Teens Needed for "The Bad Girls of Western Lit" Theatre Play
Audition for "The Bad Girls of Western Lit". Casting teenagers. Please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. Additional info: Callbacks by invitation: Saturday, Feb. 8; 1-4pm Rehearsal Schedule: February 16 to March 20: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday evenings March 24 to April 17: Monday-Thursday evenings April 21 to May 2: Monday-Friday, evenings Saturday Rehearsals: 12-4 on Feb. 22, Mar. 15, Apr. 5, Apr. 19 Weekdays, 7-9 pm (first month) then 7-10 p.m. Saturdays, 12-4pm (Possible additional dates depending on progress and scheduling) Performance Dates: May 2-4, May 9-11 (Rain date May 8) Auditions will consist of monologues and scenes from the show. For scenes, you’ll be matched with another auditionee. Because some performers feel more comfortable working on prepared pieces, we are sharing some of these readings here. Some additional cold readings will also be available. Everyone will have the opportunity to audition on two monologues or scenes, with additional opportunities as time allows. See the document attached for all details. If interested, please apply.
16 roles
One of three narrators that set up and critique each scene. Narrator One (The Maiden) is a young narrator, who often takes a silly or romantic view of the action.
With two brothers killed in the Theban civil war, Antigone is ready to risk the king’s displeasure or even death to ensure both brothers have a decent burial.
Ismene is Antigone’s sister. In mourning over her lost brothers, she doesn’t believe that she has any power to challenge the government's rule.
A Roman messenger who has the misfortune of delivering bad news to the queen of Egypt. From there, he just has to stay alive.
This scene in the Egyptian palace includes guards and courtiers.
Kate’s younger sister is popular among suitors in the city and is desperate to find her sister a husband so she can marry herself.
An extremely weepy young maiden, Mariane finds herself torn from her true love when her father orders her married to a suspicious French noble.
Mariane’s true love, Valere finds himself upset to distraction when his fiancée is forced into an engagement to another man.
This rich Englishwoman goes undercover as a maid in order to get to know the man sent to court her.
A shy Englishman, he finds himself only comfortable around lower class women.
One of the household servants in Nora and Torvald’s house.
The first man finds himself annoyed with his new companion in Mark Twain’s The Diary of Eve.
From Aphra Behn’s The Rover, Angelica accuses her former lover of stripping her of her self-respect.
The first woman discusses how she’s stepped in to help out in Mark Twain’s The Diary of Eve.
From Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband, Mabel is an English maiden who laments the constant marriage proposals that she’s been receiving.
Reading Pieria’s Rose by Sappho, Pieria ponders how art transcends time.
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