of Mice and Men is set in California in the 1930s and the actors need to speak in American accents.
This isn't too much of a problem for Melissa Tanner as she is from California. She came to London two years ago to work as a Nanny before returning to Los Angeles to study musical theatre. She moved to Reading last March and when she saw the auditions for Of Mice and Men thought it was a great opportunity to get involved in Progress.
She plays "Curley's wife" the only way her character is referred to in the play - she is never given a name.
It has been very helpful to the rest of the actors to have a genuine American on the cast and Melissa is impressed with the way they have all picked up the accent.
Of Mice and Men is very popular with school groups and there are not many ticket left so if you want to see this production then you need to book soon.
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Coming up...
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Thursday 10th to Saturday 19th February 2011
Auditions for this year's outdoor Shakespeare The Tempest, Sunday 20th 2.30pm and Tuesday 22nd February 2011 7.30pm.
Auditions for Enjoy by Alan Bennett, Sunday 6th March 3pm & Thursday 10th March, 7.30pm Progress Theatre.
Teechers by John Godber 14th to 19th March 2011
See Progress Theatre website for details of all our productions and auditions.
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