AUDITION INFORMATION
We will offer combined audition dates for both of our 2024 - 2025 season plays on
PRIDE & PREJUDICE
Adapted by Kate Hamill, Based on the novel by Jane Austen
Directed by Emily Rogge Tzucker
Except where historical significance, age, gender or racial specificity are required by the narrative, all actors will be considered for open roles regardless of gender identity, age, race or ability. While casting decisions are subjective and driven by the vision of the director and the creative team, Civic Theatre is committed to a diverse and inclusive cast, crew and staff whenever possible.
Audition Dates
Auditions : November 11 & 12, 2024 @ 7pm
Please fill out the audition form completely including conflicts (required), headshot & resumé (not required). You will have the opportunity to select your audition date. 24 hours before your selected date you will be provided with a specific time. Video auditions will be accepted. In general, we cannot arrange for individual times outside of the scheduled auditions. Should we deem it necessary, we MAY schedule alternate dates at a later time.
Callbacks TBD
Details
Director: Emily Rogge Tzucker
Production Dates
Rehearsals – December rehearsals - 12/8, 12/29 and 12/30. Regularly scheduled rehearsals begin in earnest on January 2nd.
Performances – February 7 - 22, 2025
In general, rehearsals will be held Sunday 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm and Monday through Thursday 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm. All actors are not called for all rehearsals. Actual schedule will be determined once the show is cast.
Public performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:00 PM, and Sundays at 2:00 PM.
Student matinee performances are scheduled for February 13 and 20 at 10:30AM.
What To Prepare:
Please plan to read sides provided for the character you’re interested in playing.
*****Please take the time to memorize as much as possible. ******
Notes:
- The play is approximately 2 hours 30 minutes, including intermission.
- The play uses an upperclass British dialect, also known as Received Pronunciation. This dialect is not required for the audition.
SHOW SYNOPSIS
This isn’t your grandmother’s Austen! Bold, surprising, boisterous, and timely, this P&P for a new era explores the absurdities and thrills of finding your perfect (or imperfect) match in life. The outspoken Lizzy Bennet is determined to never marry, despite mounting pressure from society. But can she resist love, especially when that vaguely handsome, mildly amusing, and impossibly aggravating Mr. Darcy keeps popping up at every turn?! Literature’s greatest tale of latent love has never felt so theatrical, or so full of life than it does in this effervescent adaptation. Because what turns us into greater fools…than the high-stakes game of love?
PRIDE & PREJUDICE
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS
Note: Kate Hamill's adaptation is rowdy, fast-paced, and highly comic - this is not a quiet and staid production.
LIZZY BENNET
20s. Clever, spirited; can be sharp-tongued. Our heroine. Gets flustered with makes her klutzy. Prides herself on good judgement and a determination to avoid marriage.
JANE BENNET
20s. Kind, idealistic, diffident. Always tries to do the right thing.
LYDIA BENNET
Early 20s. Self absorbed, interested in boys and her looks. Can be a bit naughty and get into trouble.
MARY BENNET
18-20. Bookish and sulky. Loves to use facts to prove her family wrong. Not interested in boys, clothes, or people in general. Often has a grotesque cough.
MRS. BENNET
40+. Larger than life, overdramatic mother of four daughters. Loud and often has bad manners. Like to drink at parties. When she's upset, fancies she's dying.
MR. BENNET
40+. The patriarch of the Bennet family. Uses reading his newspaper to avoid dealing with his wife's insanity and his four precocious daughters. Loves to make witty observations to vex his wife.
CHARLOTTE LUCAS
20s. A practical girl with a good sense of humor. Lizzy's best friend.
MR. DARCY
20s-30s. One of the richest men in England. Too proper for his own good; awkward in most social contexts. prides himself on self-control and good judgement.
MR. WICKHAM
20s-30s A young soldier who likes to flirt with women and make poor choices.
MR. BINGLEY
20s-30s A kind and sweet gentleman who finds the best in everyone.
MR. COLLINS
20s-40s Annoying, self-absorbed man who loves the sound of his own voice. Finds himself brilliant.
MISS BINGLEY
20s A rich and entitled young woman who thinks she is above everyone. A bully.
LADY CATHERINE
50+ Opinionated grand dame who believes she is always right and everyone must do as she says.
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