The Theater Department Announces OPEN AUDITIONS for

The Alchemist, by Ben Jonson
A fully-Produced Student Production, Directed by Nick O'Leary '14
Performances in the Bentley Theater on March 5, 6 and 7 @ 8 PM

London, 1610: With the master of the house away, a crooked butler sets up with a phony alchemist and a cunning femme fatale to rob the neighborhood blind.

This frantically paced farce will feature sword fights, quick changes, puppets, and dirty jokes.

Ben Jonson was a poet, a playwright, a bricklayer, a skeptic, a convicted murderer, and a suspected revolutionary, as well as a friend and rival to William Shakespeare. His plays tend to feature urban settings, lower class protagonists, and morally ambiguous endings. If you like Shakespeare, but always wished he'd write plays about urban riff raff where the bad guys win, then you need to check out The Alchemist.

Auditions Tuesday 1/14 and Wednesday 1/15 with callbacks on Thursday 1/16. Sign up for a slot in Shakespeare Alley. Auditions will be held in blocks of 4 people in 1/2 hour slots. All auditioners will read from a provided side. You are encouraged (but not required) to bring a memorized verse monologue of approximately 20 lines from a Shakespeare play or similar text. A sonnet would also be appropriate. The script for The Alchemist is available online at the link below (and off the Theater Department's Home page - www.dartmouth.edu/~theater).  Reading the script before auditions is recommended but not mandatory.

Roles for 8 to 12 actors. Some roles will be doubled. Actors may be considered for any role regardless of gender.

CLICK HERE <https://adobeformscentral.com/?f=6Hlb-L9IYN6rFVS7PkWcmA> for more information and to read the script.

Learn more about this show and other opportunities to get involved in theater this winter at the Department's
***WINTER SHOWCASE***
Monday (Jan 13) at 6:30 PM in the Bentley Theater.

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