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Audition
Announcement |
| Who: The Collin Theatre Center. |
| What:
Big Love
by
Charles L. Mee;
and One Shot, One Kill by
Richard Vetere. Note: Both productions will be auditioned together. Big Love, by OBIE winner Charles L. Mee, is a modern re-making of one of the Western world’s oldest plays, The Suppliant Women by Aeschylus. Mee has taken the ancient tale and created a theatrical extravaganza. With sizzling dialogue, philosophical insights, soaring poetry, pop songs and dance - he paints a startling picture of the relationship between men and women, and the nature of love, in our time. Directed by Robin Armstrong. One Shot, One Kill is the Regional Premiere of a new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Richard Vetere. The play is a searing and uncompromised look at the machinations of the Iraq war. Directed by Brad Baker. |
| Seeking:
Casting a total of 5-7 women and 7-8 men in both productions. Note: The role of Major Mark Royce (One Shot, One
Kill) has already been cast. |
When:
Tuesday, August 26. Open call between 6:00-9:00 PM. Callbacks will be Wednesday, August 27 from 7:00-10:00
PM. |
| Where: John Anthony Theatre, on the campus of Collin College, Jupiter Road, between Spring Creek Parkway and Parker Road. (I-75 N, exit Spring Creek Pkwy-East, R on Jupiter, L onto campus.) |
| Call: Open Call. NO appointments will be arranged. |
Prepare: Note: Actors may audition for either one of the two productions, or for both. Big Love: Please prepare a one minute poem from one of the following authors: Elizabeth Barrett, Browning Robert Browning, Lord Byron, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Wordsworth, Walt Whitman, Alfred Tennyson, Percy Shelley, Henry W. Longfellow, or John Keats. Note: The script for Big Love may be viewed online at www.charlesmee.com. One Shot, One Kill: Please prepare a one-minute monologue from a contemporary play in the style of the show. Note: The script for One Shot, One Kill is unpublished. |
| Rehearsals:
Rehearsals for both productions begin August 28. Rehearsals will generally
be scheduled Monday-Friday evenings and Sunday afternoons. |
| Performances:
Big Love will be performed on the campus of Collin College in Plano. Performances are October 9 through October 19, 2008. Evening performances are at 8:00 PM. Weekend matinee performances are at 2:15 PM. One Shot, One Kill will be performed on the campus of Collin College in Plano. Performances are October 14 through October 19, 2008. Evening performances are at 8:00 PM. Weekend matinee performances are at 2:15 PM. |
Plots: Big Love: Fifty brides flee their fifty grooms and seek refuge in a villa on the coast of Italy in this modern re-making of one of the western world's oldest plays. The fifty grooms catch up with the brides, and mayhem ensues: the grooms arrive by helicopter in their flight suits, the women throw themselves over and over again to the ground, pop songs and romantic dances are performed. Finally, unable to escape their forced marriages, 49 of the brides murder 49 of the grooms… and one bride falls in love!
One Shot, One Kill:
Sergeant Nick Harris has just returned from a dangerous mission during the early days of the Iraq War. During his
de-briefing with Major Mark Royce, Sgt. Harris requests to be dismissed from the Corps. What
happened on that mission? And who is really to blame? One Shot, One Kill is a
searing and uncompromised look at the machinations of war. Written by Pulitzer Prize
finalist Richard Vetere. Note: Mr. Vetere will visit Collin College to participate in this
production. |
| Additional Info:
Big Love: Contact Robin Armstrong at 972 578-5516 or email rarmstrong@ccccd.edu . One Shot, One Kill: Contact Brad Baker at 972 881-5679 or email bbaker@ccccd.edu . |
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The
Collin Theatre Center is committed to objective casting, and does not
consider factors of race, gender or ethnicity in casting except when
such factors are required by the playwright.
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