ANTIGONE by JEAN ANOUILH, directed by Gregan Davis
Readthrough and Auditions:
Gregan will be hosting a readthrough on the November clubnight, Monday 11th November 2024 at 1930h.
The auditions will be the following night, Tuesday 12th at 1930h, with Thursday 14th reserved for follow-up auditions if required. Production dates are 20-22 March 2025.
CHARACTERS
CHORUS [age / gender blind]
narrator, story-teller, philosopher and the voice of Creon’s conscience
CREON’S PAGE [10] [gender blind / small speaking role]
THE GENTLEMEN
CREON [mid 40s - mid 50s] King of Thebes, brother of Oedipus.
Reluctant King in the aftermath of a civil war, but ‘like a conscientious workman, he does his job’ with no small degree of ruthlessness
HAEMON [early 20s] Creon’s son; Antigone’s fiancée.
Being engaged to Antigone ‘earns him the right to die sooner than he might otherwise have done’.
1st GUARD JONAS [39]
Terrified at having to give the King bad news, boastful in front of his mates, derisively disbelieving that Antigone is who she says she is and totally out of his depth when guarding her in the condemned cell
2nd GUARD [30s+] [small speaking role]
3rd GUARD [30s+] [small speaking role]
THE LADIES
ANTIGONE [19] youngest child of Oedipus.
‘The tense, sallow, wilful, girl who will rise up alone against Creon, her uncle, the King’
ISMENE [21] Antigone’s sister.
‘The carefree and beautiful Ismene’
NURSE [50+] long-serving servant who brought up Oedipus’s 4 children - a mother hen
EURYDICE [mid 40s - mid 50s] Creon’s wife [non-speaking role]
Wednesday 13th November 2024
Creatives Evening:
All welcome to a sneak preview of what Gregan hopes will be the ‘look’ of the play. Anyone who has any expertise in / experience of set construction, making costumes or props is invited to cast an eye over Gregan’s ideas and give him the benefit of their experience. There is NO COMMITMENT to become involved with the production by attending but… enjoy some CAKE as well.
In addition, the show will need someone to PROMPT and someone to be in the CONTROL BOX [no experience required]. And if anyone would like to learn the ‘dark arts’ of Stage Management ALEX CAFFERY, who will be stage managing the production, is willing to mentor an ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER. Antigone is not a technically demanding show and would be a good production to learn on for both Stage Manager and Control Box roles.