Greater Lansing Ubiquitous Theatre
  • Announcements
  • Events Calendar
  • Auditions
    • Audition Calendar
  • Reviews
  • Theatres
  • About the G.L.U.T.
    • E-mail List
    • Contact

10/11-12 - SEA GULL AUDITIONS at RIVERWALK

10/3/2014

0 Comments

 
Anton Chekov’s The Sea Gull by Jean-Claude van Italie
Directed by A.S. Freeman
 
Audition Dates:
Saturday, October 11th from 1-4PM
Sunday, October 12th from 7-10PM
 
You are encouraged to attend both days, but this is not required.
 
Audition instructions: Please prepare a 1 minute monologue from a play of your choice. There will also be cold readings from the script. Questions can be directed to the director by [email protected]
 
Characters
Arkadina: (Late 40’s, early 50’s) - an actress. She’s aging, but doesn’t want to admit or accept what that means about either her looks or her career. She’s incredibly famous, but her star is waning.
 
Treplyev: (Late 20’s, early 30’s) - Arkadina’s son, and an aspiring writer. Rebel’s against the current forms of theatre, wants to be a part of her world, but will forever be looked at as a “bourgeois from Kiev”
 
Sorin: (Late 50’s, early 60’s) - Arkadina’s brother. The play is set at his estate - shows a great deal of fatherly love to the young people of the play.
 
Nina: (Late teens, early 20’s) - the young daughter of a wealthy landowner. Aspires to be an actress - is enamored with all of the famous and important people that make their way to Sorin’s estate.
 
Shamrayev: (50’s) - Retired army lieutenant and manager of the estate - he is attentive to Arkadina, but also controlling over decisions of the farm and argumentative if anyone questions his management choices.
 
Paulina: (40’s-50’s) - Shamrayev’s wife, can be petty, jealous. Very clearly Masha’s mother.
 
Masha: (20’s) - Paulina and Shamrayev’s daughter - could be the prettiest girl at the dance, but doesn’t want to be because it might make her happy. Addicted to both drug and drink, she always wears black because she’s in mourning for her life.
 
Trigorin: (30’s - 40’s) - Arkadina’s lover, a famous novelist who feels he missed out on his youth. He’s too young for Arkadina, but she has a power over him, not unlike the attraction he feels towards Nina. Successful, but doesn’t think he’s very good.                                                     
 
Dorn: (50’s) - A local doctor, he also exudes a fatherly presence, particularly to Treplyev. He appears to have feelings for Paulina, though he probably doesn’t love her. Once a ladies man, he has aged, and doesn’t necessarily take care of himself particularly well.
 
Medvedyenko: (20’s - 30’s) A teacher, he is in love with Masha, but no one seems to particularly like him at the estate. He’s poor, and as such doesn’t necessarily fit in well among this company.
 
Yakov, Cook, Maid: (Any age) These three characters have a few lines, will be played by three different people, and are employees of the estate. Yakov is a workman, and the cook and maid, are a cook and maid respectively.


 Info from the director about  "The Sea Gull" -- based on some questions I've been fielding as folks get ready for auditions:

First - we won't be starting rehearsal until November, but we're getting the show cast now so we can get scripts into the hands of the cast as quickly as possible. There's a lot for actors to sink their teeth into, but they won't be giving up their nights until near the end of November.

Second - we'll do the monologues I've requested first, and then I'll place people into scenes I'd like to see them in based on the monologues. The monologue will look a lot like the song portion of a musical audition, so that might be a good way for people to understand how the audition days will go.

Third - on that note, if someone comes and does a monologue Saturday, and then would like to read more on Sunday, then they can come later. We won't start reading scenes until at least 7:30 on Sunday to allow for those who weren't at Saturday's auditions to do their monologues.

Finally - creating a schedule that accommodates people's holiday conflicts is always a challenge with the January show - however, that challenge can be alleviated if people are able to bring as accurate a conflict calendar as possible.

Can't wait to get started working - and people can email me with any questions [email protected]

Thanks!(You may request a script at [email protected] or [email protected])

A.S. Freeman
Director, Writer, Actor
[email protected]
@asfreeman
0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Auditions

    RSS Feed


    Categories

    All
    All Of Us Express
    All-of-Us Express
    Andromeda Comm. Theatre
    Bach Dor Shakespeare
    Blue Light Players
    Everett HS Theatre
    Great Escape Stage Company
    Homegrown Productions
    Homegrown Productions
    Ixion Theatre
    LCC Dept. Of Theatre
    Michigan State University
    Mid Michigan Family Theatre
    Mid Michigan Family Theatre
    MSU Student Productions
    Msu Summer Circle Theatre
    Over The Ledge
    Owosso Community Players
    Peppermint Creek
    Peppermint Creek
    Renegade Theatre Festival
    Riverwalk Theatre
    Riverwalk Theatre
    Ruhala PAC
    Starlight Dinner Theatre
    Starlight Dinner Theatre
    Williamston Theatre
    Williamston Theatre
    Wlns Tv 6
    WLNS TV-6


    Post Archives

    January 2025
    December 2024
    November 2024
    October 2024
    September 2024
    August 2024
    July 2024
    June 2024
    May 2024
    April 2024
    March 2024
    February 2024
    January 2024
    December 2023
    November 2023
    October 2023
    September 2023
    August 2023
    June 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    May 2021
    March 2021
    November 2020
    October 2020
    August 2020
    June 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    April 2016
    March 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    August 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.