[Capdist-auditions] Open Auditions for THE LIAR at Schenectady Civic Players

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Schenectady Civic Players
12 South Church Street, Schenectady, NY 12305

Open auditions for . . .
THE LIAR
By David Ives (Adapted from the original by P. Corneille)
Directed by Joseph Fava

-- Tuesday, June 3, and Thursday, June 5 –

(Performance dates --- Oct 17 – 19 and 22 – 26, 2014)

AUDITIONS- Tuesday June 3 and Thursday June 5 @ 7:30 pm at Schenectady Civic Players, 12 S. Church St., Schenectady. Sign-up beginning at 7 pm. Roles for 5 men and 3 women ages 25-60s. French accents will not be required.

Paris, 1643. Dorante is a charming young man newly arrived in the capital, and he has but a single flaw: He cannot tell the truth. In quick succession he meets Cliton, a manservant who cannot tell a lie, and falls in love with Clarice, a charming young woman whom he unfortunately mistakes for her friend Lucrece. What our hero regrettably does not know is that Clarice is secretly engaged to his best friend Alcippe. Nor is he aware that his father is trying to get him married to Clarice, whom he thinks is Lucrece, who actually is in love with him. From all these misunderstandings and a series of breathtakingly intricate lies springs one of the Western world’s greatest comedies, a sparkling urban romance as fresh as the day Pierre Corneille wrote it, brilliantly adapted for today by "All in the Timing’s" David Ives.
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Available Roles:
Dorante [the liar] looks 25-35
Geronte, his father, 45-65
Cliton, Dorante’s servant, 25-40
Clarice, 25-35
Lucrece, 25-35
Alcippe, Clarice’s jealous fiance, 25-35
Philiste, Alcippe’s best friend, 20-35
Isabelle, puritanical servant to Lucrece, 30-45
Sabine, vivacious servant to Clarice, 30-45
[one actress plays both servants]
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