Cape May Stage 2019 - Cape May, NJ EPA
Cape May Stage
AUDITION DATE
Wed, Feb 20, 2019
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm (EST)
CONTRACT
SPT Tier 6 contract ($479/weekly) offering housing, full health and pension benefits and round trip transportation from New York
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles in the upcoming season. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Please bring a short monologue and a photo and resume stapled together.
LOCATION
Cape May Lutheran Church
509 Pittsburg Ave
Cape May, NJ 08204
PERSONNEL
Producing Artistic Director Roy Steinberg and Directors Marlena Lustik and Hans Friedrich will be in attendance.
OTHER
www.capemaystage.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
2019
Heisenberg
by Simon Stephens
directed by Roy Steinberg
rehearses May 7, previews May 22 opens May 23 closes June 21
Georgie Burns– female, 42 – She is from New Jersey, funny, sexy, a liar, charismatic - moves well
Alex Priest – male, 75 – He is from Enniscorthy County, Wexford, Ireland – tall with long fingers, shy, poetic, attractive
Time is the present - Place is London and Jersey City
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Sylvia
by A. R. Gurney
directed by Roy Steinberg
rehearses June 11, previews June 26, opens June 27 and closes August 2
Sylvia – female -20s to 30s – pert and sexy – plays a Lab/Poodle mixture – moves well- may cast EMC
Greg – male – 50s -60 – financial trader, upscale WASP, midlife crisis -
Kate – female – 50s-60 –public school English teacher – strong willed
Tom/Phyllis/Leslie – male to play all three roles – Tom is New York macho/Phyllis is WASPy society lady/Leslie is neutral-gender therapist
New York today
All characters need great comic timing
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Sidekicked
by Kim Powers
directed by Roy Steinberg
rehearses July 23, previews August 7, opens August 8 and closes September 20
Vivian Vance – female, 51 – plays Ethel Mertz in “I Love Lucy” – vulgar, funny, some musical theatre chops – speaks to her analyst
March 2, 1960 – Desilu Studio lot – dressing room/ NY apartment/soundstage
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The Taming
by Lauren Gunderson
directed by Marlena Lustik
rehearses September 10, previews September 25, opens September 26 and closes November 1 -
Patricia – female 30s – from Georgia – conservative – also plays James Madison 1787
Bianca – female 30s – from Georgia – liberal- also plays good-girl intern and Charles Pinckney 1787
Katherine – female-20s- from Georgia – Southern belle pageant winner – also plays George and Martha Washington 1787 and Dolly Madison – may cast EMC
Great comic timing, southern accents, actors need not be white – strongly looking for diverse cast
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Murder For Two: Holiday Edition
Book and Music by Joe Kinosian Book and Lyrics by Kellen Blair
directed by Hans Friedrich
rehearses October 22, previews November 6, opens November 7, closes December 29.
Two piano playing actors:
Marcus Moscowicz – an ambitious young officer
All of the suspects:
Dahlia Whitney, the victim’s loopy widow
Murray and Barb Flandon, the Whitney’s bickering neighbors
Steph Whitney, an overeager grad student
Barrette Lewis, a self-incriminating ballerina
Dr. Griff, a friendly local psychiatrist
Timmy, Pickwick and Skid – members of a boy’s choir
Buttons, a late arrival
Place: An isolated mansion in rural New England, present day on the night of Christmas Eve
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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