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SWITZERLAND: actors (m/f) 17-80 English spkrs, for theatre in Geneva [NP]

ref # 170841
closing date: This casting is now closed

project title: Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing
production type: theatre
pay: non paid

looking for: actors
based in/around: Geneva, Switzerland

about the project

Our production of “Much Ado About Nothing” is set in 1950s mafia Italy, where women’s tongues are faster than machine-gun bullets, the coffee is strong, and the policemen are asleep.

The play will be directed by Sofie Qwarnstrom, who directed a sold-out production of The Crucible last year, and who is writing a PhD thesis on the psychological significance of Shakespeare’s plays.

Auditions will be arranged at the actors’ earliest convenience.

The performance is scheduled for the end of October in Geneva, and rehearsals will span through the summer, until then.

Due to the company being new and due to the very large cast, we are not able to pay our actors at this stage. We will invest any profit in the next show.

Looking to fill the following roles:
role 1 | actors | male
playing age: 20 - 45
role languages: English/English-American
Claudio - Male, age 20 – 45
Young mafia ‘soldier’, friend of Benedick and Don Pedro. He is misled by Don John, the prince’s resentful brother, into publicly shaming Hero at
their would-be wedding, which he comes later to repent.

Intimacy: Potential kiss
Please note, there may be some nudity/intimacy in this role. For more on what this means, please see here.
role 2 | actors | female
playing age: 17 - 36
role languages: English-American/English
Hero - Female, age 17 – 36
Gentle type. Claudio’s love interest and daughter of the Governor of Messina. Is unjustly shamed by Claudio and her father.
Please note, there may be some nudity/intimacy in this role. For more on what this means, please see here.
role 3 | actors | male
playing age: 28 - 58
role languages: English-American/English
Don Pedro - Male, age 28 – 58
The ‘Prince’ of the province and leader of the soldiers. Kind to his friends.
role 4 | actors | male
playing age: 50 - 80
role languages: English-American/English
Leonato - Male, age 50 & up
Governor of Messina, a gracious and generous host of the returning soldiers, father of Hero and uncle of Beatrice. When he is made to feel dishonored, he flies into a fury.
role 5 | actors | m/f
playing age: 20 - 70
role languages: English-American/English
Conrad - Male, age 20 to 70
Don John’s villainous henchman.
role 6 | actors | male
playing age: 20 - 70
role languages: English-American/English
Borachio - Male, age 20 to 70
Don John’s villainous henchman. An alcoholic.

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