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Audition Announcment
Parker Players Theater Company presents
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Adapted by Kate Hamill | Based on the novel by Jane Austen
Directed by Sara Mountjoy-Pepka
This isn’t your grandmother’s Austen. It’s fizzy, festive, and timely. In this bold, boisterous spin on Pride and Prejudice, Lizzy Bennet swears off marriage—but love (and one vaguely handsome, mildly amusing, and impossibly infuriating Mr. Darcy) has other plans. Packed with wit, chaos, and charm, this screwball take on literature’s greatest tale of latent romance is a dazzling celebration of love, freedom, and the delightful absurdity of it all.
We welcome and encourage all artists of all races, ethnicities, abilities, faith/belief traditions, sexual orientations, gender expressions, gender identities, ages, socio-economic backgrounds, and nationalities to submit!
Audition Information
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AUDITION DATES
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Sunday May 4, 2025
5:30 - 9:00pm
Monday May 5, 2025
6:00 - 9:00pm
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You will be contacted via email after you submit the audition form if asked to audition in person.
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Audition Location:
The Barrington
Parker Players Theater
540 W Northwest Highway
Barrington, IL 60010
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AUDITION Requirements​
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Kate Hamill's Pride and Prejudice is a blend of the original Austen style and Hamill's own contemporary spin. The emphasis, however, is on HEIGHTENED COMEDY. We encourage you to read the play in advance, to get a sense of the style.
Please prepare one of the following, 90 seconds:
1. A Period or contemporary comedic monologue, OR
2. A comedic monologue cutting directly from any Jane Austen book or Kate Hamill Austen play.
Note: A selection that features RP dialect would be wonderful to see in the first round.
No Shakespeare please...19th - 21st Century only!
Rehearsal Information
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CALLBACKS
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Callbacks by invitation only.
Wednesday May 7, 2025
6:00 - 9:00pm
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Callbacks will consist of readings from the script.
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Call Back Location:
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The Barrington
Parker Players Theater
540 Northwest Highway
Barrington, IL 60010
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REHEARSALS
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June 4 - July 13, 2025
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Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Saturdays 10:00am - 2:00pm
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No rehearsal July 2 - July 6
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Rehearsal Location:
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The Barrington
Parker Players Theater
540 W Northwest Highway
Barrington, IL 60010
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TECH WEEK
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July 13 - 17, 2025
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No conflicts allowed
Performance Schedule
LOCATION​
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The Barrington
Parker Players Theater
540 Northwest Highway
Barrington, IL 60010