A huge thank you to council members Kassie and Tessa for helping me
announce our spring show - Blue Stockings by Jessica Swale.
Y'all…I read what felt like a million scripts between May and August searching
for the show that I wanted to direct for our spring play. I wanted something with
characters that we could dig into and explore and something with a message we
could explore as well. I FINALLY stumbled upon Jessica Swale's play, Blue Stockings,
and knew that this HAD to be our spring play. To my knowledge, we are the first
Canyons School to produce and perform this play, which is super exciting!
Background information: Blue Stockings is set in the late 1800's at the first
university for female students, Girton College, which is just outside of Cambridge.
As the play's group of protagonists navigate what it means to be educated women
to themselves and society, Girton's principal is also petitioning for her female students
to have the right to graduate.
Audition Information: Auditions will be held on Thursday, December 14th.
Please prepare a one-minute contemporary dramatic monologue. You are
not required to use a British dialect for auditions, but those called back will be
asked to. So I say…give it a try! I'm looking for a British RP dialect, not
Cockney. British RP is what we might consider the "traditional" British.
Julie Andrews, Emma Watson, and Emma Thompson are great folks to listen to
as you're practicing this dialect. Callbacks will be held on Friday, December 15th.
Auditions and callbacks will be in the Green Room of the PAC.
Upcoming Info: You can expect a digital version of the audition packet to be
posted on the blog by Wednesday as well as the audition sign-up sheet. Printed
packets will be available by the end of the week.
Understudies: Some characters will have understudies. We will have an Understudy
Performance Night on Thursday, 2/15. Those cast as understudies will perform the
other nights as speaking or non-speaking ensemble roles. For the Understudy
performance, lead actors will perform their understudy's ensemble role - essentially
swapping for the night!
Resources for Audition Prep: Take a look at the character breakdown, historical
context, overview, and detailed synopsis HERE. You can read a PDF
version of the script HERE.
I'm so excited to begin work on this show after Murder Mystery and see your
auditions on 12/14!
-Cline
