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
- EDWARD MURDSTONE
- 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
- BARKIS, a carrier
- 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
- CREAKLE, ferocious schoolmaster
MAN WITH THE WOODEN LEG, assistant to Mr. Creakle
- OMER, the undertaker
- 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
- 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