Frisco Community Theatre announces auditions for upcoming production of 1984
November 26, 2007
For information contact: Jessica McCartney, FriscoCommunityTheatre.com

Resumes at headshots are requested by not required. Rehearsals will be Monday-Thursday starting January 7th.

Performances are February 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23 at 8:00 p.m. and February 17 & 24 at 2:00 p.m. at the Cox Building Playhouse, Plano.

Roles available

Winston Smith (Male, 20s - 40s): A minor member of the ruling Party in near-future London. He is a frail, fatalistic, and intelligent man who disagrees with much of what he encounters but it too careful to express these feelings.

Julia (Female, 20s – 30s): A beautiful girl working in the Fiction Department at the Ministry of Truth and a member of the Anti-Sex League. Pragmatic and optimistic, she rebels against the Party in her own small and personal way by pursuing affairs with Party members.

O'Brien (Male, 40s – 50s): A mysterious, powerful, and sophisticated member of the Inner Party. He is coarse and brutal, but possessing of an enigmatic and sinister charm.

Syme (Male/Female, 30s - 50s): An intelligent and outgoing person who works with Winston at the Ministry of Truth, Syme is a renowned Newspeak scholar.

Parsons (Male/Female, 30s – 50s): An obnoxious and dull Party member, Parsons is a neighbor and co-worker of Winston's.

Gladys Parsons [William Parsons] (Female/Male, 10 - Teens): The ill-mannered, suspicious child of Parsons and a member of the Party's Junior Spies.

Inner Party Guards (2; Male/Female, 20s – 50s): The imposing enforcer arms of the Inner Party and personal attendants to O'Brien.

Mrs. Charrington, Landlady [Mr. Charrington, Landlord] (Male/Female, 40s – 60s): A kindly and encouraging proletarian, Charrington sympathizes with Winston and Julia by renting them a room without the omnipresent eye of Big Brother's Telescreens. But, there is more to Charrington than meets the eye.

Messenger and Coffee Vendor (Male/Female, Teens – 50s): Two members of the Party, responsible for doling out the dreck and propaganda of Big Brother.

Waitress [ Waiter] (Male/Female, Teens – 50s): A proletarian working in the Chestnut Tree Café, where disgraced traitors to the Party congregate before they are rendered unpersons.