Audition Notice:
Travesties by Tom Stoppard
Staged Reading
About the Play
Take one part Oscar Wilde, a touch of Vladimir Lenin, a dash of Dadaism, a pinch of James Joyce and you’ve got Tom Stoppard’s absurdly hilarious Travesties. Prepare to be delighted (and challenged) as Stoppard weaves together a whimsical mix of literature, philosophy, politics, and history.
Travesties will be directed by Gregory Baisden.
PLEASE NOTE: This a staged reading – actors may have script-in-hand.
Audition Info
Open auditions will be held November 4 at 3pm and November 5 at 6pm at the Columbia Center for the Arts, 215 Cascade Ave., Hood River. Actors will be performing cold readings from the script.
Schedule
Performances will be January 11 and 12, 2013 at 7:30pm at Columbia Center for the Arts. Rehearsals begin November 8.
Character Breakdown
Travesties requires five men (preferably late 20s upward) and three women (two mid-20s to late 30s, one late 30s upward):
- Henry Carr, a British consul
- Bennett, Carr’s indulgent butler
- Tristan Tzara, a French-Romanian artiste
- James Joyce, an expatriate Irish writer
- Vladimir Lenin, a “professional” revolutionary
- Nadya Krupskaya, Lenin’s activist wife
- Gwendolyn, from The Importance of Being Earnest
- Cecily, from The Importance of Being Earnest
Questions?
For more information please contact Gregory Baisden at somamagik@yahoo.com
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