The Coarse Acting Show by Michael Green
Directed by Dan Strickland
Auditions will consist of reading from the script and possibly some improv.
Location – South City Theatre, 2969 Pelham Parkway, AL
Friday 4/8 starting at 7:00 pm
Sunday 4/10 starting at 2:00 pm
The author defines a Coarse Actor as one who can remember their lines but not the order in which they came. In this hilarious journey through the season of a local theater company, everything that can go wrong, does. Props fail, the scenery malfunctions, sound and light cues are unreliable at best, and even the furniture can not be trusted. In the grand tradition of theater the cast plows ahead in the face of the onslaught and contribute their own comical difficulties due to nature of the Coarse Actor.
Show Dates:
6/10-11 at 7:30, 6/12 at 2:00, and 6/16-18 at 7:30 at South City.
***Bring your calendar with all your conflicts 4/25– 6/18 to the audition.***
Rehearsal:
Begin the first week in May, with a possible read thru the week before. The intention is to rehearse 3 days a week (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday or Sunday afternoon) until tech. If this works and what days will depend on the casts conflicts.
Looking for five men and six women to stage the five one act plays of various genres. There is physical comedy, so the physical ability to do that sort of thing will be a factor. Russian and British accents are a plus (even bad ones).
Also looking for an Assistant Director/Stage Manager and/or light and sound operator (light and sound cue misfires are an important part of the show.)
The scripts include:
Streuth (whodunit) 9 parts
A Collier’s Tuesday Tea (grim working class drama) 9 parts
The Cherry Sisters (Chekov pastiche) 10 parts
Oedocles, King of Thebes (Greek tragedy) 6 parts + chorus
Trapped (country-house, “reading of the will,” thriller) 9 parts