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Auditions for Macbeth and Fall Storytelling Class!
GreenMan Theatre Troupe will be holding auditions for William Shakespeare's timeless tragedy,
"Macbeth"
Auditions will be held on Sunday August 19 at 1 PM, Monday August 20 at 7 PM and Tuesday August 21 at 7 PM. Auditions will be held in Asbury Hall at First United Methodist Church at 232 S. York in Elmhurst.
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Actors will also be expected to read a Shakespearean monologue. They may prepare a dramatic monologue, two minutes or less, from any Shakespearean play. For those who do not have a prepared monologue, they will be given one of the following monologues from "MacBeth" to read.
Macbeth, Act 1, sc. 7: "If it were done..."
Macbeth, Act 2, sc. 1: "Is this a dagger..."
Lady Macbeth, Act 1, sc. 5: either "They met me..." or "The raven himself..."
Porter, act 2, sc. 3: "Here's a knocking indeed."
Macbeth, Act 2, sc. 1: "Is this a dagger..."
Lady Macbeth, Act 1, sc. 5: either "They met me..." or "The raven himself..."
Porter, act 2, sc. 3: "Here's a knocking indeed."
The scenes that will be read in auditions are below. Actors may also click on the following link to find the scenes: Open Source Shakespeare.
Witches, Act 1, sc. 1 and sc. 3 [to Macbeth's entrance]
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, Act 1, sc. 7: "How now what news?" and Act 2, sc. 2: "That which hath made them drunk..." and, with Lords, Act 3, sc. 4: "My royal Lord..."
Macduff and Malcolm, Act 4, sc. 3: "Let us seek out..." and with Ross, Act 4, sc. 3: "What's the newest grief?"
Banquo and Fleance, with Macbeth, Act 2, sc. 1: "How goes the night, boy?"
Duncan, with Lady Macbeth, Act 1, sc. 6: "See, see, our honored hostess..."
Murderers, with Macbeth, Act 3, sc. 1: "Was it not yesterday..."
Lady Macduff and child, Act 4, sc. 2: "Sirrah, your father's dead."
Doctor, Gentlewoman, with Lady Macbeth, Act 5, sc. 1: "I have two nights watched..."
Lords - Ross, Old Man, Macduff, Act 2, sc. 4: "Threescore and ten..." and Angus, Lennox, Act 3, sc. 6: "My former speeches..."
Appointments are not required to audition. There is no pay.
GreenMan Theatre's Artistic Director David Soria is directing the production. Dates of the production are the weekends between October 19-November 4, 2012.
There will be a need for a minimum of 16 actors, and total may increase depending on amount of doubling. Some roles will require doubling. Depending on audition turnout, genders of certain roles in ensemble may be altered. For youth roles, junior high age children or older would be most suitable.
Men: Macbeth, Banquo [d], Duncan [d], Malcolm, Macduff, Donalbain [d], Ross, Lennox [d], other lords [d], Siward [d], Seyton [d], doctor [d], a porter [d], murderers [d], an old man [d], a captain [d]
Youth: Fleance [d], Macduff's son [d], young Siward [d]
GreenMan Theatre's Artistic Director David Soria is directing the production. Dates of the production are the weekends between October 19-November 4, 2012.
There will be a need for a minimum of 16 actors, and total may increase depending on amount of doubling. Some roles will require doubling. Depending on audition turnout, genders of certain roles in ensemble may be altered. For youth roles, junior high age children or older would be most suitable.
Characters (Roles likely to double are marked [d])
Women: Lady Macbeth, Lady Macduff, 3 witches [a man could be cast as one of the witches], gentlewoman [d]
Men: Macbeth, Banquo [d], Duncan [d], Malcolm, Macduff, Donalbain [d], Ross, Lennox [d], other lords [d], Siward [d], Seyton [d], doctor [d], a porter [d], murderers [d], an old man [d], a captain [d]
Youth: Fleance [d], Macduff's son [d], young Siward [d]
