My name is Sara and I’m directing the first half of Beckett’s Endgame over at Albany Civic Theater as part of their director’s showcase on 6/19. Please see a link to the synopsis of the show below:
I’m hoping to pull together actors to rehearse virtually and in person and perform for the ACT board that Thursday. Please see list of characters below (note that gender and ages aren’t of much importance and that the role of Nell may already be filled):
Hamm: Throughout the play remains seated in an armchair fitted with casters, unable to stand, and blind. Hamm is dominating, acrimonious, banterous and comfortable in his misery. He claims to suffer, but his pessimism seems self-elected. He chooses to be isolated and self-absorbed. His relationships come off as parched of human empathy; he refers to his father as a “fornicator”, refused to help his neighbor with oil for her lamp when she badly needed it, and has a fake pet dog which is a stuffed animal.
Clov: Hamm’s servant who is unable to sit. Taken in by Hamm as a child. Clov is wistful. He longs for something else, but has nothing to pursue. More mundane than Hamm, he reflects on his opportunities but takes little charge. Clov is benevolent, but weary.
Nagg: Hamm’s father who has no legs and lives in a dustbin. Nagg is gentle and fatherly, yet sorrowful and aggrieved in the face of his son’s ingratitude.
Nell: Hamm’s mother who has no legs and lives in a dustbin next to Nagg. Reflective, she delivers a monologue about a beautiful day on Lake Como, and apparently dies during the course of the play.
Finally, here is the rehearsal schedule I am looking to adhere to (can be virtual or in person depending on what works for our actors):
5/28 (first read)
6/6
6/7
6/8
6/11
6/12
6/13
6/14
6/15
6/18 (tech/final reh)
6/19 (director’s showcase at 7:30 p.m.)
I will also be in search of a wheelchair and two large metal trash cans, if available.
If interested, please contact me at sanders.6794@gmail.com by tomorrow, 6/27.
Thank you,
Sara Anderson