NSW - COSI requires 2 males to play ROY and DOUG - Liverpool Performing Arts

Liverpool Performing Arts Ensemble has made it to a 3rd production. On our 3rd time around we will be presenting to the Liverpool community Louis Nowra's COSI! Directed by John Brown and Assistant Director Susan Brown Audition Information We are looking for 2x males to audition for 2 roles. Please see below for character synopsis and audition information or go to www.liverpoolperformingarts.com.au Synopsis Lewis, is an inexperienced university student who is given the job of directing a play in a mental hospital. At first he is not keen to do so, giving the reason for having taken on this job as "I need the money". The venue is a theatre that smells of "burnt wood and mould", the cast are patients with very diverse needs, and the play is Mozart's CosÁ¬ fan tutte. The patients make up a wide spectrum including Doug, a pyromaniac; Cherry, a food-addicted, Lewis-addicted romantic and compulsive liar; Julie, a philosophical junkie; Roy, a manic-depressive with a passion for theatre; Henry, an older, silent man, previously a lawyer; Ruth, obsessed with counting and Zac, a drugged up pianist. Other characters include Lewis' girlfriend Lucy and his best mate Nick, whose strongly left-wing ideals Lewis has followed up until now without question. Meeting patients with different views to Lucy and Nick opens Lewis' eyes to other people and the world around him, teaching him to be more tolerant. Lewis eventually discovers a new side of himself which allows him to become emotionally involved and to value love. Audition Details Auditions will be held at the Mount Pritchard Community Centre, Pritchard Street, Mount Pritchard on Tuesday 17 March All auditions will run for only a few minutes. Rehearsals will be held each Tuesday and Thursday night until the first show on 29 May 2009. To book in an audition time please contact the Audition Secretary on 0439 939 120. Character Synopsis The time is 1971 - The play is set in a Melbourne mental institution Characters Required: Roy, male, a mental patient who has spent much of his life in institutions. Would suit male 35-55 Doug, male, has a liking for fires, but has not been in institutions very long - Would suit male 20-30