Reading - Little Women at KADS
Tue, 4 June 2013, 02:21 pmKADS Admin2 posts in thread
Reading - Little Women at KADS
Tue, 4 June 2013, 02:21 pmWe are delighted to have "Little Women" as our fourth play for 2013, the well-loved story of the March family. This adaptation is of the first book and ends before Beth dies, and Jo meets Mr Baer.
The director, Christine Ellis is holding a reading the week before the auditions at the Jack Healey Centre meeting room.
When: Sunday 21st July at 2.30pm
Where: Jack Healey Centre meeting room, Mead Street, Kalamunda
Access to parking between the centre and the bus terminal on Mead Street.
See audition notice on this website under Auditions/WA.
Please direct any enquiries or to book an audition with Christine on email: suburbanroad@yahoo.com.au or call her on mobile number: 0430 494 924.
Here is a list of the characters:
Mrs March - age 35-50 - a kind, gentle woman, ability to play the piano preferred
Jo March- age 16-18 - a tomboy, intelligent and ambitious
Meg- age 18-22 - a proper young lady
Beth - age 16-18 - gentle, considerate - ability to play the piano highly regarded
Amy - age 13-16 - a snobbish, selfish child.
Hannah - age open
Mr Lawrence - age 50+ - minor role
Laurie - age 16-20 - good humour, lots of fun
Mr Brook - age 20-30 - Laurie's tutor, kind-hearted
Mr March - age 35-55 - minor role
Aunt March - age 45-70 - cantankerous
Christine Ellis has been a director at Stirling Players for 12 years and is a great advocate for youth and was instrumental in establishing SPY, Stirling's youth program which has been operating strongly for 12 years. Many of the one-act plays she has directed have received awards at youth festivals and drama fest. She has directed the following shows at Stirling: "The Children's Hour", "Toad of Toad Hall", "Narnia the Musical", "Noah the Musical", "Alice in Wonderland", "Stories from Suburban Road", "Lords and Ladies" and earlier this year, "The Secret Garden".