Auditions in Toronto

Auditions for an upcoming production of Polly Teale's After Mrs. Rochester are going on in Toronto:

"After Mrs. Rochester" by Polly Teale, directed by Laura Roald.
Performance dates: September 23 - October 8, 2011
Audition dates: July 6, 7, and 9.

British dramatist Polly Teale introduces the demons that pursued novelist Jean Rhys to those of Rhys’ alter ego, Bertha Mason Rochester, in a battle for sanity.
Brilliant, bold and troubled Dominican writer Jean Rhys felt a strong connection to the fictional character of Bertha Mason, the mad first wife of Mr. Rochester in Charlotte Brontë's classic novel "Jane Eyre".
Rhys wrote her acclaimed 1966 novel "Wide Sargasso Sea" from the perspective of Rochester's reluctant bride and Polly Teale has, in turn, produced "After Mrs. Rochester", a play which not only re-imagines Rhys’ creative process but also examines its very real toll on her life.

PREPARATION
Please prepare a short (2-3 min.) contemporary monologue.
You may also be asked to read from the script or do a short improvisation.
Please, for the love of God, read the play before auditioning.
Reading copies are available at the Toronto Reference Library, 5th floor -- Performing Arts desk.

TO BOOK AN AUDITION TIME
DO NOT e-mail photo and résumé - bring them to your audition.
Auditions will be held at the Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley Street (SW corner of Berkeley and Adelaide) in Toronto.

Alumnae Theatre is a non-union company. This assignment is unpaid.

The director Laura Roald will be blogging about the whole process of getting the play ready for an audience.
The basic synopsis of the play can be found here.
EDIT:

A plea from one of the producers of “After Mrs. Rochester“:

Alumnae Theatre is holding auditions this week (July 6, 7, and 9) for “After Mrs. Rochester” and while our audition list is full of fantabulous women there is nary a man in sight. NARY A MAN.

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