Alliance Theatre (LORT and TYA) 2017-18 Seasons - Atlanta GA EPA
Alliance Theatre
AUDITION DATE
Mar 10, 2017
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EST)
lunch 1 to 2
APPOINTMENTS
AEA members may email for an appointment at: email Emily Kleypas at emily.kleypas@alliancetheatre.org by Wednesday, March 8th. AEA members without appointments will be seen as time permits.
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep
LORT Seasons: Categories B, C, and D (currently $861, $799 and $637/week)
TYA TYA Season: $489/week
SEEKING
Actors for the 2017-2018 LORT and TYA Seasons.
See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Auditioning Performers should prepare EITHER. 1) -a brief song OR 2) a brief monologue OR 3) -32 bars of a song and a one-minute monologue. If singing bring sheet music; an accompanist is provided. Bring TWO (2) pictures and resumes, stapled together.
LOCATION
Alliance Theatre
Rehearsal Hall
1280 Peachtree St NE
Atlanta, GA 30309-3502
PERSONNEL
Jody Feldman, Producer and Casting Director (expected to be in attendance)
Emily Kleypas, Artistic Support Associate
OTHER
www.alliancetheatre.org
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
2017-18 LORT SEASON
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
CONANT THEATRE, LORT D
By Lee Hall
Directed by Richard Garner
First Rehearsal: 8/1/17 Closing: 9/24/17
Seeking
Will:
Shakespeare, poet and playwright, late 20’s 30’s
Marlowe/also Boatman/also Lady Capulet:
Will’s colleague and friend, late 20’s 30’s
Henslowe: ALREADY CAST
Fennyman:
The money, 50’s – 60’s
Wessex/also Waiter:
betrothed to Viola 30’s – late 40’s
Burbage:
a heavy, late 20’s – 30’s
Tilney:
the Lord Chamberlain, 30’s – 50’s
Sir Robert/and Wabash/and Heavy 2:
Violas’ father, 50’s – 60’s
Queen Elizabeth/Molly: ALREADY CAST
Nurse/Mistress Quickly/Kate/Sampson: ALREADY CAST
Viola:
disguises herself as an actor, late 20’s – 30’s
Ned Alleyn/and Frees/and Catling:
lead actor of the Admiral’s Men, 30’s – 40’s
Ralph/and Queen’s Attendant:
novice actor, 40’s – 60’s
Nol/and Queen’s Attendant:
novice actor, 30’s – 40’s
Lambert/and Guard/and Adam/Heavy 1:
a heavy, 20’s – 50’s
Sam/Actor:
actor, late teens/early 20’s, pretty, voice just breaking
Peter/and Valentine/and Barman/and Robin:
actor, late 20’s
Webster:
street urchin, 10 – 15
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL
COBB ENERGY CENTER, LORT B
By Charles Dickens, Adapted by David Bell
Directed by Rosemary Newcott
First Rehearsal: 11/13/17 Closing: 12/24/17
An ensemble of 17. Multiple ethnicities, gender and age.
All local Atlanta cast.
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HOSPICE/POINTING AT THE MOON
SOUTHWEST ARTS CENTER, LORT D
By Pearl Cleage
Directed by ?
First Rehearsal: 2/27/18 Closing: 4/15/18
*ALREADY CAST*
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CANDIDE
ATLANTA SYMPHONY HALL, LORT C
Book by Richard Wilbur
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Directed by Susan V. Booth
First Rehearsal: 4/27/18 Closing: 5/20/18
seeking:
CANDIDE - ALREADY CAST
CUNEGONDE
Soprano, 20s-30s, F, the daughter of a German baron, Candide’s lover, but is willing to betray him for the sake of her own interests.
DR. PANGLOSS
Baritone, 40s-60s, M, A philosopher and Candide’s tutor. He believes this world is the best of all possible worlds.
OLD LADY- ALREADY CAST
PAQUETTE
Contralto, 20s-40s, F, The chambermaid of Cunegonde’s mother, who turns to prostitution to support herself
MAXIMILIAN
20s-30s, M, Baritone/Tenor – The son of the Baron and Baroness of Westphalia
ENSEMBLE ( 10 to 12)
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CROSSING DELANCEY
MARCUS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ATLANTA, MORRIS & RAE FRANK THEATRE, LORT D
By Susan Sandler
Directed by Leora Morris
First Rehearsal: 9/12/17 Closing: 11/18/17
seeking:
BUBBIE
Female, 60-80s- A feisty, sharp-witted woman in her eighties, who immigrated to the U.S. as a young girl and has lived ever since in the shrinking community of NYC known as the lower east side.
ISABELLE
Female, 20-30s- “Izzy” Grossman, Bubbie’s granddaughter, a bookish dreamer
HANNAH
Female, 40-50s- A very large woman, a professional matchmaker, a wheeler-dealer
TYLER
Male, 30-40s- a well known writer of fiction, handsome, exceedingly charming and self-involved
SAM
Male, 30-40s – a pickle man and a poet, an inhabitant of the lower east side, gentle, intuitive, appealing, and very wise for his years
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HAND TO GOD
DAD’S GARAGE THEATRE, LORT D
By Robert Askins
Directed by Kent Gash
First Rehearsal: 9/26/17 Closing: 11/12/17
seeking:
JASON/TYRONE
JASON is shy and mild-mannered. TYRONE, his puppet, is foul-mouthed, independent, and devilishly funny
PASTOR GREG
MARGERY
Jason’s mother
JESSICA
the girl-next-door
TIMMY
the school bully
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NATIVE GUARD
ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER, NICHOLSON GALLERY, LORT D
By Natasha Trethewey
Directed by Susan Booth
First Rehearsal: 1/10/18 Closing: 2/4/18
All ready cast
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SHELTERED
ACTOR’S EXPRESS, LORT D
By Alix Sobler
Directed by TBD
First Rehearsal: 2/2/18 Closing: 3/25/18
seeking:
Eleanor Kraus
FEMALE - 30s - A well put-together Philadelphia socialite. Her heart is in the right place. A little vain, but also willing to make the hard choices.
Gilbert Kraus
MALE - 30s-40s - A brainy lawyer who makes plans before he considers what it will take to execute them. Adores his wife. A strong moral sense.
Roberta Bloom
FEMALE - 30s - A woman who is keeping it together with makeup and bourbon. Headstrong, a bit stubborn. Put upon, but for good reason.
Martin Bloom
MALE - 30s - 40s - A charming blowhard. Good sense of humor, but something sinister lurking just beneath. A veiled sense of anxiety. Drinks too much.
Hani Mueller
FEMALE - 20s - 30s - An ordinary woman facing desperate times. She is at the end of her wits and seeking help, but also resistant to what she must do.
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2017-18 TYA SEASON
DANCING GRANNY
By Ashley Bryan, Adapted by Jireh Breon Holder
Directed by Leora Morris
First Rehearsal: 4/25/17 Closing: 7/17/17
*ALREADY CAST*
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ALICE INBETWEEN
By Neeley Gossett
Directed by Rosemary Newcott
First Rehearsal: 10/6/17 Closing: 11/17/17
Script still in development.
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THE JUNGLE BOOK
By Rudyard Kipling, Adapted by Tracey Power
Directed by Rosemary Newcott
First Rehearsal: 1/12/18 Closing: 3/4/18
seeking:
MOWGLI
BALOO/MONKEY KING
BAGHEERA/FATHER WOLF/MONKEY
SHERE KHAN
TABAQUI/MONKEY
RAKSHA/AKELA/MONKEY
PERCUSSIONIST
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to audition.
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