VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET - Lakewood Theatre Company
LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY TO HOLD AUDITIONS
FOR THE GORE VIDAL PLAY
VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET
APRIL 22, 2017
Visit to a Small Planet is directed by Tobias Andersen.
The director is casting 7 men and 3 women (age range 20-65). All ethnicities are encouraged to audition. All roles are open for audition and all receive remuneration. For a breakdown of roles, please
click here.
Audition Location: Lakewood Theatre Company at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.
Audition Requirements:
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Please submit online your appointment request and submit your resume and headshot at the same time by following the instructions on the audition site.
- Please bring a current hard copy resume and headshot to the audition.
- All actors will be asked to cold read selected scenes from the script. Scripts and sides will be available the morning of auditions at the theatre.
- Callbacks will be held at the director's discretion on Monday, April, 24 at 7:00 PM. Conflicts not listed at time of auditions may not be honored.
Performance Schedule: Visit to a Small Planet opens July 7, 2017 and continues through August 13, 2017. Performances are Thurs. - Sat. at 7:30 PM, some Sundays at 7:00, some Sunday matinees at 2:00 PM and aWednesday performance 7/26 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: VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET
Visit to a Small Planet first debuted as an original television production by Gore Vidal, was reworked by Vidal as a Broadway play starring Cyril Ritchard and later as a film starring Jerry Lewis.
The comedy, which is set in the 1950s tells the story of Kreton, an alien from an another galaxy (far, far away) who lands on Earth in a flying saucer (as UFO's were called at that time) intending to view the American Civil War. He miscalculates and lands instead 100 years later. Having missed the opportunity to see conflict first hand, but delighted with all the new playthings the 20th century has invented for war-making, he decides to create a war for himself.
65 Years of Live Theatre: Founded as a not-for-profit organization in 1952, Lakewood Theatre Company is a theatre dedicated to the study and presentation of drama in all its forms; the training and development of actors; and the creation, maintenance, and operation of a theatre in which to present plays and other forms of entertainment. Lakewood Theatre Company is the oldest continually operated, not-for-profit theatre company in the Portland Metropolitan area. It annually provides more than 350 theatre artists the opportunity to learn and display their craft and attracts more than 35,000 people to its shows.
- 65th Season -
Productions in the 2017-18 season are underwritten, in part, by
The Regional Arts & Culture Council and the Work for Art Program
The Oregon Arts Commission
The National Endowment for the Arts
The Jackson Foundation
Media Sponsor: The Oregonian, Powering OregonLive
