CHESTER THEATRE COMPANY 2016 SEASON Equity Principal Auditions - Chester Theatre Company Auditions

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CHESTER THEATRE COMPANY 2016 SEASON - Chester Theatre Company

Chester Theatre Company 2016 Season - MA EPA
Chester Theatre Company | Chester, MA

Date of Audition:
5/10/2016


Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
9 AM to 4 PM
no scheduled lunch break

Contract
SPT
Tier 6; 2017 salary pending; currently $430/wk

Location
Town Hall Theatre
15 Middlefield Street
Chester, MA


Seeking
Equity actors for various roles in the upcoming season.

see breakdown for more info.

Preparation
Please prepare a short contemporary monologue.

Bring picture and resume.

Other Dates
An EPA in NYC will be held on an upcoming date TBD. Check back for posting.

Other
Full descriptions of plays available at www.chestertheatre.org

Personnel
Daniel Elihu Kramer, Producing Artistic Director

· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Appointments
AEA members call or email Erin at 413.354.7770 email: info@chestertheatre.org

AEA members without appointments seen as time permits.

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.


Breakdown

2016 SEASON
For any role listed as CAST, actors will be considered as possible replacements.

MY JANE
by Daniel Elihu Kramer
Dir: Knud Adams
Runs 6/29 – 7/10
1st reh: 6/6
WORLD PREMIERE

The sweeping drama of Charlotte Brontë’s beloved novel Jane Eyre is given a contemporary twist as the story of Jane’s journey from Victorian hardship to independence and happiness works its magic on readers today.

Mr. Rochester/Interviewer
Male, Any ethnicity, 30s-40s, intelligent, rugged, both private and charismatic. Ability to switch between roles

Jane/Reader
Female, Any ethnicity, 20’s, intelligent, private. Ability to switch between roles

Narrator/Reader:
Female, Any ethnicity, 30’s-50’s, thoughtful. Ability to engage with audience and switch between roles

Multiple Roles/Reader:
Female, Any ethnicity, any age. Ability to play across a broad range of roles

_______

OH GOD
by Anat Gov
Dir: Guy Ben-Ahron
Runs: 7/14 – 7/24
1st reh:7/6

It’s no joke when God becomes so depressed he’s ready to end it all—“all” being humankind, his greatest and most disappointing creation. Can Ella, a therapist with doubts about her own faith, talk him out of it in a single session? God only knows.

God:
Role CAST. Male, Any ethnicity, intelligent, proud, boastful, confused, 40’s-60’s

Ella:
Role CAST. Female, Any ethnicity, therapist, mother, intelligent, full of both doubt and desire to believe

________

SISTER PLAY
by John Kolvenbach
Dir: Daniel Elihu Kramer
Runs: 8/3 – 8/14
1st reh: 7/11

Lily, a lost dreamer, drifts from one bad relationship to another. Anna tries so hard to protect Lily she’s making her sister’s life miserable. Malcolm, Anna’s husband, is wittiest when he’s talking to himself. Enter a dust-covered drifter. This family outing is about to take a detour.

Malcolm:
Male, Any ethnicity, 40ish, intelligent, a writer, supportive, defers to his wife Anna

William Casy:
Male, Any ethnicity, age unclear: 30’s-40’s?, thoughtful, guarded but talkative

Anna:
Female, Any ethnicity, late thirties, older sister, loving, domineering, intelligent, takes no nonsense

Lilly:
Female, Any ethnicity, early-mid thirties, younger sister, intelligent, risk-taking, doesn’t want to grow up
_________

THE MOUNTAINTOP
By Katori Hall
Dir: Collette Robert
Runs: 8/18- 8/28
1st reh: 7/25

April 3, 1968. In a drab room at the Lorraine Motel, an exhausted Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wants two things; a cup of coffee and a cigarette. What he gets instead is Camae, a brash, irreverent maid who forces King to confront his legacy as a leader and a man.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:
Male, African-American, late 30’s, civil rights leader, charismatic, tired

Camae:
Female, African-American, 20’s – early 30’s, hotel maid, has a mission of her own

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