Lady Windermere's Fan
by Sirius Theater Company
Jun. 20 (2015)
Like many of Wilde's comedies,this comedy bitingly satirizes the morals of society.
The story concerns Lady Windermere, who suspects that her husband is having an affair with another woman. She confronts him with it but although he denies it, he invites the other woman, Mrs Erlynne, to his wife's birthday ball. Angered by her husband's supposed unfaithfulness, Lady Windermere decides to leave her husband for another lover. After discovering what has transpired, Mrs Erlynne follows Lady Windermere and attempts to persuade her to return to her husband and in the course of this, Mrs Erlynne is discovered in a compromising position. It is then revealed Mrs Erlynne is Lady Windermere's mother, who abandoned her family twenty years before the time the play is set. Mrs Erlynne sacrifices herself and her reputation to save her daughter's marriage. The best known line of the play sums up the central theme:
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
—Lord Darlington
Sirius Theater Company will be holding auditions for Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windemere's Fan on Saturday June 20th from 2pm - 4 pm at the Coldtowne Conservatory (in the back room), 6939 Airport Blvd, #131, Austin 78752 (click for map).
This is a change of play because another company is doing The Importance of Being Earnest. All roles are available, and we ask for actors to please prepare a 1-minute monologue (comedic is preferred) for the audition.
Please send a headshot and resume to siriustheater@gmail.com to reserve your spot for an audition. If you cannot make the Saturday audition, please send us an email to set up an audition time!
