Beowulf Alley Theatre Holding Auditions for THE VERTICAL HOUR, 1/9

Beowulf Alley Theatre will hold open auditions for The Vertical Hour by David Hare and directed by Philip G. Bennett on Saturday, January 9, 2010 from 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., at the theatre, 11 South 6th Avenue (Downtown between Broadway and Congress).

Callbacks will be held on Sunday, January 10 from noon - 4:00 p.m. Please bring a headshot and resume. The audition will consist of readings from the script.

Rehearsals begin the week of April 12 and will be scheduled according to the production team's availability. Performance dates are May 28 through June 13, Thursday-Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons.

To reach the director to request additional information or for questions, email Philip G. Bennett at philipgbennett@yahoo.com (please use "TVH" in the subject line).

The Vertical Hour is a story of a young American war reporter-turned-academic who travels abroad and finds herself caught in a most surprising romantic triangle, pulled between the affections of her lover and her lover's father.

Character descriptions for the production are:

OLIVER LUCAS: He is English, undemonstrative, casually dressed, in his late fifties. Oliver is not a Royalist, is politically liberal, speaks French, and a retired doctor. The actor needs to move well, have excellent voice and speech, and be able to speak with a convincing upper-middle-class British accent.

NADIA BLYE: American, pale poised, in her mid-thirties, her style is casual. She is beautiful, brilliant and pro-war. Teaches political science at Yale University and appears as a television political pundit. Nadia is in love with Oliver's son, Philip.

Philip Lucas: English, notably handsome, well-built, mid-thirties, casual. A doctor, lives in the U.S. and runs a series of physical exercise clinics. In love with Nadia; has a strained relationship with his father, Oliver. Actor must be able to handle an upper-middle-class British accent.

TERRI SCHOLES: An African-American, just twenty. She is a political science student at Yale with strong beliefs. She is intelligent, beautiful and heart-broken.

Beowulf Alley Theatre Company, a 501 (c)(3) organization, is committed to enriching the community and enhancing appreciation of the arts through the production of innovative, invigorating theatre and theatrical education with the highest standards for acting and production. Equal and fair treatment will be provided to all participants regardless of race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, familial status and/or marital status. Founded on the basis of dialogues with local theatre artists who wanted a permanent home to practice their craft, its intimate 95-seat theatre provides a facility that meets professional standards where performing artists, educators, and technicians can present their skills.

Because Beowulf Alley engages a talent and volunteer pool that calls Tucson "home" for its productions, the Theatre is committed to helping grow a new generation of Tucson talent with its programs including education for adults and youth, late night theatre to experiment with and gain experience, readers theatre for playwrights' unpublished works, lunchtime theatre to bring art to the workday and screenings of independent film artists. And true to its roots, the Theatre maintains ongoing dialogues with the community, including Dialogues with theatergoers after the first Sunday matinee performance of each of its main stage plays, at Readers' Theatre nights, and other presentations, providing an opportunity for theatergoers to discuss the plays with the director and artists.

Writers who cover the Tucson arts scene say the Theatre provides its audiences with "the best total package"-plays, performances and productions that are high in artistic and technical quality. Beowulf Alley has received critical acclaim, including two Mac Awards and nine MAC nominations. The company has presented over 325 performances to Tucson audiences since 2002 and has served hundreds of theatre artists. The theater also provides performance and rehearsal space for other Tucson theater companies.

For more information, log on to www.beowulfalley.org.

 

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