Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Rehearsals: October 2-November 15, 2018
Shows: November 16, 17, 18, 2018
*Rehearsals are typically Tuesday-Thursdays from 6-9 p.m. with more nights needed closer to production time. THIS IS A NON PAYING JOB. LOCAL AUDITIONS ENCOURAGED.
Auditions (10 min each):
Auditions will be held on Monday, September 17 and Tuesday, September 18 from 6-9 p.m. in Artistree’s red barn building. Please prepare and memorize a monologue under 2 minutes in length, that is comedic or serio-comedic in tone. Also please review the monologue PDFs provided as you may be asked to read one or more of them. You must email Ashley Barrow, Theatre Programming Coordinator, to reserve a 10 minute time slot: theatre@artistreevt.org
NOTE: We will not be using strong dialects in this show so please do not do a dialect in your audition unless requested.
Callbacks:
Callbacks will be held on Wednesday, September 19 from 6:30-9 p.m. You will be notified by email of a callback after the audition time slot ends at 9 p.m. on the day of your audition. For example, if you audition on Monday, you will receive an email after 9 p.m. on Monday evening to let you know whether or not you are called back. NOTE: A call back only means we would like to see more from you, it does not mean you will not be cast. If you are called back, you need to be available for the entire time slot as callbacks will be done as a large group. Come prepared to move and perform scenes from the play. PDFs of the callback scenes will be available closer to the audition time.
Cast and Show Information:
*The action of the story takes place in Paris, 1904.
Freddy: owner/operator of the Lapin Agile, a bar
Germaine: Freddy's girlfriend, also works in the bar
Gaston: an older man
Albert Einstein: the famous German physicist
Suzanne: feisty woman who has recently become enamored with Pablo Picasso Sagot*: Picasso's art dealer
Pablo Picasso: the famous Spanish painter
Schmendiman*: a not-so-famous inventor
The Countess**: Einstein's date
Female Admirer**: briefly but desperately seeks someone famous at the Lapin Agile A Visitor: a shade from the future that inhabits the demeanor of Elvis Presley
*may be cast with a female actor **may be played by same actress
NOTE: Einstein, Picasso and the Visitor are portrayed in their younger days, prior to their explosive rises to fame. That said, the actor's biological age is not as important as the skill to embody the energy of the character as written.
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