[Capdist-auditions] Auditions for "Faith Healer" at Albany Civic Theater next Tuesday and Wednesday, September 6 & 7, 2011!

[Charles Treadwell]

Auditions for Albany Civic Theater's second show of the 2011-2012 season, "Faith Healer" by Brian Friel, directed by Carol King, will be held Tuesday, September 6 and Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at Albany Civic Theater, 235 Second Avenue, Albany, NY, 462-1297, info at albanycivictheater.org.

"Faith Healer" runs November 4-20, 2011.

Sign-ins begin at 7pm both evenings and auditions begin at 7:30pm; there is no need to make an appointment. There is no need to prepare a monologue; auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Actors may want to make an attempt at dialect in auditions, as the play will be performed in dialect; however, this is not necessary, as we will have dialect coaches to assist during the rehearsal process.

We are looking for 2 men, able to play ages 40-50, and 1 woman, able to play ages 40-50. 

Synopsis:

Travelling faith healer Frank has gone all over Wales and Scotland with his wife, Grace, and his manager, Teddy. In their respective monologues, Frank, Grace and Teddy tell their differing versions of the healer's performances and of a terrible event that slowly comes into focus. In this darkly lyrical tale, the author has created a metaphorical portrait of the artist as both creator and destroyer through the shifting memories of the three characters.

Available roles:

Frank (40-50): He is a complex man. Referred to as "The Fantastic Francis Hardy," he ahs lives his life by chance. Even he is certain that he is hardly more than a mountebank, but sometimes a miracle happens and he is transformed.

Teddy (40-50): He is Frank's former manager and has a "showman's verve and perkiness." Teddy believes thoroughly in Frank's gifts - as he has believed in all of his clients - and he is loyal (sometimes resigned) to the memory of his time touring with Frank and Grace.

Grace (40-50): She is Frank's wife, an educated woman (a non-practicing lawyer.) She comes from gentry, but is at the moment attempting to reconcile her love of Frank and the cheapening of her former ideals. She is attempting to control herself in the chaotic world of her memories.





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