Casting Adults and Teens (16+)
We warmly welcome and encourage all identities, ethnicities, and abilities to audition.
AUDITIONS:
Video Auditions: Accepting now - March 8
In Person Auditions: By appointment only at One Stage Studio (3285 Seldon Ct. Fremont, CA 94539).
Audition Form: Click HEREto download.
Callbacks by invitation only.
REHEARSALS: March 15 - April 16, 2027 (Monday - Friday @ 6:30-9:30pm)
TECH WEEK: April 19 - 22 (One Stage Studio, 3285 Seldon Ct. Fremont, CA 94539)
PERFORMANCES: April 23 - May 8 (Fri @ 7pm/Sat @ 7pm/Sun @ 2pm) (One Stage Studio, 3285 Seldon Ct. Fremont, CA 94539)
Please note your availability and schedule conflicts will affect final casting decisions.
WHAT TO PREPARE
In Person Auditions:
Prepare 1-1.5 min monologue.
Video Submissions:
Please begin by stating your name and what monologue you will be performing. Make sure you are well lit and are in focus, and are in the frame from your waist up. Email your video, headshot, resume (if you have one), and audition form with subject line "IOBE Audition Submission" to admin@onestagetheatre.org.
All roles are volunteer and NON-AEA.
SYNOPSIS:
Considered by many to be the wittiest English comedy ever, this brisk yet faithful adaptation retains all the plot elements and classic lines while presenting the charming farce in under an hour. There’s never been a more accessible adaptation to introduce new generations to this timeless theatre delight, thanks to the abbreviated running time, balanced cast, and optional brief narrations by Algernon Moncrieff’s butler, Lane (who later plays Jack’s butler, Merriman).
Good friends Algernon Moncrieff and Jack Worthing both have created fictitious personalities to help them avoid their social obligations. Jack, in fact, lives a completely double life. When at his country home, where he is ward to the lovely Cecily, he goes by his given name, Jack. While in the city visiting his pal and courting Algernon’s beautiful cousin Gwendolen, he is Ernest.
Hilarity ensues as Algernon travels to the country and also takes on the false identity of Ernest in order to court Cecily. When the two lovely ladies realize they are both engaged to Ernest Worthing, it takes much earnest — and hysterical — conversation before true love can prevail.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
All roles are available.
Jack Worthing (Ernest)
The protagonist who leads a double life. Responsible, earnest, yet deceptive about his identity. Struggles with societal expectations and his love for Gwendolen.
Algernon Moncrieff
Jack's witty and carefree friend. Charming, cynical, and a master of manipulation. Engages in deception to pursue his romantic interests.
Gwendolen Fairfax
Algernon's love interest and Jack's intended. Strong-willed, romantic, and obsessed with the name "Ernest." Torn between her feelings and societal expectations.
Cecily Cardew
Jack's ward and Algernon's love interest. Imaginative, naive, and romantic. Engages in her own fantasies about love and identity.
Lady Bracknell
Gwendolen's mother and a symbol of Victorian propriety. Authoritative, snobbish, and concerned with social status. Represents societal constraints on marriage and class.
Miss Prism
Cecily's governess. Educated, somewhat eccentric, and has a mysterious past. Her history intertwines with the main plot, revealing deeper themes of identity.
Dr. Chasuble
The local clergyman. Scholarly, somewhat absent-minded, and romantically interested in Miss Prism. Represents the intersection of religion and personal desire.
Lane
Merriman
