[Capdist-auditions] Auditions for THE REVOLUTIONISTS

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	AUDITIONS JANUARY 3 & 5, 2023 FOR 

	THE REVOLUTIONISTS BY LAUREN GUNDERSON 

	AT SCHENECTADY CIVIC PLAYERS

	Schenectady Civic Players will be holding open auditions for 

	THE REVOLUTIONISTS 

	BY LAUREN GUNDERSON 

	Directed by Jennifer VanIderstyne 

	AUDITIONS:  

	Tuesday, January 3 & Thursday, January 5, 2023  

	Sign-ups begin at 7:15 pm, auditions begin at 7:30 pm 

	Those auditioning will read sides from the script 

	LOCATION:  

	Schenectady Civic Players is located at 12 S. Church St, Schenectady,
NY, 12305. 

	PERFORMANCES DATES:  

	March 17 - 19 & 22 - 26, 2023 

	Friday / Saturday at 8:00 pm, Sunday at 2:30 pm, Wednesday/Thursday
at 7:30 pm  

	REHEARSALS: 

	There will be 3-4 rehearsals per week, days/times depending on cast
availability 

	Bring lists of conflicts to auditions  

	_“Story is the heartbeat of humanity and humanity gets really dark
when the wrong stories are leading the people”_ - Olympe de Gouges 

	CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS: (All characters identify as female) 

	OLYMPE DE GOUGES - 30-40. Activist and playwright and feminist.
Excitable, passionate, a showman. Widowed and never remarried to
ensure her personal freedom. Olympe wants to be revolutionary but
doesn’t want the revolution. She is the absolute armchair activist.
She wants to talk like a rebel poet, and get credit for the rebellion,
but without getting in too much trouble, hurting her reputation, or
messing with her career.  

	CHARLOTTE CORDAY  - 20s. Country girl and assassin. Very serious,
hardened by righteousness, never been kissed. She is propelled by the
absolute conviction of youth. She has no family or career to put on
the line. She only has her rage at injustice, her apoplectic response
to hypocrisy, and her undying commitment to the cause. She is a true
martyr without anything to lose but her life. 

	MARIANNE ANGELLE - 30s. A fierce black woman in Paris. She is from
the Caribbean, an activist and a spy working with her husband Vincent.
Tough, classy, vigilant, and the sanest one of them all. Marianne is
fueled by both family and justice. She does not have time to save the
souls of these white women. She is a working mom: half in the worry of
her heart, and half in the work for justice that only she can do.
She’s funny too.  

	MARIE ANTOINETTE - 30-40. Less badass than the others, but
fascinating former queen of France. Bubbly, graceful, opinionated,
totally unaware, unintentionally rude, and oddly prescient. Never had
a real friend. She is aware of politics but does not feel impacted by
it. Marie is more like a sail in the wind, being pushed around as the
weather changes. She is hilarious. History has told us to laugh at her
so we will. But in the course of the play, we see her as a caring
human, an insightful woman, and a mother. 

	DIRECTOR'S NOTES: This is a political and feminist play that takes
place in 1793 during the French Revolution. But it is above all a
comedy. The stakes are life and death but the heart of this play is
the friendship between smart, powerful women who lift each other up,
hold each other accountable and make each other stronger. The message
is important, the banter is fast. Think, a younger version of the
Golden Girls fighting a political war. 

	French accents will NOT be used.  

	ON MUSIC: There is some light singing toward the end of this show.
The actresses in these roles don’t need to be singers, just
comfortable with a bit of acapella singing and humming. Everyone at
auditions will be asked to sing one verse of “You Are My Sunshine”
 

	“You Are My Sunshine” 

	You are my sunshine 

	My only sunshine 

	You make me happy 

	When skies are gray 

	You'll never know, dear 

	How much I love you 

	Please don't take my sunshine away 

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	Schenectady Civic Players promotes inclusive casting, and encourages
individuals, regardless of gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity,
or disability, to participate in the audition process. 

	*** 

	Please note that all participants in SCP shows must adhere to masking
policies.  

	For more information about the theater and our upcoming 2022-2023
season, please visit our website at www.civicplayers.org [1]  

	Thank you,  

	Schenectady Civic Players 

	Playhouse: 12 S Church St, Schenectady, NY 12305 

	Phone: (518) 382-2081 



Links:
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[1] http://www.civicplayers.org/

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