Audition Announcements For The Shoals Theatre

Auditions for Shakespeare at the Shoals 2020 production, KING LEAR, will be Monday, December 2nd and Tuesday, December 3rd at 6:30 PM at the Shoals Theatre on Seminary Street in Florence, AL. Michael Green is directing William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy.

Principal roles are available for 12 actors, male or female (ages 20+). There are also supporting roles for approximately 10 actors, male or female (ages 16 and older). Audition material will come from Act I, Scene 1, I-2, I-4, II-4 & V-3.

Shakespeare at the Shoals supports non-traditional casting and all gender and ethnicities are encouraged to audition.

Production dates are February 21-23, 2020, with morning school performances possible on February 19 & 20. Rehearsals will begin the first week of January, 2020. For more information please contact shakespeareattheshoals@aol.com.

Auditions For Rumors.

December 7th

Auditions will be a cold reading from the script.

CASTING

5m, 5f

KEN GORMAN – (40) A well-to-do lawyer. Wealthy, but by no means pretentious. Takes

charge of the situation. Married to Chris. Halfway through the show, a gunshot causes his

temporary deafness.

CHRIS GORMAN – (mid-30’s) Another lawyer, married to Ken. Beautiful, easily flustered.

Frantically tries to maintain normalcy at the party. Has recently quit smoking, which

drives her to drink a bit more.

LENNY GANZ – (Late 30’s, early 40’s) A wealthy accountant, distraught over the recent

destruction of his new car. Starts the show with an extreme case of whiplash. Intolerant

of the gossipy-lifestyle that he is often involved in.

CLAIRE GANZ – (Late 30’s) Lenny’s wife. Very concerned with appearances (hers and

others’). Starts the play with a swollen lip. Likes to gossip.

ERNIE CUSACK – (Early 50’s) A psychiatrist. Affable, smokes a pipe. Loves his wife very

much. Tries to be as helpful as possible cooking the evening’s dinner.

COOKIE CUSACK – (40’s) Has her own cooking show. Suffers from extreme back spasms.

Loves her husband very much. A bit absent-minded at times.

GLENN COOPER – (30-40) A handsome man running for State Senate. Worried about his

own reputation. Struggles with placating his wife, who is convinced he is having an affair

(which he may or may not be).

CASSIE COOPER – (late 20’s, early 30’s) Glenn’s beautiful wife. Obsesses over her

husband’s relationships with other women. Quick to anger. Must rub her quartz crystal to

calm herself down.

OFFICER WELCH (M) – (30-50) A city police officer having a rough night. Does not

tolerate lying. Sees through the “classy” façade that these high-society types put up.

OFFICER PUDNEY (F) – (20-30) Welch’s partner. A strong but silent type.

Additional Info

At a large, tastefully-appointed Sneden’s Landing townhouse, the Deputy Mayor of New York has just shot himself. Though only a flesh wound, four couples are about to experience a severe attack of Farce. Gathering for their tenth wedding anniversary, the host lies bleeding in the other room, and his wife is nowhere in sight. His lawyer, Ken, and wife, Chris, must get “the story” straight before the other guests arrive. As the confusions and mis-communications mount, the evening spins off into classic farcical hilarity.