The Red Dot Players

Demystifying Community Theatre
September 29th & 30th

The Red Dot Players are partnering with Theatre Kelowna Society and Shakespeare Kelowna to present Demystifying Community Theatre, a free event for anyone interested in getting involved in Kelowna's community theatre scene. There will be free workshops and panels on a variety of topics, including storytelling, clowning, and playwriting. There will also been green-screen photo shoots and screenings of local short films.

On the afternoon of September 29th, Christopher Weddell, actor, director, teacher,and Bard-on-the-Beach-co-founder, will be leading a workshop on performing Shakespeare. The following day, he is going to adjudicate a Play-in-a-Day Competition, which is taking place in conjunction with Demystifying Community Theatre.

Info on Demystifying Community Theatre: https://www.facebook.com/events/2154211538185586/

Info on Play in a Day: https://www.facebook.com/events/274256496632816/

Here's the complete schedule of events:

Christopher Weddell

Auditions for Pride and Prejudice
November 2nd, 3rd, & 4th

Illustration by Sonny Liew.

The Red Dot Players are excited to announce auditions for their Winter 2019 production of Pride and Prejudice, Kate Hamill’s hilarious, fast-moving adaptation of Jane Austen’s best-known novel!

In Pride and Prejudice, “[t]he outspoken Elizabeth Bennet faces mounting pressure from her status-conscious mother to secure a suitable marriage. But is marriage suitable for a woman of Elizabeth’s intelligence and independence? Especially when the irritating, aloof, self-involved…tall, vaguely handsome, mildly amusing, and impossibly aristocratic Mr. Darcy keeps popping up at every turn?! Literature’s greatest tale of latent love has never felt so theatrical, or so full of life, than it does in this effervescent adaptation.”

Auditions for Pride and Prejudice are taking place on Friday, November 2nd, from 6:00 to 10:00 PM; Saturday, November 3rd, from 1:00 to 5:00 PM; and Sunday, November 4th, from 3:00 to 7:00 PM, at Okanagan College (1000 KLO Road, Kelowna). Room TBA.

To reserve a twenty-minute audition, or for more information, please email director Jeremy Beaulne at JBeaulne@okanagan.bc.ca. Auditioning actors will be asked to perform excerpts from the script, which will be circulated ahead of time. If you would like to audition but are not available during the audition times, please email Jeremy to make alternative arrangements.

We are casting the following roles. (Character descriptions taken from the script.):

JANE – The eldest and most beautiful Bennet daughter. Kind, idealistic, diffident. Always tries to do the right thing.
LIZZY – A year or two younger than Jane. Clever, spirited; can be sharp tongued. Get flustered, which makes her klutzy. Prides herself on good judgment. Not especially beautiful. Very, very scared of marriage, after absorbing the lessons of her parents’ marriage.
MARY – The third Bennett girl. Violent and dark undertones; prone to pendanticism and sulking. A dark goth Brontë character trapped in an Austen world. Coughs to get attention, or to make a point; may fancy that she’s dying.
LYDIA – The youngest Bennet. Lively, prone to imitating others’ behavior and eavesdropping.
MR. BENNET – The patriarch of the Bennet family. Finds amusement in absurdity; often looks for respectable escape from the chaos of his family life. Can be somewhat apathetic; probably a bit depressed, under everything. Enjoys antagonizing. Disappointed in marriage.
MRS. BENNET – The matriarch of the Bennet family. Mostly a silly woman, of mean understanding and variable temper Hypochondriac; when she’s upset, she fancies that she’s dying. The business of her life is to get her daughters married. She traumatizes her family with some regularity.
MR. DARCY – One of the richest men in England. Too proper for his own good; awkward in most social contexts. Prides himself on self-control and good judgment.
MR. BINGLEY – Love the world and the world loves him. Mr. Darcy’s particular friend. Almost literally a dog.
MISS BINGLEY – A very rich, very beautiful young woman. Fancies herself witty.
LADY CATHERINE – Patrician Caesar-meets-drill-sergeant.
MISS DE BOUGH – Lady Catherine’s daughter; a gremlin. Probably allergic to sun. Underneath all her veils, she may be covered in scales.
MR. COLLINS – A pedantic, obtuse man. The original Mansplainer. Rector to Lady Catherine.
WICKHAM – An unfairly handsome and charming gentleman. Probably a sociopath. Raised with Darcy.
CHARLOTTE LUCAS – A practical girl with a good sense of humor.
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Rehearsals will take place on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and on Sunday afternoons. Actors should be available for all three weekly rehearsals. Performances will take place in early or mid-March 2019.