The Old Barn Theatre Company is happy to announce auditions for their fall play
The Importance of Being Earnest
Directed by Sarah Knowles
The show dates are:
September 28, 29
October 1, 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 15, 19, and 20
Auditions will be held
Tuesday, August 14 at 7:00 PM at The Old Barn Theater
Auditions will last 2 hours, so plan to come at 7:00 and stay until 9:00
Come prepared with a one-minute monologue (Oscar Wilde has some great ones)
If you can't find a monologue, you may prepare an option from below.
No call backs will be held.
All roles are open
Jack Worthing-- mid-twenties to early-thirties; seemingly responsible and respectable
Algernon Moncreiff-- mid-to-late twenties; a charming, idle bachelor
Rev. Canon Chasuble-- late forties to early sixties; awkward, bumbling rector
Lane-- Any age; Algernon's manservant, very dry
Merriman-- Any age; Jack's butler
Moulton-- Any age; gardener (no lines)
Robert-- Any age; footman (no lines)
Lady Augusta Bracknell-- late forties to early sixties; a severe woman, with a commanding presence
Gwendolen Fairfax-- early twenties; a woman of the city, beautiful, stubborn
Cecily Cardew-- 18-21; young, fanciful, charming, beautiful
Miss Prism-- late forties to early sixties; staunch governess
Sharron-- Any age; Jack's maid (no lines)
If you have any questions, comment below or
email the director at
skcannoli@gmail.com
Young Female:
Politics are my only pleasure. You see nowadays it is not fashionable to flirt till one is forty, or to be romantic till one is forty-five, so we poor women who are under thirty, or say we are, have nothing open to us but politics or philanthropy. And philanthropy seems to me to have become simply the refuge of people who wish to annoy their fellow-creatures. I prefer politics. I think they are more... becoming!
Male:
When I am in trouble, eating is the only thing that consoles me. Indeed, when I am in really great trouble, as anyone who knows me intimately will tell you, I refuse everything except food and drink. At the present moment I am eating muffins because I am unhappy. Besides, I am particularly fond of muffins.
Gwendolyn or Cecily:
it is very painful for me to be forced to speak the truth. It is the first time in my life that I have ever been reduced to such a painful position, and I am really quite inexperienced in doing anything of the kind. However, I will tell you quite frankly that I have no brother Ernest. I have no brother at all. I never had a brother in my life, and I certainly have not the smallest intention of ever having one in the future.
Older Female:
I do not know whether there is anything peculiarly exciting in the air of this particular part of Hertfordshire, but the number of engagements that go on seem to me considerably above the proper average that statistics have laid down for our guidance. I think some preliminary inquiry on my part would not be out of place. Mr. Worthing, is Miss Cardew at all connected with any of the larger railway stations in London? I merely desire information. Until yesterday I had no idea that there were any families or persons whose origin was a terminus.
