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Fairfield Footlighter’s announce auditions for our upcoming production of THE TEMPEST.

Directed by Kate Brauer-Bell.

Auditions will be held at the Fairfield Community Arts Center from 6:30-9:00pm, Monday and Tuesday July 17th and 18th, with possible callbacks if needed on Wednesday, July 19th.

Audition slots are available at the Signup Genius link below, but walk ins are welcome as well:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409084CA4AE28AB9-fairfield

Any actors aged 16 and up are welcome.
Headshot and resume welcome but not required. Please have a Shakespearean monologue, 30-seconds or longer, memorized. Please see below for a link with resources if needed. Actors may be asked to do a short dance piece.

https://www.shakespeare-monologues.org/home

Rehearsals for the show will be Monday-Thursday from 6:30-9pm, beginning July 24th at Fairfield Community Arts Center. Performances are the weekend of September 22nd through the 24th.

Please prepare and bring a list of conflicts from July 24th through September 24th.

Roles available:

• Alonso- Alonso is the King of Naples. An enemy of Prospero’s, he accepted Antonio’s proposition to help the latter usurp Prospero’s throne in return for Antonio’s swearing Milan’s fealty to Naples.
• Sebastian- Sebastian is the brother of Alonso, the King of Naples.
• Prospero- Prospero is the deposed Duke of Milan.
• Antonio- Antonio is Prospero’s brother. He usurped the throne of Milan from his brother with Alonso’s help, willingly abandoning the sovereignty of the Dukedom to Naples.
• Ferdinand- Ferdinand is Alonso’s son. Cast up on his own on the island after the wreck, he is convinced that his father has drowned, not least by Ariel’s songs.
• Gonzalo- Gonzalo is an old man, an honest counselor of Alonso’s.
• Adrian- Adrian is a lord in Alonso’s suite. He appreciates the climate of the island where they have landed, and questions Gonzalo’s scholarship.
• Francisco- Francisco is a lord in Alonso’s suite. He attempts to comfort the King with the hope that Ferdinand may be alive, but is unsuccessful. He is intrigued by the vanishing of the spirits at the feast.
• Caliban- Caliban is the savage son of the witch Sycorax, and was born on the island.
• Trinculo- Trinculo is Alonso’s jester. He is a coward and is delighted to have Caliban subservient to him. He has a taste for finery as well as for liquor, and plans to help Stefano become king of the island.
• Stephano- Stephano is Alonso’s butler. He has something of a taste for liquor, and is well-served when he is cast up on the shore with a butt of wine that he held onto to avoid drowning.
• Master of a Ship- The Master of a Ship captains a ship bearing the King of Naples and his closest advisers home from a wedding in Tunis.
• Boatswain- Boatswain is in charge of running the ship in the storm.
• Miranda- Miranda is Prospero’s daughter. Though she has some vague memories of her time at court when she was a toddler, in the main she has no recollection of a life other than being isolated on an island with no company but her father and Caliban.
• Ariel- Ariel is an airy spirit bound in service to Prospero and impatient for his release.
• Iris- Iris is one of Prospero’s spirits, representing the goddess of the rainbow in the masque.
• Ceres- Ceres is one of Prospero’s spirits (likely Ariel) representing the goddess of the harvest in the masque. She joins Juno to bless Ferdinand and Miranda’s union.
• Juno- Juno is one of Prospero’s spirits, representing the Queen of Heaven and goddess of marriage in the masque. She joins with Ceres to bless Ferdinand and Miranda’s union.