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The Fine Arts Association Announces
auditions for Noises Off By Michael Frayn Directed by Sandy Kosovich Peck Auditions Date Wednesday, August 6, 2008
beginning at 7:00 pm at The Fine Arts Association Requirements Appointment Needed Call
440-951-7500 x103 to sign up for an appointment Come
prepared to read from the script and be familiar with the script Casting Information No AEA contracts available for
this production.
Needed: 4 women & 5 men Men 5 men, ages 21-60+ Women 4 women, ages 18-50 Rehearsals Start Monday, August 25,
2008 Performance Dates October 3-19, 2008
in the About the show In his plot for Noises Off, Frayn plays on the
concept of a play
within a play, in this case a parodistically
dreadful sex comedy entitled Nothing On—the
type of play in which young girls run about in their underwear, old men drop
their trousers, and many doors continually open and shut. Act One is set at the
dress
rehearsal, the night before opening at the Grand Theatre in Weston-super-Mare,
with the cast still fumbling with entrances and exits, missed cues, misspoken
lines, and bothersome props, most notably several plates of sardines. Act Two portrays a Wednesday matinee
performance one month later, at the Theatre Royal in Ashton-under-Lyne.
In this act, the play is seen from backstage, providing a view that reveals the
deteriorating personal relationships among the cast that have led to offstage
shenanigans and onstage bedlam. In Act
Three, we see a performance near the end of the ten-week run, at the Municipal
Theatre in Stockton-on-Tees,
when personal friction has continued to increase and everyone is bored and
anxious to be done with the play. The actors attempt to cover up a series of
mishaps but only compound the problems and draw attention to the bungling
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