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Video auditions accepted for those unable to attend in person

The Prozorov sisters (Olga, Masha, and Irina) yearn for the excitement of Moscow; their dreary provincial life is enlivened only by the arrival of the Imperial Army. The sisters’ dreams of a new life are crushed when their brother marries a woman they consider ill-bred and mortgages the house.

Directed by: Moritz Arnold, with Assistant Director Bethany Moody.
A Second Act Players Production
Ages 16+

Audition: July 9, 2022 11am-1pm
Rehearsals: Tuesdays and Saturdays (those auditioning must be able to attend both rehearsal days most weeks)
Performances: September 16th & 17th, 2022

AUDITION PREPARATION:
In advance of the audition, please prepare:

- a dramatic monologue that is between 1-2 minutes in length. A monologue written by Chekhov is preferred, but not required. This is a website with some good ones: http://www.monologuearchive.com/c/chekhov_anton.html

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Character Info:
Andrey Prozorov (ahn-DRAY proh-ZOH-rof)
Lead, Male
The son of a high-ranking Russian army officer studies to be a professor, but after his marriage, he turns to gambling to forget his boorish wife, who takes a lover an ineffective man who accomplishes nothing.

Olga (OHL-y-guh)
Lead, Female
One of Andrey’s sisters wants desperately to return to Moscow teaches languages in the town’s high school and becomes headmistress, but she is unhappy with her lot.

Masha (MAH-shuh)
Lead, Female
One of Andrey’s sisters and the wife of Fyodor Kuligin once thought her husband clever, but she has been disillusioned falls in love with Vershinin, though he cannot leave his wife and children for her.

Irina (ihr-IHN-uh)
Lead, Female
One of Andrey’s sisters her hopes are dashed when Baron Tusenbach is killed by Captain Solyony in a duel, for she thought she could escape the little garrison town by marrying the baron.

Natasha (nah-TAH-shuh)
Supporting, Female
Andrey’s ill-bred, rude, and selfish wife takes a local official, Protopopov, as her lover.

Kulygin (KOO-lih-gihn)
Supporting, Male
Masha’s husband an ineffective man who teaches in a high school.

Vershinin (vehr-SHIH-nihn)
Supporting, Male
An artillery commander believes the world and people will get better and better falls in love with Masha but cannot leave his family for her.

Baron Tuzenbach (TOO-sehn-bahch)
Supporting, Male
An army lieutenant in love with Irina Prozorov killed in a duel by Captain Solyony, his rival for Irina’s affections.

Solyony (soh-ly-ON-y)
Supporting, Male
Baron Tusenbach’s rival for Irina Prozorov’s love kills the baron in a duel over the young woman.

Chebutykin (cheh-BOOT-y-kihn)
Supporting, Male
A medical doctor and friend of the Prozorov's an incompetent medical practitioner.

Several other servants and possible additional characters (Vershinin’s wife, Protopopov, etc.)