auditions
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Auditions for the Spring 2012 production of TRUE WEST
Everyone interested in working (on stage or off stage) on UIS Theatre's Spring 2012 production of TRUE WEST, is invited to attend one night of auditions on EITHER:
- Thursday, December 1, 2011 Starting at 7:00PM and continuing until 10:00PM OR
- Friday, December 2, 2011 Starting at 7:00PM and continuing until 10:00pm
- Location for both nights of auditions is VPA 170 (UIS Theatre Acting/Directing Studio), here on campus
Performance dates
- February 24 through 26 & March 1 through 3, 2012
- 7:30pm each evening; except for Sunday, February 26 at 2:00pm
- Studio Theatre, Level 1, PAC, here on campus
THE STORY and CHARACTERS:
TRUE WEST by Sam Shepard
Comedy/Drama
3m 1f
Interior
FINALIST FOR THE 1983 PULITZER PRIZE IN DRAMA
Recently revived at New York's Circle in the Square, where Seymour Hoffman and John C. Reilly alternated playing the roles of the brothers, this American classic explores alternatives that might spring from the demented terrain of the California landscape. Sons of a desert dwelling alcoholic and a suburban wanderer clash over a film script. Austin, the achiever, is working on a script he has sold to producer Sal Kimmer when Lee, a demented petty thief, drops in. He pitches his own idea for a movie to Kimmer, who then wants Austin to junk his bleak, modern love story and write Lee's trashy Western tale.
"In TRUE WEST the two brothers, Austin and Lee, represent two sides of the American present: one sophisticated, cultured, ambitious, and successful; the other alienated and outcast, raw, wild, violent. As the play unfolds, the two characters exchange places and reveal that each is the double of the other. Shepard's plays emphasize that, despite the American belief in starting anew, the past is never over but continues to intrude into the present.
--Mark Busby, Updating the Literary West
Production Team
Those interested in working backstage (stage managers, props crew, sound research, costumes, dresser, running crew) are asked to attend one night of auditions at 6:00pm, and to fill out an audition form, and indicate area of interest backstage. The director will take a few moments to meet with you to discuss your area of interest.
Actors
Please fill out an audition form when you arrive at 7:00pm, Auditions will consist of "cold readings" from the script. Be prepared to make some bold choices, take some risks, and have fun! Prepared monologues and resumes are appreciated, but are NOT required. Please Note: For this production, Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson will be playing the role of "Lee." All other roles are available at auditions.
UIS Theatre invites all theatre artists to audition for roles or apply for offstage work in one of our upcoming productions.
Currently enrolled UIS students are given primary consideration in casting roles and backstage assignments, as well as in determining each production’s artistic & design team.
UIS faculty and staff or theatre artists from the community are cast to play particular roles or work particular artistic and technical assignments whenever the need arises.
A limited number of scripts are available for reserve 24 hr check-out in Brookens Library at the front desk.
Any questions?
Contact the Director: Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson
