Please submit to contact information provided.Archetype Productions presents:
Interruptions
To be produced at:
The Calgary Region One-Act Play Festival, March 16-18, 2011 (Performance date TBA); and
The Calgary International Fringe Festival, July 29-August 6, 2011 (Performance dates TBA)
The Play:
The death of a child during pregnancy or at birth is often a silent loss. Many people do not acknowledge that the unborn baby was “really” a baby and minimize the significance of the death. Bereaved parents are often hurried to recover and return to normal as soon as possible. Failure to bring a baby to a full-term, healthy birth leaves parents with feelings of failure, shame and inadequacy. The resulting grief places great pressure on a couples’ relationship and can end friendships and strain family connections when insensitive comments are made or support is not there. This play is structured as a series of monologues each featuring a character who has been touched by the loss of a baby, an event that occurs more often than most of us realize. It highlights each character’s struggle to understand and grieve his or her loss and eventually come to a place of acceptance, healing and hope. While the subject matter is serious, there is much warmth and humour in the piece. It received a staged reading at Sage Theatre’s 2010 IGNITE! festival.
We are seeking female actors who can play ages 20’s to 40’s and a male actor who can play late teens and 40’s. Actors will be cast in two speaking roles. Actors must be able to commit to both productions.
We are also seeking persons to fill the positions of stage manager and lighting/sound design/technician.
Rehearsals begin the week of January 23, 2011 and will be scheduled during weekday and weekend days and evenings, to maximize the mutual convenience of cast and crew while affording flexibility.
Between January 23 and March 15, 2011 (in preparation for the One-Act Festival), actors can expect to rehearse 3 times weekly but will not be required to attend each rehearsal in its entirety.
Between March 19 and July 28, 2011 (in preparation for the Calgary Fringe), actors will be required to attend 1-2 rehearsals per week, to remain on top of the material, with the occasional extra rehearsal added as the festival approaches. (This will allow actors to potentially pursue other projects during the late spring.)
Audition Dates:
Saturday January 15, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Sunday January 16, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Monday January 17, 2011 from 8:00-9:00 p.m. (those unable to attend earlier/Callbacks as
needed)
Audition Location: Morpheus Theatre Rehearsal space at the Community Arts Centre (Old Currie Barracks; see morpheustheatre.ca for map))
Audition Requirements: Cold reads of selected monologues from the play. Please arrive 15 minutes before your audition to familiarize yourself with the material and expect to stay 30 minutes afterward should we wish to read auditioners together.
Please send your resume and any dates/times you cannot attend auditions to:
Wendy Froberg
Archetype Productions
frobergw@telus.net
403-243-6944
Directed by Joe-Norman Shaw, designed by David Smith & Martens, and featuring a power-house cast.
