AUDITIONS

UPCOMING AUDITIONS

‘Art’ by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton

May 23, 24, 25, 30, 31; June 1

Auditions: February 15 and 16, 12:00-3:00pm at the theatre (323 Boston Post Rd, Old Saybrook, Ct).

Director Joel Stedman will be casting three adult male actors, any age, to play friends Marc, Serge and Yvan. The audition will consist of readings from the script. Rehearsals start April 8th and performances are two weekends, May 23rd to June 1st. If you have any questions please email us at info@dramaworkstheatre.org.

Joel Stedman (director)

Joel has been in the entertainment business for over 40 years, performing at regional/repertory theatres throughout the US, on Broadway, episodics, soaps, commercials and feature films. For the past 20 years he has been working as a producer/director in television and theatre, directing on Another World, plays, and over 300 programs for Fortune 500 companies, winning over 100 industry awards. For Drama Works, Joel previously directed Looped and Five Women Wearing the Same Dress.

Yasmina Reza (playwright)

Yasmina Reza is a French playwright and novelist, based in Paris, whose works have all been multi-award-winning, critical and popular international successes, produced worldwide and translated into 35 languages. She has written seven plays (Conversations After A Burial, The Passage of Winter, 'Art', The Unexpected Man, Life X 3, A Spanish Play, God of Carnage, How You Talk The Game) and 6 novels ("Hammerklavier," "Une Desolation (Desolation)," "Adam Haberberg," "Dans la Luge d'Arthur Schopenhauer," "Nulle Part" and "L'Aube, le Soir ou la Nuit (Dawn Dusk or Night)"). Films include: "Le Pique-Nique de Lulu Kreutz," directed by Didier Martiny and "Chicas," written and directed by the author.

Christopher Hampton (translator)

Christopher Hampton’s plays and musicals have so far garnered four Tony Awards, three Olivier Awards, four Evening Standard Awards, and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award; prizes for his film and television work include an Oscar, two BAFTAs, a Writers' Guild of America Award, the Prix Italia, a Special Jury Award at the Cannes Film Festival, Hollywood Screenwriter of the Year, and The Collateral Award at the Venice Film Festival for Best Literary Adaptation. Original plays: Appomattox, The Talking Cure, White Chameleon, Tales from Hollywood, Treats, Savages, The Philanthropist, Total Eclipse, and When Did You Last See My Mother? Adaptations from novels: Youth Without God (Horváth), Embers (Márai), and Les Liasons Dangereuses (Laclos). Musicals: Stephen Ward, Dracula: The Musical, and Sunset Boulevard. Libretti: Appomattox, The Trial, and Waiting for the Barbarians (all for Philip Glass).
Translations include plays by Chekhov, Ibsen, Molière, Horváth, Yasmina Reza, and Florian Zeller. Film includes: "Ali and Nino," "A Dangerous Method," "Chéri," "Atonement," "The Quiet American," "Dangerous Liaisons," "The Good Father," "The Honorary Consul," "Total Eclipse," "Mary Reilly," "Tales From The Vienna Woods," and "A Doll’s House." He wrote and directed "Imagining Argentina," "The Secret Agent," and "Carrington." Television includes: "The Thirteenth Tale," "The Ginger Tree," "Hôtel Du Lac," "The History Man," and "Able’s Will."

LATER IN THE SEASON

Mac Beth by William Shakespeare, adapted by Erica Schmidt

July 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27

Auditions: April 11, 6:00-8:00pm; April 12 and 13, 12:00-3:00pm

The Father by Florian Zeller, translated by Christopher Hampton

September 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14

Auditions: June 13, 6:00-8:00pm; June 14, 12:00-3:00pm

Assisted Living by Deirdre O’Connor

November 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16

Auditions: August 9 and 10, 12:00-3:00pm

We are always eager to talk with actors, stage managers, tech folks,

line prompters at all levels of experience. Email or call to set up a meeting.