Kentwood Players in Westchester, CA
Kentwood Players announces auditions for Oscar Wilde's immortal classic "The Importance of Being Earnest" on Saturday, March 13 from 11am to 4pm, and Sunday, March 14 from 6-9pm at the Westchester Playhouse located at 8301 Hindry Avenue in Westchester.
The production is directed by Drew Fitzsimmons and produced by Jim Crawford and Alison Mattiza. Performance dates are May 7 to June 12, 2010 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 2 PM.
The play's humor derives in part from the characters maintaining fictitious identities to escape unwelcome social obligations. Jack Worthing has invented a brother, Ernest, whom he uses as an excuse to leave his humdrum country life behind to visit the ravishing Gwendolen, cousin of his best friend Algernon Montcrieff. But Algernon, who also knows Jack as Ernest, catches on all too quickly that Jack earnestly isn't Ernest. So Algernon decides to take the name Ernest when he visits the Worthing country manor where he meets Jack's ward, the sweet and lovely Cecily who has spent so much time worrying about her poor caregiver's wretched brother Ernest that she's grown rather fond of the man she hasn't met - until now.
Of course one must remember that an unexpected visit should never be a solo event, so along comes Lady Bracknell and her daughter Gwendolen just as things are starting to boil. And the result couldn't be more catastrophically delicious! What will poor Jack do? What hasn't Algernon done? What will Gwendolen and Cecily think? Will Cecily's strict but kind governess Miss Prism ever be able to make sense of her feelings for the tortured man-of-the-cloth Canon Chasuble? And can the Grand Dame of them all, Lady Bracknell, stand one more minute of such foolishness? We'll see, shall we?
The Kentwood Players production of "The Importance of Being Earnest" will be set in the 1950's with standard British accents required. The director requests that you be familiar with the characters and prepare a monologue from the play, or be prepared to read a monologue from sides. Please bring a headshot, resume, and your appointment calendar with you to the auditions. Advance appointments are not necessary. Please note that since this is a fast-paced farce, actors will be required to be off-book after the third week of rehearsals.
The production is directed by Drew Fitzsimmons and produced by Jim Crawford and Alison Mattiza. Performance dates are May 7 to June 12, 2010 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 2 PM.
The play's humor derives in part from the characters maintaining fictitious identities to escape unwelcome social obligations. Jack Worthing has invented a brother, Ernest, whom he uses as an excuse to leave his humdrum country life behind to visit the ravishing Gwendolen, cousin of his best friend Algernon Montcrieff. But Algernon, who also knows Jack as Ernest, catches on all too quickly that Jack earnestly isn't Ernest. So Algernon decides to take the name Ernest when he visits the Worthing country manor where he meets Jack's ward, the sweet and lovely Cecily who has spent so much time worrying about her poor caregiver's wretched brother Ernest that she's grown rather fond of the man she hasn't met - until now.
Of course one must remember that an unexpected visit should never be a solo event, so along comes Lady Bracknell and her daughter Gwendolen just as things are starting to boil. And the result couldn't be more catastrophically delicious! What will poor Jack do? What hasn't Algernon done? What will Gwendolen and Cecily think? Will Cecily's strict but kind governess Miss Prism ever be able to make sense of her feelings for the tortured man-of-the-cloth Canon Chasuble? And can the Grand Dame of them all, Lady Bracknell, stand one more minute of such foolishness? We'll see, shall we?
The Kentwood Players production of "The Importance of Being Earnest" will be set in the 1950's with standard British accents required. The director requests that you be familiar with the characters and prepare a monologue from the play, or be prepared to read a monologue from sides. Please bring a headshot, resume, and your appointment calendar with you to the auditions. Advance appointments are not necessary. Please note that since this is a fast-paced farce, actors will be required to be off-book after the third week of rehearsals.
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