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Audition Call:
The Second Shepherds’ Play

AUDITION CALL
NON-UNION  NON-PAYING

Poculi Ludique Societas (PLS) presents

A Medieval Comedy for Christmas

The Second Shepherds’ Play

Performance dates: December 14 to 17, 2017

The Project:

Toronto’s renowned medieval and renaissance players, PLS is a non-profit, non-Equity theatre company affiliated with the University of Toronto, dedicated to the production of early plays for research and entertainment. See more at www.plspls.ca

The Second Shepherds’ Playis one of the most popular medieval Biblical comedies, written by the anonymous author called the Wakefield Master. Part of the collection of plays in the Towneley manuscript, it tells the story of the three shepherds who are the first to bring gifts to the Christ child, but only after a hilarious slapstick comedic romp involving the sheep-thief Mak and his wife Jill. This production will be based on the modernized script by David Parry and directed by PLS Artistic Director Linda Phillips.

Clown/physical comedy or stage combat training an asset but not required. Students are encouraged to audition.

What we’re looking for:

  • Shepherds: male or cross-cast. They sing (badly).
    1. Coll – self-appointed leader
    2. Gyb – companion and second
    3. Daw – younger apprentice
  • Mak: male, sneaky thief
  • Jill: female, wife and accomplice
  • Angel: any gender, short part – sings ‘Gloria’ to shepherds
  • Mary: female, very short part – may double with Jill

Rehearsals:

Will take place during evenings and weekends beginning November 11, 2017

Audition Dates:

Friday October 27 4 – 6 pm; Saturday October 28 11 am – 3 pm; Sun Oct 29 TBD (if needed or for callbacks)

To Apply:

Please email your resume and photo as soon as possible to director@plspls.ca (with subject line: Auditions) to book your audition time and location. Come prepared with a short monologue. If you can’t make the set times, submit and we will try to accommodate you.

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Audition call and performance dates for Christmas show

Shepherds singing “like angels”

We are holding auditions for our first show of the season. Go! Audition! Or sign up to do other stuff!

If you’d like to know more, have a look at photos from our previous Christmas play with St Thomas’s, our most recent play with St Thomas’s, or last year’s Christmas play at St James Cathedral. The texts we will be using are here.

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