Wheaton Drama

Wheaton Drama announces auditions for Sense and Sensibility.

Jane Austen’s timeless romance, condensed for a brisk staging, runs Nov. 17 to Dec. 10.

Director Randall W. Knott is casting six women’s roles and six men’s roles. Character ages and descriptions are below.

Auditions will be Sunday, Sept. 17, and Monday, Sept. 18, starting at 7 p.m. Callbacks (if necessary) will be Wednesday, Sept. 20, beginning at 7 p.m.

Auditions will be by appointments of 10 minutes each, and actors will work with a “hired reader” in a closed setting before the production staff. Auditionees will be afforded every opportunity to shine. NOTE: All roles require British accents.

Please email sensewdi2017@gmail.com by Sept. 15 to request an audition appointment, specifying which evening you prefer. Auditionees who schedule appointments will receive sides and an audition form in advance. Walk-ins will be seen only as time allows.

Auditions, rehearsals (unless otherwise specified) and performances will be held at Playhouse 111, located at 111 N. Hale St., Wheaton. Rehearsals will be Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays; tech week is Nov. 11–16.

Performances are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. There will be NO performance on Thanksgiving, Nov. 23.

Women’s roles:
Marianne (young woman): Younger of the two Dashwood sisters; sensitive, idealistic.
Elinor (young woman): Older of two Dashwood sisters; sensible, caring soul.
Mrs. John Dashwood (youngish woman): Shrewish stepsister-in-law of our protagonists.
Mrs. Henry Dashwood (middle-aged woman): Mother of Marianne and Elinor.
Lucy Steele (young woman): Rival to Elinor in affairs of the heart.
Mrs. Middleton/Mrs. Ferrars (middle-aged to older woman): One actor to play two roles, both important, but divergent in character.
Mrs. Jennings: This role has already been cast.

Men’s roles:
John Dashwood (young man): Stepbrother to Marianne and Elinor, and executor of his late father’s estate.
Edward Ferrars (young man): Befuddled, kind soul.
Sir John Middleton/other roles (middle-aged to older man): Jovial host to Dashwood sisters; this actor will play other incidental roles in the show.
Colonel Brandon (middle-aged man): Man of wealth and good heart, but awkward in the ways of romance.
Willoughby (young man): Dandy gentleman with less to offer than most.
Robert Ferrars (young man): Edward’s brother, he figures prominently in the show’s conclusion.

Director Carrie Dabelow proudly announces the cast of “Fiddler on the Roof,” running Sept. 15 through Oct. 8:
Tevye = Barry Norton
Golde = Mary Barrett
Tzeitel/Grandma Tzeitel = Emily Roldan
Hodel = Emma Lee
Chava = Reilly Roman
Shprintze = Kaia Ebel
Bielke = Ellie Struthers
Yente = Dee Hicks
Lazar Wolf = Don Dumper
Motel = Robert Hussey
Perchik = Jake Murphy
Mordcha = Richard Bucchi
Fyedka = Justin Lee
Constable/Nuchum the Beggar = Peter Buckley
Rabbi = Michael Terrill-Liesz
Fruma-Sarah/Ensemble = Paula Rada
Shaindel (Motel’s mother) = Toria Hollyn
Mendel = Stetson Cross
Yussel = Joel Sicker
Avram = Daniel Stokes
Sasha/Russian dancer = Cooper J. Meek
Fiddler = TBD
Ensemble Mama = Lisa Medearis
Ensemble Mama = Gabrielle Best
Ensemble Mama = Angel Novie
Ensemble Son = Vander England
Ensemble Son = Luke Grout
Ensemble Son = Thomas Mansour
Ensemble Daughter/Dance Tzeitel = Skylar McClure
Ensemble Daughter/Dance Hodel = Kayden Rothery
Ensemble Daughter/Dance Captain = Tess Denault
Ensemble Daughter = Gwendolynne Royle
Ensemble Daughter = Linda Coman
Ensemble Daughter = Brenna Sims

STUDENTS “ACTING IT UP” AT WHEATON DRAMA

Classes for Grades 1-8;
Fall session: Sept. 5 through Oct. 10
(Make-up date, if necessary: Oct. 17)

This six-week workshop is designed to strengthen acting “muscles.” Through acting games and exercises, students will work each week on a different aspect of acting technique including: movement, voice, characterization and pantomime. Teamwork, focus and listening are added benefits that youngsters can derive from this workshop.

To apply the skills they’ve learned, students will also rehearse a short 15-minute skit to be performed at the end of the final class.

New sessions will be posted throughout the year as registration opens (roughly a month before the class starts).

All sessions will be on Tuesday afternoons at these times:

Grades 1–4: 4 p.m. to 4:55 p.m.
Grades 5–8: 5 p.m. to 5:55 p.m.

Tuition: $100 per session per child

Note: Classes are subject to change based on enrollment. Registration for each class will be open one month before the class begins. If there are not enough students enrolled in any given session, the class may be canceled. Notification of a canceled class will be sent out one week prior to the start of class; all money will be refunded.

Staff: Cindy Bolds is excited to join us again this year as our after-school instructor. Cindy is a longtime WDI member who taught most of the after-school classes last year. She is a certified teacher’s aide.

All instructors undergo an extensive background check.

For more information, please contact Elyse Willis at wdieducation@wheatondrama.org, or call 630.260.1820 and leave a message about registration.

STUDENTS “ACTING IT UP” AT WHEATON DRAMA

Classes for Grades 1-8;
Fall session: Sept. 5 through Oct. 10
(Make-up date, if necessary: Oct. 17)

This six-week workshop is designed to strengthen acting “muscles.” Through acting games and exercises, students will work each week on a different aspect of acting technique including: movement, voice, characterization and pantomime. Teamwork, focus and listening are added benefits that youngsters can derive from this workshop.

To apply the skills they’ve learned, students will also rehearse a short 15-minute skit to be performed at the end of the final class.

New sessions will be posted throughout the year as registration opens (roughly a month before the class starts).

All sessions will be on Tuesday afternoons at these times:

Grades 1–4: 4 p.m. to 4:55 p.m.
Grades 5–8: 5 p.m. to 5:55 p.m.

Tuition: $100 per session per child

Note: Classes are subject to change based on enrollment. Registration for each class will be open one month before the class begins. If there are not enough students enrolled in any given session, the class may be canceled. Notification of a canceled class will be sent out one week prior to the start of class; all money will be refunded.

Staff: Cindy Bolds is excited to join us again this year as our after-school instructor. Cindy is a longtime WDI member who taught most of the after-school classes last year. She is a certified teacher’s aide.

All instructors undergo an extensive background check.

For more information, please contact Elyse Willis at wdieducation@wheatondrama.org, or call 630.260.1820 and leave a message about registration.

STUDENTS “ACTING IT UP” AT WHEATON DRAMA

Classes for Grades 1-8;
Fall session: Sept. 5 through Oct. 10
(Make-up date, if necessary: Oct. 17)

This six-week workshop is designed to strengthen acting “muscles.” Through acting games and exercises, students will work each week on a different aspect of acting technique including: movement, voice, characterization and pantomime. Teamwork, focus and listening are added benefits that youngsters can derive from this workshop.

To apply the skills they’ve learned, students will also rehearse a short 15-minute skit to be performed at the end of the final class.

New sessions will be posted throughout the year as registration opens (roughly a month before the class starts).

All sessions will be on Tuesday afternoons at these times:

Grades 1-4: 4 p.m. to 4:55 p.m.
Grades 5–8: 5 p.m. to 5:55 p.m.

Tuition: $100 per session per child

Note: Classes are subject to change based on enrollment. Registration for each class will be open one month before the class begins. If there are not enough students enrolled in any given session, the class may be canceled. Notification of a canceled class will be sent out one week prior to the start of class; all money will be refunded.

Staff: Cindy Bolds is excited to join us again this year as our after-school instructor. Cindy is a longtime WDI member who taught most of the after-school classes last year. She is a certified teacher’s aide.

All instructors undergo an extensive background check.

For more information, please contact Elyse Willis at wdieducation@wheatondrama.org, or call 630.260.1820 and leave a message about registration.