An Enemy of the People

Roundabout is excited to announce auditions for the first play of our 2024 Season, Henrik Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People", adapted by Arthur Miller and directed by Jim Sulanowski.

CHARACTERS
Dr. Tom Stockmann (50’s) Town doctor and whistleblower
Catherine Stockmann (40’s) His wife
Petra (20’s) His daughter
Peter Stockmann (50-60) His brother and town Mayor
Morten Kiil (60-70) Catherine’s father
Hovstad (30’s) Editor of town newspaper
Billings (40-50) Assistant editor of town newspaper
Aslaksen (60’s) Publisher of town newspaper
Captain Horster A ship captain

OPEN AUDITIONS will be held on December 11th and 13th from 7 - 9 PM. Callbacks, if necessary will be held on December 14th. Auditions will involve cold readings from the script.

** Please Note! ** Auditions on 12/11 will be held at Norfolk Cable TV (158 Main Street, Norfolk, MA). Auditions on 12/13 & 14 will be at Coelho Middle School (99 Brown Street, Attleboro, MA)

REHEARSALS: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30 - 9:30 PM

PERFORMANCES: March 15, 16, 17, 22, 23 & 24

If you have a resume or headshot, please bring a copy to auditions. If you have any questions, please contact the Director at: jamessulanowski@gmail.com

Summary:
An Enemy of the People is the story of a whistleblower who is not afraid to speak truth to power although in the end it costs him and his family dearly. A small Norwegian town in the late 1800’s has just begun to win fame and wealth through its medicinal spring waters. Dr. Stockmann, resident physician in charge, discovers that the waters are poisoned. On receiving proof of this, he immediately reports to his associates, including his brother the mayor, but is shocked to find that instead of being thanked, he is looked upon as a dangerous crank, motivated by a desire to prove that his fellow townsmen are wrong, and to bring ruin upon them. As the people who run the local paper do their utmost to urge secrecy and compromise, the determined doctor realizes that the honesty and idealism he has counted upon to make the truth prevail, simply does not exist in the face of selfish “practical” interests. The press will not report his findings; the officials refuse to give him a hearing; he loses his position, and the townspeople boycott him; and every weapon of blackmail, slander, and eviction are brought against his family. In the end, the townspeople, gathered around the doctor’s home, throw stones through the windows. Stockmann addresses his family: “But remember now, everybody, you are fighting for the truth and that is why you’re alone. And that makes you strong

*** AUDITIONS FOR THIS SHOW ARE CLOSED ***

AUDITIONS were held at Robert J. Coelho Middle School (99 Brown Street, Attleboro, MA), on the following dates:

Monday, September 25 at 7:00PM
Wednesday, September 27 at 7:00PM

CALLBACKS, if necessary, were held on Thursday, September 28 at 7:00PM

Please come prepared to read from the script and sing a Christmas carol or two! 

All ages welcome!

REHEARSALS will be held Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30PM - 9:00PM, starting October 2 at Coelho Middle School, 99 Brown Street, Attleboro, MA. 

You will not be called to every rehearsal.

PERFORMANCE DATES: Dec. 8, 9, 10, 15, 16 & 17

Rehearsals and performances will be at the Coelho Middle School (99 Brown Street, Attleboro, MA

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THE CAST IS FILLED - THANK YOU

Roundabout Productions is excited to announce auditions for William Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing"

Auditions will consist of readings from the script and will be held on June 26 & 27, 2023. Callbacks, if necessary, will be held on June 29.

REHEARSALS

Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. 

You will not be called to every rehearsal. Rehearsals will be held either at Norfolk Community TV or at the Norfolk Public Library.

PERFORMANCES

September 14, 15, 16, 22, 23, 24

The first three performances will be held at the Norfolk Grange in Norfolk. 

The last three will be held at Coelho Middle School in Attleboro.

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SYNOPSIS

Count Claudio falls in love with Hero, the daughter of his host. Hero's cousin Beatrice (a confirmed spinster) and Benedict (an eternal bachelor) are each duped into believing the other is in love with them. Claudio is deceived by a malicious plot and denounces Hero as unchaste before they marry. She faints and is believed dead, but recovers to be proved innocent by a chance discovery. Benedict wins Beatrice’s love defending her cousin’s honor, and to his surprise, Claudio is reunited with Hero, who he believed dead.

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ROLES

Beatrice - Leonato’s niece and Hero’s cousin. Beatrice is “a pleasant-spirited lady” with a very sharp tongue. She is generous and loving, but, like Benedick, continually mocks other people with elaborately tooled jokes and puns. She wages a war of wits against Benedick and often wins the battles. At the outset of the play, she appears content never to marry.

Benedick - An aristocratic soldier who has recently been fighting under Don Pedro, and a friend of Don Pedro and Claudio. Benedick is very witty, always making jokes and puns. He carries on a “merry war” of wits with Beatrice, but at the beginning of the play he swears he will never fall in love or marry.

Claudio - A young soldier who has won great acclaim fighting under Don Pedro during the recent wars. Claudio falls in love with Hero upon his return to Messina. His unfortunately suspicious nature makes him quick to believe evil rumors and hasty to despair and take revenge.

Hero - The beautiful young daughter of Leonato and the cousin of Beatrice. Hero is lovely, gentle, and kind. She falls in love with Claudio when he falls for her, but when Don John slanders her and Claudio rashly takes revenge, she suffers terribly.

Don Pedro - An important nobleman from Aragon, sometimes referred to as “Prince.” Don Pedro is a longtime friend of Leonato, Hero’s father, and is also close to the soldiers who have been fighting under him—the younger Benedick and the very young Claudio. Don Pedro is generous, courteous, intelligent, and loving to his friends, but he is also quick to believe evil of others and hasty to take revenge. He is the most politically and socially powerful character in the play.

Leonato - A respected, well-to-do, elderly noble at whose home, in Messina, Italy, the action is set. Leonato is the father of Hero and the uncle of Beatrice. As governor of Messina, he is second in social power only to Don Pedro.

Don John - The illegitimate brother of Don Pedro; sometimes called “the Bastard.” Don John is melancholy and sullen by nature, and he creates a dark scheme to ruin the happiness of Hero and Claudio. He is the villain of the play; his evil actions are motivated by his envy of his brother’s social authority.

Margaret - Hero’s serving woman, who unwittingly helps Borachio and Don John deceive Claudio into thinking that Hero is unfaithful. Unlike Ursula, Hero’s other lady-in-waiting, Margaret is lower class. Though she is honest, she does have some dealings with the villainous world of Don John: her lover is the mistrustful and easily bribed Borachio. Also unlike Ursula, Margaret loves to break decorum, especially with bawdy jokes and teases.

Borachio - An associate of Don John. Borachio is the lover of Margaret, Hero’s serving woman. He conspires with Don John to trick Claudio and Don Pedro into thinking that Hero is unfaithful to Claudio. His name means “drunkard” in Italian, which might serve as a subtle direction to the actor playing him.

Conrad - One of Don John’s more intimate associates, entirely devoted to Don John. Several recent productions have staged Conrad as Don John’s potential male lover, possibly to intensify Don John’s feelings of being a social outcast and therefore motivate his desire for revenge.

Dogberry - The constable in charge of the Watch, or chief policeman, of Messina. Dogberry is very sincere and takes his job seriously, but he has a habit of using exactly the wrong word to convey his meaning. Dogberry is one of the few “middling sort,” or middle-class characters, in the play, though his desire to speak formally and elaborately like the noblemen becomes an occasion for parody.

Verges - The deputy to Dogberry, chief policeman of Messina.

Antonio - Leonato’s elderly brother and Hero's uncle. He is Beatrice’s father.

Balthasar - A waiting man in Leonato’s household and a musician. Balthasar flirts with Margaret at the masked party and helps Leonato, Claudio, and Don Pedro trick Benedick into falling in love with Beatrice. Balthasar sings the song, “Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more” about accepting men’s infidelity as natural.

Ursula - One of Hero’s waiting women

* AUDITIONS - closed *

Roundabout is happy to announce auditions for our seventh annual production of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." 

AUDITIONS were held at Norfolk Cable Television, 158 Main St. Norfolk MA 02056, on the following dates:

Sunday, Sept. 18, 4 - 7 p.m. 

Tuesday, Sept. 20, 6:30 - 9 p.m. 

Please come prepared to read from the script and sing a Christmas carol or two! 

All ages welcome!

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REHEARSALS

Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30 - 9:00 p.m., starting October 3 at Coelho Middle School, 99 Brown Street, Attleboro, MA

PERFORMANCE DATES

Dec. 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16 & 17

Rehearsals and performances will be at the Coelho Middle School (99 Brown Street, Attleboro, MA)

All roles are currently filled.

THANK YOU to all our wonderful actors!

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