BPA Combined Auditions for Pride and Prejudice + Macbeth
Bainbridge Performing Arts is pleased to announce that combined auditions for PRIDE AND PREJUDICE plus MACBETH will be held February 9 and 10, Sunday from 5:30 – 9:30 p.m. plus Monday from 6:40 – 9:30 p.m.
ROLES
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE includes roles for 8 – 10 actors, ages 18 and up. MACBETH includes roles for 14 – 20 actors, ages 12 and up. (The role of Macbeth has been cast; all other roles are open to audition.) See detailed character listings for each production below.
REQUIREMENTS
Those auditioning for either or both productions are required to prepare two approximately 1-minute contrasting monologues – one contemporary (Ibsen, Shaw, Wilde, and Chekhov through the present) and one classic. For those auditioning for MACBETH only, the classic monologue should be Shakespeare. British RP accents will be used for PRIDE AND PREJUDICE but are not required for the monologue.
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE RUN DATES
May 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, and 17, with a special Pay-What-You-Can Preview on April 30
MACBETH RUN DATES
July 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, and 26, with a special Pay-What-You-Can Preview July 8
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE REHEARSALS
March 9 - April 29, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 6:40 – 9:40 p.m. plus Saturdays from 11:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. The majority of rehearsals will be held at BPA with a few at Theatre Puget Sound in Seattle. Cast members will be provided with walk-on ferry passes for rehearsals and performances.
MACBETH REHEARSALS
May 18 through July 8, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 6:40 – 9:40 p.m. plus Saturdays from 11:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. All rehearsals will be held at BPA or Bloedel Reserve, and Seattle-area cast members will be provided with walk-on ferry passes for rehearsals and performances.
Auditions are by appointment only.
DETAILED LIST OF CHARACTERS - PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
NOTE - If playing another gender identity, please do not play “at” being a man or a woman. Play the character, not the gender.
JANE - late 20s / early 30s. The eldest and most beautiful Bennet daughter. Kind, idealistic, diffident. Always tries to do the right thing. May be doubled with MISS DE BOURGH.
MISS DE BOURGH - Lady Catherine’s daughter; a gremlin. Probably allergic to sun. Underneath all her veils, she may be covered in scales. May be doubled with JANE.
LIZZY - A year or two younger than Jane. Clever, spirited; can be sharp-tongued. Gets flustered, which makes her klutzy. Prides herself on good judgment. Not especially beautiful. Very very scared of marriage, after absorbing the lessons of her parent’ marriage.
LYDIA - 14. The youngest Bennet. Lively, prone to imitating others’ behavior and eavesdropping. May be doubled with LADY CATHERINE.
LADY CATHERINE - Patrician Caesar-meets-drill sergeant.
MR. DARCY - Late 30’s-40’s. One of the richest men in England. Too proper for his own good; awkward in most social contexts. Prides himself on self-control and good judgment.
MR. COLLINS - A pedantic, obtuse man. The original Mansplainer. Rector to Lady Catherine. May double with WICKAM / MISS BINGLEY.
WICKHAM - An unfairly handsome and charming gentleman. Probably a sociopath. Raised with Darcy. May double with Collins / Miss Bingley.
MISS BINGLEY - A very rich, very beautiful young woman. Fancies herself witty. May be doubled with WICKHAM / COLLINS.
MR. BINGLEY - Late 30’s-40’s. Loves the world and the world loves him. Mr. Darcy’s particular friend. Almost literally a dog. May double with MARY.
MARY - The third Bennet girl. Violent and dark undertones; prone to pendancism and sulking. May double with MR. BINGLEY. A dark goth Bronte character trapped in an Austen world. Coughs to get attention or to make a point; may fancy that she is dying.
CHARLOTTE LUCAS - Same age as Lizzy. A practical girl with a good sense of humor. May be doubled with MR. BENNET.
MR. BENNET - The patriarch of the Bennet family. Finds amusement in absurdity; often looks for respectable escape from the chaos of his family life. Can be somewhat apathetic; probably a bit depressed, under everything. Enjoys antagonizing. Disappointed in marriage. May double with CHARLOTTE.
MRS. BENNET - The matriarch of the Bennet family. Mostly a silly woman, of mean understanding and variable temper. Hypochondriac; when she’s upset, she fancies that she’s dying. The business of her life is to get her daughters married. She traumatizes her family with some regularity.
DETAILED LIST OF CHARACTERS - MACBETH
NOTES: The role of MACBETH has been cast; all other roles are open to audition. Actors will likely play multiple roles and many roles will be cast gender blind.
LADY MACBETH, wife of Macbeth
MACDUFF, Thane of Fife, a nobleman of Scotland
THE THREE WITCHES
DUNCAN, King of Scotland
LADY MACDUFF, wife of Macduff
MALCOLM, elder son of Duncan
DONALBAIN, younger son of Duncan
BANQUO, Thane of Lochaber, a general in the King’s army
FLEANCE, his son
LENNOX, nobleman of Scotland
ROSS, nobleman of Scotland
GENTLEWOMAN, attending on Lady Macbeth
MENTEITH nobleman of Scotland
ANGUS, nobleman of Scotland
CAITHNESS, nobleman of Scotland
SIWARD, Earl of Northumberland, general of the English forces
YOUNG SIWARD, his son
SEYTON, attendant to Macbeth
PORTER
HECATE, Queen of the Witches
BOY, Son of Macduff
The Ghost of Banquo and other Apparitions
Doctors, Lords, Gentlemen, Officers, Soldiers, Murtherers, Attendants, and Messengers
BPA AUDITIONS
Sunday, February 9, 5:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Monday, February 10, 6:40 - 9:30 p.m.