The Clock Shop- Act 2
Project Overview
Hi, I'm Jacob Baum, the director and writer of the Clock Shop. I'm very proud of this project. We will be performing Act 2 of the show because it falls inn the guidelines of the project I'm doing. I will explain more in detail of the requirements and the description of the show.
Project Details:
We will perform Act 2 of the show
The project is due May 11
*This is everything you need to know about the project.*
Project Requirements:
With your audition, you must comment your discord and/or your email so I can send you information.
***I have a discord server made so we can talk to each other. I will make a group chat using phone numbers so if you do not have a discord, comment your phone number***
Try your best with your audition.
You don't need to have any fancy technology as long as your audition sounds good.
Have fun.
Project Timeline:
The Casting Call ends on May 2
Any other roles left opened will be filled by an online voice over
If you are cast, you will be sent the script the day casting closes.
You will have four days to send me an audio file of your parts.
**The time is so short because I need time to compile the audio.**
Any audio files sent to me after the due date will be rejected unless I am able to add it in easily.
Drama Plot:
The play is about French society during the 18th century and has a side topic of Young Love. The main character is Arthur. He travels to France and establishes his Clock Shop. He gains popularity at France and earns his way to the top of society. In the meantime, he falls in love with someone who has another lover and she falls in love with him. The other lover was so angry he tried to have Arthur killed, but got himself killed in the end. Come along on this adventure through the eyes of a genius, his brother, and a madman.
My Main Rule:
Have fun. I know it may seem like I have a lot of rules but that is because my grade depends on it, but my main #1 rule is have fun. Without fun, the project is useless. This is why I created the discord chat. For the cast to mingle and meet each other, but most importantly to have fun. So like I said a hundred times. Have fun.
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Arthur is our hero. He is a scrawny English orphan in his younger years but runs from his home in his older years. He runs to France with his younger brother Russel who was a baby in the orphanage. He makes his way up the French economy using his intellect and his clock making skills. He creates a clock store using a building he lives in owned by his friend, Marie. He meets and falls in love with another English immigrant while trying to fend for his life during the french revolution.
John, what am I going to do? I’ll never be able to buy my own house I don’t have any money. I don’t want to die when we’ve come so far.
That’s not what I mean! I mean let it go! You’re going insane. People who act like this belong in an asylum. Although it may seem differently, I don’t want to see you in an asylum. I’m concerned for you, Ruscus.
Not just because you’re beautiful but because you are strong and kind. You know when your strength is most needed and even if you don’t love me back, just know that I love you.
Ruscus is our villain. He is a poor Russian immigrant who befriended Sadie and fell in love with her. He is a buff boy and is an orphan. When he finds out that Arthur had fallen in love with Sadie as well, Ruscus was angered so he tried to have Arthur killed and used the French Revolution as a cover-up. He became so selfish in his quest for love that he ignored the Revolution, and accidentally went undercover as a French millionaire and was executed during the attack on Versailles. REMEMBER: Ruscus is Russian so he speaks Russian sometimes. I will add pronunciations but you must speak in a Russian accent.
I need you to spy on the older brother for me, clear. You will be rewarded if you do. If he gets anywhere near Sadie… I want him dead. Am I clear?
Then find way! I don’t want that little snitch stealing my woman, and if you find anything… anything, I want him dead! Am I clear?!
It will be easy, I just have to wait. Wait for my prey to wander out of the grass. Wait for the rebellion to attack. Yes, that’s it step into the open. I know you want to.
Sadie is the main love interest. She was born a poor British girl and eventually moved to France by hitching a ride in a wagon shipping goods and food to the country. When she exited she, she landed in Versailles. She had learned the place up and down by mindlessly wandering the streets, but she had made a friend with a French commonfolk named Marie. Sadie then meets Arthur. Ruscus fell madly in love with her and would do anything to gain it back from her but she does not feel the same way about him. But Arthur also loves Sadie and Sadie does feel the same way about him. Giving Ruscus a reason to hate Arthur.
I know this city seems bad but you don’t have to beat it up.
I don’t love you anymore. I don’t want to be with you. I love Arthur and he loves me back. I’m sorry, but I don’t love you.
I know you’re strong. Much stronger than Ruscus. The only difference is that your stronger mentally than he is. That is why I love you, but if Ruscus finds out, he will kill you. That’s why I’ve tried my hardest not to show it. Arthur, I do love you.
Russel is the younger brother of Arthur. Arthur is forced to drag him wherever he goes because they were left in an orphanage together. Russel hates it there and hates all of the nuns, especially Mother Superior. He calls them “big black women”. He is especially terrified when he finds out that Marie is actually Sister Mary Nicholas from a convent in Versailles.
No a way to your dreams. I never wanted to leave the orphanage. The only thing I ever wanted was to be with you, but now I’m not so sure.
Well I didn’t know if you were more sophisticated or something. When does Arthur begin his work?
I don’t think so. He told the Aristocrat to find anyway to watch you. He said that if he finds you stealing his woman, he wants you dead.
Marie is a nice french common folk who takes leadership of Arthur and Russel. She is a good friend of Sadie’s and helps Sadie fall in love with Arthur by making them meet. Arthur is granted to open a clock making shop in the first floor of her small home that was unoccupied. During the end of the play, it is revealed that Arthur and Russel were the reason she had the house thanks to the revenue of the clock shop. It is also revealed that she is actually a nun. REMEMBER: Marie is a Frenchwoman so she has a French accent.
We need to revolt. Don’t you see? They have so much money and we have humbug. We need this type of boost.
The old man who once lived here died and he gave the house to me because he liked me so much. He also gave me his inheritance since he had no kin or no spouse. I only use the money in case of emergencies though so it does not seem that I am a hierarch of the other Aristocrats. Any other questions?
My name isn’t actually Marie. My real name is Sister Mary Nicholas. Also, I created the Aristocrats to earn money, I mean what do you think Aristocrat means. Everyone who followed me thought I called it that because it’s a fancy word, but it has meaning. Everyone who follows me is illiterate.
Homeless Person 1 is the sidekick of Ruscus and helps him stalk Arthur to make sure he doesn’t touch Sadie. he ends up getting killed by Ruscus
No, all I know is that Arthur sits in a room and Sadie enters there sometimes.
I saw them. Together. With my own eyes. They hugged. They embraced. I saw them.
Robespierre is a French Revolution leader and is the one who kills Ruscus.
**IF YOU NEED A PRONUNCIATION FOR THE FRENCH, LOOK IT UP. THANK YOU.**
Look at us. We’re poor, we’re starving and we can’t even provide for ourselves let alone our families, and what does she say? Let them eat cake. Well I say we cut off their limbs and let them eat that.
I say kill the guards and burn their bodies. What do you say?
Pour la liberté!
Marie Antoinette is the French queen who was killed by Robespierre and wife of King Louis XVI.
That’s too bad. I was excited to meet him. Does it say why?
Well, the party must go on. What kinds of cake are there?
He is the husband of Marie Antoinette and he is killed during the French Revolution led by Robespierre.
The young man who owns the Clock Shop won’t be here.
It says that he had family situations to take care of, but it was very vague.
There are many exotic flavors like Strawberry Shortcake, Vanilla and even Upside-Down Cake.
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