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The Curate Shakespeare As You Like It
Auditions
Dates: Sunday- June 27th 2-5 pm, and Monday June 28th 7-9pm
Callbacks: (if necessary) Wednesday June 30th
First read through: Thursday July 1st
Rehearsals begin in earnest on July 20th
(I anticipate a rehearsal schedule of Tuesday and Thursday evenings 7-10 and Sundays 2-5)
Performances- September 10, 11, 12; 17, 18, 19; 24 and 25
The Curate Shakespeare As You Like It by Don Nigro is a comedy, which takes about 60%, or more, of its text from William Shakespeare’s As You Like It. The rest of the play tells the story of a hapless theatre troupe trying to present the play after losing 4/5 of its company members. Characters in the play are referred to by the parts they were cast as in the company’s production, but they all play multiple parts. All cast members are onstage virtually all of the time- reacting, playing bit parts or crowds, and helping (or at times, not so much helping) each other. Character changes will be actualized by physical and vocal changes and the use of quick costume elements.
A portion of the script is available here.
Character descriptions are below; any questions email me at digjr@comcast.net.
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| Players in the Curate's Company |
Character in Mr. Shakespeare's Play |
Curate |
Adam, Wicked Duke, LeBeau, Good Duke, Corin, Sir Oliver Martext |
The Curate is the company manager, the father figure, the leader. He could be older than
the rest, but doesn’t have to be. He does have to be the authority figure. He is likened by
Rosalind to be either Shakespeare or God |
Celia |
Celia, Aliena, Phoebe, Snake |
Celia is the voice of reason, or maybe the voice of pessimism. She realizes how good the
company really is, and at times is prone to despair. |
Rosalind |
Minstrel, Chorus, Deer, Stage Direction, Bush, Footnote |
Rosalind is beloved by all the company members, and may actually be a great actress, but
she has lost her mind, and can’t keep her lines in her head. She is described as having the
voice of an angel, and, at times, leads the company in Elizabethan songs. |
William |
Orlando, Musician, William |
| William the actor is, for the most part, the rough uncultured farm hand his original character is, but he rises to the occasion and his Orlando surprises everyone. |
Amiens |
Oliver, Sentry, Amiens, Jaques, Musician, Silvius |
| Amiens is a bit player who is called on to perform one of Shakespeare’s iconic characters, to less than stellar results. He has been involved in the past with Celia, and wishes to be so again. |
Clown |
Dennis, Charles, Sentry, Touchstone, Oak Tree, Jaques de Boys, Hymen |
| Clown is a trooper, but unfortunately, not a terribly funny one.He is the backbone of the company. |
Audrey |
Rosalind, Ganymede, Audrey, Lioness |
| Audrey is the essential Broadway Baby, plucked out of the chorus to replace the star, and becoming a star herself. She begins as an unconfident nobody, and grows into a star, with slight detour into diva, to make it interesting. |
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