Renaissance City Theatre Company
at The Granite Theatre
DOUBLE AUDITION NOTICE
Auditions for the Granite Theatre's first two productions
Sunday January 8, 2017 @ 1pm & Monday, January 9, 2017 @7pm
1 Granite St, Westerly, RI 02891
Alan Ayckbourn’s COMMUNICATING DOORS
DIRECTOR: Brian Olsen - 401-363-2452
PERFORMANCE DATES: March 17 – April 9, 2017
CAST NEEDED:
2 Men able to play ages 35 & 55/60 1 Woman to play 25 & 45
1 man to play 30 & 70 1 Woman to play 45 -50
1 Woman to play 33
This intricate time traveling comic thriller by the British master of farcical comedy delighted London and New York audiences. A London sex specialist from the future stumbles into a murder plot that sends her, compliments of a unique set of hotel doors, traveling back in time. She and two women who were murdered in 1998 and 1978 race back and forth in time trying to rewrite history and prevent their own violent ends. The frantic race begins when Poopay is hired for an evening at the Regal Hotel by an old man who eschews a fling in favor of confessing his role in the demise of his wives. Now a target, Poopay flees into the vestibule and somehow triggers the time machine. A real knockout...A vastly entertaining blend of the West End drawing room thriller with one of Priestley's old time plays, where characters go whirling throughout time. Of course, Ayckbourn has added innumerable piquant and bizarre details of his own...This is a show to see. - The New York Post
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Robert Harwood's TAKING SIDES
DIRECTOR: Jude Pescatello – 860-912-0977
CAST NEEDED: PERFORMANCE DATES - April 21 – May 13, 2017
2 Men 35 to 50
1 Man 20’s to 30’s German accents required for some roles.
1 Man 60’s
2 Women 20’s to 30’s
TAKING SIDES takes place in the American Zone of occupied Berlin, in 1946. It is here the American portion of the De-Nazification Tribunal take over the questioning of Wilhelm Furtwängler, one of the outstanding conductors of his time. As the terrors of Nazism spread, many of Furtwängler's colleagues fled the country, but Furtwängler mysteriously chose to stay. Did he stay to do as much good as possible in the face of evil or did he stay to serve Hitler? Little is known of the motives and methods of the Tribunal, which is the focus of TAKING SIDES. What is known is that Furtwängler was humiliated, pursued and, even after his acquittal, disinformation followed him. This may or may not have been justified—it all depends on the side you take. A brave, wise and deeply moving play delineating the confrontation between culture, and power, between art and politics, between irresponsible freedom and responsible compromise. A gripping moral challenge in a cock sure and self-seeking age. —London Sunday Times.
There will be readings from the script. No appointment necessary. All cast and crew receive stipend payments for performances. For directions go to our website www.granitetheatre.com
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