Auditions Information for MARIE ANTOINETTE
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AUDITIONS FOR OUR SPRING 2020 MAIN STAGE PRODUCTION
MARIE ANTOINETTE
By David Adjmi
Director: Rebecca Lingafelter, Associate Professor of Theatre
Performance Dates: March 6,7,8 and 12,13,14
AUDITIONS*
Weds & Thurs, Jan 22 & 23 – 7:00-10:00pm, Main Stage
CALLBACKS
Sat, Jan 25, 2-5pm, Main Stage
*Detailed audition instructions, sign-up sheets and script information
Posted on the Theatre lobby bulletin board (Fir Acres Theatre, Building #15).
ABOUT THE PLAY:
Marie Antoinette by David Adjmi is a riotous and sharply written play about the monstrous things people do in gilded cages. The play employs historical fact as well as the cultural mythology of Marie Antoinette to paint the portrait of a woman who is both elevated and held captive by her gender, circumstance, and historic moment. The play re-imagines the possibilities present for the Queen of France as she navigates her personal pleasure, her family’s peril, and her larger political and social responsibilities. The Lewis & Clark Theatre Department production will draw out resonances with our current time; highlighting our complicity in perpetuating a culture that puts celebrities, and women in particular, onto pedestals defined by beauty, fashion and sexuality. The production will also explore the rumblings of revolution that are just underneath the surface of our attempt to be picture perfect, and the violent repercussions of ignoring the suffering of many for the pleasure and comfort of a few.
We will be casting a total of NINE actors with some double casting.
The Lewis & Clark Theatre Department production program is dedicated to nurturing a dynamic and diverse artistic and scholarly community. The selection of plays for our season our productions include new works, as well as notable contemporary, modern, and classical plays. The Department is committed to choosing material that represents the diversity of our community. Students can fully participate in the program, regardless of ethnicity, race, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, nationality, socio-economic status, or disabilities. All plays we produce are open to all members of the Lewis & Clark community and we practice a nontraditional, color-conscious casting policy, which takes into consideration the role of race, ethnicity, gender and class in the stories that we tell.
If you’d like to read the play in advance, Theatre Office #101 has copies available for sign-out. Scripts will also be on library reserve over Winter Break under TH 351.
