{"id":476,"date":"2012-08-22T15:09:20","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T20:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lamp1.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=476"},"modified":"2019-06-04T16:17:46","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T21:17:46","slug":"open-auditions-for-j-b-scheduled-aug-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2012\/08\/22\/open-auditions-for-j-b-scheduled-aug-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Auditions for &#8216;J.B.&#8217; Scheduled Aug. 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/strong>The theatre and cinema program at Missouri Western State University will hold open auditions for \u201cJ.B.,\u201d its first production of the 2012-13 season, \u201cA Year of the Tony,\u201d from 6-10 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28 in the Potter Hall Theater. Those interested may sign up for an audition time via the online callboard at www.missouriwestern.edu\/theatrecinema\/callboard.asp.<\/p>\n<p>Actors should be prepared to read sides from the script. Sides and other information are available on the website.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>All Missouri Western theatre and cinema auditions are open to the public. Community members are encouraged to audition with the understanding that priority casting is given to Missouri Western students. In \u201cJ.B.\u201d there are up to five roles available for young children and teenagers.<\/p>\n<p>Rehearsals will begin Thursday, Aug. 30 and run Sunday through Thursday evenings. Performances are Oct. 4-7.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJ.B.,\u201d by Archibald MacLeish, is a modern retelling of the Biblical story of Job. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play in 1959. \u201cIt is one of the memorable works of the century as verse, as drama and as spiritual inquiry,\u201d read a contemporary review in the New York Times. \u201cIn every respect, \u2018J.B.\u2019 is theatre on its highest level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Non-gender specific roles are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Zuss<\/li>\n<li>Nickles<\/li>\n<li>A Distant Voice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Male roles include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>J.B.<\/li>\n<li>David (13)<\/li>\n<li>Jonathan (10)<\/li>\n<li>First Messenger<\/li>\n<li>Second Messenger<\/li>\n<li>Bildad<\/li>\n<li>Zophar<\/li>\n<li>Eliphaz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Female roles are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sarah<\/li>\n<li>Mary (12)<\/li>\n<li>Ruth (8)<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca (6)<\/li>\n<li>Girl<\/li>\n<li>Jolly<\/li>\n<li>Mrs. Adams<\/li>\n<li>Mrs. Murphy<\/li>\n<li>Mrs. Lesure<\/li>\n<li>Mrs. Botticelli<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Missouri Western State University is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\"><em>www.missouriwestern.edu<\/em><\/a><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u2014end\u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The theatre and cinema program at Missouri Western State University will hold open auditions for \u201cJ.B.,\u201d its first production of the 2012-13 season, \u201cA Year of the Tony,\u201d from 6-10 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28 in the Potter Hall Theater. Those interested may sign up for an audition time via the online callboard at www.missouriwestern.edu\/theatrecinema\/callboard.asp. Actors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8400,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476\/revisions\/8400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}