Prague Playhouse

Playwriting Contest Auditions: Jan 11 and 14

January 3rd, 2009 at 11:53am brian

Auditions for the Prague Playwriting Contest will be held January 11th from 14:00 – 17:00 and January 14th from 18:30 – 21:30 at the Prague Film School, Pstrossova 19, Prague 1. Please prepare a monologue for the audition (around 2 minutes). For more information and to schedule a time to audition, please contact Brian: brian@pragueplayhouse.com.

A few things to keep in mind:

• There is no pay for actors
• The show dates are February 21 and 25 , March 1 and 4. You will need to be available for those dates.

The roles that we’re looking for are:

Forced Entry (by Dale Bruton, directed by Todd Kramer)

STEVE A cat burglar. He is tall and good-looking, but speaks with a strong coarse Cockney accent. He is dressed in dark nondescript clothes, appropriate to his source of income.
LEE Also a cat burglar, although slightly rotund and shorter. His Cockney accent has cadences indicating lesser intelligence than his partner in crime.
JULIA The apparent inhabitant of the house. She is good-looking although rough around the edges, and her voice contains hints of brogue. She is swathed in an expensive nightdress.

Early Retirement (by David Fisher, directed by Gordon Truefitt)

GERRY an Englishman who is a workaholic. He has stomach pains and takes pills because of the stress.
ZUZKA GERRY’s wife. Czech. Takes care of GERRY but is treated badly.
MATĚJOVSKÝ a Czech inventor. Lives in a small town.

The King Size (by Ted Weesner Jr., directed by Mel Rada)

CYRUS mid-twenties, an American journalist
SILVIA early-twenties, a Slovak studying psychology in Prague
INKY fiftyish, an American editor & longtime expat
THEOBALD sixtyish, an American novelist, father of CYRUS

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