Auditions

Harlequin’s Lesson in Love

By Marivaux
Directed by Roger Babb

Thurs, Sept. 10, 7-10 pm - Rooke Theatre
Fri, Sept. 11, 3-6 pm - Rooke Theatre
CALLBACKS: Fri, Sept. 11, 7-10 pm - Rooke Theatre

Harlequin's Lesson in Love is a short comedy written by Marivaux, one of France's greatest playwrights. It concerns the determined attempt by a woodland fairy to capture the heart of the churlish and unappreciative Harlequin. Magic is involved and many of the theatrical conventions on Commedia dell'Arte. There are six main actors and a chorus of sheep who are also musicians and dancers.

Fairy: beautiful and obsessed with Harlequin.
Trivelin: her servant.
Harlequin: a famous not vrey bright clown.
A Shepherd: in love with Sylvia.
Sylvia: A Shepherdess loved by Harlequin.
Cousin: Sylvia's cousin also a shepherdess.
Dancing Master.Chorus: they are sheep who occasionally dance and play music.
(Four to six talented actors who can move and sing and crawl around on all fours and bleat.)

Rehearsals begin immediately.

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Trifles

By Susan Glaspell and

Quarreling Pair

By Jane Bowles

Directed by Brooke O’Harra

Written by American Women.

Trifles the 1916 proto-feminist one-act and A Quarreling Pair an absurd feminist 1943 mini-play. About Trifles -- "Exploring the real-life murder case that Glaspell covered extensively as a reporter, wherein a man was killed by his wife, Trifles is ultimately concerned with the changing female role in a society that was not wholly ready to accept it. The play might literally be about the murder, but much more is at stake—Trifles is a groundbreaking work that demanded a recognition of the powerlessness of females of the time, and made way for a realization of a more subtle, sophisticated power, even in the face of law triumphing over justice."

ROLES for 5
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About A Quarreling Pair -- "This short comic/tragic play about two arguing sisters has been interpreted and
re-interpreted by many great directors and choreographers. Is it a play about family, about the inner mind, about fear, or about women? These are just a few of the themes we'll explore."

ROLES for 2

Preliminary Auditions: Thurs, Sept. 10, 7-10 pmFinal Auditions – Rooke Theatre
September 21, 6-9 pm and September 22, 4-6 pm
Callbacks:  Sept. 22, 7-10
For performance:  December 10-13, 2009