The Seagull
by Classic Theatre of San Antonio

Sep. 22 - Sep. 23 (2015)

Chekhov's classic tale comes to the Classic on the eve of the 120th anniversary of its premiere at the legendary Moscow Art Theatre.  

Production Dates are February 12-March 6, 2016.  

Wikipedia:

The Seagull (Russian: Чайка, Chayka) is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 and first produced in 1896. The Seagull is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramatises the romantic and artistic conflicts between four characters: the famous middlebrow story writer Boris Trigorin, the ingenue Nina, the fading actress Irina Arkadina, and her son the symbolist playwright Konstantin Tréplev.

Though the character of Trigorin is considered Chekhov's greatest male role, like Chekhov's other full-length plays, The Seagull relies upon an ensemble cast of diverse, fully developed characters. In contrast to the melodramaof mainstream 19th-century theatre, lurid actions (such as Konstantin's suicide attempts) are not shown onstage. Characters tend to speak in ways that skirt around issues rather than addressing them directly; in other words, their lines are full of what is known in dramatic practice as subtext,[1] or text that is not spoken aloud.


The role of Irena Arkadina will be played by Kelly Hilliard Roush (Actor's Equity). All other roles are open. Cast and crew will be paid a stipend.

 

Please schedule an audition time with Florence Bunton at 210-589-8450. Send your head shot and resume to allan@classictheatre.org. Your audition time will be confirmed once we receive your resume information


If you have auditioned for The Classic Theatre before and have given us a head shot and resume you do not have to set an audition time. Please contact Florence and let her know that you are interested in a role in the show. If there is a potential role for you, you will be called for the call back audition on the 24th only.

Characters:

  • Irina Nikolayevna Arkadina – an actress (pre-cast)
  • Konstantin Gavrilovich Treplyov – Irina's son, a playwright
  • Boris Alexeyevich Trigorin – a well-known writer
  • Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya – the daughter of a rich landowner
  • Pjotr Nikolayevich Sorin – Irina's brother
  • Ilya Afanasyevich Shamrayev – a retired lieutenant and the manager of Sorin's estate
  • Polina Andryevna – Ilya's wife
  • Masha – Ilya and Polina's daughter
  • Yevgeny Sergeyevich Dorn – a doctor
  • Semyon Semyonovich Medvedenko – a teacher
  • Yakov – a hired workman
  • Cook – a worker on Sorin's estate
  • Maid – a worker on Sorin's estate
  • Watchman – a worker on Sorin's estate; he carries a warning stick at night