Theatre and Drama

Student Project 12 OPHELIAS Auditions January 24

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Audition information for
12 Ophelias (A Play with Broken Song) by Caridad Svich
Directed by Amelia Eichmeier and Rachel Reichard

Performing April 10-12, Vilas Hall 4010

“Shakespeare’s Ophelia rises up out of the water dreaming of Pop-Tarts and other sweet things. She finds herself in a neo-Elizabethan Appalachian setting where Gertrude runs a brothel, Hamlet is called a Rude Boy, and nothing is what it seems. In this mirrored world of word-scraps and cold sex, Ophelia cuts a new path for herself.”

Characters
 
OPHELIA: CRACKED ANGEL FOR A NEW-FANGLED AGE
RUDE BOY (HAMLET): OPHELIA’S UNDISGUISED LOVER
R (ROSENCRANTZ): GUARDIAN OF MEMORY
G (GUILDENSTERN): GUARDIAN OF MEMORY
H (HORATIO): BEST FRIEND AND CONFIDANTE OF RUDE BOY
GERTRUDE: A MONIED MADAM WITH A PURE VOICE
MINA: LOCAL WHORE
CHORUS OF OPHELIAS: 3-5 APPARITIONS, VOICES BURIED UNDERWATER
6 W, 2M, 2A, CAST OF 10-12
 

Intimacy and violence

While the script includes moments of staged intimacy and violence, we are forgoing any kind of moments of staged intimacy and violence in this piece.
This play does include themes of trauma, sex, death, violence, child loss, and prostitution, and usage of hard language
For a detailed breakdown of moments of intimacy/violence and their placeholders, please refer to the spreadsheet here.
Auditions
Auditions are January 24th from 6PM to 10PM in Vilas 4010. If you have a conflict during that time please reach out to Amelia Eichmeier (aeichmeier@wisc.edu) and Rachel Reichard (rereichard@wisc.edu)
For the audition, prepare a 1-2 minute length contemporary monologue in the style of the play. You do not need to be off book!! We will also have cold read monologues available. Please also prepare a 1-2 minute cut of a song in the style of singer-songwriter/folk. If you are unsure what to pick, please refer to the lists below.
Additionally, this show will utilize music played by actors/musicians. If you have a talent in an instrument you’d like to bring in, either to self-accompany or to play along with your cut, please feel free! We will have a piano in the room to use.
Sign up for an audition time here-> https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0C4FA5AA2AA4F94-58451064-auditions#/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaeXZj64yYgkmw9BhcCrG72ZZRwQ3pR3DWIlNHjedcJ7v2-ZJ-tGAXcXMOoMRg_aem_mK94QljUMlt7GBUEuCLaoQ
Some artists that fit under the singer-songwriter/folk genre:
Plays/Playwrights with similar style to the show [feel free to refer to this monologue suggestion document as well!]:
NOTE: Don’t feel like you have to adhere to artists/plays only on these lists! Please feel free to bring other material not mentioned above, we want to see your interpretation of the work in your selection of pieces!