CASTING CALL! Open auditions being held for: CYMBELINE
Adapted from the play by William Shakespeare
Producer: The Bandshell Players
Director: Sarah Blanchard
When: Thursday, 24 April (6:30-8:30pm) & Saturday, 26 April (4:00-6:00pm), 2014*
Where: Doktor Luke’s – A respectable coffee house (40 Kings Rd., Sydney, Nova Scotia B1S 1A1)
Rehearsals: May-June 2014 (to be finalized upon casting)
Performance Dates: 25-29 June 2014
Casting info: Ages 16-60, ensemble cast, flexible casting, some doubling, special skills considered an asset: stage combat, singing
Please come with a short prepared audition piece of your choosing AND you will be asked to read from a set audition piece [AVAILABLE HERE].
Can’t decide if you want to audition? Check out this summary to help you make up your mind.
One of Shakespeare’s lesser known plays, Cymbeline is an action/adventure that blends tragedy and comedy with spectacle and social commentary. It is a story of redemption in which the characters are challenged to have courage to stand by their convictions in the face of adversity and illusion.
Cymbeline, King of Britain, has imprisoned his daughter Imogen for secretly marrying Posthumus, a good man but of common birth. Posthumus is banished while Imogen is pressured to renounce her marriage vows in favour of her lecherous stepbrother, Cloten. Encouraged by his scheming wife, Cymbeline refuses to pay tribute to Rome, which results in outright war. Meanwhile, a despondent Posthumous falls prey to a wager and in turn is led to believe that Imogen has been unfaithful. Enraged, Posthumus orders his servant, Pisanio, to murder Imogen, who Pisanio instead helps to escape. Imogen, alone and disguised as a boy, stumbles upon some kindhearted wildlings, who have secrets of their own. In the end, after changes of heart, reversals of fortune, battles with invading forces, and an intervention by the god Jupiter; truths are revealed, loved ones are reunited, and peace is restored.
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*Note: If you are interested in auditioning but unable to attend the times above, please contact us.