WHAT:
Award-Winning Theatre Nebula holds its Auditions for its production of the World Premiere, THIS SIDE OF ETERNITY: THE KRISTALLNACHT STORY, a drama by Christopher Bibby.
Directed by Christopher Bibby
Produced, Scenic, Lights, & Sound Design by J. Spencer Greene
Costume Design and Graphics by Tiffany Bibby
Stage Management by Kristen Foley
HOW TO GET AN AUDITION APPOINTMENT: Please read the information below to assure you are available for rehearsals and performances. Follow the link below to fill out an Audition Form through TheaterForms to book your appointment. It will show you the Audition Slots available to request.
https://www.theaterforms.com/TheatreNebula/Kristallnacht/auditionform/
ABOUT THE PLAY
Germany, 1938. The Holocaust lies in the future, but the Nazi propaganda machine is using peace-time to plant its insidious seeds. Martin and Jozef find their life-long relationship tested when Hitler incites legal terrorism on his Jewish citizens. Can a Christian Nazi and his Jewish best friend hold their bond together, or will they be swept into a conflict destined to consume the entire world? In reflection of the 80th anniversary of this historic event, This Side of Eternity: The Kristallnacht Story examines the nature of evil itself, the real human beings behind genocide, and asks if it’s possible to resist in the face of insurmountable odds. It explores the subtle roots of evil that are in place long before destructive choices occur and speaks to many issues dominating our current national discourse. Clear answers are hard to find, but the heart of this play – two men who long to keep their deep bond, as external forces seek to destroy it – challenges us to keep looking.
WHO:
Men and Women aged 18 and over (One character is a boy of age 12-14 and one character is a girl aged 14-16. Preference will be given to actors over 18 who can play younger. High school aged actors may audition.)
WHEN:
• Preliminary Audition Slots: Sunday, July 22 between 6:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. and Monday, July 23 between 6:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Audition slots are approximately 5 minutes in duration and actors may be asked to stay an additional 15 minutes to read from the script.
• Callbacks: BY INVITATION ONLY on Wednesday, July 25 in the evening.
WHERE:
• Cutting Hall Performing Arts Center, 150 E. Wood Street Palatine, IL 60067
• Auditions, rehearsals, and performances will all be held in Palatine.
• Metra trains, from Chicago on the east and from Harvard on the west, stop in Palatine. The station is right on the same street as the theatre, only four blocks away. FREE parking!
WHAT TO PREPARE:
• Be prepared to present a two-minute up to three-minute dramatic contemporary MEMORIZED monologue, actors may be asked to stay an additional 15 minutes to read from the script.
REHEARSALS:
Tentatively scheduled to begin Sunday, August 12, 2018, depending on conflicts of those cast. Typically, rehearsals will be held four to five days a week, Sundays through Thursdays and will be at various venues in Palatine, IL.
TECH WEEK STARTS:
Sunday, September 16, 2018
PERFORMANCES:
• Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m.
• Opening Night-Friday, September 21 or Saturday, September 22, 2018 (TBD)
• Closing-Sunday, October 7, 2018
FULL LENGTH PLAY
Historical Drama, 90 minutes
CASTING
7m (one a pre-teen boy), 3f (one a young teen girl)
MARTIN HOTTL: (30s-40s) A Christian shoe-repairman who is conflicted between complicity with the Nazis in order to save his failing business and exerting the individuality he secretly believes in. Has a wild sense of humor that’s almost been driven from him by the hardness of the world.
EMMI HOTTL: (30s-40s) A woman struggling with her duties as a faithful German wife to MARTIN while protecting her son from the intolerance and bigotry infecting their home.
JONUS HOTTL: The loving, 12-year-old son of MARTIN and EMMI. A poet trying to find his way and please his father in a world where his instincts for creative free thought are discouraged.
JOZEF PAC’ZYNSKI: (30s-40s) A successful, Jewish widower and MARTIN’s closest friend from university. Rapidly losing faith in humankind, he is bitter and intolerant, unable to see the rigidity of the Nazi’s in himself.
MISKELL PAC’ZYNSKI: The 14-year-old narcissistic daughter of JOZEF who wants nothing more than to be famous and admired. Exploring her burgeoning sexuality.
ERICH KEHRL: (early 20's) A playboy bookkeeper who uses the excitement of the party for a sense of identity while not fully committing himself to its ends.
MARLENE LUFT: (early 20's) An independent spirit struggling with the boredom and emptiness of unemployment. Sees through the propaganda of the Nazis.
LEOPOLD REMER: (late 20's) An arrogant, low-ranking SS member who believes in the unifying value of Nazi ideology.
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