1-3PM JANUARY  24th & 25th

 

Performance Information:

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Performances will be on The Whidbey Playhouse Mainstage, 

Located at 730 S.E. Midway Blvd, Oak Harbor, WA

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Performance Dates

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Sunday, March 29 (Buy-Out) 

7:30pm Friday, April 10 (Opening Night)

7:30pm Saturday, April 11

2:30 Sunday, April 12

7:30pm Friday, April 17 

7:30pm Saturday, April 18

2:30 Sunday, April 19

7:30pm Friday, April 24 

7:30pm Saturday, April 25

2:30 Sunday, April 26

7:30pm Friday, May 1

7:30pm Saturday, May 2

2:30 Sunday, May 3 (Closing Performance)

 

Auditions

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1-3PM SATURDAY, JANUARY  24th, & 25th

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Call Backs 

7PM MONDAY, January 26th

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Audition Location: Whidbey Playhouse Star Studio - 730 A S.E. Midway Blvd, Oak Harbor, WA

 

Audition Information:

• Auditions will combine cold and studied reads from script

• Regular in-person cast rehearsals begin in February

 

Please bring a head shot and resume (if available) and all conflicts you may have between auditions and the end of the performance schedule. Rehearsals will be held in the Star Studio up to 4 times a week. For any questions regarding auditions, please email Director, Kevin Wm Meyer kevinwm.meyer@@gmail.com  

 

“Women Playing Hamlet” by William Missouri Downs, Directed by Kevin Wm Meyer

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Synopsis:

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Struggling TV soap actress Jessica is offered a role she's not sure she wants - Hamlet. As she copes with the insane idea (and the occasional threatening text from Sir Patrick Stewart), she encounters a wide-ranging ensemble of challenging characters - including an intense acting coach, a bratty hacker niece, a cougar mom, a world wise bartender, a sexist creep professor and a Shakespearean gravedigger - all played by women. Jessica's journey to find herself in the role is a humorous and insightful exploration of gender, identity, and the challenges of acting.

 

Available Roles:

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4 to 12 feminine-presenting roles, ages 14 to 60

 

• Jessica (20s-30s) - an actress, attractive, quirky, smart

• Gwen (40s-60s) - female, an acting coach

• Humanities Professor (40s-60s) - male, overconfident

• Ghost (30s-70s) - male, Hamlets Father

• Starbucks Actress, Betty (20s-30s) - female works at Starbucks

• Priest (20s-40s) - male, Catholic, celibate

• Bicycle Messenger (20s-30s) - male, streetwise and hip

• Emily Ostergaard (14-18) - female, Jessica’s computer-geek niece

• Barfly (30s-60s) - female alcoholic

• Shopping Network Model (20s-40s) - female bubbly

• Rosy (40s-70s) - female, a young soap-opera starlet

• Lord Derby (40s-60s) - male, English Shakespeare scholar

• Minnesota Mother (40s-60s) - female Jessica’s mother

• Psychiatrist (30s-60s) - male, a Jewish Freudian psychiatrist

• Bartender (30s-60s) - male, rough, tough and tattooed

• Shopping Network Hostess (20s-40) - female bubbly

• Gilda (50s-70s) - female, grande dame soap-opera star and stroke victim

• Gravedigger (30s-70s) - male, a Cockney pun-master

• Stage Manager (30s-50s) - female

 

The Whidbey Playhouse is a non-profit, all volunteer organization. No monetary compensation is offered. The WPH welcomes and respects the diversity of our patrons, members, volunteers and staff. We are committed to providing an inclusive environment where one can fully express themselves without fear of discrimination because of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, gender identity, abilities/disabilities, size and socio-economic status.