Scripts and links for upcoming auditions
Hookman
by Lauren Yee
Directed by Michael Bernard
PERFORMANCES: FEBRUARY 15TH – FEBRUARY 23rd, 2020
THE PERFORMING ARTS THEATER
GENERAL Sunday, November 24, 2019
AUDITIONS: 5pm – 10pm
Location: Studio Theater
CALLBACKS: Monday, November 25, 2019
5pm – 10pm
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
5pm – 10pm
1st REHEARSAL: Monday, January 6, 2020
6pm – 10pm
Rehearsals: Typically, 20-25 hours per week until tech rehearsals begin. This play will rehearse Monday – Friday with an occasional Saturday rehearsal prior to Tech. There are additional hours for techs and dress rehearsals leading to performances including Saturdays and Sundays.
CREDIT:
3 units of THTR 49 and/or 149 will be given to cast members.
SCRIPTS:
The complete script is now available on GauchoSpace.
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
GENERAL AUDITION INFORMATION
Any full time UCSB student is welcome and encouraged to audition. *The audition sign-up list will be posted in the Production Office (TD-W 1600).
AUDITION PREPARATION:
The script is currently available to read on GauchoSpace
Please read the script carefully. You may audition for any character in the show (although you might be called back for a different character):
- Pick from the scenes listed below based on the character you would like to audition for.
We will have a reader available to read with you at your audition however you may prepare with a partner before the audition. Note: partners may or may not be asked to sit in a chair facing the audition space rather than stand “in scene” with the auditionee.
- Please wear comfortable clothing to the audition. If you have any movement skills (gymnastics, dance, etc.) please indicate these on your audition form. And be prepared to show these skills and undertake movement direction during the audition and/or callback(s).
Please specify which role you are reading for on the sign-up sheet*.
If you have questions or need more information, contact Michael Bernard at oyvey@mac.com
THE WRITER:
Lauren Yee is a playwright born and raised in San Francisco. She currently lives in New York City.
Her CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND, with music by Dengue Fever and others, premiered at South Coast Rep, with subsequent productions at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, Victory Gardens, City Theatre, Merrimack Rep, Signature Theatre, Portland Center Stage, and Jungle Theatre. Her play THE GREAT LEAP has been produced at Denver Center, Seattle Rep, Atlantic Theatre, Guthrie Theatre, American Conservatory Theatre, Arts Club, InterAct Theatre, and Steppenwolf, with future productions at Long Wharf, Cygnet Theatre, and Asolo Rep/Miami New Drama.
Lauren Yee’s play KING OF THE YEES premiered at The Goodman Theatre and Center Theatre Group, followed by productions at ACT Theatre, Canada’s National Arts Centre, and Baltimore Center Stage. Other plays include CHING CHONG CHINAMAN (Pan Asian Rep, Mu Performing Arts), THE HATMAKER’S WIFE (Playwrights Realm, Moxie, PlayPenn), HOOKMAN (Encore, Company One), IN A WORD (Young Vic, SF Playhouse, Cleveland Public, Strawdog), SAMSARA (Victory Gardens), THE SONG OF SUMMER (Trinity Rep, Mixed Blood), and THE TIGER AMONG US (Mu).
AVAILABLE ROLES and SCENES TO READ:
LEXI, 17, female. Freshman at UConn. An only child.
Start on Page 49 with the line, “I could kind of smell it.”
End on page 51 with the line, “You want to know something weird?”
JESS, 18, female. Freshman at UC Davis. Possibly Lexi’s best friend. Maternal.
Start on page 52 with the line, “You’re the one at Yukon.”
End on page 53 with the line, “I don’t know.”
YOONJI, 18, female. Freshman at UConn. Lexi’s roommate. Korean American. Passive aggressive.
Start on page 64 with the line “We should get a meal sometime.”
End on page 65 with the line, So disturbing.”
CHLOE, 18, female. Freshman at UConn. Carries a large thermos of coffee. Thrilled to be alive.
Start on page 75 with the line, “Hey.”
End on page 77 with the line, “I am just so busy.”
KAYLEIGH, 15, female. Sophomore at West Porter High. On a quiet power trip.
Start on page 83 with the line, “You went to Yukon, right?”
End on page 85 with the line, At least thtat’s what my mom said.”
HOOKMAN, old enough to be sketchy, male. Has a hook for a hand. Constantly looks hung over.
The actor playing Hookman also plays:
SEAN, 20, male. Junior at DePaul University. Plays intramural baseball. May be a rapist.
ADAM, 21, male. Senior at UConn. Lexi’s residential advisor. The local pot dealer.
You will read Adam’s Scene
Start on page 71 with the line, “Ohhh okay,”
End on the end of that scene
Moliere's Tartuffe
Adapted by David Ball
Directed by Julie Fishell
PERFORMANCES: FEBRUARY 27TH – MARCH 7TH, 2020
THE HATLEN THEATER
GENERAL Sunday, November 24, 2019
AUDITIONS: 5pm – 10pm
Location: TD-W 1507
CALLBACKS: Monday, November 25, 2019
5pm – 10pm
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
5pm – 10pm
1st REHEARSAL: Monday, January 6, 2020
6pm – 10pm
Rehearsals: Typically, 20-25 hours per week until tech rehearsals begin. This play will rehearse Monday – Friday with an occasional Saturday rehearsal prior to Tech. There are additional hours for techs and dress rehearsals leading to performances including Saturdays and Sundays.
CREDIT:
3 units of THTR 49 and/or 149 will be given to cast members.
SCRIPTS:
The complete script is now available on GauchoSpace.
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
GENERAL AUDITION INFORMATION
Any full time UCSB student is welcome and encouraged to audition. *The audition sign-up list will be posted in the Production Office (TD-W 1600).
AUDITION PREPARATION:
The script is currently available to read on GauchoSpace.
Please read the script carefully so you can use it to:
- Pick a scene or speech from the play for your audition. You do not need to memorize this scene, but it should be prepared well.
If you choose a scene, please make every attempt to prepare with a partner before the audition. Partners may read any role in your scene as all actors will have a devoted time slot to audition for their role of preference. Note: partners may or may not be asked to sit in a chair facing the audition space rather than stand “in scene” with the auditionee.
Selections should be no more than 2-3 minutes. Time your scene please.
- Please wear comfortable clothing to the audition. If you have any movement skills (gymnastics, dance, etc.) please indicate these on your audition form. And be prepared to show these skills and undertake movement direction during the audition and/or callback(s).
Please specify which role you are reading for on the sign-up sheet*.
If you have questions or need more information, contact Julie Fishell at fishell@ucsb.edu.
THE WRITER AND THE PLAY:
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin was a French actor, writer and satirist who adopted the stage name Molière. Poquelin was born in 1622 in Paris and died there in 1673. He is known for “animating the absurd” and most notably skewering the ruling classes frailties by through comedic dramatization of vanity, greed, avarice and lust past the line of probability. Tartuffe, perhaps the most scandalous and sacrosanct of Molière’s plays was banned for five years due to the outrage of Roman Catholic church over the subject matter. The character Tartuffe is a con man who is using a false connection to the Catholic Church as a means to drain a wealthy man of his money and seduce his wife. The play’s subtitles are listed as The Imposter or The Hypocrite and was first performed in 1664.
AVAILABLE ROLES:
MADAME PERNELLE Orgon’s mother. She is totally deluded by Tartuffe until near the end of the play.
ORGON Husband of Elmire, son of Madame Pernelle, and father of Mariane and Damis, is the central character of the play and comes entirely under the influence of the hypocrite Tartuffe. Orgon, by nature is extravagant and uncontrolled – lives in a world of extremes. A man of means.
ELMIRE Orgon’s second wife, is reasonable, crafty and wise.
DAMIS Orgon’s son and Elmire’s stepson, uses his common sense to see through Tartuffe, but when he tries to prove him a hypocrite to his father, he is disinherited. Hot-headed and full of angst.
MARIANE Orgon’s daughter, is in love with Valère and is being forced by her father to marry Tartuffe. Rich and Young. At times spoiled, at times sweet.
VALÈRE Mariane’s suitor who is rejected by Orgon in favor of Tartuffe. Rich and Young. At times spoiled, at times sweet.
CLÉANTE Orgon’s brother-in-law, tries, usually unsuccessfully, to get everyone to view things with calm and reason.
TARTUFFE An adept hypocrite and religious poser, Tartuffe can spot victims a mile away. Orgon and his mother are infatuated with Tartuffe and believe he is a devout savior to the family.
DORINE Mariane’s maid and confidant. She is rational, wise and blunt and loves nothing more than to point out gullibility and falseness with aplomb.
OTHER: This production may also feature members of the household staff –roles are TBD.
