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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>I HATE
HAMLET<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>by Paul
Rudick<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>directed
by Stephen Pelletier<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Where: </span></font></b>Homemade
Theater, <st1:City w:st="on">Saratoga Springs</st1:City> – In the Spa
Little Theatre – <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Saratoga</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State Park</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:41.9pt;text-indent:-41.9pt'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>When: </span></font></b>February
11 & 12 – 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm (Callbacks most likely Feb 13)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:41.9pt;text-indent:-41.9pt'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b>Rehearsals
begin in early March<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:41.75pt;text-indent:-41.75pt'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> Performances:
April 20, 21, 27, 28, May 4 & 5 – 8:15pm April 29 & May 6 –
2:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:41.9pt;text-indent:-41.9pt'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>How: </span></font></b>No
appointment is necessary, scripts are available at the Saratoga Springs Library
for reading on site. Sides will be provided at the audition. Please bring current
photo and resume (photos cannot be returned).<b><span style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Information:
<a href="http://www.homemadetheater.org/">http://www.homemadetheater.org/</a> </span></font></b>-
(518) 587-4427<o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>A NOTE
ON THE PLAY<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>I Hate
Hamlet</span></font></i> is a comic romp through a ghost story. Faced paced
and funny, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>I Hate Hamlet</span></i> will be
a challenge for the ensemble cast: in addition to doing all the usual work necessary
to bring a character to convincing life on the stage, each actor must also
master the timing and physical choreography required by the script. While most
of the characters can be described as larger-than-life and the situations
farcical and outlandish, the ensemble must fill those characters and those circumstances
with a real emotional life to avoid becoming simply caricatures. All the
characters in <i><span style='font-style:italic'>I Hate Hamlet</span></i> are
transformed in some positive and meaningful way by what happens to them during
the course of the play, so by the end, the audience not only knows they’ve
been taken a wild, crazy and fun ride but one that has the potential to stay
with them beyond the laughter.<o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>CHARACTER
BREAKDOWN<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Andrew
Rally</span></font></b> (Late 20’s to early 30’s) – Andrew is
a handsome and charming television actor who starred in a recently cancelled
hospital drama. Returning to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">New York
City</st1:City></st1:place> to explore other opportunities, he has been cast
as the lead in Shakespeare in the Park’s summer production of <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Hamlet</span></i>. Andrew’s success has come
easily; his good looks and affability have allowed him to glide through life
and while he craves a challenge, that challenge also scares the hell out of
him. Andrew has the polished ease of a television star and is not without ego,
but he is also the most “normal” and down-to-earth member of the
ensemble. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>The actor who plays Andrew Rally must
be physically able to perform an extended sword fighting scene with
choreography calling for climbing on and leaping from the set and set pieces.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>John
Barrymore</span></font></b> (40’s to 60’s) – John Barrymore
(considered the best Hamlet of his generation) rises from the dead to help
Andrew Rally prepare to play the role of Hamlet. Barrymore is a lover of wine,
women and… himself. The actor who portrays Barrymore must be able to
play scenes of realistic emotion convincingly as well as have a capacity for
representational, bombastic acting and do that convincingly as well. As Barrymore
says of himself, “I do not overact. I simply possess the emotional
resources of ten men. I am not a ham; I am a crowd!” With a strong
voice and body Barrymore must “perform with gusto and an artist’s
finesse to make the theatre resound”. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>The
actor must also be physically able to perform an extended sword fighting scene
with choreography calling for climbing on and leaping from the set and set pieces.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Felicia
Dantine</span></font></b> (Late 30’s to 50’s) – Andrew
Rally’s real estate agent. Felicia is absolutely passionate about <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Manhattan</st1:City></st1:place> apartments,
their history and finding the right new owner for the right apartment. So
confident of her ability, she matches Andrew with John Barrymore’s former
apartment even though its décor is nothing like what Andrew requested she find
him. She is a big personality full of enthusiasm and confidence; she is a
salesperson. Felicia has a <st1:place w:st="on">Queens</st1:place> dialect; not
quite the <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Nanny</span></i>, but as the
writer describes, “A jubilant New York Honk.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Lillian
Troy</span></font></b> (70’s) – Andrew’s Agent. Lillian is a
stylish, elegant woman in her seventies. She is strong, intelligent, witty and
loyal. She has a regal German accent and a no–nonsense manner that belies
a delight in any sort of high-jinks; she is mischievous and playful but does it
with a straight face. She has a smoker’s cough and must smoke on stage.
The actor who plays Lillian need not be in her 70’s. I am looking for a
character-actor and we will use makeup to get the look.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Deirdre
McDavey</span></font></b> (Early 20’s to early 30’s) – Andrew
Rally’s girlfriend and “possible” fiancé. Deirdre is energetic,
youthful and ecstatically enthusiastic about nearly everything. For her,
“life is a miracle a minute.” It would be easy to play Deirdre as
a goofy, mental lightweight but she is not. The actor who plays Deirdre must
be able to play the enthusiasm convincingly with 100% sincerity to keep the
character from becoming a caricature. Andrew Rally says about her: “…
in the strangest way, she’s the most passionate woman I’ve ever met
… she makes me think that love is as amazing as it’s supposed to
be.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Gary
Peter Lefkowitz</span></font></b> (30’s to 40’s) – <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Gary</st1:City></st1:place> is a hyphenate (Writer-Producer-Director)
who worked with Andrew on the recently cancelled hospital drama and wants to
put together another show starring Andrew. <st1:City w:st="on">Gary</st1:City>
is a happy, overgrown child with money who fits right in to the <st1:place
w:st="on">Hollywood</st1:place> scene with his shaggy-chic wardrobe. For him,
it’s all about the deal; the product could just as well be orange juice
as a television show. It’s not that he doesn’t take no for an
answer, he just assumes no means, “give me more money and I’ll do
it.” The actor who plays <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Gary</st1:City></st1:place>
will have the challenge of keeping this guy likeable. He is not mean or sleazy,
he is a simply a creature of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Hollywood</st1:City></st1:place>
and doesn’t know any better.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>DIRECTORS
NOTE:</span></font></b> The ages and age ranges are given as a guide, not a
hard and fast rule. The actor who can play the role/play the age can be
made – with the magic of theatre makeup – to look the look.
If you feel a connection to a character, please don’t hesitate to
audition regardless of your actual age or look. I am most interested in
finding those actors who can express the inner life of the character. I
wish you well and look forward to seeing you at the audition.<o:p></o:p></p>
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