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Pymble Players Inc Presents

Enchanted April By arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd, on behalf of Joseph Weinberger Ltd London.

Written by Matthew Barber

Directed by: Jennifer Willison

AUDITION & INFORMATION PACK Audition Information 2

Performance details 3 Background to the play 3 Roles available & Director’s notes 4-5 Rehearsal schedule (draft) 6 Audition form 7 Audition pieces________________________________________________8-28


Audition information

Reading:

There will be a reading of the play at the Theatre on Tues 16 Feb at 7.30pm. All are welcome – whether you plan to audition or not. However, attending this reading would be an advantage. Please contact the director if you intend to audition but are unavailable on this evening.

Audition details:

Date: Monday 22nd February 2016 at 7:30pm

Call-backs (if required) will be on Monday 29th February 2016 at 7.30pm

Venue: Pymble Players Inc Theatre, Cnr Mona Vale Road and Bromley Avenue Pymble

NOTE: Open Auditions will be held, although you are asked to register your anticipated attendance with the director by e-mail on [email protected]

Auditionees will be asked to read the prescribed pieces from the script, which may be prepared beforehand. The director may also request readings from other parts of the play (unprepared) or short improvised pieces in context, in an individual or group format.

For any queries please contact the Director Jennifer Willison on 0412 927 093 or email her on [email protected]

NOTE: Signing the audition form indicates your availability for, and commitment to all activities relating to the production, including rehearsals and show dates.

You will be notified if you have been successful in your auditions and a full cast list will be posted on the Pymble Players Inc website – www.pymbleplayers.com.au

NOTE: For productions some make-up and costumes will need to be provided by the cast, but speciality costumes will be provided. A basic make-up kit is available.

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Performance details

Dates & Times: 4 May – 28 May 2016

Wednesday 8pm Thursday 8pm Friday 8pm Saturday 3.30pm Saturday 8pm

4 May No performance 6 May 7 May 7 May

11 May 12 May 13 May 14 May 14 May

18 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 21 May

No performance 26 May 27 May 28 May 28 May

Venue: Pymble Players Inc Theatre, Cnr Mona Vale Road and Bromley Avenue Pymble

IMPORTANT: All cast and crew need to ensure that they are available for all performance dates and rehearsal times as indicated on the rehearsal schedule.

Synopsis

Feeling lost and unsettled in the shifting social currents of post-WW1 London, two women rent a villa in Italy. They recruit two other very different women to share the costs. Having left their husbands behind, and now in the Tuscan light and warmth, these women rediscover themselves in ways they could never have imagined.

This beautiful play will leave you positively glowing.


Roles available: 5 Females, 3 Males

Character Description Stage Age

Lotty

(female)

Lotty is married to a man who doesn't like to spend money therefore she has to be careful with the housekeeping and when she buys clothes for herself. At the beginning of the play she feels restless feeling there is more to life than she is experiencing. With no children she has little to occupy her except her house wifely duties. She has great intuition about what the future holds and is the first to succumb to the Tuscan beauty and tranquility.

Late 20s-30s

Mellersh

(male)

A solicitor, Mellersh is frugal not wishing to spend money on unnecessary things. He would like Lotte to attend his social business commitments with him but does not worry that she doesn't. He expects her to be the 'little housewife' at home.

30s-40s

Rose

(female)

Rose is a religious woman who attends church regularly and takes Sunday School. She and her husband lost a child. She loves her husband who was an impoverished writer when they married but when he started writing popular novels to support them she strongly disapproved and it changed her feelings towards him. She is a cautious woman who does not realise she still loves her husband until her holiday in Italy.

30s-40s

Frederick

(male)

Rose's husband. A writer who is enjoying his new found success and would like Rose to approve of it and share with him the social life it has bought them. Because of the rift in their marriage Frederick has started to stray

40s

Lady Caroline

(female)

A socialite. Caroline has been married but her husband died in the war. To stop thinking about her loss she throws herself into the social roundabout becoming 'one of the bright young things'. Being very beautiful she is more than popular with the opposite sex but when the play opens she is beginning to bore of the social roundabout and young men falling at her feet.

Late 20s

Mr Wilding

(male)

Wilding is an artist and owns the castle in Tuscany which he rents out when he's not residing there. He has served in the war and seems to be a lonely person. He probably lost many friends in WW1.

Mrs Graves

(female)

A widow, Mrs Graves is a very lonely old lady. She lives in the past and the loss of her husband and her friends and made her somewhat bitter. She likes routine and likes things done as they would have done before the war.

70s

Constanza

(female)

Italian housekeeper, doubling as maids in Act 1.

DIRECTOR’S NOTES:

Act I is dogged with depression that the English winter often brings. Added to this is the effect the war had on the country. Lotte, with her tiny speck of hope must lead the cast through a path to the ultimate scene where the promise of sun shines in front of us.

Act 2 must be magical where one by one the women find their inner selves and their husbands come to realise their wives real worth.

AUDITION PREPARATION:

Scripts are available, so if you would like to borrow it and read it prior, please contact Reg Lunn on 9498 5548.

AUDITION PIECES:

Lotty and Mellersh: Act 1 Scene 2 Rose and Frederick: Act 1 Scene 3 Lady Caroline: Act 1 Scene 5 Mrs Graves: Act 1 Scene 6 Mr Wilding: Act 1 Scene 7 Constanza: Act 2 Scene 3 (Pages 56-57) Lotty and Rose: Act 1 Scene 9

The prescribed pieces for the audition appear at the end of the Audition pack.

CREW ALSO WANTED:

If you are interested in being involved in the production please contact Jennifer Jennifer on 0412 927 093 or email her on [email protected]. We are looking for experienced people and/or people with capabilities and a passion to learn.




Rehearsal Schedule – Draft

Venue: Rehearsals will be held Pymble Players Inc Theatre, Cnr Mona Vale Road and Bromley Avenue Pymble.

In general, rehearsals will be on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evening.

DATE DAY SCENE/NOTES

2/3 Wed Reading

3/3 Thurs Block Act 1

7/3 Mon Block Act 2; recap blocking Act 1 scenes 1-5

9/3 Wed Act 1 scenes 1-3; Act 2 scene 2 page 37

10/3 Thurs Act 1 scenes 4-5; Act 2 scene 2 pages 48-49

14/3 Mon Act 1 scenes 1-5; Act 2 scene 1 page 37; scene 2 pages 48-49; recap Act 1 scenes 6-9; Act 2 scene 3

15/3 Wed Act 1 scenes 6-7; Act 2 scene 2 pages 50-52

16/3 Thurs Act 1 scene 9; Act 1

21/3 Mon Act 2

23/3 Wed Act 1 scene 8

24/3 Thurs Act 1; Act 2 scenes 1-2

28/3 Mon Act 2 Easter Monday Public Holiday-rehearsal negotiable

30/3 Wed Act 2 scene 3; Act 1 selections

31/3 Thurs Act 2 scene 4; Act 2

4/4 Mon Act 1 and Act 2; Dress rehearsal Act 2

6/4 Wed Act 1; Act 2 selected scenes

7/4 Thurs Top and Tail

11/4 Mon Act 1 and Act 2

13/4 Wed Tech 1/1

14/4 Thurs Run

18/4 Mon Tech 1/2

20/4 Wed Run

21/4 Thurs Tech 2/1

25/4 Mon Run

27/4 Wed Tech 2/2

28/4 Thurs Dress Rehearsal

2/5 Mon Final Dress Rehearsal

4/5 Wed Opening Night


Audition Form – “Enchanted April” Please print and complete this form and bring it

to the audition. For additional information - please call Jennifer on 0421 443 302

Name:

Address:

Age: _____________________________

Home Phone:

Work Phone:

Mobile:

Height: _______ cm OR Ft ___ In ___

Email address: PRINT PLEASE

Role(s) Interested in:

Are you prepared to accept the Director’s judgement of the most suitable part for you? YES/NO

(Circle one)

If you are successful, do you give permission for your contact details to be published on a cast list and your name and photo on our website and official Facebook page?

YES/NO

(Circle one)

Date on which you intend to audition.

Are you prepared and available for all scheduled rehearsals, performances and related activities? (If no, which dates?)

YES/NO

(Circle one)

Are you at present, or will you be during the rehearsal period for this production, be committed to any other productions?

YES/NO

(Circle one)

Please specify details of any commitments which may impact upon your participation in the rehearsal process:

If not cast, I would like to help in this or future productions as (please circle): Stage Manager; Prompt;

Lighting Operation; Sound Operation; Costumes; Set Construction/Painting; Front of House; Props

List previous productions and roles played, as well as any relevant training or experience:

Please read carefully before signing:

I understand that if I accept a role or participate as a member of cast or crew, an annual Pymble Players Inc membership fee is payable and that full commitment to attending all of the rehearsals the director nominates, and attendance on all performance dates is expected of me. Membership is $20 per year, or $10 for students and pensioners. Family membership is $30.

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