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SUMMARY:AUDITIONS: HAMLET
DESCRIPTION:AUDITIONS: HAMLET\n \nAUDITION NOTICE:\nTITLE: HAMLET \nAUTHOR: William Shakespeare\, Adapted by James Rice and Amanda Karr \nDIRECTOR: James Rice \nRUN:  April 5\, 2024 – May 4\, 2024 \nFridays & Saturdays 8pm\, Sundays at 2pm. Special performances on Thursday and Sunday nights may be added for private parties and special events. \nThis is a volunteer community theater production.  Non-Equity.  There is no pay.  \nAUDITION DATES:\nOpen Call: \nDates: Monday\, Feb. 12\, 2024 & Tuesday\, Feb. 13\, 2024  \n(Auditioners only need to come to one night of Open Call Auditions.) \nTimes: 7pm – 9pm \nLocation: Long Beach Playhouse   \nCallbacks: By Invitation Only. \nDate: Wednesday\, Feb.14\, 2024 \nTimes: 7pm – 10pm \nREHEARSALS:\nFirst Read-Through: Saturday\, Feb. 17\, 2024\, Noon – 4 p.m. \nRegular Rehearsal: Starting Monday\, Feb. 19: Monday – Thursday\, 7pm – 10:30pm; Saturdays Mar. 16 & Mar. 23\, Noon – 4p.m. Other possible Saturday Rehearsals may be added at the same time if needed. \n(Please see beginning rehearsal schedule BELOW for specific dates and times.) \nLocation: Long Beach Playhouse \nAUDITION REQUIREMENTS:\nBring headshot and resume.  \nPlease Prepare a 1 min. Shakespearean monologue from the show.  Monologue Sides are provided BELOW.  Please Choose only one to prepare. \nSHORT SYNOPSIS:  \nIn the Shakespeare play\, Hamlet copes with his mother’s treachery\, his father’s death and the corrupt king and uncle\, who marries his mother. In this adaptation\, set in a 19th century asylum\, we discover a young inmate struggling with their father’s death. To cope\, they relive the Hamlet saga in their mind over and over. After a psychotic break\, we enter their mind and see their four other personalities re-enact Shakespeare’s play. \nCASTING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:\nNOTE: All ethnicities and gender identities will be considered for all roles. \nHAMLET/CORE  (F or M\, 25 – 30) Patient Zero and Nephew of Claudius\, son of Gertrude.  \nHAMLET/VENGEANCE (M\, 25 – 30) Embodiment of key emotional trait of Hamlet’s vengeance. \nHAMLET/JUSTICE (M or F\, 25 – 30) Embodiment of key emotional trait of Hamlet’s justice. \nHAMLET WISDOM (F\, 20 – 75) Embodiment of key emotional trait of Hamlet’s wisdom. \nHAMLET/INNOCENCE (F or M\, 18 – 25 reads young) Embodiment of key emotional trait of Hamlet’s innocence. \nCLAUDIUS (M\, 55 – 65) Hamlet’s Uncle\, King of Denmark. Chief Doctor in Prologue. Conniving and ambitious \nGERTRUDE (F\, 55 – 65) Hamlet’s Mother\, Queen of Denmark. Matron in Prologue. Domineering\, sexually manipulative. \nPOLONIUS (M\, 45 – 65) Lord Chamberlain – Claudius’ court. Doctor in Prologue. Affable and voice of wisdom. \nLAERTES (M\, 25 – 30) Polonius’ son\, Ophelia’s brother. Visitor in Prologue. Fiercely protective of Ophelia\, rival of Hamlet. \nOPHELIA (F\, 20 – 25) Polonius’ daughter\, Laertes’ sister. Patient in Prologue. Loves Hamlet. \nHORATIO (M\, 25 – 35) Hamlet’s close friend. Orderly in Prologue \nMARCELLUS (M or F\, 20 – 75) Soldier who sees ghost with Hamlet. Orderly in Prologue \nCHORUS (F or M\, 18 – 75) Looking for 4 ensemble members to play Ghost\, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern\, Player King & Player Queen\, Clown\, Priest\, Osric\, and the patients in the prologue. \nBEGINNING REHEARSAL SCHEDULE:\n\n\nHamlet-Beg.-Reh.-Schedule-V.2Download\n\n\n\n \n\n\nMONOLOGUE SIDES:\n\n\nHamlet-Monologue-finalDownload\n\n\n\nKing-Claudius-monologue-finalDownload\n\n\n\nQueen-Gertrude-monologue-finalDownload\n\n\n\nLord-Polonius-monologue-finalDownload\n\n\n\nLaertes-monologue-finalDownload\n\n\n\nOphelia-monologue-finalDownload\n\n\n\nHoratio-monologue-finalDownload\n\n\n\nFemale-identifying-chorus-monologue-finalDownload\n\n\n\nMale-identifying-chorus-monologue-finalDownload\n\n\nFULL HAMLET SCRIPT:\n\n\nHamlet-Working-Script-110823-versionDownload
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