Audition For the watsons

BY LAURA WADE, DIRECTED BY JOAN BRYANS

Vital  Spark theatre is holding auditions for its upcoming production of THE WATSONS

Production Dates: May 1-18, 2025, Thurs-Sun (matinees, with no evening performances on some Saturdays and Sundays) - at Jericho Arts Centre

Audition date: Saturday, November 30, 2024

Callbacks: Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Audition venue: Jericho Arts Centre, 1675 Discovery Street, Vancouver

SYNOPSIS:

Emma Watson is 19 and new in town. She's been cut off by her rich aunt and dumped back in the family home. Emma and her sisters must marry, fast. If not, they face poverty, spinsterhood, or worse: an eternity with their boorish brother and his awful wife. Luckily there are plenty of potential suitors to dance with, from flirtatious Tom Musgrave to castle-owning Lord Osborne, who's as awkward as he is rich. So far so familiar.  

But there's a problem: Jane Austen didn't finish the story. Who will write Emma's happy ending now? Based on her incomplete novel, this sparklingly witty play looks under the bonnet of Jane Austen and asks: What can characters do when their author abandons them?

CASTING:

We welcome applications from artists of all backgrounds, orientations, identities, abilities and ethnicities.  Ability to dance/ move an asset. English accents eventually required.

NOTE: This is a non-union production.

Casting the following roles:

FEMALE 

Laura (age 25-35) - a playwright. Modern,  strong, clever, but subject to panic.

Emma (age 19) - the youngest Watson sister,  independent thinking, courageous

Margaret (age 24) - the middle Watson sister, desperate to find a husband. 

Miss Osborne (age 20-25) - younger sister of Lord Osborne, well brought up, a leader.

Nanny (25-60) - the Watsons' servant, feisty, outspoken, working class.

MALE

Bertie (age 25-45) - officer of the militia.  

Second officer of the militia (age 25-50). Also plays the actor playing Mr. Watson.

Sides are available to the right.

TO AUDITION:

 Please prepare the side/s for the character/s of your choice. Sides are posted at the right. 

You may be asked to read with other actors.  

To secure an audition time slot please submit a headshot and resume to Joan Bryans at j.bryans@telus.net or through the button at the right.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: (though the sooner the better):  November 28, 2024

REHEARSALS: will start on March 8, 2025, and will be held on Tues and Thurs evenings and Saturday and Sunday afternoons. They will be held at Green Thumb Studio, 5522 McKinnon Street, and St. Mary's Kerrisdale,