SUDS Presents: Blithe Spirit
Written by Noël Coward
Directed by Jeremy Jenkins
Produced by Alexis Nguyen
Assistant directed by Hunter Shanahan
13th September - 23rd September 2023
The Cellar Theatre
Contact email: sudsblithespirit@gmail.com
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BACKGROUND
Charles Condomine, a wealthy novelist, invites a medium to a dinner party so that he and his sceptical friends can laugh at the absurdity of her seance. The medium, however, manages to summon the spirit of Charles’ ex-wife Elvira, who sets out on a personal mission to ensure she can live together forever with Charles in the afterlife.
GENRE
Farce comedy
CONTENT WARNINGS
References to death and dying, depictions of ghosts, sexist language.
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APPLY HERE: https://bit.ly/3Wadafr
AUDITION TIMES:
Monday 22/05 11am-1pm
Tuesday 23/05 10am-1pm
Thursday 25/05 10am-12pm, 2pm-6pm
Friday 26/05 10am-2pm
Auditions will take 15-20 minutes and will be conducted in-person on USYD campus (location TBC).
You will be sent a follow-up email confirming your audition time. If none of the listed times work for you, please send us an email to arrange an alternative time.
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AUDITION PACK (character descriptions & monologues):
https://bit.ly/3pQi7hG
All casting will be race-blind and gender-blind.
In preparation for the audition, please prepare one of the following monologues. It doesn’t have to correspond with the role you are auditioning for, but we’d love to see some relevant characterisation. Memorisation is very strongly encouraged, but not necessary. During the audition, we may ask you to repeat your monologue with direction, or to cold read another monologue. We want to see your range!
If you have any questions, please contact us at: sudsblithespirit@gmail.com
We can’t wait to hear from you :))
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY:
SUDS acknowledges that the University of Sydney and the Cellar Theatre reside on stolen land; the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. As a society that exists to tell stories, it is important to acknowledge that stories were told on this land for thousands of years before British colonisation.
SUDS pays respects to elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded – Always Was, Always Will Be Aboriginal Land.