#2021 Auditions
Canberra REP regularly has six shows each calendar year for which we hold open Auditions. During 2021 we are producing 7 shows.
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dates subject to change*
Audition Bookings are open for:
Sense and Sensibility by Kate Hamill. Directed by Liz Bradley
A playful new adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel follows the fortunes (and misfortunes) of the Dashwood sisters, shortly after their father’s sudden death. Set in gossipy 18-century England, with a fresh female voice, the play is full of humour, emotional depth and bold theatricality. When reputation is everything, how do you follow your heart?
Performing 18 November – 4 December 2021.
Auditions will be at the O’Connor Guide Hall
Saturday 11 September 10am – 4pm
Sunday 12 September 10am – 4pm
Audition blocks are for 15 minutes per person with scripts available from Canberra REP for a $5 cash deposit, Wed – Fri 10am – 4pm.
All auditionees must read the play, and prepare a monologue of up to one minute in length. This can be from the play or any other source but similar in style to the character/play.
Rehearsals Mon and Wed, and Sunday afternoons, from 27 Sept times and venue TBC.
Characters:
Elinor Dashwood – the eldest Dashwood sister; sensible.
Marianne Dashwood – the middle Dashwood sister; sensitive.
Margaret Dashwood – youngest Dashwood sister; 10-13 years old.
Mrs. Dashwood – mother to the Dashwood sisters.
John Dashwood – half-brother to the Dashwood sisters (from their father’s side; no blood relation to Mrs. Dashwood).
Edward Ferrars – a gentleman; a bachelor.
Fanny (Ferrars) Dashwood – wife to John Dashwood and sister to Edward; nasty.
Colonel Brandon – an older bachelor; over 45 years old.
John Willoughby – an unusually handsome young man.
Sir John Middleton – a country gentleman; distant relation to Mrs. Dashwood.
Mrs. Jennings – a good-natured, boisterous woman; mother-in-law to Sir John and a terror to the countryside.
Lady Middleton – am over-bred lady.
Lucy Steele – a young girl from no fortune.
Anne Steele – Lucy’s sister; indiscreet.
Robert Ferrars – a callow young man; Edward Ferrars’ younger brother.
Also, to be doubled with the cast:
Gossips 1 – 5 – a chorus of high-society creatures.
Servants – including Thomas
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