Patio Playhouse announces
Auditions for
"Death Takes A Holiday"
Written by Alberto Casella
Rewritten for the American stage by Walter Ferris
Audition Dates & Times:
Monday, August 2 at 7:00pm
Wednesday, August 4 at 7:00pm
(no appointment needed)
Callbacks:
Saturday, August 7 at 1:00pm
Performance dates:
October 1st - October 24, 2010
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm
Sundays at 2:00pm
Where:
Patio Playhouse
201 East Grand Avenue, Suite 1D
Escondido, CA 92030
Preparations:
One two-minute monologue, followed by cold readings from the script
About Death Takes A Holiday:
This striking drama has established itself among the important plays of our time.
It is based on the poetic conception of death suspending all activities for three days
during which period he falls in love with a beautiful girl and, through her,
realizes why mortals fear him.
The mood of this play is established with remarkable skill and, while it is charged
with exciting moments, it is a perfect background for a love story that is as simple as it is
appealing. The character who symbolizes Death is, for the most part, a very human sort of person
with none of the conventional claptrap that might easily have been dragged in for mere effect.
A play that arouses thought, stimulates discussion, and presents a novel and optimistic
philosophy on the problems of love and death.
ramatis Personae (7m, 6f):
ALDA is a woman of twenty-eight, slender, beautiful, whose manner suggests
a restrained restlessness and hunger.
It is blase, with unsatisfied emotion playing beneath it.
DUKE is a fair man of forty-five, with an air of good health and good breeding.
STEPHANIE is a dark, rather mysterious looking woman of forty, with a rich husky voice.
PRINCESS is a fair, sweet woman, maternal and solicitous
BARON CESAREA is bluff and red-cheeked, at seventy-five, with a merry eye
RHODA is a handsome, straightforward English girl of twenty-four
CORRADO is a dark, beautifully mannered man of twenty-two, with a lightly dissipated face.
ERIC is a tall, intelligent-looking Englishman
GRAZIA is a lovely girl of eighteen, charming and gentle, but oddly remote.
PRINCE SIRKI (SHADOW) a man of distinguished appearance with the pleasantly
modulated voice of a man of the world. Slight accent.
MAJOR WHITRED is a lean, tanned, distinguished soldier, about forty
For any questions, including production information
or to be part of the crew, please contact:
Christopher De Armond Assistant Director |
Special Considerations:
For those actors interested in auditioning for "Steel Magnolias" at Patio as well,
the rehearsal schedule for "Death" will accommodate female roles in both shows.