Toto Funds the Arts and rafiki are staging George Büchner’s Woyzeck, directed by Anmol Vellani in June.  The play will open at Adishakti in Pondicherry and then play at Ranga Shankara in July. There are positions open for a few interesting walk-on roles, both male and female. For appointments, email: anu.sengupta@gmail.com

About the Play

Georg Büchner’s Woyzeck is one the most celebrated plays in the German theatre repertory and has aroused much curiosity and fascination since it was first written in the 1830s. Woyzeck is the first play in Western dramatic literature to politicize tragedy and feature a commoner as a tragic figure.

Franz Woyzeck is a peasant-soldier whose fate is sealed as much by his own actions as by the forces of oppression in 19th century Prussian society.  The play explores lust, infidelity, brutality, depravity and murder with a radical vision and compact intensity unequalled in the history of drama.

Drawing inspiration from different translations and adaptations of the play, a new script of Woyzeck has been specially created for this production.

DreamScope Theatre is holding auditions for its upcoming play on Thursday, January 24, 2008 from 3.30pm to 7.30 pm at Suchitra Film Society, #36, 9th Main Road, Banashankari 2nd stage, Bangalore.

The cast includes two male and two female characters. Actors must come prepared with a monologue (modern) before coming for the audition; there will be a cold read from the script with short listed actors later. Audition strictly by appointment only. For appointments call +91 99456 77157 or email: dreamscopetheatre@gmail.com. Fluency in English is a must. DST is also looking for tech crew and volunteers for the same. All positions are unpaid. Actors will be required to spend three hours rehearsing every alternate weekday and four hours on weekends. Show runs in April, 2008.

CHARACTER TIP OFF:

MALE CAST INCLUDES -
1. Victor: (mid 20′s to mid 30′s). profession – Scientist. off to save the world.
2. Darling: (20′s). profession – hostage.

FEMALE CAST INCLUDES -
1. Jessica: (young – age unknown). profession – an enthusiastic and smart broadcast journalist.
2. Cathy: (20′s). profession – unknown. Victor’s so-called girl friend. Suicide bomber.

Silver Screen Entertainment is holding audition for their forthcoming play THE GLASS MENAGERIE. The audition details are as follows

Characters:
Amanda: Single mother of two,Laura and Tom. A proud, vivacious woman, Amanda clings fervently to memories of a vanished, genteel past. She is simultaneously admirable, charming, pitiable, and laughable.

Laura Wingfield -  Amanda’s daughter and Tom’s younger sister. Laura has a bad leg, and walks with a limp. Twenty-three years old and painfully shy, she has largely withdrawn from the outside world and devotes herself to old records and her collection of glass figurines.

Venue:
#409 1st C Cross
7th Block Koramangala

Landmark: Opp Raheja Arcade
Behind Hutch Shop
Next to Print Express there’s a Nokia Shop
Next to nokia shop house 3rd Floor

Date and Time:
1st July, Saturday , 6.00 pm

Contact Person
Aamreeta Gautam:9886520891 aamreeta_gautam@yahoo.co.in

Centre for Film and Drama students are looking for actors for their forthcoming short films. The character descriptions for each film is given below. Auditions will be held on Saturday, 3:00 pm , at CFD. Please contact 9886520891 for details or mail to aamreeta_gautam@yahoo.co.in.

Ajnabi ( Stranger)

1. Old man – About late fifties, thin and scrawny with a potentially haggard look.  The actor can be of any age, who, with the right kind of hairdo and face-do can become the old man. The character has no dialogues.
2. Mother- Mid to late twenties, middle class family with a pleasant demeanor, perhaps a pleasing look.
3. Sukku – About ten years old, of any build but must have a loud voice and look very mischievous.
4. Ranga – Same as above except a bit more docile.

The First Date

1. Sridhar: about 25-27 yrs of age. Software Engineer.
2. Sanjeev: Sridhar’s friend and roommate. About same age as Sridhar.
3. Ravi: Sridhar’s friend and roommate. About same age as Sridhar.
4. Sweta: about 24-26 yrs. Pleasant looking.
5. Archana: Sweta’s roommate. Little plump. Speaks goo hindi.

Rashmi’s film

1. Maya-preferably tall, thin, looks like a funky.
2. Rudy-tall, very regular, someone who will pass off as being ambitious and very stereotypically successful.

—– Original Message —–
From: Vinay Varma
Hey friends,

We have been assigned to cast for yet another film by Krishna Vamsi. It had been a great experience working first time with him for DANGER, which the youth lapped up. This time too it is a Telugu film, starring NTR Jr in the lead. Ileana is playing the female lead. Vamsi has always believed in nurturing new, raw talent and that’s the reason why we are working with him, again. He has faith in local talent and it has become our responsibility to meet his expectations.

Towards this end, we would be auditioning lots and lots of actors (Telugu knowing or otherwise), age groups ranging from 15-45, male and female. It would be great if the prospective actor is a trained one or has done some theater at some point in time. If you have done an odd film nothing like it.

We have some interesting roles, like the sister of the hero who should be between 18-20 yrs, telugu-speaking with native looks.

A woman ACP, tough looking, 30-35 yrs. Of course, would be great if she has oomph.

Another oomph-aunt of the same age to play the Creative Head of a TV Channel.

The mandatory bad guys, but not the stereo types. A couple of criminal lawyers, a Minister, an MLA, a top cop and the minister’s son complete the first list given to us. There are lots of other good roles coming your way, for the same film.

I must also tell you that subtlety would be the key for auditioning, rather than being loud and cinematic.

Please stand up and be counted. This is a rare opportunity. Also pass this on to friends who would be interested in giving acting a try, but don’t know whom and where to approach. We, at Sutradhar are here for you. We have a huge talent pool, from where we outsource actors, voices and directorial assistants. But we want to look beyond and therefore the scope.

Know more about us from www.sutradharactors.com. The site, by the way is being updated. Please feel free to call me on 98480 52541.

Looking forward to lot of headshots, resume and phone calls.

Thanks

Vinay Varma