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. (Youtube, vimeo, etc.)
You may also include a 1-2 minute monologue of your choice, but it is not required.
Please provide a password if needed.
Time Commitment:
Rehearsals:
Tuesdays-Fridays (6-10PM), Saturdays (10AM-6PM)
1/6-1/29
Tech:
1/30 (6-10PM)
1/31 and 2/1 (10AM-10PM)
Dress:
2/3 and 2/4 (6-10PM)
Preview:
2/5 (6-10PM)
Shows:
2/6 (7:30PM), 2/7 (2PM, 7:30PM), 2/8 (2PM), 2/13 (7:30PM) , 2/14 (2pm, 7:30PM), 2/15 (2PM), 2/20 (7:30) , 2/21 (2PM, 7:30PM), 2/22 (2PM)
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: 40s–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: 30s–60s, any gender, open ethnicity. A magician who sees visions of the past and possible futures. Wise, commanding, and enigmatic.
Elicia/ Lyse/ Clarina: 20s–30s, female, open ethnicity. Maid/friend of Melibea/Isabelle/Hippolyta. Intelligent, confident, and warm.
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