[Capdist-auditions] REMINDER! Theater Voices Auditions for Wit.

[Theater Voices]

Reminder -  Theater Voices Auditions

Aug. 30 & 31st


Theater Voices will hold auditions for a staged reading of
Wit<http://theatervoices.org/season/play01.html>,
by Margaret Edson, directed by Carol King.
LocationSteamer No. 10 Theatre, 500 Western Avenue, Albany - corner of West
Lawrence Street.Times Sunday August 30th: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Monday August, 31st: 7:00pm – 9:00pm *(Please arrive as close to start time
as possible and be prepared to stay until the end. Actors will be asked to
read scenes from the play)*Character Breakdown:*Harvey Kelekian M.D. *: 50s
– 70s Chief of Medical Oncology, University Hospital*Jason Posner, M.D. *:late
20s Clinical Fellow, Medical Oncology Branch *Susie Monahan, R.N., B.S.N.* :
late 20s Primary Nurse, Cancer Inpatient Unit *E.M. Ashford, D. Phil. *:
70s-80s Professor Emerita of English Literature *Mr. Bearing *: Vivian’s
father Lab technicians, Students, Residents etc. may be played by 2-3
actors. *(The role of Vivian Bearing, Ph.D. has been cast.*)SynopsisThe play
is structured as the last hours of Dr Vivian Bearing, a university professor
of English, who is dying of ovarian cancer. She recalls the initial
diagnosis of Stage IV metastatic ovarian cancer from her oncologist, Dr
Harvey Kelekian. Dr Kelekian then proposes an experimental chemotherapeutic
treatment regimen consisting of eight rounds at full dosage. Vivian agrees
to the treatment. Over the course of the play, Bearing assesses her own life
through the intricacies of the English language, especially the use of wit
and the metaphysical poetry of John Donne.

Production DatesOctober 23, 24, 25, 2009 (Fri.-Sun.) at Steamer No. 10
Theatrewww.theatervoices.org

Announcements will also be listed in the local newspaper and media calendar
listings. Contact info at theatervoices.org with questions
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