Lantern Theater Company 12-13 -Appointment EPA
Actors' Shakespeare Project
Cambridge, MA
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All roles are available unless otherwise specified. For pre-cast roles, auditioning performers will be considered as possible (emergency) replacements, should any become necessary.
THE LIAR by David Ives, adapted from Pierre Corneille, directed by Kathryn MacMillan
First Rehearsal: 10/9/12. Run: 11/1/12-11/25/12.
DORANTE: 20s-30s; handsome young man, charismatic, well-bred, a compulsive liar
CLARICE: 20s; young Parisian woman, beautiful, smart, well-bred, very popular
LUCRECE: 20s; just as beautiful, smart, and well-bred as Clarice, perhaps even smarter
GERONTE: 50s-60s; Dorante’s father, domineering, pompous, and inflexible
CLITON: 20s-30s; Dorante’s manservant, sharp, comedic, put-upon
ALCIPPE: 20s-30s; Clarice’s secret fiancé, upper class, blustery but weak
PHILISTE: 20s; a young man of Paris, rational and reasonable
ISABELLE/SABINE: 20s-30s; one actress plays both servants; one is sexy and saucy, the other uptight and proper
THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE by Martin McDonagh, directed by Kathryn MacMillan.
First Rehearsal: 12/18/12. Run: 1/10/13-2/10/13.
MAG FOLAN: a stout woman in her early 70s; broadly comedic, manipulative, helpless
MAUREEN FOLAN: a plain, slim woman of 40; smart, no-nonsense, and desperate
RAY DOOLEY: boy of about 20; fidgety, slight but thuggish, whiny
PATO DOOLEY: a good looking man of about 40; physical laborer, kind-hearted but not a thinker
HENRY V by William Shakespeare, directed by Charles McMahon.
First Rehearsal: 2/19/13. Run: 3/14/13-4/14/13.
KING HENRY: 20s-early 30s; king of England, skilled orator, skilled strategist, brave
SCROOP/ensemble: 30s; nobleman caught in a plot to kill Henry, his dear friend
PISTOL/ensemble: 40s-50s; reluctant army recruit, petty thief
EXETER/ensemble: 40s-50s; the king’s cousin
KATHERINE/ensemble: 20s; the French king’s lovely daughter; speaks mostly French
DAUPHIN/ensemble: 20s-early 30s; heir to the French throne, superior and mocking
CHORUS/CANTERBURY/ensemble: 40s-60s; commentator and leader, powerful
FLUELLEN/ensemble: 40s-early 50s; a Welsh officer, honorable, but ‘blue collar’
HEROES by Tom Stoppard, adapted from Gerald Sibleyras, directed by M. Craig Getting.
First Rehearsal: 4/23/13. Run: 5/16/13-6/9/13.
HENRI: 60s-70s; gentle and a bit shy, contented, has a bad leg
GUSTAVE: 60s-70s; boastful, a bully, agoraphobic
PHILIPPE: 60s-70s; a war injury causes occasional blackouts, physically comedic, a bit paranoid
NEW JERUSALEM, THE INTERROGATION OF BARUCH DE SPINOZA AT TALMUD TORAH CONGREGATION: AMSTERDAM, JULY 27, 1656 by David Ives, directed by Charles McMahon
First Rehearsal: 8/21/12. Run: 9/4/12-9/30/12.
ABRAHAM VAN VALKENBURGH -- CAST. a regent of Amsterdam, 45; a powerful, smart, complex figure.
SAUL LEVI MORTERA -- CAST. chief rabbi of Amsterdam, 60 or more; softer & introspective, a charismatic leader of his small community.
GASPAR RODRIGUES BEN ISRAEL -- CAST. a parnas of Talmud Torah, perhaps 50; a carpet seller, self-effacing and gently comic.
BARUCH DE SPINOZA -- CAST. a merchant of Amsterdam, 23; at once a dazzling genius and an amiable, modest young man; based on a real person.
SIMON DE VRIES -- CAST. a painter, 23; patient, youthful, clever, amiable, short-sighted.
CLARA VAN DEN ENDEN -- CAST. a music teacher, 20; lovely, earnest, a bit anxious, deeply loyal.
REBEKAH DE SPINOZA -- CAST. Baruch's half-sister, 26; comic character: outspoken, capricious.
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