Open Auditions: "Mort" for Dreamwell Theatre

Announcing open auditions at Iowa City Public Library for Mort, the first show of our 28th season!

Sunday, August 10, 12:30-3:30 pm, Meeting Room A
Monday, August 11, 6-9 pm, Meeting Room D

Matt Brewbaker is directing "Mort", adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs from the the Discworld novel of the same title, written by Sir Terry Pratchett.

Show dates are October 16, 17, 18 at 7:30 pm and October 19 at 2 pm at The James Theater

Synopsis: Death comes to us all. When he came to Mort, he offered him a job. But when Mort is left in charge for an evening, he allows his heart to rule his head and soon the whole of causality and the future of the Discworld itself, are at risk. Along the way, Mort encounters not only Death’s adopted daughter, Ysabell – who has been 16 for 35 years – and his mysterious manservant Albert – whose cooking can harden an artery at ten paces – but also an incompetent wizard with a talking doorknocker and a beautiful, but rather bad-tempered and dead, princess. He also, of course, meets Death. In Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, Death is a 7 foot skeleton in a black hooded robe and wielding a scythe. He is also fond of cats, enjoys a good curry, and rides around the skies on a magnificent white horse called Binky.

Auditions: We will be reading from sides provided by the director at auditions. A script is available for a 2 hour check-out period at ICPL's 2nd Floor Help Desk (beginning August 1).

There will be some double-casting. All ethnicities and identities are welcome, and encouraged to audition for any role.

CAST OF CHARACTERS:
Death: an anthropomorphic personification
Mort: a youth
Lezek: Mort’s father
Ysabell: Death’s daughter
Albert: Death’s servant
King Olerve
Duke of Sto Helit
Princess Keli
Cutwell: a wizard
Towncrier
Doorknocker
Goodie Hamstring: a witch
Abbott Lobsang
Assassin
Maid
Woman in street
Mr Keeble: a clerk
High Priest
Rincewind: a wizard
Bursar: of Unseen University
Agatean Prince
Agatean Vizier
High Priest
Acolyte
M.C.
Guests, Wizards, Guards, etc.

Contact: Please contact Alex at c21hbGV4cmFpbiB8IGdtYWlsICEgY29t with any questions.

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