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LONG JOAN SILVERPlay | Comedy
Written by Arthur M. Jolly
Directed by Ben Maxwell
AUDITIONS:
Open auditions for ages 7-18
Saturday, December 5th: 10:00am - 11:30am (For Kids involved with CCT's Elf)
Saturday, December 5th: 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Sunday, December 6th: 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: Corn Stock Theatre Center (building up the road from tent grounds)
No need to sign up, just come at the start of the audition slot and plan to stay through the end of time, unless dismissed early.
WHAT TO PREPARE:
There is nothing to prepare for this audition! We will be doing cold readings from the script, so there is no need to prepare anything. Just speak clearly and project.
REHEARSALS:
Rehearsals will start at 6p and go until 8p. However younger cast members will be let go most nights between 7p-7:30p, until we start running the full show. Most rehearsals will be Monday - Thursday (Fridays as needed).
SHOW DATES & TIMES:
Wednesday, February 10th at 7:30pm
Thursday, February 11th at 7:30pm
Friday, February 12th at 7:30pm
Saturday, February 13th at 2:30pm
Possible Holdover: Sunday, February 14th at 2:30pm
All performances at the Corn Stock Theatre Center (building right up the road from the tent)
SHOW SYNOPSIS:
The classic adventure story of buried treasure and the original one-legged pirate with a parrot gets a timely makeover, combining offbeat farce, sight gags and horrendous puns with a dramatic core that explores discrimination, privilege and greed. Unlike in Robert Louis Stevenson's book, where only one unnamed character is female, women are front and center as Long Joan Silver's young Jim Hawkins comes of age during the fateful voyage of the Hispaniola and the clash between an all-female pirate crew and Squire Trelawney, Doctor Livesey and the domineering Captain Smollett.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:
FEMALE ROLES:
Long Joan Silver - Charismatic, duplicitous and cunning. The original untrustworthy pirate with a wooden leg and a parrot.
Sally Bones - A drunken pirate captain, down on her luck
Jen Gunn - A mad woman, isolated for years after being marooned on an island with nothing to eat but rats.
Isreal Hands - The most evil of the pirate woman
Jacquotte Delcharge - Scary. French.
Mary Reade - Tempestuous pirate.
Anne Bonney - Ruthless pirate.
Tess Morgan - Dumb as a bag of rope.
Maria Lindsey - Brave, even reckless pirate.
Mary "Cricket" Crichett - Petite and feisty.
Liz Patrickson - Rough and ready Irish pirate.
Mrs. Hawkins - An Over Protective Mother
Mrs. Sitwell - Sarcastic and snappy, loyal to the patriarchy, to her detriment.
Miss Bean - Cheerful and compliant. She throws her lot in with the mutineers, also to her detriment.
Merchants - Seller of "things inside things"
MALE ROLES:
Jim Hawkins - Starts out naive but grows up through his adventures.
Squire Trelawney - An overprivileged dandy.
Dr. Livesey - A country doctor.
Captain Smollett - Stiff, principled sea Captain.
Alan Arrow - Domineering first mate on board the ship
Bosun Abraham Gray - Loyal and brave
Tom Redruth - Thick Sussex accent, completely incomprehensible to anyone else.
Farmer Giles - Bluff and simple
Doug The Undertaker - Creepy but cowardly.
Bones the Butcher - Worried his wife will find out he's at the pub.
Peter the Porter - Funny
Merchants - Seller of "things inside things"
PRODUCTION CREW:
Director: Ben Maxwell
Supervising Director: Paula Graves
Assistant Director: Megan Johnston
Fight Choreography: Jeramie Glass
Costumer: Megan Scott
Stage Manager: Chris Peterlin
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1700 N Park Rd, Peoria, IL, United States, Illinois 61604
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