AUDITION   NOTICE!

 

Jackson County Community Theatre

announces auditions for

                                         directed by John Hardaway

 

Auditions:  Sunday, Feb. 21 and Monday, Feb. 22 at 7 PM

Show Dates : April 23, 24, 30 & May 1, 2010.

Location: Royal Off-The-Square Theatre

                   121 W. Walnut St.

                   Brownstown, IN

 

Proof, written by David Auburn, centers around Catherine, a young woman who finds herself coping with the loss of her brilliant but unstable father, Robert, on the eve of her 25th birthday. She is also forced to face questions surrounding her own genius and mental instability as her estranged sister Claire swoops in from New York to tidy up the house and Catherine. Hal, her father's former student, searches for undiscovered valuable work in the pages of the 103 notebooks which Robert had filled.

 

Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play, Proof explores the mysteries of love, family, brilliance and sanity. Auburn's play turns highbrow mathematics into a suspenseful back porch drama where "all four [characters] - whether loving, hating, encouraging or impeding one another- are alive, complex, funny, human" (John Simon, New York).

 

Seeking to cast all roles:

Catherine (mid-20’s), has given up her own dreams and aspirations to care for her mentally ill father.

Robert (50’s), a math genius who has been struck by mental illness.

Hal (mid-20’s), a former student of Robert.

Claire (late 20’s to early 30’s), Catherine’s sister, who moved to New York City and returns to bury her father and care for her sister.

 

Scripts will be provided. Auditions will be by cold readings.

Show Dates are: April 23, 24, 30 & May 1, 2010.  Those trying out should bring a list of dates they are unable to practice.