CADA Studio
CADA Studio is the production wing of Canberra Academy of Dramatic Art. A hotbed of creative development, CADA Studio combines the talents of current teaching staff, students, alumni and independent artists.
Through CADA Studio, CADA associates can work together to produce theatre, film and hybrid art projects.
Upcoming productions
LIES, LOVE & HITLER by ELIZABETH AVERY SCOTT
AUDITION NOTICE
The play,
Lies, Love & Hitler will be staged in association with The Street Theatre's 'Made in Canberra' program in November 2010. Written by CADA's managing director, the play was shortlisted for the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award in 2009.
Synopsis
LIES, LOVE & HITLER is a wonderful dramedy exploring the boundaries of love, friendship and personal significance. Dr Paul
Langley, age 39, is slightly mad. It’s not that he doesn’t have a good
brain – like most academics, he has a very good brain – it’s just that
he thinks he’s a little out of whack... mainly because he keeps seeing
visions of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the dead man whose life and work he’s
been studying for years.
Langley finds
himself in trouble when he falls for one of his students, Hannah
Summers. Things become complicated when it’s discovered Hannah has a
secret which threatens to destroy them both. Bonhoeffer walks Langley
through his inner conflict, and Langley learns why, in morally
ambiguous circumstances, it’s sometimes necessary to risk everything
for a better future.
Audition
Dates: 7.30pm Thursday 29 July, 3.30pm Sunday 1 August
Audition Venue: The
Street Theatre, Street 1
Rehearsal
dates: Intensive rehearsals from early October
Performance
Dates: Street 2, Thursday November 18 - Saturday November 27, 2010
Audition
Requirements: Contact the Street Theatre (6247
1519) to book an audition time, nominate the role you would like to play, and
request a copy of the script. You must prepare a set piece from the play for
your audition. The Street Theatre is handling audition enquiries on CADA's behalf.
ROLES
ROLES
Three
versatile actors – two male and one female – are required to play multiple
roles between them. The primary character roles are:
DR PAUL
LANGLEY, 39 – A
neurotic but lovable academic whose discipline is Theology, the study of God.
He specialises in the works of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian and
Nazi resister, and is very interested in the ethical questions Bonhoeffer
raised. However, his head is stuck in the books, and when he becomes involved
with Hannah he has to face ethical questions in his own life. The actor who
plays Langley must also play Bonhoeffer's brother-in-law, a Nazi, Bishop George
Bell, and a prison guard.
DIETRICH
BONHOEFFER, 39 – A
German clergyman and renowned theologian who was involved in a plot to kill
Hitler during World War II. When the plot was uncovered, he was imprisoned by
the Nazis for two years and was eventually executed in a concentration camp, one
month before the end of the war. He was engaged to Maria Wedermeyer, a woman 19
years his junior. Bonhoeffer speaks with a German accent.
HANNAH
SUMMERS, 25 – An
attractive, intelligent university student majoring in Theology and Philosophy
at Dr Langley’s university. She has a sense of humour and a mischievous side,
but has been used and abused by men. In Langley, however, she is surprised to
find someone who will respect and love her for who she really is. The actor
who plays Hannah must also play Bonhoeffer's fiancee, and a university
bureaucrat.
If you wish to audition, please contact the Street Theatre on 6247 1519.
Current and past students interested in assisting behind-the-scenes with the production should contact the CADA office - 1300 908 905.
