Auditions At The JBT
Audition Dates:
Tuesday, December 3 at 6:30pm
Wednesday, December 4 at 6:30pm
Auditions will take place in an alternative location.
19540 Front St NE, Poulsbo, Classroom #1
(see map)
Co-Directors:
Kristi Ann Jacobson & Ruth Ann Saunders
Questions:
kristianndirector@gmail.com ruthannsaunders91@gmail.com
2 female
1 male
We are planning to double cast all roles at this time.
FRANKLIN WOOLSEY 40s to 60s. The writer, a novelist. Loves words. Precise with his work - he has very little time for the day to day mundane. Note: Rehearsals will start in January.
Franklin Woolsey - please be prepared to perform a memorized 1 minute monologue. It does not need to be character/play specific. It can be something you have in your repertoire already or from a play you performed in the past. After the monologues, we will have cold readings from the script and acting scenes.
VIVIAN WOOLSEY 30s to 60s. Wife to Franklin. A force to be reckoned with in terms of her husband and his work. Note: Rehearsals will start in January.
Vivian Woolsey - Auditions will be cold readings from the script and acting scenes only. A monologue is not required.
MYRA BABBAGE 30s to 50s plain looking but personable with a wry wit. Typist extraordinaire for FRANKLIN WOOLSEY. Becomes his friend and the mystical/mythical source of his creative output. Note: Rehearsals will start in early-December.
Myra Babbage - please be prepared to perform a memorized 1 minute monologue. It does not need to be character/play specific. It can be something you have in your repertoire already or from a play you performed in the past. After the monologues, we will have cold readings from the script and acting scenes.
Rehearsal time period will be extended due to very heavy line load (over 2/3rds of the play).
● Actor with lead role experience preferred.
● Actor will need to be self motivated/able to memorize lines before full cast rehearsals begin.
● Rehearsals will be a mix of Zoom rehearsals and in person rehearsals.
Audition Dates:
Wednesday, January 22nd 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Saturday, January 25th 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Only need to attend one of these sessions
Call backs, if necessary, will be January 27th at 6:30pm by invitation only.
Read-thru: January 30th, 2025
Director: Karen Hauser
Auditions will be readings from the script.
Memorization is not required for the audition.
If you can speak with an upper class British accent, please plan on doing so for your audition. The director will determine whether accents are used in the production based on ability of those cast.
If you are unable to make one of the audition dates please email the director at karenhauser66@gmail.com to make alternate arrangements.
Questions? Karenhauser66@gmail.com
Synopsis:
The play is a farcical comedy depicting the tangled affairs of two young men about town who lead double lives to evade unwanted social obligations, both assuming the name Ernest while wooing two young women.
The play, set in 1895, (the present for when it was written), is celebrated for its wit and repartee. It parodies dramatic norms and satirizes late Victorian culture and manners.
If not familiar with the play and its setting, auditioners are encouraged to avail themselves of readily available internet resources to learn more about the play’s themes and gain insight into the characters.
All roles are open to all actors, comfortable portraying that character’s gender.
Characters:
John Worthing, J.P. - Male-presenting character, an upper-class man about town, the protagonist of the play.
Stage age: 25-35. Play describes him as 29.
Algernon Moncrieff - Male-presenting character, friend to Worthing, also a member of the wealthy class. Stage age: 25-35.
Lady Bracknell - Female-presenting character, a society matron. As a former member of the lower class, she represents the righteousness of the excluded. Person cast must appear old enough to be Gwendolyn’s mother.
Gwendolen Fairfax - Female-presenting character. Lady Bracknell’s daughter. In love with John Worthing. Stage age: 20-29.
Cecily Cardew - Female-presenting character. Worthing’s ward. In love with Algernon Moncrieff. Stage age: 18-25. Play describes her as 18.
Rev. Canon Chasuble - Male-presenting character. Rector of Woolton. Any age but must be compatible age to person cast as Miss Prism.
Miss Prism - Female-presenting character. Governess to Cecily Cardew. Any age but must be compatible age to person cast as Rev. Chasuble.
The following male-presenting characters may be doubled, i.e., one actor may play multiple roles. Age is open.
Lane - Mr. Moncrieff’s manservant
Moulton - a Gardener
Mr. Gribsby - a Solicitor
Merriman - Butler to Mr. Worthing
Footman - has no lines
Rehearsals will be three - four days per week. Days and times to be determined by cast availability as submitted at the audition. You will only be called for scenes you are in until we are rehearsing full acts. Entire cast expected at read through.
PLEASE NOTE:
***At the audition, be prepared to provide a list of all your conflicts between January 30 - MAY 11
Also provide earliest time you can arrive at theater for rehearsals, both weekdays and weekends***
Given that Easter is the weekend before the show opens, “Tech Week” will begin during the week before Easter.
We will not rehearse Passover or Easter weekends.
Performances dates: Friday - Sunday, April 25 - May 11, 2025. Friday and Saturday at 7:30 pm, Sunday matinee at 2 pm.
