PTC Announces 6/5 Auditions For Mark Twain's IS HE DEAD?

Auditions for the second show in Pioneer Theatre Company's 2009- 2010 Season, Is He Dead? will be held on Friday, June 5th, 2009 from 12 noon to 4:00 p.m. Noon to 1 p.m. is reserved for AEA (Equity) members only, but AEA members may sign up for any time slot. Callbacks will be the morning of Saturday, June 6th, 2009; the time will be announced. Auditions will be held in Room
245 at the Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre. Auditioners will be required to read from the script.

Non-AEA auditioners must come in to sign up for an audition slot on the callboard in Room 325 at the Roy W. and Elizabeth E. Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre; AEA members may call ElizaBeth Williamson at 801-585-5855 to sign up. The sign-up sheet will be posted by noon on Friday, May 29th, 2009. Audition sides will be available at the same time. Scripts are available for checkout on an overnight basis from the Business Office (Room 325) of the theatre.

Rehearsal dates for the production are Monday, October 5th, 2009 - Thursday, October 29th, 2009; performance dates are October 30th, 2009 - November 14th, 2009. PTC Artistic Director Charles Morey will direct the production.

Is He Dead? is a recently discovered comedy originally written by Mark Twain and adapted by David Ives. Millet is a brilliant but impoverished painter, but no one will pay good money for his paintings while he's still alive. When his friends persuade him that the secret to success lies in convincing the world he's dead, Millet hatches a scheme which could make him rich, famous, and able to marry the girl of his dreams-if only he didn't have to be a corpse to do it. Casting for Is He Dead? includes roles for seven men and four women, all over the age of 18. All roles are currently available.

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