BETHANY COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR THE FALL PRODUCTION OF SKINFLINT

Sep 02, 2022

LINDSBORG, KS., AUG.29, 2022 – Bethany College Department of Theatre announces auditions for the fall production of Skinflint, an original play by Majkin Holmquist ‘07. Auditions will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 6, and Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 7pm in Burnett Center on the Bethany College Campus. 



Skinflint takes place “in a land destroyed by unfettered capitalism, rugged individualism, and toxic masculinity, where a person’s worth is literally a person’s worth,” according to the playwright. It is, she says, “a nihilistic fairy tale about surviving a world that values a person only for the coins in her pocket and the meat on her bones.”   


The play features a cast of seven, four women, two men, and one character to be played by either a male or a female. Characters range in age from late teens to 50 years. The format for the audition will be cold readings from the script. Copies of the Skinflint script can be found at the Wallerstedt Library on the Bethany College Campus and can be checked out for a two-hour, in-library read. Auditionees are encouraged to read the script before auditioning.   


Holmquist received a Bachelor of Arts in English Education from Bethany College and a Master of Fine Arts in Playwriting from the Yale School of Drama, where she is an adjunct instructor in playwriting. She lives in New York City with her husband, Cody Whetstone ‘08. 


Skinflint opens Friday, Oct. 28 and will be performed as a staged reading “in the round” on the Burnett stage.


For more information, contact Greg LeGault, Associate Professor of Theatre, legaultg@bethanylb.edu or 785-227-3380, x. 8257. 


Bethany College, established by Swedish Lutheran immigrants in 1881, is a college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The mission of Bethany College is to educate, develop, and challenge individuals to reach for truth and excellence as they lead lives of faith, learning, and service. At Bethany, students join a community of dedicated educators and caring mentors who walk alongside them as they discover, explore, and navigate the path to their purpose. Bethany College is online at bethanylb.edu and is located in Lindsborg, Kansas, the fine arts and crafts capital of the state. 

 

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