AMADEUS

Auditions for the Heights Players' February production of Amadeus, directed by Ed Healy, will be held Monday and Tuesday, December 8 and 9 at 7:00 p.m. Callbacks will be on Wednesday, December 10, also at 7:00 p.m. Please prepare a one-minute monologue; readings from script will also be provided.

Amadeus is the story of the conflict between Antonio Salieri, a non-gifted composer, contrasted with the brilliance of Mozart. Salieri cannot reconcile Mozart's boorish behavior with the massive genius that God has inexplicably bestowed upon him and Salieri vows to do everything in his power to destroy Mozart. The action of the play takes place in Vienna in November of 1823 and, in recall, the decade 1781-1791.

Performance dates are February 6-22, 2009. This is a non-equity, non-paying production. All roles are open. Character breakdown follows:

• Antonio Salieri

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Constance Weber – wife to Mozart

• Joseph II – Emperor of Austria

• Count Johann Killian Von Strack – Royal Chamberlain

• Count Franz Orsini-Rosenberg – Director of the Imperial Opera

• Baron Gottfried Van Swieten – Prefect of the Imperial Library

• Two "Venticelli" – "Little Winds," purveyors of information, gossip and rumor

• A Major Domo

• Salieri's Valet – silent part

• Salieri's Cook – silent part

• Kappelmeister Bonno – silent part

• Teresa Salieri – Wife of Salieri, silent part

• Katherine Cavalieri – Salieri's pupil, silent part

• Citizens of Vienna – They also play servants, who move sets and bring on props as required