A Pangea World Theater Production
Rhinoceros by Eugène Ionesco
Directed By Dipankar Mukherjee
Please click the link below to reserve your 10 minute audition time slot for the dates below. To confirm your time slot you must email a photo of yourself along with your resume to Pangea’s Production Manager, Suzanne Victoria Cross ([email protected]). Please bring a performance piece consisting of two contrasting monologues, one classical and one contemporary. Your contemporary piece can be spoken word, poetry or any other type of performance you would like to do. Your pieces should not exceed 3 minutes each, 6 mins total. Movement pieces are appreciated. Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your audition time to fill out paperwork. Pangea is a holistic ensemble based organization that values the health of all our members and their families. We will address conflicts in relation to sickness and emergencies as they arise, but request that you enter this process available for all rehearsals, tech and performance dates and times. Please do not reserve a time slot unless you are committed to showing up for your audition.
Audition Dates:
- Tuesday December 3rd, 5-9pm
- Wednesday December 4th, 5-9pm
- Friday December 6th, 5-9pm
- Saturday December 7th, 5-9pm
- Holding Monday Dec 9th, 5-9pm for call backs, if needed
Audition & Rehearsal Location:
Pangea World Theater Studio: (711 West Lake Street, Suite 101, Minneapolis, MN 55408)
Rehearsals will start on Tuesday February 18th
- Monday- Friday: 5:30pm-9:30pm
- Saturday: 1pm-5pm
Tech Schedule:
- Monday, March 24th- Friday, March 28th & Monday, March 31st- Thursday, April 3rd
- Times: 3PM-9PM (Day and evening tech availability is required)
- Performance Venue: The Southern Theater, 1420 S Washington Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55454
Show Times:
Opening Weekend
- Preview: Thursday, April 3rd @7:30pm
- Opening Night: Friday, April 4th @7:30pm
- Saturday, April 5th @7:30pm
- Sunday, April 6th @2:30pm
2nd Week
- Thursday, April 10th @7:30pm
- Friday, April 11th @7:30pm
- Saturday, April 12th @7:30pm
- Sunday, April 13th @2:30pm
3rd week
- Thursday, April 17th @7:30pm
- Friday, April 18th @7:30pm
- Closing night Saturday, April 19th @ 2:30pm Strike after
Possible Morning/Daytime Matinees Dates
Tuesday April 8th, Wednesday April 9th and/or Tuesday April 15th, Wednesday April 16th. Matinees would start at 10AM with Actors call time at 8:30AM.
Description of Play:
Rhinoceros is a play by playwright Eugène Ionesco, written in 1959 that combines whimsical humor with unsettling tragedy to question human nature at the most fundamental level. Over the course of three acts, the inhabitants of a small town turn into rhinoceroses; ultimately the only human who does not succumb to this mass metamorphosis is the central character, Bérenger, a flustered figure who is initially criticized in the play for his drinking, tardiness, and slovenly lifestyle and then, later, for his increasing paranoia and obsession with the rhinoceroses. The play and this production will explore the themes of conformity, fascism, social responsibility, mob mentality, philosophy and morality.
Characters:
Berenger: A character who is afraid of turning into a rhinoceros
Jean: A character with a love of logic
Daisy: A character who is in love with Berenger
Dudard: A character who has romantic feelings for Daisy
Papillon - A character who is the head of Berenger's office
The Boeufs - A character who is a co-worker of Berenger's,
Townspeople:
The Logician
The Old Gentleman
The Grocer
The Grocer's Wife
The Housewife
The Café Proprietor
The Waitress
Additional Information:
- Pangea will be casting this play as an Intercultural and Intergenerational ensemble of actors.
- This is a paid opportunity
- Equity and Non-Equity actors encouraged to apply.
Pangea World Theater is an organization that values cultural differences and promotes human rights by presenting international, multi-disciplinary theater. We welcome performers of all communities to join us in making work that uses stories to decolonize our work and our field. If you have any questions please email Suzanne Victoria Cross (Production Manager) [email protected]