[Capdist-auditions] Auditions for Albany Civic Theater's "A Man For All Seasons, " Nov. 10 & 11

[Charles Treadwell]

Albany Civic Theater will hold auditions for Robert Bolt's "A Man For All Seasons," directed by Carol King, on November 10 and 11, 7pm, at Albany Civic Theater, 235 2nd Avenue, Albany, NY  12209.  Production dates: February 13-15, 20-22, 27-28 & March 1, 2009. 
 
For more information, please call (518) 462-1297, e-mail info at albanycivictheater.org, or visit www.albanycivictheater.org.  Albany Civic Theater is a not-for-profit, all-volunteer organization.  

Available roles:
 

THE COMMON MAN
Mid- to late-middle age. Pot-bellied, if possible. He is crafty, benevolent, and able to delineate many roles.
SIR THOMAS MORE
Late forties. He lives a life of the mind. He is generous, easily delighted and compassionate.
RICHARD RICH
Late twenties to early thirties. He is studious and uncomfortable in his own skin. He understands he is capable of disloyalty.
DUKE OF NORFOLK
Late forties. He is an active sportsman and a soldier. He knows he is intellectually insignificant, but understands his value as a great nobleman.
ALICE MORE
Mid- to late-forties. Born into the merchant class, she is now a great lady. She worships her husband, though is often defiant toward him, and is "hot-hearted."
MARGARET MORE
Early- to mid-twenties. She has moral fineness like her father but has not his generousity of nature. There is a reserved stillness about her.
CARDINAL WOLSEY
He is old, a megalomaniac, ambitious, contemptuous of those he serves.
THOMAS CROMWELL
Thirties. Subtle and serious, he is Machiavellian in his ambition.
CHAPUYS
Middle-aged. A professional diplomat, dignified, a peasant at heart.
CHAPUYS’ ATTENDANT
An apprentice diplomat of good family.
WILLIAM ROPER
Late-twenties to mid-thirties. He has a stiff bearing, and an all-consuming moral rectitude. 
THE KING
Not the Holbein Henry, but a younger man, bright-eyed, graceful and athletic. He is the GOLDEN HOPE of the new learning throughout Europe. He handles his absolute power with levity.
 
Synopsis:
 
When Henry VIII's first wife is unable to produce an heir to the throne, he uses that as a pretext for the pope to grant him a divorce, so he can marry his newest conquest. The King is backed by everyone on this request except the highly regarded and religious Sir Thomas More. Cardinal Wolsey, Chancellor of England, names More as his successor and it becomes important for Henry to get More's support, but he cannot be swayed. Henry demands the clergy to renounce the Pope and to name him Head of the Church of England. Oliver Cromwell frames More, forcing him to resign as Chancellor. Eventually More is brought to trial and is forced to choose between his life and his morals. A Man for All Seasons won multiple Tony awards and a Theater World award when first produced on Broadway in 1962. 


      
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