Auditions for 'Cosi' - Feb 1st
Performance dates - May 1st - 9th
COSI CAST LIST
- Lewis: male, 20s. A recent uni graduate who initially takes a job directing the play for money but undergoes a personal transformation through the experience.
- Cherry: female, 20s. An outspoken patient with a food obsession and a romantic fixation on Lewis.
- Doug: male, 20s-30s. A pyromaniac who was admitted to the hospital after setting his mother's house on fire.
- Henry: male, 40s- 50s. A withdrawn patient and former lawyer who rarely speaks and has a stutter.
- Julie: female, 20s. A guarded patient with a drug dependency who becomes romantically involved with Lewis.
- Roy: male, 50s- 60s. A patient, who has manic depression, with a passion for theatre. Roy is frustrated by Lewis's directing and insists on performing Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte.
- Ruth: female, 30s-40s, A patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder who struggles to distinguish between reality and illusion.
- Zac: male, 20s. A lethargic pianist, dulled by medication, who contributes to the music for the play.
- Justine: female, 30-40s. A pragmatic social worker who oversees the patients.
- Lucy: female, 20s. Lewis's girlfriend who is politically active and has an affair with Nick.
- Nick: male, 20s. Lewis's friend and roommate, who is a left-wing political extremist.
* Note- the roles of Nick/Zac and Lucy/Julie may be doubled up if we can find suitable actors to play two roles, so be prepared to read for both characters in the audition if you'd like to try for one of these roles
- For Zac’s role, it’s a bonus if you can play the piano and/or the accordion!
*More information about audition process will be posted closer to Feb 1st
Contact director Matt O'Connor for a copy of the script and/or if you have any questions about this production.