Sense and Sensibility
by Wimberley Players
Jan. 21 - Jan. 22 (2023)
The Dashwood sisters you know and love, Elinor and Marianne, are left destitute after their father’s unexpected death. Now socially vulnerable and subject to the society gossips, they navigate the highs and lows of love, humorously and emotionally, in a world where reputation is everything. This new adaptation by American playwright Kate Hamill “set in gossipy late 18th-century England is full of humor, emotional depth, and bold theatricality.”
Audition Notice
Sense and Sensibility
by Kate Hamill
The Wimberley Players, 450 Old Kyle Rd., Wimberley, Texas, 78676
512-847-0575 Milton Zoth, director
• IN PERSON by appointment, Saturday, January 21, 2023 11 am – 4 pm and Sunday January 22, 7 – 10 pm at 450 Old Kyle Rd., Wimberley, Texas, 78676
• If you are unavailable for the in-person audition date, please contact Managing Artistic Director, Trish Rigdon to make alternate arrangements at managingartisticdirector@wimberleyplayers.org.
• VIDEO audition accepted until Sunday, January 22 at 6:00 pm
Click HERE to go to Googleforms audition form
In person by appointment, Saturday, January 28, 11 am – 4 pm at 450 Old Kyle Rd., Wimberley, Texas, 78676
Please prepare a 1 – 2-minute classical or contemporary British monologue of your choosing. A British accent is essential.
Begin week of March 20, 2023, (weekday evenings and some weekend days)
Saturday and Sunday, April 22 & 23, 12:00 – 9:00 pm
Tuesday, April 24 to Thursday, April 27, 6 – 10:30 pm
12 Performances; April 28 to May 21, 2023, Fridays and Saturdays 7:30 pm (6:00 pm call), and Sundays 2:30 pm (1:00 pm call)The Wimberley Players are committed to casting productions based on the highest level of talent regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexuality, body-type or age. Everyone who is dedicated to creating amazing theatre is encouraged to audition.
COVID vaccination is no longer required. All actors are provided a $150 stipend.
Characters: (all roles except Elinor and Marianne may be doubled)
Elinor Dashwood – the eldest Dashwood sister; sensible
Marianne Dashwood – the middle Dashwood sister; sensitive
Margaret Dashwood – the youngest Dashwood sister; 10 – 13 years old
Mrs. Dashwood – mother to the Dashwood sisters
John Dashwood – half-brother to the Dashwood sisters (from their father’s side; no blood relation to Mrs. Dashwood).
Edward Ferrars – a gentle; a bachelor
Fanny (Ferrars) Dashwood – wife to John Dashwood and sister to Edward; nasty
Colonel Brandon – an older bachelor; over 45 years old
John Willoughby – an unusually handsome young man
Sir John Middleton – a country gentleman; distant relation to Mrs. Dashwood
Mrs. Jennings – a good-natured, boisterous woman; mother-in-law to Sir Jon and a terror to the countryside
Lady Middleton – an over-bred lady
Lucy Steele – a young girl from no fortune
Anne Steele – Lucy’s sister; indiscreet
Robert Ferrars – a callow young man; Edward Ferrars’ younger brother
Gossips – chorus of high-society creatures
Servants – including Thomas
Doctor
The Wimberley Players present inspiring, entertaining performances and programs that bring a diverse community together through live theatre, events, and education. Founded in 1979, it was Wimberley’s first nonprofit. Its current location on 450 Old Kyle Rd, just east of the Wimberley Square, welcomed its first audiences in 2006.
