An Ideal Husband
by City Theatre Company
Dec. 09 - Dec. 14 (2021)
Politics, Scandals, Romance, gone Wilde! An Ideal Husband, Oscar Wilde’s wickedly-witty and touching comedy, remains one of the most famous and popular in history.
The respectable Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All is threatened when the conniving Mrs. Cheveley appears with damning evidence of a past misdeed and threatens blackmail. His best friend comes to his aid - and through a number of comedic entanglements – tries to lead Robert and his family out of harm and disgrace. But there are others who have desires and ambitions all their own.
While written in 1895, underneath a surface of frivolity and appearances, there li. countless elements of today’s current times and affairs: feminism, blackmail, political corruption, morality and mistrust, the psychology of love and forgiveness. All are served up with the effervescent Wilde wit, where in a course of just twenty-four hours, this cocktail mix of characters learns what it means to be “an ideal husband.”
Auditions for An Ideal Husband, Oscar Wilde’s famously wicked romantic comedy.
Online submissions happening now.Time: Submit an audition recording by Tuesday, December 14th, 2021.
In-person callbacks at Trinity Street Playhouse, December 14th. 6:30 pm.
Please submit a 1 to 2 minute recorded audition performance with material of your choice fitting the style of the play. If you are not able to send a recording, we can set up a zoom or online audition.
Please include in your request: name, phone #, and contact email with a headshot and resume. Sides will be sent to you for call back selections.
Open call to all actors. Show dates February 11 - 20, 2022, with rehearsals from the beginning of January.
Directed by Cris Skinner at Trinity Street Playhouse.
512-470-1100 or info@citytheatreaustin.org to set up an appt.More audition information at citytheatreaustin.org .
