THEATRE

Open auditions for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum will be held on:
Monday, April 23rd at 7:00 - 8:30 pm, and 8:30 - 10:00 pm
Tuesday, April 24th at 7:00 - 8:30 pm and 8:30 - 10:00 pm

Production Dates June 7 - 23.
The show will be directed by Kate Adams Johnson with Musical Direction by Ginger Newman.

People auditioning should prepare 16 bars of a Broadway show tune and come prepared to move. Cold readings will be assigned from the script by the director.

Broadway's greatest farce is light, fast-paced, witty, irreverent and one of the funniest musicals ever written-the perfect escape from life's troubles. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum takes comedy back to its roots, combining situations from time-tested, 2000 year old comedies of Roman playwright Plautus with the infectious energy of classic vaudeville. The result is a non-stop laugh-fest in which a crafty slave (Pseudolus) struggles to win the hand of a beautiful but slow-witted courtesan (Philia) for his young master (Hero), in exchange for freedom.

Character Descriptions:

Pseudolus: A Roman slave, owned by Hero. While originally written as a male role, it has been performed by female actresses as well. Very physical role.

Hero: Young son of Senex who falls in love with his neighbor, Philia.

Senex: A henpecked, sardonic Roman senator living in a less fashionable suburb of Rome.

Hysterium: The chief slave in the house of Senex.

Erronius: Senex's elderly neighbor in the house to the right. He has spent the past twenty years searching for his two children, kidnapped in infancy by pirates. This role is not available

Marcus Lycus: A purveyor of courtesans, who operates from the house to the left of Senex.

Miles Gloriosus: A captain in the Roman army to whom Marcus Lycus has promised Philia.

Proteans: 3 Choristers who play multiple roles (slaves, citizens, soldiers, and eunuchs). They accompany Pseudolus in "Comedy Tonight".

Domina:The wife of Senex. A manipulative, shrewish woman who is loathed by even her husband.

Philia: A young woman in the house of Marcus Lycus, promised to Miles Gloriosus, but in love with Hero.

Gymnasia: A courtesan from the house of Lycus with whom Pseudolus falls in love.

Tintinabula: A jingling, bell-wearing courtesan in the house of Lycus.

Vibrata: A wild, vibrant courtesan in the house of Lycus.

Geminae: Twin courtesans in the house of Lycus.

Panacea: A courtesan in the house of Lycus.