[Vision2020] Auditions for Sight Unseen

[John Dickinson]

Visionaries-

 

Below is a press release about auditions for the next production of Sirius
Idaho Theatre <www.siriusidahotheatre.com>. Sight Unseen by Donald Margulies
opens in February 2006 at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre in Moscow,
Idaho. We are enthusiastic about this production and wanted to share this
news with you and those with whom you communicate.

John Dickinson
Chair, Board of Directors
Sirius Idaho Theatre

 

 


For immediate release


December 1, 2005

 

Sirius Idaho Theatre announces auditions for the third show of their 2005-06
season, Sight Unseen, by Donald Margulies, winner of the 1992 Obie award for
Best New American Play. Open Auditions are being held Thursday, December 8,
7:00 pm, at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre, 508 S. Main St. Moscow,
Idaho. Prepared monologues are encouraged but not required. The script for
Sight Unseen is available for preview at BookPeople of Moscow.

 

Sight Unseen tells the story of an American mega-artist so successful he's
had the obligatory profile in Vanity Fair and can claim astronomical prices
for his works sight unseen from a waiting list of wealthy patrons. In
England for a retrospective of his paintings, the artist goes into the
countryside to visit his original muse and love, whom he abandoned in his
quest for the opulent life which now devours him.

 

".you can tell when a play has gripped its audience, for no one seems to
breathe, let alone shift in his seat. This phenomenon can be observed.at
Sight Unseen, a smart and sad comedy by Donald Margulies." - NY Times.

 

This Sirius Idaho Theatre production is directed by Grechen Lynne Wingerter,
currently in her second year of the MFA Directing program at the University
of Idaho where she most recently directed Waiting for Godot.  This past
summer Grechen directed A Thousand Cranes for the Idaho Repertory Theatre
for Youth and last spring she directed Three Days of Rain at UI.

 

The cast consists of four characters-- two men and two women: Jonathan, age
35-40, Patricia, age 35-40, Nick in his 40s, and Grete, age 25-30. Jonathan
and Patricia are American; Nick is English; Grete is German. Dialects are
not required for auditions.

 

Rehearsals for Sight Unseen begin January 3 in Moscow and performances are
February 2-4 & 9-11, 2006 at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre. Sirius
Idaho Theatre provides stipends for actors.

 

For more information about the play or to volunteer with Sirius Idaho
Theatre, contact Pam Palmer, Managing Artistic Director, at 208-596-2270
siriusidahotheatre at gmail.com or visit the web site of Sirius Idaho Theatre
http://www.siriusidahotheatre.com/

 

Contact information:

Sirius Idaho Theatre, P.O. Box 8762, Moscow, ID 83843

(208) 596-2270

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