Presents
April
24 & 25, 2009 at 7:30 pm
April 26, 2009 at 2:00 pm
at Woodlawn Arts Academy
• • • AUDITIONS FOR "ART" DECEMBER 11 at 7 PM • • •
"Eleemosynary"
by Lee Blessing
• • • Cast of Characters • • •
Dorothea: A woman of some means
Artie: Her daughter
Echo: Her granddaughter
Auditions will be held in early February 2009 for three women.
Tim Tedrick is slated to direct.
Performers should have most of their lines learned by the first
rehearsal which will be (tentatively) March 16. The leaves only 5
½ weeks for rehearsals, so the time will need to be spent
on blocking and character.
From the Description on the Dramatist's
Play Service web page.
THE STORY: Staged with utmost simplicity, using platforms and a few
props, the play probes into the delicate relationship of three singular
women: the grandmother, Dorothea, who has sought to assert her
independence through strong-willed eccentricity; her brilliant
daughter, Artie (Artemis), who has fled the stifling domination of her
mother; and Artie's daughter, Echo, a child of exceptional
intellect—and sensitivity—whom Artie has abandoned to an upbringing by
Dorothea. As the play begins, Dorothea has suffered a stroke, and while
Echo has reestablished contact with her mother, it is only through
extended telephone conversations, during which real issues are skirted
and their talk is mostly about the precocious Echo's single-minded
domination of a national spelling contest. But, in the end, after
Dorothea's death, both Artie and Echo come to accept their mutual need
and summon the courage to try, at last, to build a life
together—despite the risks and terrors that this holds for both of them
after so many years of alienation and estrangement.
"ART"
by Yasmina
Reza, Translated by Christopher Hampton
• • • Cast of Characters • • •
Marc
Serge
Yvan
Auditions:Thursday,
December 11th at 7:00 pm
Directed by Bruce Munsell
Auditions will be held in December 2008 for three men. We are
auditioning in December so that
director Bruce Munsell can cast the show. Performers should have most
of their lines learned by the first rehearsal which will be
(tentatively) March 23. The leaves only 4 ½ weeks for
rehearsals, so the time will need to be spent on blocking and character.
From the Description on the Dramatist's
Play Service web page.
THE STORY: How much would you pay for a white painting? Would it matter
who the painter was? Would it be art? One of Marc's best friends,
Serge, has just bought a very expensive painting. It's about five feet
by four, all white with white diagonal lines. To Marc, the painting is
a joke, but Serge insists Marc doesn't have the proper standard to
judge the work. Another friend, Ivan, though burdened by his own
problems, allows himself to be pulled into this disagreement. Eager to
please, Ivan tells Serge he likes the painting. Lines are drawn and
these old friends square off over the canvas, using it as an excuse to
relentlessly batter one another over various failures. As their
arguments become less theoretical and more personal, they border on
destroying their friendships. At the breaking point, Serge hands Marc a
felt tip pen and dares him: "Go on." This is where the friendship is
finally tested, and the aftermath of action, and its reaction, affirms
the power of those bonds.