Three major roles, require memorizing considerable dialogue in an 80 – 90 minute play.
ROWAN
Female looking 14 -16; a bright, peppy mid-teen. Her essay about her great-grandfather’s heroic death in combat wins her and her grandmother Jamie a visit to France to tour Canadian battlefields and a war cemetery.
JAMIE
Female looking mid-fifties on. Rowan’s good humoured grandmother. Her father died in battle only months after she was born in England. Her mother brought her to Canada in the war brides and children immigration scheme.
ANDREW
Male looking seventies on. A pleasant veteran on the same tour for personal reasons flowing from a nearby battle. He guards a secret from a pivotal event over six decades earlier.
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Three shorter roles, participate in Andrew’s flashbacks to wartime and soon after.
“MOOSE”, JIM, & FORESTER
Three males looking to be in their late teens to mid-twenties. Fit young infantry soldiers in the Canadian Army during the Second World War.
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Auditions from late March to early April.
To apply submit a theatrical bio with an up to date colour headshot to: whereheroeslie@telus.net
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All applicants will receive a response. Applicants selected for audition will be advised of audition format, requirements, timings, and location. Candidates selected to play roles:
- will be available for regular rehearsals from May through to the commencement of performances in August.
- will appear in a preview performance the weekend before the Fringe and at all scheduled performances during the Fringe.
- will not perform or be otherwise involved in the production of any other show at the 2019 Edmonton Fringe.
