CLYBOURNE PARK - Norwalk, CT EPA Music Theatre of Connecticut | Norwalk, CT
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM (E)
To schedule an audition appointment please contact Alex at 203-454-3883 OR Email AUDITIONS@MUSICTHEATREOFCT.COM .
SPT
$512 weekly minimum (SPT 5)
Equity actors for roles in CLYBOURNE PARK (See breakdown).
Actors from underserved communities are encouraged to audition.
Connecticut and Westchester talent a plus.
Please prepare a 1 minute monologue in the style of the show or see the sides provided on the website at
www.musictheatreofct.com/auditions. No video submissions will be accepted at this time. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Music Theatre of Connecticut
509 Westport Ave
Norwalk, CT 06851
Free on-site parking, train station is a 5-minute UBER ride to/from theatre.
Written by: Bruce Norris
Director: Pamela Hill
Expected to attend:
Kevin Connors, Executive Artistic Director Jim Schilling, Managing Director
Rehearsal: 10/17/23 - 11/2/23 at the Music Theatre of Connecticut.
Production is all live and runs 11/3/23 - 11/19/23, weekends only.
OTHER
All actors must be fully vaxed with proof of vaccination for rehearsals.
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.
CLYBOURNE PARK
Music Theatre of Connecticut will continue its 37th season with the Pulitzer Prize-winning CLYBOURNE PARK. MTC is located in a beautiful theatre center in Norwalk, CT, and the company has won numerous Best awards both BroadwayWorld and Connecticut Critics' Circle Awards, including the prestigious Killen Award for Outstanding Contribution to Professional Theatre, joining Long Wharf, Hartford Stage and the Westport Playhouse.
All seven actors play one role in Act I and a different role in Act II.
Russ (Act I)/ Dan (Act II): Caucasian male, 45-55. In Act I, a middle-management businessman selling his house to escape memories of a family tragedy. In Act II, a friendly but somewhat oblivious construction worker.
Bev (Act I)/ Kathy (Act II): Caucasian female, 40s. Married to Russ, whose brooding is eroding her natural optimism. In Act II, a breezy real estate agent and lawyer.
Karl (Act I)/ Steve (Act II): Caucasian male, late 30s-40s. In Act I, a character borrowed from “A Raisin in the Sun” who comes to persuade Russ and Bev not to sell their house to a “colored family.” In Act II, a well-educated man, but not exactly a diplomatic one. He’s seeking to purchase the home in the now-black neighborhood.
Francine (Act I)/ Lena (Act II): African-American female, 30s-40s. A stoic and polite domestic worker to Russ and Bev in Act I. In Act II, a no-nonsense professional woman invested in her neighborhood and fiercely opposed to white gentrification.
Albert (Act I)/ Kevin (Act II): African American male, 30s-40s. As husband to Francine in Act I, he is accommodating but a shrewd judge of character. In Act II, an easy-going investment banker married to Lena.
Betsy (Act I)/ Lindsey (Act II): Caucasian female, late 20s-- 30s. Married to Karl and seven months pregnant in Act I. Betsy is deaf but does speak, although her speech is difficult to understand. In Act II, a professional woman, also pregnant, who is married to Steve.
Jim (Act I)/ Tom (Act II)/Kenneth (Act II): Caucasian male, mid-20s – 30s. The well-intentioned minister at Russ and Bev’s church in Act I. In Act II, a lawyer hired by Kevin and Lena to represent their community association in negotiations with Steve and Lindsey. Tom is smart and good at his job but in a hurry. Kenneth: Caucasian male, 20s. Russ and Bev’s son who has come home after service in the Korean war. Kenneth appears only briefly in a flashback at the end of Act II.
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