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Auditions are over and the cast announcement for A Midsummer Night’s Dream will be coming soon. The director has left The Bahamas and is now making the final decisions on her cast. There are two more roles on which she has to deliberate before publishing her full cast list.

As for Woman Take Two, the principal casting has been done and with a few minor roles to be filled the following is a listing of the characters and the actors who have been cast in those roles for this production:

Harold Davies – Anthony “Skeebo” Roberts
Erma Davies – Tameka Forbes
Matilda Bascombe – Enith Darling
Sonia Davies – Annee Wildgoose
Beverly Humes – Moya Thompson
Merlene Evans – Doris Jackson
Jennifer Evans – to be cast
Lionel Joseph – Terran Brown
Young Lady – to be cast
Five Children – to be cast

Rehearsals for this production are scheduled to begin this week. David Jonathan Burrows is directing and will be assisted by Deon Simms. Woman Take Two was written by Telcine Turner Rolle.

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Woman Take Two Auditions

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Shakespeare in Paradise 2010 officially opened for production with the first auditions for Telcine Turner’s Woman Take Two taking place at the Hub last night. Though turnout was relatively low, the readings were enthusiastic, and the setting — the backdrop of the current exhibition — “I am Bahamian. I eat Conch Salad” by Amarachi Okafor [...]

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Volunteer Jobs: Shakespeare in Paradise

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Ever wondered what it takes to mount a successful production? More than getting up on stage before an audience, that’s for sure! Theatre stands or falls on the coming together of many hands, most of them behind the scenes, most of them unrecognized, unnamed, without whom the actors would be lost. So if you ever [...]

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Auditions Update

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Shakespeare in Paradise will be holding auditions for A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM and WOMAN TAKE TWO next week. WOMAN TAKE TWO auditions will be held on Thursday July 15 at 6:30 PM at the Hub (Bay Street just east of Victoria Avenue). Director DAVID JONATHAN BURROWS will be in attendance. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM auditions [...]

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Shakespeare in Paradise: Casting Call

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Auditions Shakespeare in Paradise is looking for actors for A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Woman Take Two! Auditions will be held during the week of July 12, 2010 – specific times, dates, and place to be announced. A Midsummer Night’s Dream Set in Cat Island, Bahamas, 1910 Humans THESEUS, Commissioner of Cat Island. EGEUS, Mother [...]

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Announcing Shakespeare in Paradise 2010

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Shakespeare in Paradise is pleased to announce the major works for its 2010 theatre festival to be held in Nassau, October 1st – October 11th. A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare Woman Take Two by Telcine Turner-Rolle God’s Trombones by James Weldon Johnson Indio by Alaudin Ullah One Flesh (Come Back To Me by [...]

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