AUDITIONS - AUDITIONS - AUDITIONS !!
Semi-Circle Spring Production 2010: "Quartet" by Ronald Harwood
Director Mark Giesser
Assistant Director: Peter Hilton
Theatre: Baseldytsche Bihni
Performance Dates: February, 2010: 11, 12, 13, 18, 19 & 20
AUDITIONS will take place on October 28, starting 18:30 at the Lohnhof
Note:
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Where: Im Lohnhof 8*
When: October 28th, starting 18:30
Roles: 2 male & 2 female
* Same entrance as Centrepoint, next to Basel Musikmuseum
About the Play:
Quartet, by Ronald Harwood, is a contemporary dramatic comedy about three friends -- Cissy, Reg and Wilf -- who are retired professional opera singers struggling to make a meaningful life for themselves in a home for aging singers and musicians in Kent, England. Their equilibrium is threatened by the unexpected arrival of Jean, Reg's ex-wife from a brief and disastrous marriage.
2 women:
Jean Horton: once a major star, now dealing with physical frailties and the shock of economic distress; she's still very much the diva.
Cecily (Cissy) Robson: cheerful, easygoing, and eagerly involved in the activities of the home; she battles with lapses into acute memory confusions, and a fear that people may be whispering about her behind her back.
2 men:
Reginald Paget: the prim gentleman artist, writing his autobiography and concerned with the philosophy of art; he tries to maintain a calm and dignified manner, but is susceptible to sudden rages.
Wilfred Bond: the rogue and joker, lively and untidy; he's constantly making sexual innuendoes which mask a lingering sadness over the death of his beloved wife.
All four characters are "mature" in years: The script specifies 70+ but remember that our make-up team can add enough years to anyone over about 50 years.
The roles are all of about equal size. The actors do not actually have to sing.
About the Director:
Mark Giesser is a writer/director and producer whose work has been seen across the United States from New York to Hawaii. Off-Broadway: How to Build a Better Tulip, with Emmy-winner Lois Nettleton; Code of the West; Hansen’s Cab; The Night They Burned Washington; Pledge of Allegiance. In London, he directed and co-produced the UK premiere of Jim Nolan’s Blackwater Angel at the Finborough Theatre, following its world premiere at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre. He is a member of the U.S. Society of Directors and Choreographers and the League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers.
Mark is curretly working with Giant Olive on his UK playwriting debut.
