: an obsession that swings between madness and a heroic refusal to be silenced.

Marquis de Sade is a character that will undoubtedly divide people, some see him as a perverted, revolting creature and some see him as a slightly twisted, misunderstood genius. Either way for good or bad he is certainly a talking point and will inspire fascination or revolution in those who read about him.

Quills is a play about censorship and freedom of speech, social conformity and the subjectiveness of good and evil. It's also, in parts, very funny (and a bit naughty).

We are seeking 8 actors & actresses for various roles. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.

Please note: this play contains adult themes.

AUDITION DATES:
Saturday, August 6, 1:00-4:00pm
Sunday, August 7, 1:00-4:00pm

Auditions will be held at the theater,
4404 Falmouth Rd (Rte 28), Cotuit.

PERFORMANCE DATES:
October 6-23, 2011
Thurs, Fri, Sat at 8:00pm, Sun at 2:00pm

No appointment necessary. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.

Please see below the character list and rough playing ages:

Doctor Royer-Collard, Chief Physician at the Charenton Asylum. (Male 40s/60s)
Monsieur Prouix, A celebrated architect. (Male 20s/30s)
Renee Pelagie, The grief-stricken wife of the Marquis. (Female 40s/60s)
Abbe De Coulmier, Administrator at the asylum. (Male 20s/30s)
The Marquis, The asylum's most notorious inmate. (Male 50+, nudity)
Madeleine Leclerc, The seamstress at Charenton. (Female - should be an adult, but able to play 16)
Madame Royer-Collard, The doctors wife, a women of considerable appetites. (Female 20s/30s)
A Lunatic (Male any age)

If you have any questions, please contact Daniel Fontneau at daniel@cotuitcenterforthearts.org

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