Auditions for 11:11 Theatre Company's world premiere adaptation of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations will be held at the Boston Playwrights' Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, on August 25th from 7pm-10pm.  The adaptation consists entirely of Dickens' original words.

Great Expectations will run on the following dates:
September 25 and 26 @ 8pm
September 27 @ 3pm
October 1, 2, and 3 @ 8pm

To schedule an audition slot, please email info@1111theatre.com.  Come with a monologue ready to read from memory.

Parts open for casting include 6 male and 4 female roles:

Pip: young boy in search of his expectations
Joe: noble-hearted and simple friend and father-figure to pip
Jaggers: a lawyer who handles Pip's expectations
Magwitch: an escaped convict who secretly bestows Pip's expectations
Herbert: Pip's friend and roommate in London
Pumblechook: a blowhard friend of Mrs. Joe

Estella: the beautiful and heartless center of Pip's affection
Havisham: an eccentric, wealthy woman who was left at the altar
Biddy: Pip's kind-hearted, early teacher and later friend
Mrs. Joe: Pip's haughty aunt that looks after him
 


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