AUDITIONS FOR SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

Auditions will be held:
Friday, July 8th 6 - 9 pm

Saturday, July 9th, Noon - 4 pm

Auditions will be at the George Frey Center in the Fair Lawn Rec Building, in the Card Room, just off the Atrium. 

Callbacks, if needed, will be Sunday, July 10th, 6 - 9 pm, Location TBD.

Please prepare a Shakespeare monologue. If you do not have one prepared, selections from the show will be provided for you. After your monologue, you may be asked to stay and do a scene from the show with a partner. 

We are eager to see actors of all shapes, sizes, races, ages, abilities, and genders. 

Please be aware! This is an OUTDOOR production, and neither rain nor shine nor mosquito shall keep us from our appointed rounds. It is likely that most of the rehearsals will also be outdoors. 

ROLES:

Don Pedro - Prince of Arragon

Don John - his bastard brother

Claudio - a young lord of Florence

Benedick - a young lord of Padua.

Leonato - governor of Messina

Antonio - his brother

Hero - daughter to Leonato

Beatrice - niece to Leonato

Margaret - gentlewoman attending on Hero

Ursula - gentlewoman attending on Hero

Balthasar - attendant on Don Pedro

Conrade - follower of Don John

Borachio - follower of Don John

Friar Francis

Dogberry - a constable

Verges - a headborough

And assorted Ensemble.

For detailed character breakdown and description, visit 

https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/muchado/characters/

We will be using the Dover Thrift Editions script of Much Ado About Nothing, which has had heavy cuts made to it. To read a free copy of the (unedited) script in the meanwhile, please visit 

http://shakespeare.mit.edu/much_ado/full.html