THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST - Shelton, CT EPA Valley Shakespeare Festival | Shelton, CT
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Saturday, April 29, 2023
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM (E)
No break scheduled.
Please use the following audition form to sign up:
https://www.theaterforms.com/vsfestival/earne st/auditionform/
SPT
$328 weekly minimum (SPT 2)
Equity actors for roles in THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde (see breakdown).
Outdoor production.
Seeking fun, and witty actors to handle the sparkling text of Oscar Wilde's masterpiece of a comedy. Also looking for actors who can juggle, or have other fun tricks to fill out a type of musical hall setting in the park. All ethnicities are encouraged to come out and audition!
Please prepare a 1-2 minute comedic audition monologue that uses lots of text. Something classical in blank verse is acceptable. If you are absolutely stymmied on what to prepare you can see some suggestions at
https://www.vsfestival.org/auditions
Shelton Community Center
41 Church Street
Shelton, CT 06484
THIS SPACE'S VENTILATION HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED BY ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION.
Tom Simonetti, Artistic Director/Director (expected to attend)
First Rehearsal: 6/26
Tech: 7/11 and 7/12
Opening Night: 7/13 and runs until 7/23 Thurs - Sunday at 7 PM
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www.vsfestival.org
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
Holding/Audition room information:
The audition room is 600 square feet and can accommodate no more than 7 individuals at a time. The holding room is 900 square feet and can accommodate no more than 25 individuals at a time.
This is definitely an ensemble cast, that should be ready to have some fun!
Seeking:
John Worthing (Male, 20-25) - The play’s protagonist. “Jack” Worthing is a seemingly responsible and respectable young man who leads a double life. In Hertfordshire, where he has a country estate, Jack is known as Jack. In London he is known as Ernest.
Algernon Moncrieff (Male, 20-25) – A charming, idle, decorative bachelor, nephew of Lady Bracknell, cousin of Gwendolen Fairfax, and best friend of Jack Worthing, whom he has known for years as Ernest.
Gwendolen Fairfax (Female, 20-25) - A model and arbiter of high fashion and society, Gwendolen speaks with unassailable authority on matters of taste and morality. She is sophisticated, intellectual, cosmopolitan, and utterly pretentious.
Cecily Cardew – 18 years old, ward of Jack Worthing, has fallen in love with Jack’s brother Ernest in her imagination and invents an elaborate romance and courtship between them.
Lady Bracknell (ROLE CAST) - Algernon’s snobbish, mercenary, and domineering aunt and Gwendolen’s mother.
Miss Prism (30's-40's) - Cecily’s governess. Miss Prism is an endless source of clichps. Puritan though she is, Miss Prism’s severe pronouncements have a way of going so far over the top that they inspire laughter.
Rev. Chasuble (30's-40's) - The rector on Jack’s estate.
Lane and Merriman (30's-40's) - Algernon’s manservant / Butler on Jack’s estate. Actor plays both -- because it is sad/funny.
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