Auditions May 9, 10 (Wed, Thurs) 7-9 pm (Cité des Arts) and May 12 (Sat) 12 noon - 3 pm
The Rehearsal is a light and funny play-within-a-play which boasts a lavish display of period costumes of original design. The comic farce features silly players who galumph and posture their way through the play, making sport of the social conventions of the time. Nothing makes sense, or does it?
The Rehearsal is about a playwright who believes he is savvy to the newest trend in everything, including his newest play. When he invites two young men to sit witness to his “future hit,” they find it to be cockamamey and utterly absurd.
The Rehearsal, performed first in 1671, penned by the infamous wit, George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and the play is 60 years post-Shakespeare and just past the Cavalier/ Musketeer period in history. Importantly, it is probably the very first example of the Theatre of the Absurd. Mel Brooks is said to have based his work The Producers on this funny play.
A platoon of gifted volunteers is launching this project under the direction of Lauren Greene Whyte, a long time participant in Lafayette theatrical efforts. Your support for The Rehearsal’s creative group -- seamstresses, marketing people, prop builders, et al --is needed, and any contribution will be gladly received. Please see
our site on Kickstarter.com and enter “The Rehearsal” under projects. We sincerely appreciate your consideration; it is our aim to entertain you.
Performances will be performed at Cité des Arts, 109 Vine St. Lafayette, LA
Performances July 19, 20, 21,22, 26, 27, 28 and 29
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