“Eurydice” by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Libby Stratton
Auditions On May 4th: please arrive in the lobby of Nichols Hall between 6-9:30pm. You will be called into Chapman Theatre one at a time to present a one-minute monologue. You may also be asked to read sides. Please have your list of fall 2015 conflicts with you as you will be asked to complete an audition form. You should also indicate on the form if you have an interest in auditioning for A Christmas Carol (musical) in the fall.
A callback list will be posted by Tuesday morning, May 5th.
On May 6th callbacks will be held from 6-9:30pm and scenes from the play will be provided.
About the Play:
“In Eurydice, Sarah Ruhl reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she reunites with her father and struggles to remember her lost love. With contemporary characters, ingenious plot twists, and breathtaking visual effects, the play is a fresh look at a timeless love story.”
Eurydice is not realistic and flows easily between the world of the living and the underworld. The story is about memory, love, and loss. Circling around her relationship with her father.
Critical Praise
“RHAPSODICALLY BEAUTIFUL. A weird and wonderful new play – an inexpressibly moving theatrical fable about love, loss and the pleasures and pains of memory.” The New York Times
“EXHILARATING!! A luminous retelling of the Orpheus myth, lush and limpid as a dream where both author and audience swim in the magical, sometimes menacing, and always thrilling flow of the unconscious.” The New Yorker
“Touching, inventive, invigoratingly compact and luminously liquid in its rhythms and design, “Eurydice” reframes the ancient myth of ill-fated love to focus not on the bereaved musician but on his dead bride — and on her struggle with love beyond the grave as both wife and daughter.” The San Francisco Chronicle
Casting Information
Any Gender
Big Stone
Little Stone
Loud Stone
-The stones reside in the underworld and communicate with the audience as well as other characters. “The stones might be played as though they are nasty children at a birthday party”
Female
Eurydice
– Eurydice is the protagonist. She loves books, and is always truthful. Eurydice and Orpheus are “a little too young and a little too in love” After her premature death, she is reunited with her loving father who helps her remember.
Male
Orpheus
– He is an infamously talented musician and composer who prefers music to words, and is very much in love with Eurydice. When she dies shortly after their wedding, he makes the unlikely journey to the underworld to rescue her but is unsuccessful
Father of Eurydice
– Resident of the underworld, watches Eurydice from afar, gently cares for her after her death and helps her remember details of her life.
Nasty Interesting Man/ The Lord of the Underworld
– He is the catalyst of Eurydice’s death, makes a deal with Orpheus, and wants Eurydice for his bride. Transforms from Nasty Interesting Man to death metal child lord of the underworld and grows 10 ft tall