[Capdist-auditions] WAM Theatre holding auditions for Sarah Ruhl's 'Melancholy Play'-August 22 and 23

[Kristen van Ginhoven]

WAM Theatre is holding auditions on August 22 and 23, 2010 for its November
production of Tony nominated playwright Sarah Ruh's contemporary farce
‘Melancholy Play’. A portion of proceeds from this production will be
donated to The Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts.

WAM Theatre is looking for non-equity actors who are comfortable with
heightened language, physical theatre, ensemble work and singing.

A stipend will be paid.

Equity actors are welcome to audition knowing that at this time in our
fundraising efforts, WAM Theatre will likely be unable to hire Equity
actors.

Auditions:
Sunday, August 22, 2010
6-10pm
James L. Meader Little Theatre at Russell Sage College
45 Ferry Street
Troy, NY 12180-4115
(Division & First Streets, in a courtyard)

Monday, August, 23, 2010
6-10pm
NEW STAGE Performing Arts Center
55 North Street, Pittsfield, MA
(Above the new Beacon Cinema)

Please email your resume, the character you would like to audition for and
the date you would like to audition to Kristen van Ginhoven at
kristen at wamtheatre.com. WAM will then contact you with sides from the script
to prepare for the audition and an audition date/time.

A copy of the script is available to read at The Book House of Stuyvesant
Plaza, 1475 Western Avenue, Albany, NY and at Chapters Book Store, 78 North
Street Pittsfield, MA.

For more information, go to www.wamtheatre.com

The show:
2 men, Frank (tailor) and Lorenzo (therapist), and 3 women, Frances
(hairdresser), Joan (nurse) and Tilly (bank teller), together with Julian
(cellist) come together in this whimsical celebration of sadness. Tilly, an
irresistibly melancholy young stranger, makes her sorrow so sexy that
everyone in her life falls maddeningly in love with her. Tilly's sudden
joyful transformation results in a mystical and hilarious quest exploring
the happiness of melancholy and the melancholy of happiness. A contemporary
farce.

Production Dates:
Rehearsals begin October 4, (once a week on Mondays, likely evenings), until
a full rehearsal schedule begins the week of October 25. From October to
November 7 rehearsals will be Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat/Sun (times to be determined).
The week of November 8, rehearsals will be Tue/Wed/Thurs with Opening
performance on Friday, November 12. Closing performance is Sunday, November
21. (4 shows per weekend, including a 2 show Saturday)

Casting Breakdown
Frank (late 20’s-early 40’s)-a Tailor. An old-fashioned gentleman, used to
be an accountant. Separated from his twin sister Frances at birth.

Tilly (late 20’s-early 30’s)-a bank teller. When she is happy she is happy,
when she is sad she is sad. She resides openly and sincerely inside the
emotional state, moment to moment.

Frances (late 20’s-early 40’s)-a hairdresser. Practical yet sensual. Used to
be a physicist. Lives with Joan. Separated from her twin brother Frank at
birth.

Joan (late 30’s-early 50’s) -a British Nurse. Lives with Frances. Direct.
Strong carriage. Sure of everything, until she's not.

Lorenzo (late 20’s-early 40’s) -a psychiatrist. Has an unidentifiable
Italian accent. Handsome. Enjoys being a well for the sorrows of others.
Falls in love with Tilly.

Julian (any age/either gender)-a cello player. Someone from another world.
Must be able to play the cello extremely well. The cello serves as another
character in the play and the cellist is onstage the whole play.

Notes on the play: Melancholy in this play is Bold, Outward, Sassy, Sexy and
Unashamed. It is not introverted. It uses, instead the language of Jacobean
direct address. However, be sensitive to the moments of delicacy, fragility,
and sadness inside of the farce. There is no judgment in the play about
happiness being inferior to sadness or sadness being inferior to happiness.
The pace is faster then real time. Sense of the iconic. The actors create
the transformations that occur in the play.

Thank you. WAM Theatre looks forward to hearing from you.

About WAM Theatre:
WAM Theatre’s philanthropic mission is two-fold. First, to create
professional theatrical events by, with, for and about women and girls.
Second, to donate a portion of the proceeds from those events to
organizations that benefit women and girls. Professional theatre artists
Kristen van Ginhoven and Leigh Strimbeck founded WAM Theatre in 2009 in
order to use theatre to benefit women and girls worldwide. WAM Theatre is
based in the Berkshires of Massachusetts and the Capital Region of New York
State.

Kristen van Ginhoven
www.kristenvanginhoven.com
www.wamtheatre.com
kristen at wamtheatre.com
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