AUDITIONS
New Moon Announces Auditions for Measure for Measure. Auditions will be held January 11 – 13, 2020. Saturday at 2:00, Sunday at 6:00, Callbacks Monday at 6:30 at Theatreworks @ The Square, 2085 Monroe Ave. Facebook Event Page Link.
Pertinent Information:
Production: Measure for Measure, by William Shakespeare
Directed by: Kell Christie
Audition Dates: January 11 – 13, 2020. Saturday at 2:00, Sunday at 6:00. Callbacks Monday, January 13 at 6:30.
Location: Theatreworks @ The Square, 2085 Monroe Ave
Audition Material: Readings from the script. Shakespearean monologues are welcome. Sides will be posted on our website soon.
Needed: 13 actors various ages. For some roles, gender is unimportant.
ALL ROLES ARE AVAILABLE
Rehearsal Dates: Late March, 2020.
Production Dates: May 1 - 17, 2020
More info: 901-484-3467
Characters:
Isabella - A postulant, her brother is arrested for fornication, and she goes to the duke's deputy, Angelo, to beg for leniency. She is a woman of strength and faith.
The Duke - Ruler who shifts his power to his deputy while he goes undercover.
Claudio - Isabelle's brother, arrested for fornication. His betrothed is pregnant, and he is desperate to save his life.
Lord Angelo - The deputy to the Duke. He is deeply hypocritical and abusive of power. He once left a fiance when her dowry was lost.
Escalus - Escalus is a wise lord who advises Angelo.
Lucio - A humorous role, and friend of Claudio.
Mariana - Mariana was supposed to marry Angelo, but he called the wedding off when she lost her dowry in a shipwreck that killed her brother.
Mistress Overdone - Mistress Overdone runs a brothel in Vienna.
Pompey - Pompey is a clown who also works for Mistress Overdone.
Provost - The provost runs the prison and is responsible for carrying out all of Angelo's orders.
Elbow - Elbow is a dim-witted constable.
Barnadine - A long-term prisoner in the jail, Barnadine is sentenced to be executed together with Claudio.
Juliet - Claudio's lover, she is pregnant with his baby.
Synopsis (from Spark Notes): The Duke of Vienna decides to leave the city for a while, appointing his deputy, Angelo, to govern in his absence. Angelo resolves to revive vigorous laws against sexual license, which have fallen into disuse. Under these laws a young gentleman, Claudio, is sentenced to death for having made his fiancé Juliet pregnant before their wedding ceremony. Claudio's sister Isabella, a novice nun, is persuaded by his friend Lucio to plead with Angelo for her brother's life. Angelo promises to free Claudio if Isabella will sleep with him. She refuses and tells her brother that she must keep her honor and he, therefore, must die. The duke has stayed in Vienna disguised as a friar observing the new regime and he now persuades Isabella to pretend to accede to Angelo's demands. Her place in Angelo's bed is secretly taken by Mariana, Angelo's former fiancé whom he deserted. After the event, Angelo betrays Isabella by trying to carry out Claudio's execution but his plans are foiled by the duke's intervention.
Pertinent Information:
Production: Measure for Measure, by William Shakespeare
Directed by: Kell Christie
Audition Dates: January 11 – 13, 2020. Saturday at 2:00, Sunday at 6:00. Callbacks Monday, January 13 at 6:30.
Location: Theatreworks @ The Square, 2085 Monroe Ave
Audition Material: Readings from the script. Shakespearean monologues are welcome. Sides will be posted on our website soon.
Needed: 13 actors various ages. For some roles, gender is unimportant.
ALL ROLES ARE AVAILABLE
Rehearsal Dates: Late March, 2020.
Production Dates: May 1 - 17, 2020
More info: 901-484-3467
Characters:
Isabella - A postulant, her brother is arrested for fornication, and she goes to the duke's deputy, Angelo, to beg for leniency. She is a woman of strength and faith.
The Duke - Ruler who shifts his power to his deputy while he goes undercover.
Claudio - Isabelle's brother, arrested for fornication. His betrothed is pregnant, and he is desperate to save his life.
Lord Angelo - The deputy to the Duke. He is deeply hypocritical and abusive of power. He once left a fiance when her dowry was lost.
Escalus - Escalus is a wise lord who advises Angelo.
Lucio - A humorous role, and friend of Claudio.
Mariana - Mariana was supposed to marry Angelo, but he called the wedding off when she lost her dowry in a shipwreck that killed her brother.
Mistress Overdone - Mistress Overdone runs a brothel in Vienna.
Pompey - Pompey is a clown who also works for Mistress Overdone.
Provost - The provost runs the prison and is responsible for carrying out all of Angelo's orders.
Elbow - Elbow is a dim-witted constable.
Barnadine - A long-term prisoner in the jail, Barnadine is sentenced to be executed together with Claudio.
Juliet - Claudio's lover, she is pregnant with his baby.
Synopsis (from Spark Notes): The Duke of Vienna decides to leave the city for a while, appointing his deputy, Angelo, to govern in his absence. Angelo resolves to revive vigorous laws against sexual license, which have fallen into disuse. Under these laws a young gentleman, Claudio, is sentenced to death for having made his fiancé Juliet pregnant before their wedding ceremony. Claudio's sister Isabella, a novice nun, is persuaded by his friend Lucio to plead with Angelo for her brother's life. Angelo promises to free Claudio if Isabella will sleep with him. She refuses and tells her brother that she must keep her honor and he, therefore, must die. The duke has stayed in Vienna disguised as a friar observing the new regime and he now persuades Isabella to pretend to accede to Angelo's demands. Her place in Angelo's bed is secretly taken by Mariana, Angelo's former fiancé whom he deserted. After the event, Angelo betrays Isabella by trying to carry out Claudio's execution but his plans are foiled by the duke's intervention.