IMPORTANT: Main Street Theatre Works rehearses in Sacramento until Tech week.
Theatre: Main Street Theatre Works
Show: The Majestic Kid
Author: Mark Medoff
Contact: Susan McCandless or Dean Shellenberger
Contact e-mail: susanmccandless@hotmail.com or shellenberger@covad.net
Website: www.mstw.org
Audition Date: Mon.Feb. 27th, 6:30
Audition Location: The Grange, 3823 V Street, Sacramento ( corner of V and Stockton)
Show Summary: East coast lawyers (Ava Jean - "AJ" and Aaron Weiss who are also on again off again lovers) are both disillusioned with the current status Quo. They set out to Arizona to help the Indians in their fight against the ranchers. As Aaron becomes more frustrated with the events around him, he conjures up his old time western hero "The Laredo Kid" to help him sort things out. Unfortunately, the new west and the old west are not the same and The Laredo Kid isn't quite sure how to help Aaron become The Majestic Kid . A new love interest for Aaron and a judge who's a real bully complicate things even more.
Cast Requirements: The part of The Laredo Kid is cast
2 Men - 0ne mid-30's to early 40's, one 50-60.
2 women - mid to late 30's
Special Requirements: Auditions will be a cold read from the script.
Performance Dates: Fri. and Sat. Aug. 8 thru Sept. 10
Kennedy Mine Amphitheatre, Jackson
Rehearsals will be in Sacramento until Tech week.
Gas Stipend of $150
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Chautauqua Playhouse
5325 Engle Road, Carmichael, CA 95608
www.cplayhouse.org
(916) 489-7529
AUDITION NOTICE
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde
This sophisticated and witty farce is probably the most famous of all comedies. Its brilliant yet gentle attack upon the Victorian establishment is loved by audiences of every generation. The plot revolves around the most ingenious case of “manufactured” mistaken identity ever put in a play. Dashing men-about-town John Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff pursue fair ladies Gwendolyn Fairfax and Cecily Cardew. Matters are complicated by the imaginary characters invented by both men to cover their on-the-sly activities – not to mention the disapproval of Gwendolyn’s mother, the formidable Lady Bracknell.
Directed by Gil Sebastian
Auditions: Monday, March 12 and Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Playhouse
Cold readings from the script
Please bring resume and headshot, as well as any conflicts from March 23 – June 10, 2012
Rehearsals will be Monday – Thursday nights 7:30 – 10:00 p.m.
Run dates are May 4 – June 10, 2012
The role of Lady Bracknell has been pre-cast.
ALL CHARACTERS MUST HAVE ENGLISH ACCENTS
John “Jack” Worthing: 25-35, English gentleman, upright, moral, secretive, friend of Algernon
Algernon Moncrieff: 25-35, English gentleman, charming, witty, amoral
Reverend Dr. Chasuble: 50 – 75, rector on Jack’s estate; source of Victorian moral judgments; has romantic feelings for Miss Prism
Merriman: 40-70, Jack’s butler
Lane: 40-70, Algernon’s manservant
Gwendolyn Fairfax: 25-35, elegant, sophisticated, pretentious, bent on self-improvement,
falls in love with Jack
Cecily Cardew: 18-25, unspoiled and fascinated with wickedness, a child of
nature, falls in love with Algernon
Miss Prism: 40 - 70, Cecily’s governess; Puritan with soft side, has romantic feelings for Reverend
Chasuble
Ages are approximate; must be able to play that age.
Questions regarding the production or auditions can be addressed to Gil Sebastian at gasebastian@ucdavis.edu.