Beowulf Alley Theatre auditions for two new plays

 

From: theatre@beowulfalley.org
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 10:53 AM
Subject: Auidtion Notice

 

Beowulf Alley Theatre announces

Auditions

For two new plays

 

Beowulf Alley Theatre will be holding auditions for Eugene O’Neill’s “new” play Exorcism and a new play by Jem Street, Hope, Monday, June 4^th at 7:00 PM to 8:30PM at Beowulf Alley Theatre, 11 S. 6^th Avenue, in downtown Tucson. Auditions will consist of readings from the scripts.

 

Needed:

 

Exorcism:

Two men (20’s)

Three men (30-60)

 

Hope

Two women (30-45)

One African-American woman (20’s)

One woman (20’s)

Two men (35-50’s)

 

Exorcism is a one-act play about a troubled young man and his difficult relationship with his family. It is something of a palimpsest for Long Days Journey Into Night, as the main character Ned is reminiscent to Jamie Tyrone. The play was performed by the Provincetown Players in 1920 and then quickly withdrawn. It is speculated that O’Neill was too uncomfortable with such an honest portrait of himself and his father. Recently rediscovered, this production will run Friday and Saturday, July 6^th, 7^th, 13^th, 14^th at 7:30PM and Sunday July 8^th at 2:30PM.

 

Hope by Jem Street is a new play and part of her graces trilogy that includes Faith and Love. Street’s work meditates on American life in the first part of the new millennium with humor, candor and a sense of history. Hope is the story of Joe Chandler, a Tennessee businessman being courted to run for the U.S. House of Representatives. Chandler must look back over his life and determine if he has “been a good enough man to be a politician.” In flashback his history with romantic relationships, a stormy relationship with his racist father, and all that he has been must be seen through this ironic prism. This is a full-length play and the performance dates are Friday and Saturday July 20^th, 21^st, 27^th, and 28^th at 7:30 PM and Sunday July 22^nd at 2:30 PM.

 

For more information contact Michael Fenlason at 520 882 0555 or at theatre@beowulfalley.org.

 

 

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