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La Ronde

From Wikipedia:

“La Ronde” is the title usually given to Arthur Schnitzler’s 1897 play, “Reigen.” It was not performed until 1921, when it was immediately shut down and deemed an obscene work. It presents a series of tableaux of interconnected characters in different sexual situations. The play scrutinizes the sexual morals and class ideology of its day.

The play takes place in Vienna in the 1890s and consists of 10 love scenes between pairs of people. There are 10 characters, each playing in two adjacent scenes (counting the last as adjacent to the first). The play starts with The Whore and The Soldier, followed by the Soldier and The Parlor Maid, and so on in this fashion until making full circle with The Whore back in the first scene. Both the German Reigen and the French Ronde mean Round dance.

Scenes:
The Whore and the Soldier
The Soldier and the Parlor Maid
The Parlor Maid and the Young Gentleman
The Young Gentleman and the Young Wife
The Young Wife and The Husband
The Husband and the Little Miss
The Little Miss and the Poet
The Poet and the Actress
The Actress and the Count
The Count and the Whore

A copy of the script is available online.

Audition dates:

• Monday, September 10 at 7 pm, Truax room 206
• Tuesday, September 11 at 7 pm, Truax room 206
• Call-backs: Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 12 & 13

Rehearsals:
Monday, September 17, 7pm – First cast meeting
Rehearsals Monday thru Thursday evenings starting September 24

Performance dates: November 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8, 9, 10, 11.