Auditions for Dreamwell and TCR coming soon

TCR & Dreamwell - Two area theaters will hold auditions this month for upcoming shows. Theatre Cedar Rapids will hold auditions for a new adaptation of Six Characters In Search of an Author Sunday and Monday, September 12 & 13, at 7 p.m. each night.

Six Characters In Search of an Author will be produced at TCR October 15-30. Director Jason Alberty has created his own adaptation of the classic Luigi Pirandello play, where six characters force their way into a theatre company’s rehearsal and demand that their own story be put on the stage.

“I felt the language needed to be updated, so that the audience could more easily grasp the situation,” Alberty said. “It’s more accessible now.”

Alberty recommends that actors check out his version of the script beforehand from the TCR Box Office, though he notes that getting familiar with a different translation would also be a good way to prepare.

“This is a great show for newcomers, because there are several roles that get a lot of stage time but don’t involve a lot of lines to deal with,” he said. “It’s an exceptional show from an acting standpoint, because you have two or three roles that are some of the most challenging roles I’ve ever seen, and then you’ve got roles where there are just a few lines, allowing actors who don’t have a lot of experience to get involved and learn.”

Available roles include:

Characters of the Comedy in the Making:

The Father (50s)
The Mother (50s)
The Step-Daughter (18-25)
The Boy (14, does not speak)
The Child (5-8, does not speak)
The Son (25-30)
Madame Pace (40+)

Actors of the Company:

Director
Leading Lady
Leading Man
L’ingenue
Juvenile Lead
Actor & Actress
Stage Manager
Tech Director

For more information, visit www.theatrecr.org.

Later in the month, Dreamwell Theatre will hold auditions for its Writer's Joust award winning play, Innocence, a docudrama by Tom Deiker. Auditions will take place at the Iowa City Public Library, Friday, September 17, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. and Saturday, September 18, 3:30 p.m - 6:30 p.m. Auditions will consist of readings from the script.

Cast of 9-11: 6 men, ages 25-65, 5 women: ages 18-55. Contains sexual and violent language. Scripts will be available on reserve at the ICPL. Performance dates are November 19 and 20. Directed by Pauline Tyer.

In native villages of Peru, Columbia, and Ecuador a serial killer preys on numerous young girls. The killer, Pedro Lopez, "Monster of the Andes," is captured by villagers and nearly tortured to death. An Americn nun intervenes and turns Pedro over to Peruvian authorities, who release him into Columbia, to murder more children. Beliefs are challenged as they try to understand a world where such crimes exist.

CHARACTERS:

Interviewer: male, age optional.
Pedro Lopez: male, age 28.
Mother: Pedro’s mother, 50’s.
Sister/Principal/Ayachuco wife: 30’s.
Warden: male, age optional.
Teacher: Male, 40’s.
Sheriff: male, age optional.
Nun: age optional.
Ayachuco wife: Middle aged.

For more information, go to www.dreamwell.com.