Audition Information for Unwrapped
by Charlie Lovett
Directed by Dan McColley
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Audition Information
Audition Dates: Tuesday, August 29 and Wednesday, August 30 Audition Time: 7:00pm to 9:00pm (both nights) Audition Location: GracePoint Wesleyan Church 1420 Orchard Drive Brookings, SD 57006 Please use north door, room 220 - follow the signs Performance Dates: October 26 - 29, 2017 General Information for Auditions: PLEASE COME ONLY ONE NIGHT. WE WILL BE SEEING MANY ACTORS SO IN THE EFFORT OF TIME, WE ASK THAT YOU COME ONLY ONE NIGHT. THERE IS NO ADVANTAGE TO COMING BOTH NIGHTS Please print and fill out the audition form below and bring with you to auditions. This form will also be available at the door. We are auditioning actors: age 16+. AUDITIONS WILL CONSIST OF: – Reading from the script – Director led improv exercises – A movement audition. We will put you through you a small section of a exercises in small groups. You will then be asked to perform it in front of the production team as a group. Please remember to wear clothing that you can move in and appropriate shoes (i.e NO sandals, flip-flops, etc..) Brief Synopsis
Unwrapped: A Comedy of Horrific Proportions is a comedy by playwright Charlie Lovett. The play is a parody of 1930s Hollywood in which an incompetent film producer makes a low budget horror movie. Unwrapped is a comedy inspired by low-budget horror movies of the 1930s. The most famous of these movies starred monsters such as Frankenstein’s Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and Dracula, most of whom appear in Unwrapped.
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Cast
Looking for 12 Men and 10 Women, cast is in order of number of lines.
David O. Dimwit Powerful Hollywood Producer Gender: Male # of Lines: 85 Ivan Hoo Director of Tourism for Vansyltrania Gender: Male # of Lines: 80 Monster Dr. Fankenstein's Creation Gender: Male or Female # of Lines: 67 Jack Quincy Actor and Film Hero Gender: Male # of Lines: 60 Norma Desmond Hollywood Production Assistant Gender: Female # of Lines: 59 Otto Von Stongman Overbearing German Film Director Gender: Male # of Lines: 57 Maxine Assistant Director Gender: Female # of Lines: 57 Hedda Gobbler Hollywood Gossip Columnist Gender: Female # of Lines: 57 Eegor Dr. Frankenstein's Assistant Gender: Female (preferred) # of Lines: 56 Inspector Idiot Police Investigator Gender: Male or Female # of Lines: 49 James Huntington Egotistical Over-Actor Gender: Male # of Lines: 47 Marcus Von Welby Veterinarian Gender: Male (but could be made female) # of Lines: 41 Lacey Donahue Beautiful (in her own mind) Actress Gender: Female # of Lines: 40 Danielle Dickens Screenwriter (The Brains) Gender: Female # of Lines: 35 Sarah Shakespeare Screenwriter (Not the Brains) Gender: Female # of Lines: 35 Dr. Frankenstein Mad Female Scientist Gender: Female # of Lines: 32 Billy Bob Walton Hillbilly Gender: Male or Female # of Lines: 18 Elliot Timid Actor Gender: Male or Female # of Lines: 12 Yes-Men #1 and #2 Lackeys to David O. Dimwit Gender: Looking for two Male or Female # of Lines: 11 Ernst Dimwit on the Street Gender: Male or Female # of Lines: 6 (may be dual role with Elliot) Dead Bodies (3) Dead Bodies Gender: Male or Female # of Lines: No Lines but will be on stage second half of show Great roles for First Time Actors, Actors looking to get back into shows or someone who does not want lines but wants to help. Will not need to be at all rehearsals (about 1/3 of rehearsals) |
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