THE LIAR - Annapolis MD OPEN Call by Appt
Compass Rose Theater
AUDITION DATE
Jul 13, 2017 4:30 pm (EDT)
Jul 14, 2017 4:30 pm (EDT)
APPOINTMENTS
For Audition Appointment, please email audition@compassrosetheater.org Questions--please call Mary Ruth Cowgill at 443-822-2092
CONTRACT
Special Appearance Level II. $361/week (AEA). Local housing provided for out-of-town actors.
SEEKING
Equity and non-Equity actors.
PREPARATION
Bring 2 copies of headshot and resume. Please prepare a 1 and 1/2 minute, comic monologue, classical preferred. Sides from the play will be provided at the audition.
LOCATION
Compass Rose Theater
49 Spa Road
Annapolis, MD 21401
PERSONNEL
Founding Artistic Director: Lucinda Merry-Browne
Stage Director: Steve Tobin
Author: Pierre Corneille, translation by Richard Wilbur
OTHER DATES
1st rehearsal: August 7, 2017. Runs September 8--October 8, 2017 (Thursday - Saturday evenings, Saturday and Sunday matinees, select weekday matinees)
OTHER
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
A rollicking farce by Pierre Corneille first performed in 1644. This hilarious play of mistaken identities and fabrications illustrates the tangled web which lies and deceit create.
Dorante, the dubious hero of the play is fond of exaggeration, and at worst, bald faced lies. His lies are almost his undoing, but love and truth win in the end.
Delightful and funny, this play is a Restoration comedy, but very relevant today.
Dorante (Late 20's/Early 30's) is the 17th Century “playboy”: witty, energetic, enthusiastic, inventive, and fearless in his lying.
Cliton (25-35) is Dorante's trusty servant. He is in awe of Dorante's easy way with things, and is amazed at how he gets away with so much.
Clarice (Mid 20's) is a young lady of Paris, from a wealthy family. Educated and beautiful, she too has a bit of the “live life to the fullest” philosophy.
Lucrèce (Mid 20's) is Clarice's best friend. Also lovely, smart, and wealthy - but cautious and circumspect.
Sabine (18-40) is Lucrece's servant. Smart and loyal, but with a bit of a mercenary streak.
Isabelle (18-40) is Clarice's servant. Also smart and loyal, but a bit more of the romantic.
Géronte (50-70): is Dorante's father, honorable, well meaning, a gentleman, and a bit befuddled by all the goings-on around him.
Alcippe (Late 20's/Early 30's) is a wealthy, quick-tempered young man of Paris who is a close acquaintance of Dorante and the secret fiancé of Clarice
Philiste (Late 20's/Early 30's) is Alcippe’s close friend and chief supporter.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to audition.
