AUDITIONS
NST proudly announces open auditions for
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women
Saturday, January 4 from 12-2pm
and/or
Tuesday, January 7 from 5:30-7pm
at the Blue Hill Town Hall Theater
18 Union St in Blue Hill
Sides will be provided for a cold read
Only one audition day needs to be attended
Can’t make either of these times, contact lori@newsurrytheatre.org
The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women by Carolyn Gage A play with intense audience participation! Engrossing, controversial courtroom drama, where the audience must serve as judge and jury, deciding motions and verdict, in a case against the five women who betrayed the Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov, the last surviving daughter of the Tsar of Russia. Complex ethical questions on a set of folding chairs.
The Anastasia Trials is a farcical but profoundly engaging excursion into the hidden world of ethics for women who are both survivors and perpetrators of abuse
toward women. The format is a play-within-a-play, where a radical feminist theatre company comes together in order to perform a courtroom drama. The play is shaped by the audience decisions to overrule or sustain the attorneys’ motions, and every night’s audience sees a different play.
Directed by Lori Sitzabee
Performances March 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29 at 7pm and 23 at 3pm
Tentative rehearsal schedule - Tues and Thurs 6:30-9pm and Saturday 10-2pm to begin Saturday, January 11.
THE ANASTASIA TRIALS IN THE COURT OF WOMEN is presented by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com
CAST OF CHARACTERS
BETTY: A butch stagehand, plays the Bailiff.
DIANE: The founder and director of the Emma Goldman Theater Brigade, plays the Prosecuting Attorney.
ATHENA: The daughter of a rich man, plays the Defense Attorney and also Annie Jennings, a wealthy socialite.
JENNY: An actor with stomach flu, plays Anastasia Romanov, and also the Prosecuting Attorney.
MELISSA: An actor bent on impressing the critics, plays Thea Malinowsky, a nurse from a public mental asylum.
MARIE: A grassroots, radical activist, plays Clara Peuthart, an alcoholic bag lady.
AMY: An actor with professional aspirations, plays Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden, former lady-in-waiting to Anastasia’s mother.
DONNA: An actor who resents Diane’s authority, plays Shura Tegleva, Anastasia’s former nursemaid.
LISA: The playwright, plays Baroness Zinaida Tolstoy, a former friend to Anastasia’s mother and Anastasia.
What you need for the audition
Auditions will be a cold read. Sides will be provided.
Please complete the audition form here and consent form here and bring it with you to the audition or email to lori@newsurrytheatre.org