Bohemian Theater Ensemble will be holiding auditions for The Elephant Man by June Eubanks.

Due to the nature and style of the script, several of these roles are open to cross-gender and racially diverse casting. Persons of all ethnic backgrounds and ages are encouraged to audition. We are especially interested in auditioning individuals with expertise in movement, dialect proficiency, and/or various singing or musical capabilities. Those with experience playing the drums, woodwinds (or any other musical instruments) are encouraged to share these skills on their resumes. Many of those cast will be asked to play 2 or 3 roles in this ensemble production. Your willingness to accept multiple roles should be indicated at the time of the audition sign-up.

Synopsis:

In Victorian London, Dr. Frederick Treves discovers the misshapen, stunted John Merrick in a freak show and rescues him in order to study his peculiar deformity. But Merrick turns out to be unusually bright and articulate, becomes the toast of high society, then commits suicide because his ugly exterior and isolated interior are too much to bear.

Pomerance, an American living and writing in England, based the play on actual events but tells his tale in a detached Brechtian manner. The Elephant Man was a Tony-award winning Broadway hit. It opened at the Booth Theatre in 1979 and stayed into 1980, for a total of 916 performances.

Commenting on the 2002 Broadway revival of The Elephant Man, the New York Times said "This startling act of magic is of a kind that only theater affords."

The play is notable for the fact that no prosthetic makeup is used on the actor portraying Merrick. The Elephant Man won all the major drama awards including the Tony, Obie, Drama Desk Award and New York Drama Critics Circle Award. BoHo Theatre takes great pride in bringing this modern classic to the stage as only BoHo can.