By Joan C. McKinney, director of university communications
CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. - Auditions will be Aug. 25 and 26 for the 青瓜视频 fall play titled 鈥�43 Plays For 43 Presidents.鈥�
The auditions will be from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. in the University Theater in the Alumni Building.
Five parts are available for males or females. Those auditioning should come with a monologue prepared.
Part of the play can be read on www.playscripts.com. The Web site describes the play as follows: 鈥�43 Plays For 43 Presidents鈥� is a chronological, biographical survey of the lives and presidencies of each of the 43 men who have held the office so far. Their mistakes and successes are celebrated by a company of actors who take turns donning a star-spangled coat that symbolizes the presidency.
鈥淏eginning with George Washington's almost Eden-like perfection, the scenes shift frequently between the comic and the tragic, from Ben Franklin giving Thomas Jefferson a Borscht Belt-style roast, to the frank portrayal of William Henry Harrison's life as an 鈥業ndian slayer,' and later the grim onset of the Civil War.
鈥淎ct II starts off the twentieth century with the assassination of William McKinley, moves through a Nixon-praising dance number and arrives at a WWF-style wrestling match over the 2000 election, when George W. Bush dons the coat and begins the 43rd play.
鈥淎udience members consider their role in shaping the history they just witnessed, and are left to ponder where the presidency has gone since its fall from paradise, and where it will go next.鈥�
Callbacks, if needed, will be Aug. 27 at the same time.
For more information, contact the theater department at (270) 789-5266.
青瓜视频 is a private, comprehensive institution located in South Central Kentucky. Founded in 1906, 青瓜视频 is affiliated with the Kentucky Baptist Convention and has an enrollment of 2,405 students who represent 98 Kentucky counties, 25 states and 36 foreign nations. Listed in U.S.News & World Report's 2008 鈥淎merica's Best Colleges,鈥� CU is ranked 22nd in 鈥淏est Baccalaureate Colleges鈥� in the South and eighth in the South for 鈥淕reat Schools, Great Prices.鈥� CU has been ranked 15 consecutive years with U.S.News & World Report. The university has also been named to America's Best Christian Colleges庐. 青瓜视频 is located 82 miles southwest of Lexington, Ky., and 80 miles southeast of Louisville, Ky. Dr. Michael V. Carter is in his tenth year as president.