LORT
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING – Photo / Resume Request
Two River Theater Company (Red Bank, NJ) LORT D; $566/week minimum
Artistic Director: John Dias
Director: Sam Buntrock
By: William Shakespeare
Casting Director: Janet Foster
1st Rehearsal (certain roles): 8/9/11. 1st rehearsal (full company): 8/16/11
Runs: 9/17 – 10/2/11 (possible extension to 10/9/11)
NYC auditions will be held on an upcoming date TBD, by appointment only.
Seeking submissions from Actors' Equity Members only for these auditions.
For consideration, email picture and resume to Janet Foster at:
janet@janetfostercasting.com.
Be sure to indicate in the subject line:
MUCH ADO NYC Appointments [role(s) you are submitting for] / AEA self submission
SEEKING:
Beatrice:
Leonato’s niece and Hero’s cousin. Sharp-tongued, witty, forceful and intelligent, she often speaks with a keen sense of irony and sexual innuendo. She is also generous and loving; particularly to Hero. She is 30’s to 50.
Hero:
Leonato’s daughter and heiress. Well-brought-up, modest, obedient – but she might have a spark of adventure and fire underneath her reserve. She was born into a socially important family and knows that she must respect the obligations of her status, but she has a quiet wit that keeps her from being entirely submissive. Early 20s – 30s.
Margaret:
Hero’s attendant and Borachio’s lover. Although she is intelligent and honest, she is tricked by him into abetting the plot against Claudio and Hero. She is lower class, with a bawdy sense of humor. She has aspirations of furthering her social status. 20s – 30s.
Ursula:
Hero’s attendant, lower class and aware of her place, and resigned to it. 20s – 30s.
Claudio:
A soldier and an honest man, with experience of valor and the military but otherwise somewhat naïve and inexperienced. He has proven himself in battle ‘beyond the promise of his age’, and his feats during the war have made him Benedick’s boon companion. He can be shy and insecure, but he can also be fiery, explosive, and impulsive – he is quick to fall in love with Hero, and also quick to believe that she has been unfaithful. 20s – 30s.
a nobleman, the Prince of Aragon, and a longtime friend of Leonato. He has an undercurrent of sadness and loneliness. Honorable, intelligent, and rather formal, he prizes valor and loyalty – the traits of soldiers. 40s – 50s.
Don John:
the bastard brother of Don Pedro. Not an outright villain, but an insidious and manipulative one. Brooding, angry, and ‘not of many words,’ he is envious of his brother’s social authority. 40s-50s.
Leonato:
Governor of Messina and the head of his household, the father of Hero and the uncle of Beatrice. A man of influence and power in a society that prizes tradition and respect. Vengeance against one who has dishonored his family is an extreme action, but he would not hesitate to take it. Late 50s – early 60s.
Antonio:
older brother of Leonato, supportive and loyal. Late 60s – 70s.
Balthasar:
Don Pedro’s attendant, a singer , though Benedict says that if “he had been a dog that howled thus, they would have hanged him.” 20s – 30s.
Borachio:
A follower of Don John and the lover of Margaret. He uses his relationship with Margaret to instigate the plot against Claudio and Hero. He is cunning and duplicitous. Translations of his name are associated with drink and drunkenness. 20s – 30s.
Conrad:
A follower of Don John, he sees himself as a gentleman. Intelligent and pugnacious. 20s-30s.
Dogberry:
the Constable in charge of the Watch, or the chief policeman of Messina. He has an inflated sense of his own importance, and attempts to speak like the noblemen of the play- but uses exactly the wrong words to convey his meaning. Arrogant, sycophantic, and jolly, he does not see that he is utterly unnecessary. 30s – 70s.
Verges:
the Headborough, Dogberry’s partner. 30s – 70s.
Friar Frances:
A priest. He is the first to defend Hero, and suggests the plan that will prove her innocence. 40s – 60s.
A Sexton: 30s
Watchmen: 30s
The role of Benedict has been CAST (with Michael Cumpsty)
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