DATES:
Virtual EPA’s
Monday, February 7, 2022 – Friday, February 25, 2022
TIME: any
LOCATION: Email video audition submissions to casting@lakedillontheatre.org
PERSONNEL VIEWING VIDEO AUDITIONS:
(Play)
DESCRIPTION: “One winter night a woman bakes a pie as a girl tries to finish her college essay. As the deadline looms, unexamined issues of the girl’s adoption from Russia, the rupture of her parents divorce, and the fear of leaving home break through the surface as the mother cajoles, deflects, and maneuvers around her own feelings of sadness and loss. Unfolding in real time, Memory House is about a young and an older woman who are forced to grapple with the past as they face an uncertain future. A funny and moving story about the complexity of living in the world today.” – Playscripts
DATES:
Rehearsals begin week of: Feb. 28, 2022
Performance run: March 11 – 27, 2022
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN: (2f)
MAGGIE (mid-fifties, female) – a former dancer turned office worker, single and friendly, Katia’s mother, kind
KATIA (18 years old, female) – Maggie’s adopted daughter, born in Russia, highschool senior, full of angst and uncertainty.
(PLAY)
DESCRIPTION: “The Puzzlemaker is holding a workshop to teach you to make a crossword puzzle! As the Puzzlemaker embarks on their creation, they reveal the tricks of the trade, but also something unexpected: there is power in puzzles. Will the Puzzlemaker use their powers for good–or evil? And which choice means making a puzzle that will solve their life?” – NPX
DATES:
Rehearsals begin week of: May 16, 2022
Performance run: May 27 – June 12, 2022
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN: (1f)
PUZZLEMAKER (female – 30s) smart about most things, but especially crossword puzzles, funny
(MUSICAL)
DESCRIPTION: “Broadway’s greatest farce is light, fast-paced, witty, irreverent and one of the funniest musicals ever written. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum takes comedy back to its roots, combining situations from time-tested, 2000-year-old comedies of Roman playwright, Plautus, with the infectious energy of classic vaudeville.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a nonstop laughfest in which Pseudolus, a crafty slave, struggles to win the hand of a beautiful, but slow-witted, courtesan named Philia for his young master, Hero, in exchange for freedom. The plot twists and turns with cases of mistaken identity, slamming doors and a showgirl or two.This unforgettable, hysterical musical allows a terrific ensemble of comedic actors to shine – “something for everyone, a comedy tonight!” – MTI
DATES:
Rehearsals begin week of: May 23, 2022
Performance run: June 17 – August 21, 2022 in Rep with Man of La Manch
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN: (6f, 6m)
(character assignments subject to change to optimize doubling)
SENEX – (40s-60s, male) An old man and father to Hero and husband to Domina.
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: B2
DOMINA – (40s-60s, female) Senex’s wife. A shrewish woman who dominates to the point of answering herself the questions she asks of others. Loves her husband deep down, but is outwardly controlling, demanding, and manipulative.
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: B3
HERO (20s-30s, male) The young son of Senex and Domina. He falls in love with Philia and agrees to give Pseudolus his freedom if he can help Hero woo her. Practical, privileged, romantic.
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: B2
HYSTERIUM (20s-50s, male) The chief slave in the House of Senex. Believes he is in control, but is actually Pseudolus’ puppet to carry out his schemes. Anxious, conservative, loyal. He desperately wants everything to be in order.
Vocal range top: G5
Vocal range bottom: D4
PSEUDOLUS (30s-60s, male) A Roman slave, owned by Hero, who seeks to win his freedom by helping his young master win the heart of Philia. Quick-witted, scheming, childlike spirit.
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: A2
ERRONIUS (50s-70s, male) A befuddled, old man, searching for his lost children.
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: B2
MILES GLORIOSUS (20s-30s, male) The archetype of the braggart soldier. A captain in the Roman army to whom Marcus Lycus has promised Philia. Commanding, boastful, manly and strong.
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: B3
LYCUS (30s-50s, male) The owner of the house of Courtesans. Always out to make a profit, but also wants to provide good on what his business offers.
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: A3
PHILIA (20s, female) A virgin in the House of Lycus whom we also find out is Erronius’ daughter. She is promised to Miles and vows to give him bodily what he has paid for, but loves Hero and promises he will always have her heart. Young, pretty, devoted. An archetypal ingénue.
Vocal range top: G5
Vocal range bottom: B3
4 ENSEMBLE (20s-40s, female or male) Courtesans, Proteans, Soldiers
(MUSICAL)
DESCRIPTION: “Miguel de Cervantes, aging and an utter failure in his varied careers as playwright, poet and tax collector, sits in a Seville dungeon with his manservant, awaiting trial by the Spanish Inquisition for an offense against the Church. The other prisoners set up a mock trial: if Cervantes is found guilty, he will hand over all his possessions. Cervantes agrees to do so, and offers his defense in the form of a play. Producing a makeup kit, he transforms himself into an old man who calls himself Don Quixote de La Mancha.” – The Musical Company
LDTC’s production will be performed by (12) actor/musicians. Character assignments may change and all actors will need to be instrumentalists, as well. Specific instrument assignments are TBD. Accepted instruments are: guitar (acoustic, mandolin, etc), strings (cello, bass, violin, viola, etc)
DATES:
Rehearsals begin week of: May 23, 2022
Performance run: July 1 – August 28, 2022 in Rep with A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN: (6f, 6m)
(character assignments subject to change to optimize doubling)
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES (30s-60s, male) our Don Quixote, the “foolish knight”. A tall, gaunt, eccentric but charismatic man.
Vocal part: heroic tenor/high Baritone
SANCHO (20s-50s, male) manservant to Cervantes and loyal sidekick to Don Quixote.
Vocal part: Tenor. Must sing well, but may have comic voice
ALDONZA (20s-50s, female) a wild and lusty woman who has developed a jaded world-view. A survivor with a noble heart.
Vocal part: Mezzo-Soprano
INNKEEPER (30s-60s, male) a gentle giant. Husband to Maria. This role may portray additional supporting characters.
DR. CARRASCO (30s-60s, male) Antonia’s fiance and foil to Don Quixote. Insists our foolish knight is mad and must be treated. This role may portray additional supporting characters.
MARIA (20s-60s, female) The Innkeeper’s wife. This role may portray additional supporting female characters
GOVERNOR (30s-50s) a large and powerful man. Leader of the inmate society in the prison. This role may portray additional supporting characters.
THE DUKE (20s-60s, male) sidekick to the Governor. This role may portray additional supporting characters.
4 ENSEMBLE (20s-40s, female or male) various characters and inmates
(Play)
DESCRIPTION: “MALA is a darkly funny tale about what it means to put our loved ones first, right to the very end, and what happens when we strive to be good but don’t always succeed. It is a comical and brutally honest look at family dynamics, including stubborn parents and unequipped children, and explores the unsentimental poetry of everyday life. A one-woman tour-de-force for a powerful actress, MALA careens from comedy to deep pathos, while having the toughest conversation about the most common of events—the end of life.” – Dramatists Play Service
DATES:
Rehearsals begin week of: July 18, 2022
Performance run: July 29-August 21, 2022
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN: (1f)
MALA (late 30s to early 50s) – the play’s narrator and sole character, a Cuban-American reflecting on the experience of caring for a terminally ill parent, funny, honest, unsentimental, poetic
(PLAY)
DESCRIPTION: “Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat, and try to beat back the extremist insanity in 1793 Paris. This grand and dream-tweaked comedy is about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters, and how we actually go about changing the world. It’s a true story. Or total fiction. Or a play about a play. Or a raucous resurrection…that ends in a song and a scaffold.” – Dramatists Play Service
DATES:
Rehearsals begin week of: August 22, 2022
Performance run: September 2 – 25, 2022
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN: (4f)
OLYMPE De Gouges (38, female) – badass activist playwright and feminist. Theatre nerd, excitable, passionate, a showman. Widowed and never married to ensure her personal freedom.
CHARLOTTE Corday (25, female) – badass country girl and assassin. Very serious, hardened by righteousness, Never been kissed.
MARIE Antoinette (38, female) – less badass but fascinating former queen of France. Sugary, graceful, totally unaware, unintentionally rude, and oddly prescient. Never had a real friend.
MARIANNE Angelle (30s, female) – A badass black woman in Paris. She is from San Domingue in the Caribbean, a free woman, tough, classy, vigilant, the sanest one of them all
(Musical)
DESCRIPTION: Holiday Follies is a celebrated holiday variety show featuring yuletide classics, comic interludes, and audience favorites with special guest performers to liven up the festivities.
DATES:
Rehearsals begin week of: November 21, 2022
Performance run: December 19-30, 2022
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN: (5f,6m)
Seeking multi-talented performers of all ages to sing, share stories, and spread holiday cheer. Strong vocal and comedic ability desired.
See Sheet Music and Tracks below.