I Hate Hamlet
Auditions
Saturday 7 June 2014 1:30 pm
Life is not going well for LA TV star Andrew Rally. His popular medical drama has been cancelled, his girlfriend is clinging to her virginity, and he’s accidentally bought a medieval duplex in New York. Andrew’s duplex turns out to be the former home of the renowned actor John Barrymore – the greatest Hamlet of all time. Andrew has, however, been offered the chance to play Hamlet in Central Park. The only problem is, he hates Hamlet…
“... unapologically silly and hilarious.” New York Times
Auditions
Auditions will be held Saturday, June 7th starting at 1:30 pm in individual 10-minute periods. Please contact Mary Granfors at mary.gforce@gmail.com or #021 78 1962 for a copy of the full script, audition pieces from script, and to sign up for your 10 minute time interval. All readings will be from script –- no need to prepare a separate monologue. Callbacks will be Sunday, June 15th. All actors to arrive at 1.30 pm for group recall auditions.
Contact details
Mary Granfors
email: mary.gforce@gmail.com
telephone: 021 78 1962
Rehearsals
Commence Tuesday 17 June 2014, Tuesdays and Thursdays each week from 7.30pm, Sundays from 12.30pm
Season
Thursday 21 to Saturday 30 August 2014 - 10 performances (including 2 matinees)
About the director
Mary Granfors, a recent transplant to New Zealand from the USA, is thrilled to be directing her first play for the Ellerslie Stables Theatre. Her love of sarcasm and edgy live performance stems from her early years living in New York and Boston, but her deep affection for the eccentric and laid back west coast style flows directly from twenty years plus living in San Francisco and Seattle.
She has been director, producer and actor in various productions including 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' by Edward Albee, 'Getting Out' by Marsha Norman, 'The Shape of Things' by Neil LaBute, and 'Picasso at the Lapin Agile' by Steve Martin. But her favorite production, by far, was “The Vagina Monologues” by Eve Ensler. Combining outrageous laughs, true stories and heartbreaking moments, this play fully educates and engages the audience. Mary’s most recent directing endeavor, “We’ll Always Have Paris” by Jill Hyem, played at the Dolphin Theatre in 2011.
She was drawn to “I Hate Hamlet” by Paul Rudnick because this show too, has east coast and west coast roots, and made her giggle, guffaw and got her thinking genuinely about life’s struggles and choices. She hopes it does the same for you!
Cast Required
The cast requirements listed below are a general outline. (All age ranges are only suggestions and should be treated as guidelines. If you are outside of the age range but feel you are perfect for the role, please come along to audition.)
This play is set in the present, and presently America is a wild potpourri of accents! In addition to the “Bah-stonians,” “New Yoikers,” the folks in “Nawr-lins,” and the surfer dudes of “SoCal,” there is a beautiful mix of Asian, Latino, European -- and the list goes on and on. I would like to keep the characters of John Barrymore and Andrew Rally grounded in a “basic” American accent (like mine, and please feel free call me if you want to hear it!) as well as keep Felicia with her New York honk, and Lillian with a German accent. However, I am open to creative accents for the characters of Gary and Deirdre. (Although Gary’s name IS Lefkowitz!) Notes to read prior to the audition: Original Production Notes
“It’s Shakespeare, right? It’s like algebra on stage.”
“... unapologically silly and hilarious.” New York Times
Auditions
Auditions will be held Saturday, June 7th starting at 1:30 pm in individual 10-minute periods. Please contact Mary Granfors at mary.gforce@gmail.com or #021 78 1962 for a copy of the full script, audition pieces from script, and to sign up for your 10 minute time interval. All readings will be from script –- no need to prepare a separate monologue. Callbacks will be Sunday, June 15th. All actors to arrive at 1.30 pm for group recall auditions.
Contact details
Mary Granfors
email: mary.gforce@gmail.com
telephone: 021 78 1962
Rehearsals
Commence Tuesday 17 June 2014, Tuesdays and Thursdays each week from 7.30pm, Sundays from 12.30pm
Season
Thursday 21 to Saturday 30 August 2014 - 10 performances (including 2 matinees)
About the director
Mary Granfors, a recent transplant to New Zealand from the USA, is thrilled to be directing her first play for the Ellerslie Stables Theatre. Her love of sarcasm and edgy live performance stems from her early years living in New York and Boston, but her deep affection for the eccentric and laid back west coast style flows directly from twenty years plus living in San Francisco and Seattle.
She has been director, producer and actor in various productions including 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' by Edward Albee, 'Getting Out' by Marsha Norman, 'The Shape of Things' by Neil LaBute, and 'Picasso at the Lapin Agile' by Steve Martin. But her favorite production, by far, was “The Vagina Monologues” by Eve Ensler. Combining outrageous laughs, true stories and heartbreaking moments, this play fully educates and engages the audience. Mary’s most recent directing endeavor, “We’ll Always Have Paris” by Jill Hyem, played at the Dolphin Theatre in 2011.
She was drawn to “I Hate Hamlet” by Paul Rudnick because this show too, has east coast and west coast roots, and made her giggle, guffaw and got her thinking genuinely about life’s struggles and choices. She hopes it does the same for you!
Cast Required
The cast requirements listed below are a general outline. (All age ranges are only suggestions and should be treated as guidelines. If you are outside of the age range but feel you are perfect for the role, please come along to audition.)
This play is set in the present, and presently America is a wild potpourri of accents! In addition to the “Bah-stonians,” “New Yoikers,” the folks in “Nawr-lins,” and the surfer dudes of “SoCal,” there is a beautiful mix of Asian, Latino, European -- and the list goes on and on. I would like to keep the characters of John Barrymore and Andrew Rally grounded in a “basic” American accent (like mine, and please feel free call me if you want to hear it!) as well as keep Felicia with her New York honk, and Lillian with a German accent. However, I am open to creative accents for the characters of Gary and Deirdre. (Although Gary’s name IS Lefkowitz!) Notes to read prior to the audition: Original Production Notes
“It’s Shakespeare, right? It’s like algebra on stage.”
No characters are listed for this production.