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Audition Notice: Chekhov in Shorts

Author: Anton Chekhov

Adaptation & Translation: Diane Benedict

Directors: Jonah Goger, Holly Leveque, Diane Benedict

Performance Run-:

Aug. 30, 2024 - Sept. 21, 2024, Fri. & Sat. 8 pm, Sundays at 2pm.


Audition Dates/Requirements-:

Please bring a headshot and resume. Prepare a 1-2 minute comedic monologue for Bear + Proposal & 1-minute dramatic monologue for The Bet. Below is a link to a calendar for the months of July, August and September. Please mark any conflicts and bring to your audition. Contact cmarvinstrong@gmail.com and hollyleveque@gmail.com to secure an audition slot!


Auditions: Thu. July 11th 1pm-4pm and Sat. July 13th 10a-12p

Callbacks: Sat. July 13th 1p-3p

Location: Long Beach Shakespeare Co.- 4250 Atlantic Ave. Long Beach, CA 90807

No pay, non-union production.


Rehearsals-:

Sundays-Thursdays 7-10pm (Actors will not be called every day except for run thru days, and during tech)

Tech dates: Sat-Thu Aug. 24-29th, 2024

MANDATORY FIRST READ THROUGH AND MEET & GREET: Mon. July 15th 7p-10p

Location: Long Beach Shakespeare Co.- 4250 Atlantic Ave. Long Beach, CA 90807


Synopses-:

The Bear: Popova has locked herself in the house since her husband’s death. Unable to pay her dead husband’s debt, she is embroiled in an argument with a landlord, Smirnov. In the end Smirnov falls in love with Popova and a kiss arrives only after much argument.


The Proposal: A long-time neighbor, Lomov, asks Stepan for his daughter, Natalya’s, hand in marriage. After receiving the father’s blessing, Natalya is asked to join them. Natalya & Lomov argue about the mundane, as Lomov collapses from exhaustion. The proposal is accepted with a kiss and their marriage begins with yet another argument.


The Bet: A lawyer and a banker concoct a bet with one another regarding whether or not life in prison was better than receiving the death penalty. Twist ending.


Role Breakdowns-:

The Bear:

ELENA IVANOVNA POPOVA, female, gentry, widow, drama-queen, comedic 30-45 ( Understudy)

GRIGORY STEPANOVITCH SMIRNOV, male, land owner, bearish, awkward, comedic 30-60 ( understudy)

LUKA, male/female, Popova's assistant, highly nervous, physically comedic- 25-60

The Proposal:

STEPAN STEPANOVITCH CHUBUKOV, male, peasant stock, at wits end, comedic 40-60

NATALYA STEPANOVNA, his daughter, peasant stock, smart, contentious, comedic 20-30

IVAN VASSILIYITCH LOMOV, 30-45 gentry, male, nervous, heart condition, comedic- 30-50

The Bet:

LAWYER, 35-60, male, determined, refined, intelligent

BANKER, 35-60, female or male, boastful, arrogant, smug

Calendar: July/August/September


*** ALL ETHNICITIES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO AUDITION. NON-TRADITIONAL CASTING.