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Auditions for ON MY OWN: The Early Adventures of David Copperfield

ON MY OWN: The Early Adventures of David Copperfield

Based on the novel by Charles Dickens, adapted by Ian Mairs

Directed by Raines Carr

A rogue’s gallery of outrageous clowns and cunning charlatans come to life in On My Own, Ian Mairs’ lively adaptation of David Copperfield. The early chapters of the Dickens classic take center stage, as young David struggles to make his way in the world after his mother dies. Though David finds cruelty at the hands of stepfathers, schoolmasters, and swindlers, it’s the surprising kindness and compassion he encounters that stay with him as he searches for a place to call home. This playfully-paced, colorful adaptation is the perfect way to introduce a new generation to the beloved story of David Copperfield.

Auditions: Monday, January 8th  4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Ages 10 and up

Rehearsals start Saturday, January 13th Mondays and Wednesdays (4:15-6:00 p.m.)

Saturdays (various) 12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.

Performances February 15th (7:30 p.m.) 16th (7:30 p.m.) 17th (2:00 p.m.)

Tuition: $350 (32 contact hours 10.00/hr)

Roles available

DAVID COPPERFIELD

MRS. CLARA COPPERFIELD, David’s mother

CLARA PEGGOTTY, faithful servant

MISS BETSEY TROTWOOD, eccentric aunt

HAM PEGGOTTY, Peggotty’s nephew

CHILLIP, doctor attending to Mrs. Copperfield

  1. EDWARD MURDSTONE
  2. QUINION, friend and associate of Mr. Murdstone

DANIEL PEGGOTTY, brother to Clara Peggotty

LITTLE EM’LY, his niece

MRS. GUMMIDGE

MRS. JANE MURSTONE, sister of Edward Murdstone

  1. BARKIS, a carrier
  2. CHARLES MELL, underfed, underpaid master at Salem School

MRS. MELL, his mother

TOMMY TRADDLES, a good natured schoolmate

JAMES STEERFORTH, a schoolmate, handsome, self assured

  1. CREAKLE, ferocious schoolmaster

MAN WITH THE WOODEN LEG, assistant to Mr. Creakle

  1. OMER, the undertaker
  2. JORAM, partner and son-in-law to Mr. Omer

MINNIE OMER, daughter of Omer

MEALY POTATOES, co-worker of David’s at Murdstone and Grinby

  1. WILKINS MICAWBER-a jaunty, grandiloquent, recklessly good natured man, improvident man

MRS. EMMA MICAWBER, his wife

MASTER WILKINS MICAWBER, their eldest son

MISS EMMA MICAWBER, their daughter

RICHARD BABLEY, a harmless lunatic

JANET, maid to Miss Trotwood