The Revolutionists – auditions September 30
Nell Gwynn – auditions October 13
The Revolutionists, a comedic quartet by Lauren Gunderson
Sunday, September 30. Additional dates may be added if needed.
“Sometimes, a revolution needs a woman’s touch.” – Marie Antoinette
In this sassy, hold-on-to-your-seats theatrical adventure, four beautiful, badass women hang out, murder Marat, and try to beat back the extremist insanity of 1793 Paris. This grand and dream-tweaked comedy is about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters, and how we actually go about changing the world. It is a true story. Or total fiction. Or a raucous resurrection… that ends in a song and a scaffold.
Lauren Gunderson is one of the top 20 most-produced playwrights in the United States, and in 2016 was America’s most produced living playwright. Gunderson was awarded the Lanford Wilson Award by the Dramatists Guild Council in 2016.
Production Dates:
- Rehearsals are expected to start in late November/early December but with highest intensity through January and early February, primarily in a location near Parkdale x Wellington. The rehearsal schedule could include a mix of daytime, evening, and weekend, according to the availability of the cast.
- Production dates are February 13 – 23, 2019 at The Gladstone. Shows run at 7:30 Tuesday – Saturday, with weekend matinees at 2:30 on both Saturdays and the Sunday. There may also be one or two weekday matinees during the run, exact date and time tba.
Remuneration: Actors will be engaged on a profit-share basis. CAEA members, if cast, will be engaged under the Collective Agreement.
Characters:
Olympe de Gouges – age range – late 30s. Badass activist playwright and feminist. Theatre nerd, excitable, passionate, a showman. Widowed and never remarried to ensure her personal freedom.
Charlotte Corday – age range – mid 20’s. Badass country girl and assassin. Very serious, hardened by righteousness, never been kissed. Also plays FRATERNITE in a mask.
Please note that the roles of Marie Antoinette and Marianne Angelle are already cast.
To book an audition, please forward resume and recent headshot to info@threesisterstheatre.ca. If there are constraints on at what time you can audition, please include this information in your email. If September 30 is not a possibility for you, please submit anyway as we may be able to arrange an alternate day.
Artists are encouraged to remove height, weight, age, and other physical information from their resumes when submitting to Three Sisters. Three Sisters Theatre Company promotes an environment of equity, inclusion and diversity. Artists from under-represented communities are encouraged to audition for this and all Three Sisters productions.
“Like” our Facebook page or join our mailing list to be the first to know about our next set of auditions!