Auditions

New Edgecliff Theatre will be holding auditions for our upcoming production of The Night of the Iguana on August 9th and 10th. Auditions will be held at the Essex Studios from 6pm-10pm both evenings. The production, directed by Elizabeth A. Harris, will run from October 7th-23rd at the Columbia Performance Center.

Audition Information

Production: The Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams
Directed by: Elizabeth A. Harris
Rehearsal Timeframe: September 12th-October 6th, 2010
Performance Dates: October 7th-9th, 14th-16th and 21st-23rd, 2010

Audition Dates & Times: August 9th & 10th, 6pm-10pm
Callback Date & Time: August 11th, 6pm-10pm
Audition Location: Cincinnati Actors Studio at the Essex Studios, 2511 Essex Place, Cincinnati, OH 45206
For more information: Please contact Managing Director Devon Campailla: dcampailla@newedgecliff.com

Please Prepare: Come prepared to read from the script (sides will be provided when you arrive). You may be asked to participate in a short improv for some minor roles. Please bring a headshot and resume if you have one. You will be asked to complete an audition form, so please arrive 5-10 minutes prior to your audition time in order to complete.

Cast Breakdown:

Major Characters

1. Maxine Faulk– the middle-aged padrona of the Costa Verde Hotel. She has recently been widowed; her husband Fred has died. Even before his death, Maxine was sleeping with other men, mostly local boys. Maxine is an old friend of Shannon’s.
2. Reverend Shannon– a middle-aged minister who lost his church when he had an improper relationship with a Sunday school teacher. Shannon becomes a tour guide, leading groups in many different countries. He leads his current group to the Costa Verde Hotel after he has sex with one of his young charges. Shannon suffers a crisis verging on breakdown at the hotel.
3. Judith Fellows–the leader of the group for which Shannon is acting as tour guide.
4. Hannah Jelkes– a middle-aged spinster from New England. She travels the world with her elderly grandfather, Jonathon Coffin. Hannah is an artist who paints watercolors and sketches people in charcoal and pastels.
5. Nonno/Jonathan Coffin– the elderly grandfather of Hannah Jelkes. He is nearly 98 years “young” and a minor poet. Coffin is somewhat senile, very hard of hearing, and uses a wheelchair and a cane to get around
6. Charlotte Goodall– the young girl whom Shannon has sex with on the tour. She is very much in love with him and wants to get married.

Minor Characters

1. Hank– Shannon’s companion on Blake Tours and bus driver
2. Pedro—employee of the hotel (ability to speak Spanish/Spanish dialect a plus)
3. Pancho– employee of the hotel (ability to speak Spanish/Spanish dialect a plus)
4. Herr Fahrenkopf—tank manufacturer from Frankfort staying at the hotel (ability to do a German dialect/speak German a plus)
5. Frau Fahrenkopf—Herr’s wife (ability to do a German dialect/speak German a plus)
6. Hilda—the bride staying at the hotel (ability to do a German dialect a plus)
7. Wolfgang—Hilda’s father (ability to do a German dialect a plus)
8. Jake Latta—employee of Blake Tours who comes to take over Shannon’s position

Payment: All roles are stipend paid based on the role.

To learn more about the show, click here.