"Fingers are pointed. Accusations are made. Hysteria begins to affect more and more people in a small rural community. Friendships and loyalties are tested. Reputations are destroyed. The law and the church intervene. Death awaits some. Is this the work of the devil or something even more evil like human nature?
Arthur Miller's still chilling parable sets its action in the 1692 Salem witch hunts but its tale is a powerful allegory of events in the middle twentieth century that still rings true in these supposedly more enlightened times. Fear is still sold to us by our governments, individuals can still be demonised, religion still divides and what we now call terror apparently still needs a war to stop it.
Salem's nooses still swing for some today.”
Eagle’s Nest Theatre is proud to announce the first round of auditions for its first season of 2008, which will be Arthur Miller’s The Crucible (paired with Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet). The season will run from 29 April to 10 May and actors must be available for possible touring in the two weeks following the in-theatre season (May 12 – 25). The Crucible will be directed by Matt Scholten.
Auditions will be held on:
Wed 30 Jan 6:30 - 9:00pm (15 minute blocks) and
Sun 3 Feb Noon - 4pm (15 minute blocks);
Interested actors are invited to send an e-mail expressing interest in auditioning for
The Crucible (with a range of possible times) to
kate@eaglesnesttheatre.com or call Kate on 0415 421 381.
Actors are asked to be ready to discuss the play (yes that means you must have read it J) and to prepare a brief monologue from it (2 mins max). For more information about the company, see http://www.eaglesnesttheatre.com.
