AS YOU LIKE IT
by William Shakespeare
Directed Jason Morgan
Presented by the Stolen Shakespeare Guild, Fort Worth’s year round classical company
A 501 C 3 Non-Profit Organization
www.stolenshakespeareguild.com
The Sides are now available on-line at:
http://www.stolenshakespeareguild.com/AUDITI~1.HTM
Also, if you cannot make this audition date feel free to contact the director at MorganSSG@aol.com to schedule a different date and time.
The production will be performed in a traditional Elizabethan style.
Production Dates: Runs Friday June 13 at 8:00 P.M., Saturday June 14 and Saturday June 21 at 2:00 P.M. and 8:00 P.M., and Sunday June 22 at 2:00 P.M. Performances are at the Trinity Valley Black Box Theatre, 7500 Dutch Branch Road, Fort Worth, TX 76132.
Audition: The audition will consist of cold readings from the scripts and it is recommended that you read As You Like It before auditioning. The sides are available online. We are looking for all types and all parts are available. Walk-ins are welcome to audition, but you may e-mail us at MorganSSG@aol.com to make an audition appointment. Please bring a headshot and resume. This is being done purely as an artistic endeavor and is a non-equity production.
Audition Dates and time –
Monday, March 17 starting at 7:00 P.M.
Tuesday, March 18th, starting at 7:00 P.M.
- Possible callbacks Wednesday, Thursday, or Saturday
Place:
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
210 East 6th Street
Irving, Texas
75060-4116
Go to the Family Living Center behind the church.
Church Website: http://fccirving.org/
The Rehearsals will start on May 1, 2008 and will be Monday – Thursday 7:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M. and possibly Saturday from 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. The majority of rehearsals will be in Irving at First Christian Church. Performance week the rehearsals will move to Fort Worth.
Synopsis: The play has two principal settings: the court that Frederick has usurped from his brother, the rightful Duke, and the Forest of Arden, where the Duke and his followers (including the disgruntled Lord Jaques) are living. Rosalind, the Duke’s daughter, who is still at court, falls in love with Orlando. The latter’s hateful brother, Oliver, causes him to flee to Arden also. Frederick, upon learning that Orlando’s father was the Duke’s friend, banishes Rosalind. She assumes the guise of a young man (Ganymede) and pursues Orlando, promising him a cure for lovesickness by means of a feigned courtship. Oliver appears at the forest court intending to kill Orlando, but the latter saves his brother from a lioness and elicits his remorse. Oliver then falls in love with Celia, Rosalind’s disguised cousin who has accompanied her. Revelation of the girls’ true identities precipitates a mass wedding ceremony. Word arrives that Frederick has repented, and the Duke’s exile ends.
AS YOU LIKE IT, Character break down
Duke Frederick (M or F)
Amiens (M or F)
Jaques (M or F)
Banished Duke (M)
Le Beau, a courtier (M)
Charles, the Wrestler (M)
Oliver (M)
Orlando (M)
Adam, Servant to Oliver (M)
Touchstone, a clown (M)
Sir Oliver Mar-Text a vicar (M)
Corin, a Shepherd (M)
Silvius, a Shepherd (M)
William, a Country Fellow (M)
Rosalind, Daughter of Banished Duke (F)
Celia, Daughter of Duke Fredrick (F)
Phebe, a Shepherdess (F)
Audrey, a Country Wench (F)
For information about the staff and company go to www.stolenshakespeareguild.com.
