LTROI - Washington DC area, Oct 2018

[gkmoberg1]

Here goes! They've got up audition info which I'll copy/paste here for retention for now.

Audition Announcements

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
A stage adaptation by Jack Thorne
Based on the Swedish novel and film by John Ajvide Lindqvist
By arrangement with Marla Rubin Productions Ltd.

October 5 – 20, 2018

Directed by Michael Margelos



AUDITIONS

Saturday, August 11th at 10:00am
Tuesday, August 14th at 7:00pm
Wednesday, August 15th at 7:00pm

Hard Bargain Amphitheater
2001 Bryan Point Road
Accokeek, MD 20607

Auditions will consist of cold reading from the script. All roles are unpaid.

Characters:
Oskar – male, 18-23 to play younger, early high school
Eli – female, 18-23 to play younger, androgynous
Hakan – male, 35+, male companion to Eli
Halmberg – male or female, 35+, police commissioner
Oskar’s Mom – female, 30+, alcoholic divorcee
Jonny – male, 18-23, to play younger high school bully
Micke – male, 18-23, to play younger high school bully
Mr. Avila/Torkel/Janne/Jimmy – male, 25+
Kurt/Jocke/Nils/Dad/Stefan – male, 25+

Synopsis:

Oskar is a bullied lonely teenage boy living with his mother on a housing estate at the edge of town, when a spate of sinister killings rock the neighbourhood. Eli is the young girl who has just moved in next door. She doesn’t go to school and never leaves the flat by day. Sensing in each other a kindred spirit, the two become devoted friends. What Oskar doesn’t know is that Eli has been a teenager for a very long time – Jack Thorne’s adaptation of Let The Right One In premiered in June 2013 at the Dundee Rep Theatre in a production by the National Theatre of Scotland, before transferring to London’s Royal Court Theatre in November 2013.

The first audition is today! Missed it.

[gkmoberg1]

The cast has been announced at http://hbplayers.org/

Cast Announced for LET THE RIGHT ONE IN!
August 25, 2018 / odinsfirecracker

The Hard Bargain Players, Director Michael J. Margelos and Assistant Director Kaitelyn Bauer-Dieguez are excited to announce the cast for their October production of the DC-Area premiere of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN!

Eli – Melody Bishop
Oskar – Archie Parker
Oskar’s Mum – Jenny Liese
Halmberg – Jeanne Louise
Hakan/Janne – Jonathan Johnson
Micke – Amanda Connelly
Jonny – Seth Lohr
Mr. Avila/Dad/Nils/Stefan – Zack Ball
Kurt/Torkel/Jocke/Jimmy – Thomas Donohue

Oskar is a bullied lonely teenage boy living with his mother on a housing estate at the edge of town, when a spate of sinister killings rock the neighbourhood. Eli is the young girl who has just moved in next door. She doesn’t go to school and never leaves the flat by day. Sensing in each other a kindred spirit, the two become devoted friends. What Oskar doesn’t know is that Eli has been a teenager for a very long time – Jack Thorne’s adaptation of Let The Right One In premiered in June 2013 at the Dundee Rep Theatre in a production by the National Theatre of Scotland, before transferring to London’s Royal Court Theatre in November 2013.

[gkmoberg1]

Slight update on the cast (noticed today)

Eli – Melody Bishop
Oskar – Archie Parker
Oskar’s Mum – Jenny Liese
Halmberg – Jeanne Louise
Hakan/Janne – Jonathan Johnson
Micke – Amanda Connelly
Jonny – Seth Lohr
Mr. Avila/Dad/Nils/Stefan – Zack Ball
Kurt/Torkel/Jocke/Jimmy – Gershawn Mason

Also should point out

Director - Michael J. Margelos
Assistant - Director Kaitelyn Bauer-Dieguez
Lighting Design - Ted Demarco-Logue
Set & Prop Design - Michael J. Margelos

[gkmoberg1]

Maryland Theatre Guide , 8 October 2018
by Mary Ann Johnson

Theatre Review: ‘Let the Right One In’ at Hard Bargain Players

The show is very episodic; scenes flash past in just a few minutes. At first, it was a bit discomfiting, the rapidity of the scenes, but as the show progressed, it worked as a wonderful short-hand for the fractured lives of Oskar and Eli. With each scene entailing a change of props, the cast worked silently and swiftly on a near dark stage that added to the tension.

[gkmoberg1]

Has there been before, at any point, an outdoor performance? Is this the first?

[gkmoberg1]

I've written to them and am very curious to see if there's a reply!

[gkmoberg1]

I have learned the Hard Bargain Players have pictures posted on their FB https://www.facebook.com/HardBargainPlayers

[dongregg]

Seeiing the photo, it makes great sense to have it in a woodsy setting.

[gkmoberg1]

I have been in communication with Mr. Margelos, the play's director. He has written, saying he and some of the others might be willing and able to answer questions. This would be wonderful! I might just overrun his time with all I have in mind (I will try not to), but thought I'd ask whether others of us have any questions that you might like to ask.

This presentation of LTROI, as of the moment when I am writing this, has two next week. Then they are done. They've had four so far, to my understanding. If you have any questions you would like to pose to anyone on their team about their presentation of LTROI, reply here. They sound very receptive and, well, I'm so very curious to what they might reveal about our putting on this play!

[gkmoberg1]

My curiosity, to start with, centers on what it took for Hard Bargain Players to adapt the play so they could present it. They run their plays in an outdoor setting. A *lot* goes on at this beautiful site (really good example), the Alice Ferguson Foundation's farm. Hard Bargain Amphitheater is but one piece of this. While the outdoor setting, especially at night!, likely makes for a terrific atmosphere from the pictures I have seen, it looks fairly compact. I am curious about how easy it is to work scenes and sets. (And of course I want to get there and see this staging of the play!)