Audition Call for Shakespeare Kelowna's Summer Play
"The Two Gentlemen of Verona"
1-4pm Saturday 24th March 2012 and
1-4pm Sunday 25th March 2012 at
The Rotary Centre, Cawston Avenue
The Two Gentlemen of Verona - Characters
Male 18-35 Proteus - Valentine's supposed best friend. He is Julia's sweetheart, but he falls in love with Silvia and attempts to steal her away from Valentine and Thurio.
Male 18-35 Valentine - He is Proteus' best friend, and Silvia's love. Banished to the forest after Proteus betrays his plan to elope with Silvia, Valentine becomes king of the outlaws.
Female 18-35 Julia - Proteus' beloved; travels to Milan to visit Proteus, disguised as Sebastian.
Female 18-35 Silvia - Daughter to the Duke and beloved of Valentine, also sought after by Proteus and Thurio.
Male 35-85 Duke of Milan - Silvia's father; wants her to marry Thurio; banishes Valentine.
Female 18-85 Lucetta - Julia's servant, who considers love from a practical point of view.
Male: 18-85 Launce - Proteus' humorous servant, and devoted to his dog.
Male/female 18-85 Speed - Valentine's humorous page; friendly with Launce.
Male 18-85 Thurio - foolish, boorish but wealthy rival to Valentine for Silvia's hand.
Male/female 18-65 Eglamour - Helps Silvia escape from the Duke's court
Male 35-85 Antonio - Father to Proteus
Male/female 35-85 Host - Houses Julia while she searches for Proteus.
Male/female 18-85 Outlaws - outlaws intercept Valentine and make him their leader
Male/female 18-85 Panthino - Antonio's servant
Crab - Launce's dog.
Note: The following can be played by the same actors: Duke/Antonio/Outlaw, Panthino/Eglamour, Host/Outlaw, Lucetta/Outlaw.
Please email Noelle at
noilly28@hotmail.com
for further details and to book an audition time
Rehearsal Schedule is Tues, Wed, Thurs May 1st-July 17th + Sundays as necessary
Show Runs 3 weekends, Weds, Thurs, Fri, Sat July 18th - Aug 4th
Reviews for Shakespeare Kelowna's Summer Play "The Two Gentlemen of Verona"
(Selection of reviews)
"Love, Laughter and a bit with a dog"
"A tale of men behaving very badly indeed."
"Rated PG. Romantic comedy. Contains yet more scenes of cross dressing."
"Take a close friend – they'll be your lover by the end of the show."
"Bosom buddies Valentine and Proteus are Verona's closest comrades, but their friendship is put to the ultimate test when Proteus forsakes his beloved Julia and competes for the affections of Valentine's newfound love, the strong-willed Silvia."
"Teeming with high comic scenes and rich, romantic language, Two Gents displays Shakespeare's copious comic powers at their hilarious height. And in Proteus, the role for which a young Tom Hanks won the Cleveland Critics' Circle Award for Best Actor, the Bard gives us one of his most memorable theatrical creations."
"Friendship and passion entangle all in this clever comedy about jealousy and the fickle nature of love. Bawdy bandits, cross-dressing, and a "sourest natured" dog named Crab make this one of Shakespeare's most memorable comedies."
"The play is an absolutely beautiful story about young people coming of age...falling in and out and back in love. Along the way, it plumbs some extraordinary emotional depths and it also scales some euphoric heights...but throughout, there resounds a purity and truthfulness of storytelling that only William Shakespeare could have achieved."