Charlie Chaplin
Emerging Artists’ Fall New Work
is well under way!
Playwrights
have begun working on the 2012 Emerging Artists’ New Work about Charlie
Chaplin. Already in their fifth week of
research and creation, they’ve begun turning out the first scenes of the brand
new, original play that will see its world premiere on the Wayside Theatre main
stage! Here are some important facts for
you to know:
All
Emerging Artists’ productions are cast via open auditions! This means that anyone who comes to try out
for the play will have a chance to be in it.
Auditions
will take place on August 29, 30, and 31 from 3:30pm to 5:30pm.
Performances
are on November 9 and 10.
And
here’s a little bit of information about the man himself:
Charlie
Chaplin? He was a seriously cool
character! He was born in London in
1889, and both of his parents were music hall performers. His father left when he was very young, and
after his mother, Hannah, lost her voice she was unable to find work as a
performer. She took to sewing for
sweatshops to make ends meet.
Eventually, Hannah was unable to make enough money to care for herself
and her children. After that, Charlie
and his brother, Sydney, were in and out of work houses. When Charlie was 14 years old, his mother had
a mental breakdown, and he had to take her to the asylum. She never fully recovered, and he had to fend
for himself until Sydney returned from his most recent job as a steward on a
ship at sea. The brothers decided they
would go on the stage, and within a year Charlie was gainfully employed playing
the pageboy in Sherlock Holmes. It was the first step in one of the most extraordinary
rags-to-riches stories in modern history.
By
the age of 30, Charlie Chaplin had made his way into one of the best
burlesque/vaudeville acts in England, then to America and into film to become
one of the highest paid people in the world.
He had also revolutionized the filmmaking industry by founding (with a
group of fellow artists) the first independent movie distributor.
Want
to know more? Come out for auditions on
August 29, 30, and 31, or join us for the performances on November 9 and 10!
Charlie Chaplin as The Tramp with child actor Jackie Coogan in The Kid. |
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