Website Forest Theatre Company
Dedicated to language centered and multi-cultural performances.
A lawyer, desperate to find the son he drove away years before, travels in the dead of night to a mysterious cave. There, a wizard conjures up visions of the romantic, adventurous, and perilous life the lawyer’s son has lived since his father expelled him from home. The Illusion, freely adapted from Pierre Corneille’s L’Illusion Comique, is a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner. Kushner’s most joyfully theatrical play, a wildly entertaining tale of passion, regret, love, disillusionment, and magic.
Material to Prepare:
Please prepare a 1-2 minute classical monologue as well as 1-2 minute monologue of your choice (Youtube, vimeo, etc.) Please provide password if needed.
Callbacks will be held at Madison Street Theater in Oak Park on November 19th from 6-10p
Time Commitment:
Rehearsals:
Tuesdays-Fridays (6-10p), Saturdays (10a-6p), Sunday 12/21 (10a-6p)
12/16-12/21 (Off 12/22-1/3)
1/6-1/22
Tech:
1/23 (6PM-10PM)
1/24-1/25 (10AM-10PM)
Dress:
1/27-1/28 (6PM-10PM)
Preview:
1/28 (6PM-10PM)
Shows:
1/30 (7:30PM), 1/31 (2PM, 7:30PM), 2/1 (2PM, 7:30PM), 2/6 (7:30PM) , 2/7 (2pm, 7:30PM), 2/8 (2PM, 7:30PM), 2/13 (7:30) , 2/14 (2PM, 7:30PM), 2/15 (2PM, 7:30PM)
We will have 1 or 2 potential daytime in-school performances for Forest Park School District, dates TBD. Actors will be paid an additional $50 per in-school performance.
Character Type/Restrictions:
Pridamant: 50s–70s, male, open ethnicity. A father tormented by guilt after driving away his son. Desperate for redemption, cynical, but becomes vulnerable by visions of the future. A lawyer.
Alcandre: 40s–60s, any gender, open ethnicity. A magician who sees visions of the past and possible futures. Wise, commanding, and enigmatic.
Amanuensis/ Geronte: 20s–40s, any gender, open ethnicity. Alcandre's silent servant. Observant, efficient, and eerie. Also plays Geronte, a father 40s–60s, actor must have the ability to transform believably to play age.
Pleribo/ Adraste/ Prince Florilame: 20s–30s, male, open ethnicity. Rival suitor. Arrogant, jealous, and bold.
Matamore: 20s–30s, male, open ethnicity. Bombastic soldier, ridiculous, and full of gravitas.
Elicia/ Lyse/ Clarina: 20s–30s, female, open ethnicity. Maid/friend of Melibea/Isabelle/Hippolyta. Intelligent, confident in her silence, and warm.
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