Union and Non-Union Auditions for MWTC

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Muddy Waters Theatre Company Announces
Equity/Non-Equity Auditions for the 2006-2007 Season:
Three Productions by Arthur Miller

SEPT. 9TH 10:00am-4:30 pm by appointment only at St John's Methodist
Church Theatre, 5000 Washington Place. Auditions require a two-
minute monologue, headshot, and resume. Please call 314-540-7831 or
e-mail muddywaterstheatre@hotmail.com to schedule an audition.

The Crucible: November 30: Preview-Director
Discussion, Dec. 1st-3rd & Dec. 7th -10th. (This may have some
weekday performances)
Directed by Cameron Ulrich

A powerful drama entwined with witchcraft, hysteria, persecution and
social injustice. The Crucible is based on historical accounts, the
play is set during the 1692 Salem Witchcraft Trials when several
young girls accuse innocent town members of witchcraft to
avoid getting into trouble for entertaining ideas of witchery
themselves. The husbands of some of the women involved try to
convince the judges as to the girls' deceit, but find them
unshakeable. Eventually even the most prominent members of the
community find
themselves indicted, and the tension mounts as the central
protagonist, John Proctor, must confess an earlier adultery in order
to save his own wife from being hanged based upon charges brought by
his former lover. However, because his wife lies about the
adultery to save his name, the judges fail to believe his charges.
Proctor is given the chance to save his own life by confessing to
witchery and naming names, but chooses to die rather than betray his
friends and neighbors.

Death of a Salesman: February 8: Preview-Director
Discussion, February 9th-11th & February 15th - 18th. (This
production may have weekday performances)
Directed by Milton Zoth

A beautifully tragic soul-search with revelations of past failures to
succeed. Death of a Salesman relates the story of Willy Loman, a down-
on-his-luck traveling salesman. In order to cope with his failures in
life, he retreats to the past in his mind and seems to be
losing touch with reality. He tries to relive the good times, but
keeps coming up against things that went wrong. His family try to
help him by lying about their prospects, but when Loman loses his
job, after a lifetime with the same company, he becomes desperate.
His depression is exacerbated by the guilt he feels from a past
infidelity which has estranged him from his older son, Biff. Rather
than accept that his life has been a failure, and that Biff is not
interested in big business, Loman decides to commit suicide in hopes
that the insurance money will help Biff become successful. The play
ends with his family and only friend, Charley, grieving by his
graveside.

After the Fall
May 17th Preview-Director Discussion, May 18th - 20th & May 24th - 26th.
Directed by Jerry McAdams

Often viewed as highly autobiographical, this play received much
criticism from reviewers who thought he was tarnishing the memory of
American icon Marilyn Monroe, who had recently committed suicide.
After the Fall examines the parallels between private and public acts
of betrayal by drawing connections between the central character's
self-assessment and the atrocities committed during the Holocaust. In
an extended confession, Quentin relates the story of his life,
describing what he sees as his formative relationships with women,
most notably his mother, and his first two wives, Louise and Maggie.
We also learn of his experiences living through the Depression, HUAC,
and of his eventual acceptance of the possibility of future happiness
with his new wife, Holga.