SHAKESPEARE IN HOLLYWOOD - Westport Community Theatre Non Equity Auditions

Auditions!

Shakespeare in Hollywood

by Ken Ludwig
Directed by Dan Friedman

Monday, April 16
Tuesday, April 17
7:00 pm

Max Reinhardt’s problematic 1934 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream – sure to be box office poison – is further complicated when Oberon and Puck, fresh from “A Wood Outside Athens,” find themselves transported from the land of legend and classical myth all the way to Hollywood and in the middle of a suspiciously familiar story. When the enchantment of the silver screen meets the magic of Fairyland, all merry hell breaks loose.

All roles are open. Auditions will consist of readings from the script.

Performance dates: June 8 – 24, 2018
Fridays and Saturdays @ 8:00 pm,
Sundays @ 2:00 pm,
Thursday June 14 @ 8:00 pm
Dress rehearsal with an audience June 7 @ 8:00 pm.

LOUELLA PARSONS (50s-60s) – famed gossip columnist
MAX REINHARDT (30s-50s) – German/Jewish director, escaping Nazi persecution
DICK POWELL (20s-30s) – Hollywood leading man cast as “Lysander” in the film
JACK WARNER (40s-60s) – Head of the studio
DARYL (flexible) – Jack Warner’s “Yes man” – doubles as Tarzan
LYDIA (20s-30s) – starlet with serious acting aspirations; girlfriend to Jack Warner; “Helena” in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
OBERON (30s-50s) – King of the Fairies
PUCK (flexible) – Oberon’s servant, mischief maker
OLIVIA (20s-30s) – playing “Hermia” in her first movie role
WILL HAYS (40s-60s) – Hollywood censor; bombastic narcissist
JIMMY CAGNEY (20s-30s) – Hollywood tough guy cast as “Bottom” in the film
JOE E. BROWN (30s-50s) – contract movie player cast as “Thisbe” in film
THE ENSEMBLE (3M, 1F)

For more information, contact the director at
danf417@gmail.com

Westport Community Theatre

Westport Town Hall –
110 Myrtle Avenue
Westport, CT 06880
Box Office (203) 226-1983

info@westportcommunitytheatre.com

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please go to
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