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Audition Information

2011-2012 SEASON AUDITION DATES

All auditions will be held at the Vandivort Center Theatre at 6:30 PM on the dates listed below. Callbacks, if deemed necessary, will be held on the scheduled dates. Further audition details, including what to prepare, will be announced closer to each audition date. Check our website for updates or join our audition mailing list to receive new information as it becomes available. Also, for most productions we currently have a few extra scripts in the office, if you would like to check one out to read. We only ask for a $10 deposit when you have the script that will be returned when the script comes back.

THIS IS THE FINAL AUDITION OF THE 2011-2012 SEASON. SPRINGFIELD CONTEMPORARY THEATRE WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO AUDITIONED TO BE A PART OF THE SEASON. WE WILL BE POSTING AUDITION DATES FOR OUR UPCOMING 2012-2013 SEASON CONCURRENT TO OUR SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT IN APRIL.

ENRON
Co-Production with Drury University
By Lucy Prebble
Directed by Robert Westenberg

When: Sunday, January 22 at 7:00 PM
Where: Vandivort Center Theatre
Callbacks: Tuesday, January 24, Drury University
Prepare: one contemporary monologue that is serious or dramatic in nature and no longer than 3 minutes total.

Please call the VCT Box Office to sign up for an audition time by calling (417) 831-8001. Walk-ins will be worked in as time allows.

ROLES
The cast will be comprised of a mix of students from the Drury University theatre program and actors from the community.

PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS (3 men, 1 woman)

Ken Lay:
50’s to 60’s, he was president of Enron, paternal, political, energetic, born dirt poor and the son of a Baptist minister, a doctorate in business, friend of presidents

Jeffrey Skilling: 40’s, brilliant conceptualist who becomes the president of Enron, graduate of Harvard, a believer in Darwinist principles, wildly ambitious, not a “people person”

Claudia Roe: 30’s, tough, nicknamed “Claws,” competitive, one of the most powerful women in finance (Forbes magazine)

Andy Fastow: Late 20’s to early 30’s, lupine, a numbers guy, smart, socially inept, an outsider, ambitious and overdressed

ENSEMBLE (6 men, 5 women)

Ensemble
plays numerous speaking roles throughout the production. They play traders, accountants, analysts, lawyers, members of the press, politicians, board members and other high profile individuals.

CHILD (1 girl)

Jeffrey Skilling’s Young Daughter:
no older than 9, only does scene work with actor playing Skilling. While there is no strong language or violence in the scene work containing the daughter, the show itself does contain some very mature material.

Details subject to change.

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About Springfield Contemporary Theatre

Springfield Contemporary Theatre at the Vandivort Center, a Missouri non-profit corporation, is celebrating its 16th season of productions in this theatre and its first full year as a nonprofit organization. A wide variety of productions have been produced year round, from the landmark Hair and The Rocky Horror Show to Nine: The Musical and The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia?

SCT is dedicated to the production of works that can be re-energized through a contemporary view and through an intimate staging while using outstanding directors, local actors and guest professionals throughout the season.

Springfield Contemporary Theatre is a founding member of the Springfield Theatre Alliance as well as a member of Springfield Regional Arts Council and the Downtown Springfield Association.

History »

Current Season

SHEER WILL
June 4-19, 2011

EDUCATING RITA
July 8-23, 2011

NO SEX PLEASE,
WE’RE BRITISH
August 12-27, 2011

RABBIT HOLE
September 9-24, 2011

GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
October 14-29, 2011

Alfred Hitchcock’s
THE 39 STEPS
Nov. 18 - Dec. 11, 2011

THE SEAFARER
January 12-22, 2012

LOVE LETTERS
February 10-12, 2012

INERTIA DANCE COMPANY
February 16-18, 2012

EVITA
March 16-31, 2012

ENRON
April 19-28, 2012

Contact Us and Audition Info

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