Auditions

Verb Theatre has two audition opportunities in our 2011/12 Season: 

Noise

A work in creation 

Be involved with an artistic process that will challenge you in ways you’ve never dreamed!

Seeking ACTORS and DANCERS

Workshop: November 2011 (exact dates to be determined by casting)

About the show: 

A nightclub DJ loses his hearing but finds a soulmate.

A status update wins an election.

A family dissolves one word at a time.

It’s noise.  And it’s everywhere…

 

Noise is a new creation project going into workshop for Verb Theatre’s 2011/12 Season, with a final performance planned for October 2012.   Created with Bitter Suite Society and featuring musical direction by Kris Demeanor, Noise will be an exploration of the different kinds of societal “noise” that distract us from the things that really matter.   The final performance is expected to be a vibration-based musical for both Deaf and hearing audiences.  Incorporating  sign language, dance, music, poetry, and story, we plan to create a multidisciplinary performance that tackles the most delicate and complicated intricacies of communication.

We are seeking actors and dancers from both the professional arts community and the deaf community to help create and perform in this show.   We are looking for applicants who are willing to experiment with performance and communication and who are interested in actively contributing to a hands-on, challenging creation process.

Applicants are asked to send a letter of interest to jamie@verbtheatre.com.   Please let us know:

  • Your area of performance (dance, acting, both)
  • What your interpretation of “noise” is, and why you’re interested in bringing your ideas to this project
  • Your availability in November 2011
  • If an artistic resume and headshot are available, please attach.  If no artistic resume is available, please simply state past performance experience.

Those selected for an audition will be contacted in early September to schedule a interview or audition.  Verb Theatre hires professional artists affiliated with Canadian Actors Equity under Guest Artist Contracts.  

 

 

Jim Forgetting

By Col Cseke

 

Rehearsal Dates: March 4th-March 17th 2012

Production Dates (including tech days): March 18th- 31st 2012

Audition dates: August 26th and 27th or upon appointment

Note: Verb Theatre hires Equity actors on Guest Artist contracts.

Characters:

Jim: 40 years old, recently diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s

Donna: 40 years old, married to Jim 

Please submit headshots and resumes to jamie@verbtheatre.com. Those selected for auditions will receive an electronic copy of the script and two audition sides.  

 

Please note that we would like you to be familiar with the play and the audition sides, but we do not require you to be off book for the audition.   Copies of sides will be available at the audition.  We do not require a prepared monologue.

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About the play:

Jim Forgetting is an unflinching portrait of a year in the life of Jim and Donna, a middle-aged couple struggling with Jim’s early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.   While watching her husband slowly disappear, Donna is left to ask: can love exist without memory?  When love is composed of moments remembered and dreams shared, what happens to a marriage when memories fade and futures disappear?  An unforgettable story of one woman’s heart-wrenching decision.

This world premiere features an epilogue created by playwright Col Cseke with Calgarian Alzheimer’s patients, exploring their sense of house and home.