Circle Players will hold auditions for "Incorruptible," a bawdy farce by Michael Hollinger satirizing the fragility of faith in the face of survival, next month.
Welcome to Priseaux, France, c. 1250 A.D.: The river flooded again last week. The chandler's shop just burned to the ground. Nobody's heard of the wheelbarrow yet. And St. Foy, the patron of the local monastery, hasn't worked a miracle in thirteen years. In other words, the Dark Ages still look pretty dark. All eyes turn to the Pope, whose promised visit will surely encourage other pilgrims to make the trek and restore the abbey to its former glory. That is, until a rival church claims to possess the relics of St. Foy—and their bones are working miracles. All seems lost until the destitute monks take a lesson from a larcenous one-eyed minstrel, who teaches them an outrageous new way to pay old debts.
Auditions will take place from 7-9 p.m. April 17 and 18, with callbacks (if needed) at the same time April 20. The show is directed by Eric Walby.
| Charles (50s) | Has been abbot and leader of the Priseaux Monastery for the past 13 years. Compassionate with the best intentions, but when the livelihood of the church is threatened he begins to succumb to pressure and compromises his values for the greater good. |
| Martin (40s) | The second in command at the Monastery. Martin will do anything necessary to help the church survive, so that it will still be around when he becomes abbot after Charles. Lacks the patience, sympathies, and people skills one would expect a monk to possess. |
| Olf | One of the monks. A bit dim-witted and childlike, but very loyal to church and the leaders. Does many of the hard labor chores at the monastery. There is always a sense that he’s not completely following what is happening around him. |
| Felix (20s-30s) | The newest monk at the Priseaux Monastery when the play begins. Becomes the moral compass as the actions of the monks become more and more questionable. Though in his past he was known to have “a weakness of the fairer sex," he now takes his vows very seriously, including obedience. |
| Jack (20s–30s) | The opportunistic, eye-patch-wearing, travelling minstrel “husband” to Marie. Although he does not have any faith of his own, he is later blackmailed into becoming a monk. The actor cast needs to know how to juggle, play the guitar or a similar minstrel instrument, and sing. |
| Marie (20s–30s) | The pretty travelling minstrel “wife” of Jack and daughter of the Peasant Woman. Her true love drowned years earlier, and she is happy neither with what her life has become nor what she needs to do to earn money. There are several physical comedy moments, including being carried in a sack by other actors, and Marie should also be able to dance and sing. |
| Peasant Woman (50s–60s) | Marie’s mother, desperately poor and seeking help in any and every way she can think of, including praying to the local saint. She encourages Marie to make money anyway that she can (wink, wink, nudge, nudge), but vocally disapproves of her relationship with Jack. |
| Agatha (40s–50s) | Charles’ sister, abbess of a competing church in Bernay. She has no shame, no tact, and celebrates the failures of her brother and his monks. She plows her way through every scene she is in. |
"Incorruptible" will run at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays June 10-25 and at 3 p.m. June 26.
For more information, contact circleplayersnj@gmail.com. The Circle Playhouse is located at 416 Victoria Avenue, Piscataway.
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