Event Description: The Importance of Being Earnest
Directed by: Rebecca Loschen
Produced by: Jim Leach
Auditions: November 21
Performances: January 15-17 & 22-24
Oscar Wilde’s comedy of mistaken identities and deflated Victorian pomposity remains popular, well over 100 years after it was first performed. No one is quite who they seem to be in this witty farce.
Becca directed The Drunken Sisters at Illinois Wesleyan, and was the Assistant Director for STC’s Willy Wonka, Jr. last year. She recently appeared in OTM’s Shakespeare Shorts and Camelot, and was Squeaky Fromme in STC’s Assassins.
On staff - Cari Keysear is the Assistant Director, Set Design by Mary Hirsch, with John Sivak stage managing.
AUDITION INFORMATION
Auditions for The Importance of Being Earnest will take place at the Hoogland Center for the Arts on November 21st at 10 am with sign up between 9-10am.
People wishing to audition may prepare a monologue from the play or be ready for cold readings.
Call backs will be on November 22nd, if needed.
Parts Available include...
John Worthing: 30's - 40's
Algernon Moncrieff: 30's - 40's
Rev. Canon Chausuble - 40's and up
Merriman: The Butler
Lady Bracknell: An imposing woman. A dragon lady. Gwendolen's mother.
Gwendolen Fairfax: 20's
Cecily Cardew: Must look 15 - 20
Miss Prism: 40's and up
Directions: Hoogland Center for the Arts - 420 S. Sixth Street, Springfield, Il. Downtown Springfield on the East side of the street.
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