[Capdist-auditions] Will Kempe's Players Season Auditions

[Mike Lake]

Will Kempe's Players announces auditions for their 2020 summer touring
season including Much Ado about Nothing and As You Like, and we would be
honored to have local performers, musicians, and theater artisans join us
for what could be called the "Billy Shake's Rom-Com Summer!"

GENERAL AUDITIONS will be held by appointment only on Tuesday, January 21,
2020 and Wednesday, January 22, 2020 from 6PM-9PM.

CALLBACKS will be held by invitation only on Thursday, January 23, 2020
from 6PM-9PM.

Rehearsals for our Season opener, Much Ado About Nothing, begin on April
20th, 2020, with an premier date of June 6th 2020.

Rehearsals for As You Like It begin June 8th, 2020 with a premier date of
July 25th, 2020.

Both Shows run on select weekends through the summer. A detailed schedule
will be provided at auditions.

Much Ado About Nothing: In Messina after the triumphant return of the
cities forces, young lovers Hero and Claudio are engage to be married, and
what's more fun than a wedding? A double wedding made possible by hatching
a plan to get their friends, sharp firebrand Beatrice and the silver tongue
wielding Benedict, to admit their love for one another. While the Prince
Don Pedro and the rest of the "rat pack" set on this endeavor, his bastard
brother Don John has different plans, and attempts to create discord within
the group that leads to Beatrice unleashing her fury in defense of her dear
friend Hero's honor.

AVAILABLE ROLES

LEONATO, Governor of Messina: Most of the play takes place in and around
Leonato’s home and estate. He is father to Hero, uncle and guardian to
Beatrice, and host to Don Pedro and his entourage. Influenced by
appearances and the opinions of others, Leonato is a unifying figure,
linking the play’s plot lines to one another from the first scene to last.

ANTONIO : Brother of Leonato and member of his household.

URSULA: The second of Hero’s maidservants. Ursula plays a role in deceiving
Beatrice and Benedick’s love.

FRIAR FRANCIS: The good friar who is to perform the marriage of Hero and
Claudio. Friar Francis proposes the scheme to hide Hero after her
denunciation, pretending she is dead.

DON JOHN THE BASTARD : Brother to Don Pedro. He tried to overthrow his
brother in battle but lost and he longs to get back at his brother.

BORACHIO: One of Don John’s personal followers. Borachio has had a personal
relationship with Margaret, one of Hero’s attendants. He uses this
relationship for Don John’s mischief and his own personal profit by
devising the deceptive “window scene.” His later repentance seems to stem
at least partly from a recognition that the deception went too far. CONRADE:
Another of Don John’s personal followers.

GEORGE SEACOAL AND OTHER WATCHMEN: The words and actions of the watchmen
make them seem more alert and intelligent than Dogberry and Verges. After
all, they overhear Don John’s plot with Borachio, report the misdeed, and
provide testimony that convicts Borachio and ultimately Don John.

EXTON: A public official who records the testimony in a trial.

ENSEMBLE ROLES AVAILABLE

AS YOU LIKE IT

A young man, Orlando, is love struck with Rosalind, the niece of the
usurper Duke Frederick. Rosalind, accompanied by her cousin Ceilia, angers
the Duke and fleas the persecution of court to the Forest of Arden. In
order to deter potential danger that could befall two young women on
country roads, Rosalind takes on the male persona of Ganymede, Ceilia
taking the alias of Aliana. Oliver is also left with no choice but live to
a life of exile after his older brother's failed attempt to have him killed
during a wrestling match with the reigning champion Charles. The exiled
youths meet, Rosalind now Gaynamede, as well as the usurped Duke Senior
along with a collection of country folk, and we are treated to a delightful
pastoral presentation of ideas of love, life, and justice.

AVAILABLE ROLES

ADAM : Faithful, aged retainer of Sir Rowland de Boyes. He accompanies
Orlando “into the woods.”

OLIVER: Oldest son of Sir Rowland de Boyes.

LE BEAU, DENNIS: Upper class retainers to Duke Frederick. Fearful of him
and cowed by his cruelty. Performers can make strong individual choices.
Will double.

DUKE FREDERICK: The ruthless younger brother who usurps the throne and
exiles his older brother, Duke Senior, “to the woods.”

DUKE SENIOR: The exiled older duke who now holds court “in the woods.”

SILVIUS: A young shepherd, besotted by Phoebe. She is forcing him to play
the pastoral shepherd, a stereotype from poetry and the stage.

SIR OLIVER MARTEXT: The stereotypical Puritan preacher.

WILLIAM: Audrey’s spurned country love, unsophisticated and gullible.

ENSEMBLE ROLES AVAILABLE

Questions? Visit our facebook page or send them to
willkempesplayers at gmail.com

Thanks,

Michael A. Lake
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