[Capdist-auditions] A Streetcar Named Desire AUDITIONS - Feb 21 & 22

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Confetti Stage announces auditions for Tennessee William’s classic, A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Agnes Kapusta. 
 
 The play:
 
Evocative and intense, the emotional undercurrent of A Streetcar Named Desire transcends its setting of 1940’s New Orleans. It reaches out to us, hot, desperate, and vulnerable as we are drawn into a moment in time where the cloud of stunted desire hangs as omnipresent as sensual perfume mingled with smoke and the sharp tinge of alcohol, motionless and brooding, in the stifling heat. It is raw. It is sex and death, sadness and loss, darkness and illusions, but also hope, love and kindness. It is a poetic dream that allows us to explore some of the most powerful and universal emotions of the human experience
 
The play reveals to the very depths the character of Blanche du Bois, a woman whose life has been undermined by her romantic illusions, which lead her to reject—so far as possible—the realities of life with which she is faced and which she consistently ignores. The pressure brought to bear upon her by her sister, with whom she goes to live in New Orleans, intensified by the earthy and extremely "normal" young husband of the latter, leads to a revelation of her tragic self-delusion and, in the end, to madness.
 
ALL ROLES ARE OPEN FOR CASTING (everyone is encouraged to audition. We are purposely NOT suggesting ages for these characters)
 
Auditions will be held Monday, February 21 and Tuesday, February 22 at 7:00 PM (registration begins at 6:30 PM) at the Albany Masonic Hall, 67 Corning Place, Albany, NY 12207 (across from the Crowne Plaza Hotel).
 
A brief rehearsal period will begin February 28 and production dates are April 1, 2, 7, 8, & 9 @ 8:00pm and April 3 & 10 at 2:00pm.
 
Those auditioning should bring a prepared 1-minute dramatic monologue.  If you do not have a prepared monologue, one will be provided for you.  Actors may also be asked to read selected sides from the script.
 
A copy of the script may be purchased at www.dramatists.com  for those who would like to review the script prior to the audition.
 
If you are NOT able to attend these audition dates and would like to audition for A Streetcar Named Desire, please contact Neil Jones @ 518-253-1253 before Monday, February 21 at 6:00pm to schedule an audition by appointment.
 
 
  
The cast  
 
Blanche DuBois – Stella’s older sister, emotionally unstable, dealing with loss, unable to face reality, excitable, delicate, aging Southern belle. 
 
Stella Kowalski – Blanche’s younger sister, married to Stanley, submissive, sensible, passionate in her relationship with Stanley, torn between her husband and sister.
 
Stanley Kowalski – Stella’s husband, is brutish, blue-collar, outspoken, intense, masculine.
 
Harold Mitchell (Mitch) - Stanley's friend, shy, uncouth, sensitive, lonely, tries to be a gentleman.
 
Eunice Hubbell - Stella and Stanley's upstairs neighbor and landlord, tries to look out for Stella's best interest, Stella's confidant.
 
Steve Hubbell – Eunice’s husband, Stella and Stanley's upstairs neighbor and landlord, Stanley's poker buddy.
 
Pablo Gonzales - Stanley's poker buddy.
 
Nurse - Assists Doctor, unfriendly, brisk.
 
Doctor - Concerned, soothing, thoughtful, authoritative.
 
A few ensemble parts, a young newspaper collector, an African American woman, a Latino woman, a sailor, etc. 
 
As always, visit www.confettistage.com for upcoming audition announcements and productions.



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