LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY
TO HOLD AUDITIONS FOR THE NOEL COWARD COMEDY
BLITHE SPIRIT
MAY 21 & 22, 2022
Lakewood Theatre Company will be having open auditions for the classic Sir Noël Coward comedy, BLITHE SPIRIT on SATURDAY, MAY 21 and SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2022
Sign up online to secure an audition appointment on the Lakewood website at
https://www.lakewood-center.org/pages/auditions-Blithe-Spirit-2022. Call 503-635-3901 if you need assistance with sign up.
Blithe Spirit, by Noel Coward, will be directed by David Sikking.
All roles are open and all receive remuneration. Lakewood encourages diversity in casting and the directing team is strongly seeking artists of all races, cultural backgrounds, abilities, body types, and gender identities to audition for all roles.
Callbacks will be held at the directors desecration.
Audition Location: Lakewood Theatre Company at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.
Materials Needed:
Please complete the online appointment sign-up at
Lakewood-center.org.Please email a resume and headshot to
bio@lakewood-center.org and note BLITHE SPIRIT and your LAST NAME in the subject line. Please bring both resume and headshot to your audition appointment as backup.Callbacks will be at the director's discretion.
Conflicts not listed at the time of audition may not be honored.
Auditions:
Each 10-minute audition appointment will provide 5 actors (2 men, 3 women) to sign up per time slot to read together as a group.
Auditions will consist of a read from the script. (No prepared monologues necessary.) Sides are available through the theater’s website.
Please do not be concerned with which role you may be asked to read. Director will read for specific roles in call-backs.
Actors will be asked to complete an online audition form, including any rehearsal or performance conflicts and vaccination status.
Actors will need to show proof of vaccination at audition when arriving for audition.
Rehearsals: Rehearsals are scheduled to begin the first week of August and continue Monday through Wednesdays 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM, and Saturdays and Sundays 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM. A final schedule will be determined after the first cast meeting.
Performance Schedule: Blithe Spirit opens September 9, 2022 and continues through October 16, 2022. Performances are Thurs-Sat at 7:30 PM, Saturdays & Sundays, at 2:00 PM and two Wednesday performances at 7:30 PM. Lakewood Theatre Company features an intimate 220-seat theatre located at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.
About the Play: This smash hit comedy of the London and Broadway stages offers up Charles Condomine, a re-married novelist haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, Elvira, who has been summoned from the Great Beyond by Madame Arcati, a visiting medium. As the worldly and unworldly personalities clash, Charles’ current wife, Ruth, is accidentally killed. When she “passes over,” she joins Elvira, and the two “blithe spirits” haunt the hapless Charles into perpetuity. The play is set in mid-1940s England. Everyone on stage is smart, quick thinking, articulate, and convinced they are completely right about everything.
CLICK HERE for more detailed information for a description of available roles, audition requirements, rehearsals, and performances.
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