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AUDITIONS FOR BONHOEFFER'S COST
By Mary Ruth Clarke with Tim Gregory
Directed by Jeff Davis
Performances October 1 - 11, 2015
The Black Box Theatre at East View High School
Auditions:
June 13, 2015 10am to noon
The Black Box Theatre at East View High School
Agape Actors Co-Op is thrilled to announce audition dates for the upcoming Texas Premiere production of BONHOEFFER’S COST, a historical drama by Mary Ruth Clarke with Tim Gregory.
BONHOEFFER’S COST tells the exciting and moving true story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. As a Lutheran pastor and theologian in Germany at the time of World War II, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was extremely vocal in his resistance to the Nazi dictatorship, including the Nazi persecution of the Jews. Out of his resistance to the Nazi regime and their infiltration of the German Protestant Church, Bonhoeffer founded the underground Confessing Church. He was also a member of the Abwehr, a German military intelligence organization at the center of the anti-Hitler resistance. In addition to his political resistance, Bonhoeffer is known for writing countless books and essays on theology and Christianity, especially The Cost of Discipleship.
BONHOEFFER’S COST finds Dietrich Bonhoeffer imprisoned in Berlin’s Tegel prison. As the war rages around him, Bonhoeffer deliberates the cost attached to acting from one’s convictions. In a blind race between the forces of good and evil, will Dietrich make it out alive?
Written by Mary Ruth Clarke with Tim Gregory, BONHOEFFER’S COST had its World Premiere at the Provision Theater Company in Chicago in October, 2011 and was recently produced by the Beacon Theatre in Philadelphia. Agape Actors Co-Op’s production marks the play’s Texas Premiere.
The role of Dietrich Bonhoeffer has been pre-cast, but we are still looking for talented actors and actresses to fill the three remaining roles…
Character Breakdowns: (ages are just suggestions)
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Klaus Klopstock (Supporting Lead) – Male, any age. A prison guard and corporal in the German Army. Klopstock and Bonhoeffer develop a unique friendship over the course of the play.
Judge Advocate Rott (Supporting Lead) – Male, any age. Prosecutor for the German Military War Court. A Nazi and thee antagonist of the play, Rott has no redeeming qualities.
Hans Dohnanyi (Supporting) – Male, 40. Dietrich’s brother-in-law, a lawyer in the Abwehr, the counter-intelligence (spy) agency of which Bonhoeffer is also a member.
Klaus Bonhoeffer (Supporting) – Male, 40. Dietrich’s brother. A lawyer. Also plays the role of Maetz, a condemned prisoner.
Maria Von Wedemeyer (Supporting) – Female, 18. Dietrich’s fiancee, an aristocrat. She’s smart, resourceful, and easily Bonhoeffer’s equal, despite their age difference.
Charlotte Friedenthal (Cameo) – Female, 18. A pregnant Jewess in hiding.
To read the script for Bonhoeffer’s Cost, please visit
http://www.maryruthclarke.com/pdf/Bonhoeffer.Finale.Sept%202011.pdf
Audition Requirements: No appointment needed, but please contact Jeff Davis at
jeff.davis@agapeactors.com or
949-294-1172 to inform us that you plan on auditioning so we know how many actors to expect at the audition. Actors will be seen in the order in which they arrive. Please bring a headshot and resume and come prepared to perform a cold reading from the script (no memorization required). Please also allow for an extra 10-15 minutes to fill out an Audition Form with your contact information.
Performance Dates: October 1st – 11th (Thurs – Sat at 7:30pm, Sundays at2:30pm)
Rehearsal Schedule: Rehearsals are 7pm – 9:30pm, Monday thru Wednesday, with occasional additional Thursday evening and Saturday morning rehearsals. Rehearsals start Monday, August 3rd, 2015.
Though occasional missed rehearsals are acceptable given advance notice, the following dates are mandatory…
Saturday, 9/26 (11a – 5p) – Technical Rehearsal
Monday 9/28 – Saturday 10/3 (6:30p – 9:30p every evening) – Dress Rehearsals and Performances
Sunday 10/4 (1:30p – 4:30p) – Performance
Thursday 10/8 – Saturday 10/10 (6:30p – 9:30p) – Performances
Sunday 10/11 (1:30p – 9:00p) – Performance/Strike/Cast Party
Critical Acclaim for Previous Productions of BONHOEFFER’S COST:
“This combination of characters all locked (literally) in a small space makes forbrilliant theater […] BONHOEFFER’S COST is an instance of what might be called Theater of the Intellect, a play that is designed to get the audience thinking about knotty dilemmas underlying the human condition.”
--Victor L. Shermer,
Broad Street Review
“A thought-provoking evening inspired by an extraordinary life story.”
--Henrik Eger,
Phindie
“BONHOEFFER’S COST is well worth the ticket price.”
--Tyler Tidmore, Chicago Stage Standard
About Agape Actors Co-Op - Agape means “unconditional love,” and at Agape Actors Co-Op, we exist, first and foremost, to unconditionally entertain. We strive to produce quality, thought-provoking theater about universal themes regarding the human condition while simultaneously providing young performers and artists a safe environment in which to hone their craft. But first, we entertain.
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