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GOSHEN--Auditions for The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh and directed by Artistic Director Laura Gouin are scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 22 at 1 p.m. or Monday, Aug. 23 at 6 p.m. by appointment at New World Arts. Callbacks will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 24 at 6 p.m. A prepared 2 to 3 minute monologue is welcomed but not required, auditions will mainly consist of cold readings.
The perfect Halloween thriller, this play introduces us to Katurian, a writer of grisly short stories often showing violence against children. He has been arrested by two detectives, Ariel and Tupolski, because some of his stories resemble recent child murders. When he hears that his brother Michal has confessed to the murders and implicated Katurian, he resigns himself to his execution but attempts to save his stories from destruction. The play includes both narrations and reenactments of several of Katurian's stories, most notably the autobiographical "The Writer and the Writer's Brother," which tells how Katurian developed his disturbed imagination by hearing the sounds of Michal being tortured by their parents.
Characters: (age range is completely open and while the script calls for all male actors, the director is considering casting a woman as one of the detectives)
Katurian A writer of gruesome short stories often involving children. His disturbed imagination was the result of having heard his brother being abused when they were younger. Consequently he killed his parents and looked after his brother. He is shocked by his arrest.
Michal Katurian's brother, who is "slow to get things" following his years of abuse at the hands of his parents. He is also taken into jail along with Katurian.
Tupolski The lead detective and the "good cop" in the interrogation. Cold and uncaring, he sees himself as detached from the people he aims to save, shocking his younger partner Ariel.
Ariel: A brutal and violent detective who has a vendetta against anyone who commits crimes against children because of abuse in his own past. He ends up being more sympathetic towards Katurian and his stories than Tupolski.
Performances are scheduled for:
October 15-16, 22-23, 29-30 at 8:00 p.m.
Please contact Laura Gouin at lgouin@newworldarts.org or by calling 574-538-7398 to schedule your audition or to ask any questions.
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