Playhouse Creatures
by City Theatre Company
Apr. 11 - Apr. 12 (2018)
Considered little more than mistresses and prostitutes, this is the imaginative story of the ‘playhouse creatures’, England’s first actresses and their uncertain lives in the reign of Edward II. April De Angelis’ moving tale of love, betrayal, and above all, the transforming power of theatre.
Via Samuel French:
The year is 1669, a bawdy and troublesome time. Theaters have just reopened after seventeen years of Puritan suppression. There is a surge in dramatic writing and the first English actresses appear on stage. Playhouse Creatures focuses on five of the most famous (Nell Gwyn, Elizabeth Farley, Rebecca Marshall, Doll Common and Mary Betterton) to provide a moving and often comic account of the precarious lives of Restoration actresses.
"With delicious absurd extracts from the heroic repertory and frantic dressing room scenes, the prevailing tone is comic but you are not allowed to forget the gutter waiting to reclaim these glittering figures." - Independent on Sunday
"Flesh and blood heroines...move and inspire...a few more female role models stamped firmly on your heart." - Time Out
"An immense talent and witty sensitive dialogue...Thoroughly entertaining." - Tribune
Auditions for Playhouse Creatures, April De Angelis’ Austin premiere drama about the first women of theatre.
Time: Wednesday and Thursday, April 11 and 12. 5:30 - 7:30 pm.
Ten-minute slots by appointment. Callbacks if needed.
Show dates July 13 – August 5, with rehearsals beginning the first of May, Monday – Wednesday evenings, and some Saturdays.
Needed: No prepared monologue is needed. Monologues from the show will be performed, so be familiar with the show. Those will be available on the website a few days before auditions, by Thursday, April 5.
Please bring headshot and resume. Casting all roles, including six women and two men.
Directed by guest director Lindsay McKenna.
**Video Submissions can be made to the email address below. Submit up to three 1-minute monologues from the sides. A confirmation email will follow. In the body of your submission email, please include your name, contact email/phone number, headshot/resume, and rehearsal conflicts.
Call 512-524-2870 or austincreatures@gmail.com to set up an appt. For more show details, go to www.citytheatreaustin.org
[image: Nell Gwynn, via City Theatre]
