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Home Made Theater Holds Auditions for “Noises Off”
Posted by Gail M. Burns - February 2010
Home Made Theater announces open auditions for their April production of Michael Frayn’s hilarious farce NOISES OFF directed by Alma Becker. Auditions will be held on Sunday, February 21st and Monday, February 22nd from 7:00-9:00pm at the Spa Little Theater in Saratoga Spa State Park. The cast consists of nine including four women and five men.
Michael Frayne’s NOISES OFF is an hilarious farce in which he exposes the off stage amorous antics of an English theatre company on tour. The back stage hi- jinks threaten to disrupt their current production of NOTHING ON. The cast will each play two characters – an actor in the theatre company and a role in their production of NOTHING ON. All the pleasures of a farcical story are present – chases, collisions, multiple slamming doors, mistaken identities, miscellaneous seductions, and drastic misunderstandings – all adding up a celebratory spoof of life in the theatre.
NOISES OFF requires a skilled group of comic actors to create a spontaneous and high-energy production. Besides good comic timing and keen concentration the actors will need to have physical agility and stamina. The play is composed of three different versions of NOTHING ON (the play within the play) and the actors will need to have sharp memories for the verbal and choreographed repetition of the text and staging. The two-story setting will require ease of movement on stair units, and no fear of heights. And all the characters require English accents.
Production dates are weekends, April 16th – May 2nd, 2010. Rehearsals begin February 28th. Copies of the script are available prior to the auditions at the Saratoga Springs Public Library Reference Desk. No appointments are necessary for the audition. Those auditioning are asked to bring a current photo which cannot be returned. For a detailed flyer with character descriptions or questions about the audition, contact HMT at 518-587-4427, or visit the web site at homemadetheater.org.