Seeking Video Auditions for "The Comedy of Errors"
Bainbridge Performing Arts is accepting video audition submissions for our June Bard at Bloedel production of “The Comedy of Errors” by William Shakespeare, Directed by Kristi Ann Jacobson.
Closing date for auditions is March 18th by end-of-day.
DETAILS
Performances will be June 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, July 1, 2, 3 at 7:00PM at beautiful Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island
Callbacks will be held in person on Sunday March 20th and/or 27th
Rehearsals will be April 18 - June 24 and be Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 6:45-9:30 and Saturdays 11:30-5:00. Rehearsals will be a mix of in-person and remote, via Zoom. In-person rehearsals will be held at either T3 (BPA’s new temporary location at the Pavilion, a 15 minute walk from the ferry dock) or at Bloedel Reserve. Ferry passes will be provided for our Seattle-area cast members for rehearsals and performances.
Please see synopsis and character list below
REQUIREMENTS
Please submit an approximately 1 minute video of your monologue from a Shakespeare play.
Audition materials (video, headshot, and resume) can be uploaded to our Dropbox at https://www.dropbox.com/request/2EGjgULj1wuxXwg4dLWN
Performers must be fully COVID 19 vaccinated
BPA is committed to access, opportunity, and representation in all its projects, and we greatly look forward to performers of any and all genders, races, and body types at auditions.
CHARACTERS
EGEON, a merchant from Syracuse
SOLINUS, Duke of Ephesus
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE, a traveler in search of his mother and his brother
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE, Antipholus of Syracuse’s servant
FIRST MERCHANT, a citizen of Ephesus
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS, a citizen of Ephesus
DROMIO OF EPHESUS, Antipholus of Ephesus’s servant
ADRIANA, Antipholus of Ephesus’s wife
LUCIANA, Adriana’s sister
LUCE (also called Nell), kitchen maid betrothed to Dromio of Ephesus
MESSENGER, servant to Antipholus of Ephesus and Adriana
ANGELO, an Ephesian goldsmith
SECOND MERCHANT, a citizen of Ephesus to whom Angelo owes money
BALTHASAR, an Ephesian merchant invited to dinner by Antipholus of Ephesus
COURTESAN, hostess of Antipholus of Ephesus at dinner
DR. PINCH, a schoolmaster, engaged as an exorcist
OFFICER (also called Jailer), an Ephesian law officer
LADY ABBESS (also called Emilia), head of a priory in Ephesus
Attendants, Servants to Pinch, Headsman, Officers
SYNOPSIS
Twintastic! The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeare's early plays. It’s his shortest and one of his most farcical comedies, with a major part of the humor coming from slapstick and mistaken identity, in addition to puns and word play. After both being separated from their twins in a shipwreck, Antipholus and his slave Dromio go to Ephesus to find them. The other set of twins lives in Ephesus, and the new arrivals cause a series of incidents of mistaken identity.