Auditions
New Muses Theatre Company is pleased to announce general auditions for roles in Aristophanes’ LYSISTRATA.
Auditions will be held by appointment beginning at 7pm on Sunday, April 22nd and 7:30pm on Monday, April 23rd at our alternate rehearsal space, Puyallup Children’s Theater and Music Academy (300 N Meridian in Puyallup). All rehearsals and performances will be at The Dukesbay Theater (508 6th Ave) in Tacoma.
Sides will be provided at the audition. No other preparation is necessary.
To schedule an audition time, please send a headshot, resume, and your preferred audition date to casting@newmuses.com.
Actors who cannot make the regularly scheduled audition dates, but would still like to be considered, are requested to contact info@newmuses.com to set up an alternate audition date. We will do our best to see you if/when our schedule allows.
Actors of all ethnicities are encouraged to audition.
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LYSISTRATA
By Aristophanes
First Rehearsal: May 29
Opening: June 29
Closing: July 15
A comic account of one woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War. Lysistrata persuades the women of Greece to withhold sex from their husbands and lovers as a means of forcing the men to negotiate peace — a strategy that inflames the battle between the sexes.
Roles available:
A CHORUS OF WOMEN who play:
LYSISTRATA (F, 25-35)
CALONICE (F, 30-45)
MYRRHINE (F, 25-35)
LAMPITO (F, 25-40)
THALIA (F, 20-25)
CORINNA (F, 25-35)
STRATYLLIS (F, 40+)
And others...
A CHORUS OF MEN who play:
THE MAGISTRATE (M, 30+)
CINESIAS (M, 25-35)
A HERALD (M, 20-45+)
A LACONIAN ENVOY (M, 20-45+)
AN ATHENIAN (M, 20-45+)
And others…
Performed by a flexible cast of 10-15, most roles will double.
Auditions will be held by appointment beginning at 7pm on Sunday, April 22nd and 7:30pm on Monday, April 23rd at our alternate rehearsal space, Puyallup Children’s Theater and Music Academy (300 N Meridian in Puyallup). All rehearsals and performances will be at The Dukesbay Theater (508 6th Ave) in Tacoma.
Sides will be provided at the audition. No other preparation is necessary.
To schedule an audition time, please send a headshot, resume, and your preferred audition date to casting@newmuses.com.
Actors who cannot make the regularly scheduled audition dates, but would still like to be considered, are requested to contact info@newmuses.com to set up an alternate audition date. We will do our best to see you if/when our schedule allows.
Actors of all ethnicities are encouraged to audition.
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LYSISTRATA
By Aristophanes
First Rehearsal: May 29
Opening: June 29
Closing: July 15
A comic account of one woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War. Lysistrata persuades the women of Greece to withhold sex from their husbands and lovers as a means of forcing the men to negotiate peace — a strategy that inflames the battle between the sexes.
Roles available:
A CHORUS OF WOMEN who play:
LYSISTRATA (F, 25-35)
CALONICE (F, 30-45)
MYRRHINE (F, 25-35)
LAMPITO (F, 25-40)
THALIA (F, 20-25)
CORINNA (F, 25-35)
STRATYLLIS (F, 40+)
And others...
A CHORUS OF MEN who play:
THE MAGISTRATE (M, 30+)
CINESIAS (M, 25-35)
A HERALD (M, 20-45+)
A LACONIAN ENVOY (M, 20-45+)
AN ATHENIAN (M, 20-45+)
And others…
Performed by a flexible cast of 10-15, most roles will double.
