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AUDITION NOTICE!

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Loves Labour's Lost

written by William Shakespeare

adapted by Brendan Linwood

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Click here for the audition sign up form

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THE TEAM

Director: Brendan Linwood

Asst. Director: Charlotte Bryant

Producer: Todd Davies

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ABOUT THE SHOW

Step into the park at Navarre for a "great feast language" like no other! In William Shakespeare’s most word-drunk comedy, a King and his lords swear a foolhardy oath to abandon the society of women for three years of study. But their "little Academe" is immediately besieged by the arrival of the Princess of France and her ladies, sparking a classically Shakespearean war of wits. What ensues is a delightful hodgepodge of hidden identities, delicious wordplay, letters delivered incorrectly, foolish nobility and noble fools. This production welcomes audiences and actors old and new to the King's park, there to meet with mischief and poetry and love.

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AUDITION DATES & TIMES

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Auditions are being blocked in 10 minute increments.  Please prepare and memorize one Shakespearean monologue of your choosing. Additionally, please prepare, with no need to memorize, either role in the exchange linked here (LLL Audition Document).  Therefore, auditions will comprise a prepared/memorized monologue, a prepared dialogue read with a reader (LLL Audition Document above) and a casual discussion with the directors.

Thursday, Oct. 1st, 7- 10pm

Tuesday, Oct. 6th,  7-10pm

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AUDITION & PERFORMANCE LOCATION: 

 

Guelph Little Theatre - 176 Morris Street, Guelph, ON

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When you fill in your audition form online, you will be asked to provide a full list of conflicts. Be as complete as you can, especially around holidays. If there are changes in conflicts during the audition process, please inform us, or bring an updated conflict list to the audition.

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The rehearsal schedule will take into consideration the conflicts identified at the time of your audition. Adding more conflicts after casting may result in removal from the show.

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REHEARSAL DATES:

 

Rehearsals will begin the week of Nov. 8th with a textual investigation.  Rehearsals are scheduled for Tues/Thurs evenings from 6:30-10pm and Sundays from 12-5pm.  Most rehearsals will be at GLT but due to scheduling conflicts, some rehearsals will be offsite.  The location will be shared with you once it is firmed up.

Additional or longer rehearsals may be held once the production has moved into the theatre. Important dates are as follows: (dates/times may be adjusted):

Theatre move in and start to build on the stage: Mon. Jan. 4, 2027
Tech Move-in: beginning Jan. 4 through Jan. 15, 2027
Tech Weekend (final touches and Q2Q): Sat/Sun. Jan. 16/17, 2027     9:00am - 9:00pm
Technical Dress Rehearsal: Mon. Jan. 18 and Tues. Jan. 19, 2027     6:00pm – 11:00pm
Dress Rehearsals: Wed. Jan. 20 and Thurs. Jan. 21, 2027     6:00pm – 11:00pm
(At the discretion of the production team, one of these nights may be a Dark Night)
A full rehearsal schedule will be given out the first week of rehearsals.

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PERFORMANCE DATES:

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Jan. 22 (opening), 23, 29, 30 at 7:30pm. 

Matinee performances are Jan. 23, 24, 30, 31 at 2pm. 

(Please note that there is no longer a preview night, opening night is Fri. Jan. 22 and the second Saturday evening show - Jan. 30 - is a half price show.  Also note the new evening start time of 7:30pm) 

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If ticket sales warrant, the board may elect to include an additional show on Thurs. Jan. 21 or Thurs. Jan. 28 at 7:30pm.  Cast and crew will be informed at least 1 month before opening night.

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All cast members must be available for all performances and dress rehearsals

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CASTING INFORMATION:

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Physicality Legend

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Each character may have additional considerations attached to the Physicality Legend.

C = basic physical contact like shaking hands, arm-in-arm and partner dancing  E=embracing

F = fight choreography  

K = kissing  

L = weight bearing, lifting, or being lifted 

S = Stylized movement

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NOTE: Ages given are of the characters, not of the actors playing them.  However, the Director may cast characters based on their most formative period in their lives. 

 

ROLES AVAILABLE: All roles are open to consideration regardless of age, background, ethnicity or sexual/gender orientation.  Masc is masculine presenting, Fem is feminine presenting, Open is open identity.

 

Ferdinand, King of Navarre - Masc - The ruler of Navarre, who, with his attending lords, is seeking fame and renown through study, and forgoing the society of women.  C, E

 

Berowne - Masc - A lord attending the King; he believes in the power of rhetoric, and never uses 5 words when 10 will do.  C, E

 

Dumain - Masc - A lord attending the King; he approaches life and love with a gusto bordering on the sycophantic.  C, E

 

Longaville - Masc - A lord attending the King; a confident, assured soldier and man of wit.  C, E

 

Princess of France - Fem - The daughter of the ailing King of France, whose arrival on an errand from her father contradicts Ferdinand’s oath against women.  C, E

 

Rosaline - Fem - A lady attending the Princess; her quick wit and self-assurance make her more than evenly matched with her suitor, Berowne.  C, E

 

Katherine - Fem - A lady attending the Princess; wise and worldly, she has experienced life much beyond her years.  C, E

 

Maria - Fem - A lady attending the Princess; she is sensuous, and in love with love itself.  C, E

 

Boyet - Open - Chief attendant of the Princess; a diplomat, a dandy, a matchmaker, and a troublemaker all in one.

 

Costard - Masc - A local bumpkin; his clownish nature allows him to speak truth to power.

 

Don Adriano de Armado - Masc - A fantastical Spanish knight; his verbosity is legendary, and his tongue works much faster than his brain. C, E

 

Moth - Open - Page to Armado; a “tender juvenal” wise beyond their years who sees the folly in the Great Ones around them.

 

Jaquenetta/Mercade - Fem - Paired roles; Jaquenetta, a country wench with many suitors, and Mercade, a messenger from France.

 

Nathaniel - Open - A member of the clergy, obsessively riding the coat tails of their more learned colleague, Holofernes.

 

Holofernes - Open - A pedantic professor, who believes that a large vocabulary and knowledge of Latin are the greatest accomplishments one can achieve.

 

Dull/Forester - Open - Paired roles; Dull, a local constable, and a Forester who takes the Princess on a hunt.

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BOOKING AN AUDITION:

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Click here for the audition sign up form

 

If you have further questions or want to add additional information to your form after you have submitted it, please email pm@guelphlittletheatre.com.  Please pick all dates and times that you are available for an audition.  This gives us the flexibility to make even groups on each day for the director.  We will make every effort to accommodate you but we may have to offer you a different date/time. A return email will come to you as soon as we have received your form and booked you in.  We will also send you a reminder 1 or 2 days before your audition.

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If you need to cancel your audition or change the date/time, please email the address above to do so.  Please check your junk folder for emails from us.

 

Thank you for considering auditioning for LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST.  We look forward to seeing you in action.

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