This is a modern, funny, smart and emotional update of Chekhov's The Seagull. Students should not concern themselves with being age appropriate for the audition. I listed the ages below as conceived by the playwright, but I feel that it is more important to find actors who can invest themselves in the roles regardless of age. Anyone who signed up for Clybourne Park would be just as right for the casting of Stupid Fucking Bird.
You can access the play here. Please read it if at all possible, it will help you decide what role to audition for. If you have trouble downloading the play, please send me an email: craig.wells@uvm.edu or cewells72@gmail.com. Sides will be made available later this week. Please familiarize yourself with them prior to Monday's audition.
Auditions will be Monday, May 2 from 6:30-10:00 PM. Callbacks will be Tuesday, May 3, from 6:30-10:00 PM. All auditions will be at Royall Tyler Theatre.
Synopsis
Kind, hopeful Dev suffers from an unrequited love for Mash, who composes cleverly despairing songs on the ukulele. Mash is desperately in love with Con, a passionate playwright who is deeply in love with Nina, his beautiful, vibrant muse, and childhood friend. Nina seems to love him back, until she becomes entranced by Trig, a literary star who happens to be dating Con’s mother Emma, a successful actress who is hopelessly commercial, in the eyes of her son. With a dead bird, a gun, and a little help from the audience, Con might be able to win Nina’s heart again… or at least feed his own tentative, morbid creativity. In this edgy, funny, and compassionate reboot of Anton Chekhov’s famous The Seagull, Aaron Posner has created a strong, energetic ensemble piece, a hilarious and moving meditation on love, art, life, and the world we live in.
Character Breakdown
Conrad: male, age 20s-30s
Fierce and fiery young author, poet, performance creator. In love with Nina.
Emma: female, age 40s-50s
Conrad’s mother, a very famous actress of stage and screen.
Doyle Trigorin: male, age 30s-50s
Famous author, very popular. Emma’s lover.
Nina: female, age 20s-30s
Aspiring actress. Emma and Conrad’s neighbor. Beloved of Conrad.
Dev: male, age 20s-30s
Conrad’s best childhood friend. Totally in love with Mash.
Mash: female, age 20s-30s
Conrad’s cousin. In love with Conrad.
Sorn: male, age 50s-60s
Close family friend of Emma and Conrad.
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