AUDITION NOTICE
AUDITION TIMES NOW OPEN CONTACT US TO BOOK
AUDITIONS OPEN TO TALENT AGE 16 & UP
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Man of La Mancha contains
Mature Themes including:
Bullying
Physical Violence
Sexual Themes
Implied Sexual Violence*
*Sexual assault noted in the script will not be performed on stage*
DUE TO ABOVE LISTED EXPLICIT CONTENT
PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN PRESENCE IS REQUIRED AT THE AUDITIONS FOR AUDITIONEES UNDER THE AGE OF 18
AUDITIONS
*Must be age 16 & up to audition*
Thursday May 2nd 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Friday May 3rd 6:30pm - 9:30pm
CALLBACKS
Sunday May 5th 2:00pm - 7:00pm
LOCATION
44 Gaukel St. Kitchener
(Parking lot located on Joseph St.)
REHEARSALS
Tuesdays & Thursdays
6:30pm-9:30pm
Sundays 2:00pm-6:00pm
Beginning Sunday July 7th 2024
Performers cast in Man of La Mancha must be available for all required rehearsals.
No performance based conflicts will be approved.
SUMMARY
Man of La Mancha, based on Cervantes’ epic 17th-century novel, Don Quixote, is a remarkable, poignant, moving musical that was one of the first shows to musicalize a piece of historical literature. Set in the context of the Spanish Inquisition, Man of La Mancha is presented as a play-within-a-play. We encounter historical author Miguel de Cervantes in prison, awaiting trial by the Inquisition. When his fellow prisoners try to take Cervantes’ belongings from him, including his manuscript, Cervantes proposes a trial in which he proves the merit of the manuscript through a reenactment, enlisting his fellow prisoners as characters in his play. Together, they tell the story of the aged Alonso Quijana who believes himself to be a knight errant, names himself Don Quixote, and pursues an obsessive quest to attain an impossible dream. Against all odds, Quixote and his trusty squire Sancho Panza take to the road in a quest to chivalry, and seek out the good and innocent in a world filled with darkness and despair. Through the story, all the prisoners – at least for a moment – are transformed. The mad Don Quixote may think a windmill to be a giant and a tavern to be a castle, but along the way he also transforms a wretched woman into a beautiful lady – and proves that an old man’s belief can truly make him a knight. Man of La Mancha features such stirring songs as “Dulcinea” and the now-famous standard, “Quest” – more famously known as “The Impossible Dream.”