You obviously need creative people in a theatre but you also need people with organisational skills. Chris Moran, producer of this year's Writefest is creative - she writes, directs and acts and when she's not at the theatre is busy teaching quilting and making her own quilts. She also has great organisational skills that she put to good use in running yesterday's Writefest auditions.
There are 7 plays in Writefest and there is one audition attended by all the directors and anyone who wants to be cast in any of the plays. There were 17 actors hoping to be cast and they were all given a form to record their contact details and any play preferences. They were also given a sticky label with their name and a number. Each director was also given a form to record the numbers of the actors they were interesting in casting.
The audition itself consisted of readings from each play, giving each actor a chance to try out appropriate parts. The format of auditions at Progress will vary from production to production they may include improvisation or physical exercises in addition to reading from the script if these skills are considered important for the particular play or because of the director's style. All our auditions are open to members and non-members and new comers are made very welcome. If you are cast in a production you will be asked to join Progress.
The part of the process I didn't get to see was the final part where the seven directors get together to fight over the available actors. Chris was there to mediate and I'm sure it was all agreed amicably! You can see the successful auditionees in action during Writefest 4th to 6th November 2010.
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Coming up...
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 11th to 16th October 2010
Writefest 4th to 6th November 2010
Ajax by Sophocles 25th November to 4th December 2010
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