LAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY
TO HOLD AUDITIONS FOR
AGATHA CHRISTIE'S
MURDER ON THE NILE
AUGUST 27 & 28, 2016
Lakewood Theatre Company will be having open auditions for Agatha Christie's
Murder on the Nile on
SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 and SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 2016. Call
503-635-3901 to reserve an audition slot.
Murder on the Nile is directed by
Nancy McDonald.
The director is seeking twelve actors: 5 women (ages 20s-60s) and 7 men (ages 20s-60s). Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to audition. All roles 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, The City of Arts.
Materials Needed: Please bring a resume and a current head shot. The director will have actors read sides from the script. Those auditioning can either come early to review sides or check out script from the office to read onsite or check out for 24 hours for a nominal fee. Callbacks, if needed, will be September 6th at the director's discretion. Bring your calendar and be prepared to list all conflicts. Conflicts not listed at time of audition may not be honored.
Performance Schedule: Murder on the Nile opens January 6, 2017 and continues through February 12, 2017. Performances are Thurs. - Sat. at7:30 PM, some Sundays at 7:00 PM (Jan 8, 22, Feb. 5), some Sundaymatinees at 2:00 PM (Jan 15, 29 & Feb 5, 12) and one Wednesdayperformance (Feb 8) 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: Simon Mostyn has recently married the wealthy and beautiful Kay Ridgeway, having jilted his former fiancé Jacqueline. The newlyweds are on their honeymoon on a paddle steamer on the Nile, accompanied by a bevy of memorable characters including Canon Pennefather, Kay's guardian, and Jacqueline, who, though uninvited, has been dogging their footsteps all through the honeymoon. What started as a pleasant diversion up the Nile to see the sites has become a thrill-ride of jealousy, suspicion and murder, with every character given the opportunity to show their best (and worst) selves. Quite different from the films and TV movies based on the book, Agatha Christie wrote the play herself, and crafted it for the medium of theatre and for the theatre actors she so loved and admired.
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About Lakewood Theatre Company
64 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.
Productions in the 2016-17 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 James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation
Media Sponsor: The Oregonian, Powering OregonLive
