MCP will be holding auditions for the world premiere of Vermont playwright Ryan Mangan's play, Second Sight, on August 14 and 15 at Middlebury's Town Hall Theater.
We will start registration at 6:30 pm and begin auditions at 7:00. Auditioners will be asked to read sample scenes from the script, and only need to come to one of the nights. There are six male roles and three female roles ranging in age from 20 to 60 years old. Six of those roles are principals with the others playing multiple smaller roles onstage and even interacting directly with the audience. If you can sing or can do accents it's a plus! The play requires some of the actors to perform magic illusions, so some experience with magic would be helpful, but not mandatory. Haven't you always wanted to learn how to do magic?
The production will run in Town Hall Theater from October 19th through the 22nd. The play is a dramatic recreation of the mysterious lives of the clairvoyant Eddy brothers of Chittenden, Vermont. The brothers astounded witnesses as they produced hundreds of visible – and sometimes tangible – spirits during their seances, so much so that in the 1880s and 1890s, Chittenden became known as "The Spirit Capital of the World." A tantalizing and provocative theatrical experience that weaves magic with drama, the play explores themes of sacrifice, morality, fanaticism, and delusion through the lens of 19th-Century Vermont.
For more info about the play, and to see a video clip of a workshop production of the show, please visit www.middleburycommunityplayers.org.