Grass: September 28-29 & October 4-5
Maids/Moors: November 15-17 & 20-24
Wednesday, August 28 6:30-9:00pm, Studio S
Thursday, August 29, 5:30-8:00pm, Studio S
Sunday, September 1, 6:00-9:00pm, Lab Theatre
No preparation is needed in order to audition for these productions. Please bring your fall schedule, including any known conflicts between September and November, dress to move, and expect to be asked to perform cold readings from any/all of the scripts. You will be able to audition for one, two, or all three of these shows. You will only need to attend one day of general auditions. Copies of full show scripts will be available for checkout in the KT office.
If you have questions, or if you have scheduling issues with the audition times (including needing to arrive late or leave early), please contact directors Kat Altman or Tyler Haugen regarding Maids/Moors (kaltman
Solange and Claire are two housemaids who construct elaborate rituals when their mistress (Madame) is away. The focus of their role-playing is the murder of Madame and they take turns portraying both sides of the power divide.
Roles:
Solange – a maid.
Claire – a maid.
Madame – a woman of money and power.
In “1840s…ish” Victorian England, a governess arrives at a dysfunctional family’s household on the isolated moors and becomes a catalyst for disruption, awakening primal, and sometimes violent, desires.
Roles:
Agatha – Oldest sister and head of the household. (She may or may not have chained up her louse of a brother in the attic.) Severe, regal, intelligent, ambitious, pragmatic to a fault. Sings one short song a cappella.
Emilie – Newly arrived governess from outside London. Expecting to be serving under the household’s brother and to be looking after an infant, she is increasingly distraught to find neither in the home. Naive, gentle, strong-willed, driven. Sings one short song with guitar or ukulele.
Huldey – Youngest sister, living in her own fantasy world, obsessed with her diary and the best way to become famous (perhaps by murdering her sister?) Incompetent and brainless, attention-seeking, childish, ridiculous. Sings one epic rock power ballad; may or may not accompany self live on guitar.
Marjory/Mallory – The crafty, self-serving maid of the household who plays a game of having two identities: the scullery maid, who has typhus, and the parlor maid, who is pregnant. Manipulative, power-hungry, clever, a bit sadistic.
Mastiff – The anthropomorphic family dog who spends his days alone on the moors, writing morose poetry about his lonely existence and searching for love and companionship. Existential, depressed, a poet.
Moor Hen – The anthropomorphic moor hen who injures her leg and strikes up an unlikely (unwilling?) friendship with Mastiff. Flighty (no joke), straightforward, practical and tactile.
Sofie is just one little girl trying to understand what her parents’ divorce means amid the growing pains of her own adolescence. She finds allies in her childhood best friend and her imaginary elephant. Together they embark on a journey of reconciliation, hope, and squirrel catching. “When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.”
Roles:
Sofie – 11 year old girl
Raquel – 11 year old girl
Elephant/Father – adult man, imaginary friend/father
Squirrel – adult woman, imaginary friend/stepmother