AUDITIONS: November 3, 2:45-4:30 PM in Black Box - 2 Contrasting 1-Minute Monologues

If you are not in the Production Class, you will also need:
>a detailed and thorough Resume
>3 Letters of Recommendation from current or former GOHS Teachers
>this Form completed (there are places to submit your Resume & 3 Letters)

NOTE: These auditions are open to the whole school. If you make the UIL Company List, there will be a schedule change to transfer you into the Production Class starting in January 2023. Before a schedule change can be made, there will be a meeting to discuss the Production Class and to review & sign the Production Class Contract with both the student and a parent present.​

You will provide up to 5 possible Conflicts at Auditions.
Come to Auditions prepared to list your Conflicts in chronological order.
See the rehearsal calendar below.
More than 3 Excused Absences will result in dismissal from the production.
Those interested in Tech will complete a Tech Form before Weds, November 2, and will meet with the directors for a short interview. Be prepared to bring a portfolio of past Tech experience & work.
The Audition Prep Material, Audition Form, and Tech Form will be posted in October.

CALLBACKS: November 4, 2:45-4:30 PM in Black Box - Cold Reading

CHARACTERS

CHARLES CONDOMINE - A novelist in his late 30s/early 40s. Charles is bright, sophisticated, articulate, and debonair but somewhat at the mercy of his wives, past and present. His interest in spiritualism as a subject for a novel leads Charles to ask Madame Arcati to dinner and a séance. He is initially skeptical but becomes a believer when the ghost of his first wife appears—and stays. BRITISH RP.
RUTH CONDOMINE - Charles’s second wife in her 30s. Like her husband, Ruth is witty and sophisticated, and she is quite the society matron. Ruth is a bit stuffy and a little predictable. She desires order and rigidity in all things. She is convinced that Charles has lost his mind when Elvira appears. Ruth acts as a concerned wife, trying to restore Charles to normalcy. Efficient, clever, and rational. BRITISH RP.
ELVIRA CONDOMINE - The ghost of Charles’s first wife, died in her 30s. Only Charles can see or hear her. In life, Elvira was spirited, outgoing, wild, and carefree. In death, she is no different. She does love Charles, if somewhat casually, and is jealous of Ruth. Where Ruth represents order & propriety, Elvira stands for chaos & impropriety. Cunning and selfish, her every emotion fills up the entire room and the stage. BRITISH RP.
MADAME ARCATI - The local spiritualist and medium. Elderly but spry, Madame Arcati comes into the play talking to an eight-year-old contact on the other side. She truly is in contact with the other world and inadvertently is the “medium” through which Elvira is called back to this one. She is eccentric, effusive and boisterous, but there are many ways/versions to play her. She takes her work quite seriously, very over the top. This role requires a strong comedienne. BRITISH, could be COCKNEY, or a specific CHARACTER VOICE.
DR. BRADMAN - A good friend of the Condomines who is invited to dinner and the séance. He is entirely skeptical of anything to do with the occult but tries his utmost to go along with the proceedings for the sake of Charles’ research. Could be slightly older than the Condomines. BRITISH RP.
VIOLET BRADMAN - Dr. Bradman’s wife. Simple and naïve, she is quite excited about being in the presence of the medium, whom she finds fascinating. Could be slightly older than the Condomines. BRITISH RP.
EDITH - The Condomine’s new maid; young/18+. She is nervous and tears around at breakneck speed trying to do things right and make a good impression. BRITISH COUNTRYSIDE ACCENT.