[Nstc] Auditions for Women Playing Hamlet on June 1

[nstcbbt at zianet.com]

Hi!

We are getting ready to finalize our 2022-2023 Season, and will email you  
when we have the information on buying season tickets.

On June 1, we are auditioning for our first production which is Women  
Playing Hamlet, directed by Ceil Herman. We are delighted to produce  
another play by William Missouri Downs. His work has entertained our Black  
Box audiences through the years with productions including Cockeyed, Mad  
Gravity, Seagulls in a Cherry Tree, and his streaming plays including The  
Meaning of Life, Karl the Magnificent and Mr. Rogers, American Terminator!

Women Playing Hamlet is a very funny play and a perfect season opener.  
Hamlet is a challenge for any actor, but when Jessica is cast as the  
titular character in a New York production, it send her into an existential  
tailspin. It doesn't help every Starbucks barista with an MFA tells her she  
is too young for the part, not to mention she is a woman. How can Jessica  
figure out To be Or Not To Be, when she can't figure out herself? Woman  
Playing Hamlet is rip-roaring fun for Shakespeare fans and haters alike!

Needed are a minimum of 4 and maximum of 19 Women who will play all the  
male and female roles.

Auditions will be held at the Black Box Theatre, 430 N. Main Street, at 7  
p.m. on Wednesday, June 1. Auditions will be readings from the script. A  
perusal script will be available at the Branigan Library Ask Here Desk.

Rehearsals will begin June 2. Performance Dates are July 8 - 25 with the  
option to extend to August 1, should audience response warrant.

Looking forward to seeing our women actors at Auditions and remember your  
facemasks!

Information: (575) 523-1223 or nstcbbt at zianet.com.