Actors' Playhouse 2023-24 Season - Coral Gables, FL EPA Actors' Playhouse | Coral Gables, FL
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Thursday, September 28, 2023
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Appointments will be first come, first served on the morning of the audition. The space will open and they will begin taking appointments at 9am on the morning of the audition.
LOA
$830 weekly minimum (ref. LORT)
Equity actors for Actor's Playhouse's 2023-24 Season (See breakdown).
All season roles are open to non-traditional casting opportunities.
For musicals: Please prepare two contrasting 16-bar pieces (or one 32-bar selection) and a one-minute monologue (contemporary preferred). For plays: Please prepare two contrasting one-minute monologues or one two-minute monologue. All actors please bring a copy of your headshot and resume stapled together.
Actors' Playhouse Miracle Theatre 280 Miracle Mile
Coral Gables, FL 33134-5908
Parking: Garages 1 and 4 located on either side of theatre, or street parking.
Founding Executive Producing Director Barbara S. Stein
Expected to attend:
Artistic Director- David Arisco
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
SWEET GOATS AND BLUEBERRY SEÑORITAS:
Rehearsals begin Oct. 17, 2023
Run: Nov. 8 – Dec. 3, 2023
LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL: Rehearsals begin Jan. 9, 2024
Run: Jan. 31 - Feb. 25, 2024
CAROLINE, OR CHANGE:
Rehearsals begin March 5, 2024
Run: March 27 – April 14, 2024
A ROCK SAILS BY:
Rehearsals begin April 23, 2024
Run: May 15 – June 9, 2024
HUNDRED DAYS:
Rehearsals begin June 25, 2024
Run: July 17 – August 11, 2024
OTHER
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.
By Richard Blanco and Vanessa Garcia
Director: David Arisco
Rehearsals begin October 17, 2023
Run: November 8 – December 3, 2023
Beatriz: 30s; Warm, funny, quiet rebel. Runs her own Cuban-American pastry shop in Maine. Cuban American, bilingual
Tio Eme: THIS ROLE IS CAST. 50s; Full of life, wisdom, sense of humor. Uncle to Beatriz. Cuban American, bilingual
Marilyn: 50s; Mother to Beatriz. Miami based Cuban, fiery, tough, bilingual
Blake: 35-40; Gay neighbor to Beatriz, adrift, vulnerable, gentle humor. American, originally from Kentucky
Georgie: 50; American, quirky, a woman longing for love
Maynard: 40; A true Mainer, rough exterior, big hearted American
Book by: Heather Hach
Music & Lyrics by: Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin
Based on the novel by: Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-mayer motion picture Director: David Arisco
Choreographer: TBD
Musical Director: TBD
Rehearsals begin January 9, 2024
Run: January 31 - February 25, 2024
Elle Woods: 18 to 25; The quintessential Valley Girl who follows her ex-boyfriend to Harvard Law School and realizes that she has more to offer than just a pretty face and a bubbly personality. Female Vocal range top: G5 Vocal range bottom: Gb2
Emmett Forrest: 20 to 25; A smart and sensitive law student who takes Elle under his wing. He is charming, quirky, loveable, and friendly. Male Vocal range top: A4 Vocal range bottom: B2
Paulette: 35 to 45; A brash, caring, optimistic hair stylist who is friends with Elle and longs to find a man for herself. Female Vocal range top: A5 Vocal range bottom: A3
Professor Callahan: 45 to 55; A pompous, sleezy and manipulative law professor at Harvard who is highly successful, but completely immoral. Male Vocal range top: F#4 Vocal range bottom: A2
Warner Huntington III: 20 to 25; A good-looking but shallow and pompous guy who breaks Elle's heart and heads off to Harvard Law. Male Vocal range top: Ab4 Vocal range bottom: Eb3
Vivienne Kensington: 20 to 25; A smart, savvy, and uptight law student and Warner's fiancee who initially dismisses Elle, but grows to be her friend. Female Vocal range top: F5 Vocal range bottom: A3
Brooke Wyndam: 25 to 35; An exercise video mogul who is also a former sorority girl. She is energetic and charismatic, yet currently on trial for murder. Female Vocal range top: G5 Vocal range bottom: A3
Ensemble: 14 members of ensemble divided equally between male and female. Ensemble members play multiple parts throughout the show including: Greek Chorus; Students; Delta Nu Members, etc. Must be strong dancers and singers.
Music by: Jeanine Tesori
Book & Lyrics by: Tony Kushner
Rehearsals begin: March 5, 2024
Run: March 27 – April 14, 2024
Caroline Thibodeaux: 39 year old African American maid for the Gellmans
Dotty Moffett: An old friend of Caroline and fellow maid, takes night classes at the University
Stuart Gellman: A professional clarinet player and teacher, Noah's father; mourning the loss of his wife
Grandpa Gellman: Stuart’s father/Noah’s grandfather
Grandma Gellman: Stuart's mother/Noah’s grandmother
Rose Stopnick Gellman: THIS ROLE IS CAST. Noah's concerned new stepmother, a friend of the family who marries Stuart after his first wife's death
Mr. Stopnick: Rose's father, a Jewish man with a liberal ideology
The Domestic Appliances:
- The Radio: is portrayed by three women that look and sing like a Motown girl group. - The Washing Machine: Is brand-new and a good force that pushes Caroline to move forward in life. - The Dryer: Torments Caroline throughout the play.
The Moon: The Moon is a calming and healing presence throughout the play.
The Bus: Is the primary source of transportation for the African American characters in the play.
NOTE: ALL CHILD PERFORMERS WILL BE CAST LOCALLY AT A SEPERARTE AUDITION Noah Gellman: The Gellman’s 8 year old curious, sympathetic, and neurotic son
Emmie Thibodeaux: 16 years old, Caroline's free-spirited daughter, supportive of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement
Jackie Thibodeaux: Caroline's 10 year old son
Joe Thibodeaux: Caroline's 8 year old son
By Sean Grennan
Director: David Arisco
Rehearsals begin April 23, 2024
Run: May 15 – June 9, 2024
NOTE: All actors may be any race or type.
Dr. Cummings: Female, 50s-60s. An astrophysicist, professor. She is very intelligent, somewhat sardonic, a believer in facts. Widowed two years ago and still in mourning. She has a daughter, Olive. She receives a diagnosis of early onset dementia but shows only slight signs of it during the play.
Olive: Female, Cummings’ daughter, 20s-30s. Smart, self-possessed, caring. A positive, smart, attractive person, she believes in more than she can see or, unlike her mother, is at least open to the possibility. She is a doctoral candidate in English literature. They clash over this and other things. Still, she loves her mother very much. She and Jason, are a possible fit.
Jason: Male, 30s. A journalist, he is “floating through life” somewhat. He works for a magazine he doesn’t respect, has recently broken up with a girlfriend, and isn’t sure what he believes about the greater questions. He does want there to be more than this. He wants there to be meaning and order. Ethical, intelligent, searching.
Player: Any gender, any age, any race, any type. They make up the rest of the “world.” This includes, Haley, Chancellor, Farrell, Doctor and Messenger. It may also include the O.S. voice of Tom but as a recording. The O.S. voice of Tom can be someone else but should not be done by Player when Messenger is physically present.
Book & Music by The Bengsons
Book by Sarah Gancher
Director: David Arisco
Rehearsals begin June 25, 2024
Run: July 17 – August 11, 2024
Shaun: 30-40; Proficient acoustic guitar player, expressive lead vocals, demure, but a man with a vision.
Abigail: 30-40; Lead Singer of band, vibrant, exciting, expressive vocals. Ability to play some stand up drum and possibly accordion. Big vocal range and large personality.
NOTE: Throughout the course of the play all musicians play various roles and are able to sing. They are proficient with their intstruments first and foremost. Two men and two women.
Musician 1: Synthesizer/keyboard/possible accordion.
Musician 2: Drums
Musician 3: Bass
Musician 4: Cello/possible accordion.
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