Hey, Barbie!
We are currently holding auditions for our brand new spin-off musical for the Winnipeg Fringe Festival “Barbie: A Parody!”
To schedule an audition: please email taylor@merakitheatre.com
AUDITION INFORMATION
AGES: 13-17 (We are strict on our age limit for our Fringe Production)
AUDITIONS: Auditions will be taking place between 4:30pm-9:00pm on Wednesday, April 24th. Everyone who is auditioning will receive a 10 minute timeslot in that window of time.
LOCATION: Auditions and rehearsals will be at our studio, Meraki Theatre @ 174 Scott Street (Entrance through Wardlaw - not Scott!)
WHAT TO PREPARE: Please prepare a 1-2 minute monologue for us. It can be any monologue from a play, musical, movie, etc. You’re welcome to use some of our options below or choose your own! If you would like to also prepare a 1 minute song, you are also welcome to do so! (not mandatory).
REHEARSAL INFORMATION
REHEARSALS: Rehearsals will be taking place every Wednesday evening from May 1 - July 10, 2024 (6:00pm - 8:00pm) As we get closer to show time, rehearsals may be extended until 8:30pm.
COST: 3 Payments of $95.00 (1 in May, 1 in June and 1 in July)
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
PERFORMANCES: Each cast will have 3 performances during the Winnipeg Fringe Festival run of our production (taking place between July 17 to 28, 2024). Our dates have not yet been given to us, however all of our performances will be in the evenings (there will be no daytime shows).
TECH: There will be a mandatory tech rehearsal in July for everyone to have a practice in the actual theatre we will be performing in. We will let you know this time as soon as the Winnipeg Fringe Festival lets us know when our tech time is!
MONOLOGUE OPTION 1 (REAL WORLD):
You have to never get old, never be rude, never show off, never be selfish, never fall down, never fail, never show fear, never get out of line. It's too hard! It's too contradictory and nobody gives you a medal or says thank you! And it turns out in fact that not only are you doing everything wrong, but also everything is your fault. I'm just so tired of watching myself and every single other woman tie herself into knots so that people will like us. And if all of that is also true for a doll just representing women, then I don't even know.
MONOLOGUE OPTION 2 (WEIRD BARBIE):
What’s cookin’, good-lookin’? Welcome.Welcome to my Weirdhouse. What can I do ya for? Your feet… they’re flat. Never seen that before.You’re Stereotypical Barbie, right? That Ken of yours, he is one nice-looking little thing. Anyway, what preceded this? Thoughts of sadness? Ohhhhh, you’ve done it. You’ve opened a portal and now, there is a rip in the continuum that is the membrane between Barbie Land and the Real World, and if you wanna be Stereotypical Barbie perfect again, then, baby girl, you gotta go fix it.
MONOLOGUE OPTION 3 (NARRATOR):
Since the beginning of time, since the first little girl ever existed, there have been dolls. But the dolls were always and forever baby dolls. The girls who played with them could only ever play at being mothers. Which can be fun, at least for a while, anyway. This continued until… BARBIE. Yes, Barbie changed everything. Then, she changed it all again. She might have started out as just a lady in a bathing suit, but she became so much more. She has her own money, her own house, her own car, her own career. Because Barbie can be anything, women can be anything. And this has been reflected back onto the little girls of today in the Real World. Girls can grow into women, who can achieve everything and anything they set their mind to. Thanks to Barbie, all problems of feminism and equal rights have been solved.
MONOLOGUE OPTION 4 (KEN):
You’re asking me if I know what time it is, You respect me. Why didn’t Barbie tell me about patriarchy, which, to my understanding, is where men and horses run everything? I shall seek my fortune there. All right. So… I’ll take a high-level, high-paying job with influence, please. A PHD? Isn’t being a man enough? You guys are clearly not doing patriarchy very well. I want a job. But I’m a man. Please? Can I talk to a doctor? Can you get me a coffee? And I need a clicky pen and a white coat and a sharp thing.