FOUR SHOWS, TWO THEATRES, ONE AUDITION
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CenterStage in Lake Forest and 3 Brothers Theatre in Waukegan are proud to announce their exciting new collaborative general auditions opportunity for their theatres’ respective upcoming 2019 seasons, the first “Northern North Shore Unified Generals.”
| General Auditions Dates and Times: |
Thursday, November 29, 7:00 pm – 9:45 pm Saturday, December 1, 11:00 am – 3:15 pm |
| Location: | First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest 700 Sheridan Road Lake Forest |
| Audition requirements: | 1-minute comic monologue from any era |
The production pay will vary by theatre and production. Men and women, ages 20 to 70’s of any race/ethnicity are invited to audition.
The shows include:
ANTON IN SHOW BUSINESS, written by Jane Martin, at 3 Brothers Theatre, Waukegan.
A smart, acerbic backstage comedy, the play details the escalating comic efforts of a Texas troupe to stage Chekhov’s Three Sisters.
| Director: | Caroline Beadle |
| Needed: | 6 women, aged 20-40’s, to perform roles of both sexes. At least 1 African-American woman needed. |
| Callbacks: | Wednesday, December 5 |
| 5:30 pm -7:30 pm | |
| 3 Brothers Downstage Theatre | |
| 115 N. Genesee St, Waukegan | |
| Rehearsals: | Beginning January, 2019. Dates tba. |
| Performances: | Friday, February 15 – Saturday, March 9 Three Brothers Downstage Theatre, Waukegan |
PROOF, written by David Auburn, at 3 Brothers Theatre, Waukegan. A long running Broadway hit from 2000, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning play combines elements of family drama, mystery and surprise with masterful storytelling.
| Director: | Barbara Anderson |
| Needed: | 2 w, 2 m: Catherine (lead role, 20s) Claire (her sister, 30s) Robert, a celebrated math professor (their father, 60s-70s) Hal, a graduate student (early 30s) |
| Callbacks: | Monday, December 3 |
| 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm | |
| 3 Brothers Downstage Theatre | |
| 115 N. Genesee St, Waukegan | |
| Rehearsals: | Beginning February, 2019. Dates tba. |
| Performances: | Friday, April 5 – Saturday, April 27, 2019 3 Brothers Downstage Theatre, Waukegan |
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, Oscar Wilde’s outrageous, witty ‘trivial comedy for serious people’ satirizes social institutions, young love, and marriage, with a frothy plot teeming with mistaken identity and high farce.
| Director: | Edward Kuffert |
| Needed: | 3 men and 2 women, 40’s-70’s 2 men and 2 women, 20’s-30’s |
| Special Requirement: | 1 minute monologue must be in English accent (Received Pronunciation) |
| Callbacks: | Tuesday, December 4 |
| 7:00 pm – 9:45 pm | |
| First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest | |
| 700 Sheridan Road, Lake Forest | |
| Rehearsals: | Beginning mid-January, 2019. Dates tba. |
| Performances: | March 15 – March 24 Gorton Community Center Lake Forest, IL |
AS YOU LIKE IT , William Shakespeare’s delightful romantic comedy, presented as part of CenterStage in Lake Forest’s Free Shakespeare in the Parks summer offering.
| Director: | Barbara Anderson |
| Needed: | 2 men and 2 women, 40’s-70’s 2 men, 30’s 4 women, 20-30 |
| Callbacks: | Early-mid Spring, 2019 |
| Location, Time and Date TBA | |
| Rehearsals: | Beginning mid-late June, 2019, in Lake Forest |
| Performances: | Saturday & Sunday afternoons August 2-September 15 The Parks in Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, Glenview, and Winnetka, with a possible indoor, evening performance in Chicago on Sept 15. |
To audition:
- Prepare a one-minute comic monologue from any era,
- Sign up for your audition time at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4BA8A62DA4FF2-northern ,
- E-mail your digital headshot and resume to info@centerstagelakeforest.org , and
- Be prepared to share any rehearsal conflicts at callbacks.
For those people without a car, all audition and call-back locations are walking distance from the Union Pacific North Line Metra, the downtown Lake Forest train station for Lake Forest locations, and the downtown Waukegan train station for Waukegan locations.