Audition Opportunities for WICA Production of Sense and Sensibility

Written By Whidbey Island Center for the Arts
Silhouette of a woman holding a flower with a gilded frame behind her and the text sense and sensibility by Kate hamill based on the novel by Jane Austen all against a floral background

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts (WICA), Gregory award winning theatre, presents Sense and Sensibility by Kate Hamill. Full of humor and emotional depth, a fresh adaptation of Austen’s treasured novel opens WICA’s newly renovated mainstage in a bright, bold and theatrical way. Set in late 18th-century England, Sense and Sensibility centers on sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, whose lives are turned upside down when their father passes away suddenly, leaving them penniless and with reputations at stake. Together the women must learn to mix sense with sensibility to find happiness in a society where love is ruled by money.

Performances at WICA will run April 10 through April 25.

Audition Requirements: Please send a video with one monologue to this.rose.woods@gmail.com. For any questions, call 360-221-8262.

All submissions will be considered and must be in by February 11. Callbacks will be scheduled by February 13. Callbacks will take place during the day on February 28. Rehearsals will begin on March 7. Tuesday through Saturday rehearsals.

Stipend: TBD

Off Island Actors: WICA will work with you on possible housing and travel support.

Available Roles:

ELINOR DASHWOOD - eldest Dashwood sister; sensible

MARIANNE DASHWOOD - middle Dashwood sister; sensitive

MARGARET DASHWOOD - youngest Dashwood sister; 10-13 years old

MRS. DASHWOOD - mother to the Dashwood sisters

JOHN DASHWOOD - half-brother to the Dashwood sisters (from their father's side; no blood relation to Mrs. Dashwood)

EDWARD FERRARS - a gentleman; a bachelor

FANNY (FERRARS) DASHWOOD - wife to John Dashwood and sister to Edward; nasty

COLONEL BRANDON - bachelor

JOHN WILLOUGHBY - an unusually handsome young man

SIR JOHN MIDDLETON - a country gentleman; distant relation to Mrs. Dashwood

MRS.JENNINGS - a good-natured, boisterous woman; mother-in-law to Sir John and a terror in the countryside.

LADY MIDDLETON - an overbred lady

LUCY STEELE - a young girl from no fortune

ANNE STEELE - Lucy's sister; indiscreet

ROBERT FERRARS -  a callow young man; Edward Ferrars' younger brother

Also to be doubled with the cast:

GOSSIPS - 1-5 - a chorus of high society creatures

SERVANTS - Including THOMAS

DOCTOR

All roles are open

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