T@F Auditions for Merry Wives!

[lillibet]

Here's the formal press release info on auditions. Please help us to spread the news to anyone who might be interested.
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Theatre@First announces open auditions for the Fall 2005 production of
William Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor," directed by
Elizabeth Hunter.


Auditions will be held on Monday, August 8th, 7:00 - 9:00 pm and
Tuesday, August 9th, 7:00 - 9:00 pm. No appointments are necessary. If
you cannot attend either date, please email
auditions@theatreatfirst.org to make alternate arrangements or for
more information.

Auditions will be held at the First Congregational Church, 89 College
Avenue, Somerville. Please enter from the side door on Francesca
Street. The church is located 4 blocks from the Davis Square MBTA
station.

A 2-minute Shakespearean monologue is requested, but not required.
Cold readings will also be used.

Rehearsals will begin in September, after Labor Day. Performances will
occur on selected dates between November 11-19.

About the Play: "The Merry Wives of Windsor" is a comedy featuring
several of Shakespeare's best roles for women, together with Sir John
Falstaff, one of the Bard's most beloved characters. We will be
performing an adaptation of the script edited by the director and
available for download on our website.

If you are interested in volunteering for technical staff and crew
positions, please email
action@theatreatfirst.org.

For more information about Theatre@First, Davis Square's community
theater company, please visit our website:
http://www.theatreatfirst.org.

Comments

[moria923.livejournal.com]

Hi, Elizabeth. I'm planning to audition for "Merry Wives" next week. Since I'm a blind person, I wondered if you might have any questions about how I would handle the work if I'm cast. I ask this because, when I auditioned for Summer Splash, the directors said they had questions, but then everyone was rushed out of the room and I wasn't given time to address those concerns.

I have a Braille copy of MERRY WIVES that I will use for the audition, and for learning lines if cast. It's in four largish volumes, and I'd rather not carry all four of them to the audition. Could I email you the act and scene numbers with which each volume begins and ends? Then you could let me know which volume to bring for a cold reading. That way it could still be cold -- you wouldn't have to tell me in advance which specific scene you want read. Would that work?

I apologize for not writing with these questions earlier; I realize I should have done it about a week ago.

Masha

[lillibet.livejournal.com]

Hi Masha. Glad to hear you're thinking of auditioning. I'm sure that if you get cast, we can work out the logistics. Obviously, I can't guarantee that will happen, but I look forward to hearing you read.

The cold readings are going to be a little tricky. I am happy to provide them to you in advance, but it will be hard to do them from any other text, because we have cut the script dramatically and the readings are taken from our working script. Is there any way that I could email them to you? Do you have a braille printer? If you have another suggestion, I'm open to that.

I suppose, if it's the best we can come up with, that I could go back to the original script and re-pull a couple of the readings from that, for you to read. They would be slightly different from those read by other actors, but would enable other people to read with you without getting lost.

Thank you for giving me some warning, so that we can find solutions--I am sure that's possible.

[moria923.livejournal.com]

Hi, Elizabeth. Thanks so much for your prompt and encouraging reply.

Actually, I don't have a Brailee printer. If I'm cast, I think I can ask my coworkers at National Braille Press to print out the cut script for me. If you email me the scenes you're using for the audition, I can Braille them up myself with an old-fashioned Perkins Brailler. Obviously, I'd rather not do too much of this, since it consumes a lot of time. I'm assuming from your message that you're having people read from two or more scenes. Would it be possible for me to do one reading from the cut script and one from the original?

Masha

[lillibet.livejournal.com]

I will email them to you later today. Does masha@livejournal.com work, or do you have another preference. You can email me via auditions@theatreatfirst.org.