AUDITIONS - IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

The Importance of Being Earnest • THE COMPLETE BUNBURY EXPERIENCE • Candlelight Productions seeks strong actors (4 female and 5 male) to star in a new, inventive staging of Oscar Wilde’s classic, The Importance of Being Earnest. Actors will need to be committed and versatile, possess good vocal projection and articulation, and comedic abilities. Professionalism, humility and a sense of fun will come in handy for this show. British accents are essential. Rehearsals will begin in earnest in April for an August season. This is an unpaid production. Roles available: JACK A sophisticated and upright bachelor in his late 20s/early 30s, leading a double-life as his own fictional brother Earnest. Serious and slightly uptight, good friends with Algernon, in love with Gwendolen and legal guardian of Cecily. ALGERNON A frivolous bachelor in his mid-20s, with a more-than-healthy disdain for social etiquette. In love with Cecily and also posing as Jack’s brother Earnest. Nephew to Lady Bracknell and cousin to Gwendolen. Strong piano ability essential. GWENDOLEN A prim and proper woman in her mid 20s with an ability to take trivial things very seriously, holding the highest regards for social standing. Deeply in love with Jack; Lady Bracknell’s daughter. CECILY ‘Exceptionally pretty and only just eighteen’. In love with Jack’s fictional brother Earnest, which is not the only fantasy she entertains. Given to day dreaming, she is sweet, innocent and idealistic. MISS PRISM Cecily’s slightly aged and ever-so-slightly air-headed tutor. Very proper and moralistic, yet not so secretly in love with Dr Chasuble. DR CHASUBLE The local rector, in his fifties, with an uncanonical attraction to Miss Prism. Always has wise words to offer. LADY BRACKNELL The mature (in her fifties) matriarch of the Bracknell family who makes it her business to know everyone else’s business. Obnoxiously superior in all matters of social standing and etiquette, not least her daughter’s love life. LANE / MERRIMAN Algernon and Jack’s butlers; could be any age from mid-thirties upward. GRIBSBY (small bit part) The middle aged lawyer charged with the job of collecting Earnest’s debts. Audition date: Saturday 17th March 2007 Time: By appointment For more info or to book a time, please email your CV and a headshot to info@candlelightproductions.com.au or call Matt on 0418 140 326. If you’re interested, but can’t make the date, let us know and we’ll see what we can do (although we can't guarantee anything). If you’d like to be informed about future productions or booking tickets, drop us a line or leave your details on the website: www.candlelightproductions.com.au We are casting Australia-wide. Please pass these details onto anyone else who might be interested. We look forward to hearing from you soon!