Robin Hood

Auditions: Saturday August 28, 2010 at 9:00am

SHOW DATES:  Nov 26 - 28, Dec 3 - 5, 10 - 12, 2010
You must be available for all performances in order to audition!

In this fun filled family show. playwright Larry Blamire has synthesized the conflicting legends and ballads about the outlaw folk hero and created a hysterical, sprawling, action packed drama. Besides ably retelling the legend, Blamire has created roles that challenge and reinvent the myth. You will meet a wise-cracking, superior swordsperson in Marion, and a Robin who only by chance finds himself the hero. But true to legend all ends well.

Please bring a headshot or snapshot if you have one, your resume, and a prepared (preferably memorized) one minute dramatic or comedic monologue. ALL potential cast members will have a movement audition so dress comfortably. Don’t worry! No stage combat experience required. We just want to make sure you are coordinated enough to learn in the time allotted.

THE GOOD GUYS
Please note that all age ranges are flexible. The ages are meant to be a general guideline, not a rule.
Robin Hood (Male, ages 13 - young adult): The dashing hero! . . . or at least he tries to be.  A bit of a smart-aleck but still loveable.
Marian Harper (Female, ages 13 – young adult): Feisty and quick-tempered, not helpless!  
Queen Eleanor of Aquitane: (Female, ages 13 – young adult) Wise and knowledgeable.
Ellen Deirnold: (Female, ages 13 – young adult) The damsel in distress.
Prioress: (Female, ages 10 – young adult) Helped by Robin Hood.

THE MERRY MEN
(Male/Female, ages 10 – young adult)
Eadom (Runs an inn)
Catherine (Eadom’s wife)
Meg Scathelocke (rough and tuff)
Alan-a-Dale (a minstral, engaged to Ellen)
Author-a-Bland  (A tanner)*
Friar Tuck
Little John
Much (a miller)*
Will Scarlett*

* gender is flexible

THE BAD GUYS
King John (Male, ages 13 – adult): A bit of a cry-baby when things don’t go his way.
The Sheriff of Nottingham (Male, ages 13 - adult) He could be an evil genius if it weren’t for the idiots he’s surrounded by.
Riccon Hazel (Male, ages 13 – young adult)
Guy of Gisbourne: (Male/Female, ages 13 – young adult)
Hilton (Female, ages 10 – young adult)*
The Bishop of Hereford: (Male/Female, ages 13 – adult)*
First Forester*
Second Forester*
Third Forester*

* gender is flexible

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