Wau-Bun Readers' Theater AUDITIONS

The story of life on the Wisconsin frontier in the early 1830’s will be the subject for a Readers’ Theater presentation in May and June at the Historic Indian Agency House. The script for the program is based on Wau-Bun:The Early Day in the Northwest by Juliette Kinzie whose husband, John, was the Indian Agent at Ft. Winnebago from 1830 to 1833.  Also included in the script are letters John Kinzie wrote in his official capacity as Indian Agent.
 
“Reader’s Theater” productions are done with minimal sets and staging, and the actors read their lines rather than memorizing their lines.  Local talent will audition for the parts.  In addition to a narrator, there will be speaking roles for two women (the 28-year-old Juliette and the voice of a mature Juliette) and the young John and the mature John. There are also roles for a frontier businessman and two employees, a Native American tribal leader and a young soldier. 
 
Try-outs for the production will be at the Portage Public Library April 21 from 6:30-8 pm and April 22 pm from 6:30-8. Presentation will be Saturday May 31 at the Agency House during Canal Days celebration, and again on June 14 for members and guests of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, the organization that owns and maintains the Agency House property.
 
The Reader’s Theater project is supported by a grant from the Great Circle Foundation.
For more information, contact the Historic Indian Agency House at 742-6362, or for specific information about the audition and rehearsal schedule, contact Sheril Lannoye at 742-5762