Auditions
Date and Time
Tuesday Oct 11, 2016
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EDT
Oct 11 & 12
7 PM
Location
Rome Community Theater
Contact Information
Arnold Galin
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Description
Laramie Project Auditions Oct 11 and 12, 7:00 pm at Rome Community Theater. Looking for : Minimum of 4+ men, 4+ women ages 18 to 80, any and all ethnicities, flexible casting. If you cannot make these dates, or have any other questions please call Brian Angell @ 315-335-0981 to arrange another time. The Production: Laramie Project is a Tectonic Theater Project and uses the concept of "Moments." There are not standard scenes. All actors will be on stage the entire show, and you will be doing multiple roles. You will have some points in the show where only you will be speaking, others where you will be interacting with others, and still more when you are doing nothing. Everything needed will be on stage the entire show, and scene changes will be done by the actors. The set will be minimal, extensive multimedia will be used. Rehearsals and expectations: If cast, you will be given a script and a list of assigned roles. These > roles may change depending on need. We plan to have weekly get togethers with the production staff and individual cast members from October to January 2017. During that time we will work on character development and role preparation. You may also need to use Skype with communicate with staff at the Matthew Shepard Foundation on character development. You will be expected to know your lines when we start practice in January. When we start on stage rehearsal, with the exception of blocking, you will NOT be able to have a script in hand. You will be expected to make all rehearsals. Play dates are February 9-12, 2017. There may be a school production, time and date TBA. Note: This show has a mature theme and adult language. Director Michael Brown Production Coordinator Brian Angell Information http://www.tectonictheaterproject.org/Tectonic.html http://www.matthewshepard.org/laramie-project-support/ THE STORY: In October 1998, a twenty-one-year-old student at the University of > Wyoming was kidnapped, severely beaten, and left tied to a fence in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming. His bloody, bruised, and battered body was not discovered until the next day, and he died several days later in an area hospital. His name was Matthew Shepard, and he was the victim of this assault because he was gay. Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theater Project made six trips to Laramie over the course of a Year and a half, in the aftermath of the beating and during the trial of the two young men accused of killing Shepard. They conducted more than 200 interviews with the people of the town. Some people interviewed were directly connected to the case, while others were citizens of Laramie, and the breadth of the reactions to the crime is fascinating. Kaufman and Tectonic Theater members have constructed a deeply moving theatrical experience from these interviews and their own experiences in Laramie. THE LARAMIE PROJECT is a breathtaking collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable. "A pioneering work of theatrical reportage and a powerful stage event." -Time Magazine. "Astonishing. Not since Angels in America has a play attempted so much: nothing less than an examination of the American psyche at the end of the millennium." -Associated Press. "There emerges a mosaic as moving and important as any you will see on the walls of the churches of the world. nothing short of stunning you will be held in rapt attention." -New York Magazine