The Rock River Players Announce Open Auditions for the Sophocles Tragedy "Antigone" to be Performed in September of this Year.

The auditions will take place at the Williamsville Hall, 35 Dover Road, Williamsville, Vermont on Saturday, March 9, 3 to 5 PM and Monday, March 11, 6:30 to 8:30

Everyone, with or without acting experience, is encouraged to participate.

For anyone unavailable on these dates, private arrangements can be made, and/or for a copy of the script, please contact the director, John Moran at jhnm590@aol.com.

Synopsis of the Play

Sophocles' "Antigone" is a powerful play of characters, all of whom as people, caught up in life and death confrontations, evolve in the course of action and come to matter to the audience. The tragedy commences with the king Creon's decree that Polyneices, who traitorously led an army against his native Thebes, will lie where he fell in battle, unburied and open to the elements and wild animals. Antigone, although death is the punishment for disobeying Creon, attempts to bury Polyneices, and sets into motion all the tragic events in this classic work.

Parts being cast:

ANTIGONE (young, female)
ISMENE (young, female)
CHORUS/COUNCIL of ELDERS (old or middle age, 3 men)
WATCHMAN (young, male or female)
TIRESIAS (old, male)
HAEMON (young, male)
MESSENGER (any age, male or female)
EURYDICE (middle age, female)

Nonspeaking roles:

Attendants of Creon (young or middle age, 2 male or female)
Attendants of Antigone (young or middle age, 2 male or female)
Servants of Eurydice (young or middle age, 2 male or female)
Teresias' Guide (young boy)

For more information, contact info@rokriverplayers.org or jhnm590@aol.com

May 23, 2024, 8 to 10:30 AM

May 24, 2024, 4:30 to 6:30 PM

May 25, 2024, 7 to 9 PM