Auditions
Black Hearts in the Green Room or, An Afterlife in the Theatre
Sunday, September 14th and Monday, September 15th
7:00pm Walterdale Playhouse
10322 – 83rd Avenue
Walterdale Playhouse is proud to present the World Première of Scott Sharplin’s melodrama, Black Hearts in the Green Room. The set is being dressed for a production of the (fictional) melodrama Dark Times on the Red Ranch. A play-within-a-play set in Walterdale Playhouse – A perfect way to celebrate the Playhouse’s 50th Anniversary.
Characters:
IVANA – the tyrannical directress of Dark Times
HELEN – a starry-eyed starlet. Plays ‘Penelope Trueheart’ in Dark Times
NATASHA – actress and armchair medium. Plays ‘Widow Friendly’ in Dark Times
GOODWIN GRANT – a charming actor. Plays ‘Ranch hand McValiant’ in Dark Times
JOANNA – a pianist. She provides musical accompaniment throughout the play (and the play-within-the-play)
CASSIE – a scatterbrained stage manager
BARNABY BADLINGTON – a professional ne’er-do-well
HAROLD HENCHLEY – a lackey. Eventually plays Grimley Sneerwell in Dark Times
WALT – an elderly ghost, formerly a fireman
LUNA – an intense and gloomy specter, formerly in the furniture industry
STELLA – a diva of the afterlife, formerly an actress (almost).
Audition slots will be ½ hour segments and will start at 7pm each night at Walterdale Playhouse (10322 – 83 Avenue).
To book an audition time or for more information, please contact Tara-Lee LaRose by email at walterdaleproduction@gmail.com or by phone at 780.233.8796
The audition will consist of cold reads; however, if you would like to do a monologue, please notify us before your audition. The monologue must be from a comedy and be under 3 minutes.
Please bring dates of conflict as you know them.
***IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED BEHIND-THE-SCENES FOR THIS PRODUCTION OR ANY OTHER WALTERDALE PRODUCTION PLEASE CONTACT KIM OR TARA-LEE @ walterdaleproduction@gmail.com ***
AUDITION NOTICE for The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of
Denmarke by William Shakespeare
Audition Dates: Sunday, Oct 12& Monday, Oct 13,2008
Directed by Matthew Kloster
Show runs February 18 - 28, 2009
Dramatis Personnae
- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Male 25–35
- Claudius, King of Denmark
Male 45–55
- The Ghost, Hamlet’s father
Male 45–55
- Gertrude, The Queen, Hamlet’s
Mother, now wife of Claudius
Female 40–50
- Polonius, Coucilor of the State
Male 45–60
- Laertes, Polonius’s son
Male 25–30
- Ophelia, Polonius’s daughter
Female 20–25
- Horatio, Hamlet’s friend and confidant Male 25-35
- Rosencrantz / Priest / Osric
Male 25–35
- Guildenstern / Grave Digger’s
Companion / Gentlemen
Male 25–35
- Player King / Francisco / Gravedigger Male 45 – 55
- Player Queen / Marcellus / Messenger Female 25 – 35
- Player Nephew / Barnardo / Messenger Male 20-25
Auditions to take place at Walterdale Playhouse, 10322 –
83 Ave.
Bookings will be for 10–minute slots on Sunday,
October 12 from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. and on Monday, October
13 from 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
To book an audition time, or for more information, please
contact Marlene Kottke, by phone at 780-436-0929 or by
email at mkkottke@telusplanet.net .
Please prepare one monologue from Shakespeare, and
bring a resume and a photo (if available).
A rehearsal schedule will be available at the audition.
Please bring dates of conflict as you know them.
Note: If you would like to be involved as scene painter or
as lighting or sound operator for this show, please make
yourself known to us. Call Marlene (contact information
above) or come down to Walterdale Playhouse at the time
of auditions and let us know of your interest.
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