East Lynne Theater Company 2017 Season - Cape May NJ EPA
East Lynne Theater Company
AUDITION DATE
Feb 25, 2017
11:00 am - 7:00 pm (EST)
Lunch 2pm to 3pm.
(walk-in signups will begin at 10am, and continue thru 6:55.)
APPOINTMENTS
Equity actors may contact the theater for a definite time-slot by e-mailing the company at eastlynneco@aol.com. AEA members without appointments will be seen as time permits. Non-Equity actors may also be seen as time permits.
CONTRACT
SPT SPT3; It was $318/wk in 2016; 2017 TBD
SEEKING
Actors for roles in WILL ROGERS' U.S.A., AH, WILDERNESS!, and A YEAR IN THE TRENCHES. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Actors may read a side from any of the three plays (provided at the audition), or do a monologue, preferably humourous.
Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
First Presbyterian Church
500 Hughes St
Cape May, NJ 08204-2316
Cape May is at the end of the Garden State Parkway
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director Gayle Stahlhuth, who is directing all three shows will be at the audition.
Lee O'Connor, stage manager, will be present to read with those auditioning with sides from any othe above shows.
OTHER DATES
Rehearsals begin on Monday two weeks before the opening-performance week, with a Wednesday through Saturday night performance schedule, with exceptions, which are noted below. All of the rehearsals will be in Cape May.
OTHER
http://www.eastlynnetheater.org
The East Lynne Theater Company is committed to nontraditional casting and equal employment opportunities.
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
WILL ROGERS USA
This play runs from June 14-July 22.
This is a one-person show conceived and produced by George Spota in the 1970s for James Whitmore. Currently, this role is cast, but actors may audition and be considered for this show, should there be a need for a replacement.
The role of Will Rogers requires someone with a dry sense of humor, comfortable with delivering jokes about politics and events, and has knowledge of how to use a lariat. Character Age range: 45-55.
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AH, WILDERNESS!
Writer: Eugene O’Neill
Runs: July 26-Sept. 2;
Eugene O'Neill's only comedy about growing pains and family values in a small town in 1906
Seeking:
NAT MILLER
A newspaper man with a keen sense of humor, age range 40-55
MRS. MILLER
Nat's wife, maternal and bustling, age 40-55
TOMMY MILLER
The youngest Miller child, inquisitive, seeking an actor who can pass for age 11 (could also be played by a young girl)
MILDRED MILLER
Sweet, kind. Age 15.
RICHARD MILLER
Leading Role. Enjoys reading and writing and is graduating from high school with the whole world before him. Age 16.
ARTHUR MILLER
The eldest of the Miller children, attends Yale and is very collegiate. Age 19
LILY MILLER
Nat's sister, shy, kind, never married, has an off-and-on relationship with Sid Davis. Age 35-50
SID DAVIS
Nat's brother-in-law, has a drinking problem, and has never grown up. Age 35-50
DAVID McCOMBER
Brusk man who can jump easily to wrong conclusions, and doesn’t like Richard seeing his daughter, Muirel. Age 40-55 (this actor will also portray the SALESMAN who encounters Belle at a bar)
MURIEL McCOMBER
Pretty, sweet, in love with Richard. Age 16
WINT
A friend of Arthur's from Yale, and a bit of a hell-raiser,. Age 19
BELLE
A pretty peroxide blonde, typical tart of the period, but still with a bit of heart. Age 20-30 (this actor will also portray NORA - the Miller's Irish maid); and the BARTENDER - who will do anything to keep his bar going). Age 35-55.
Due to the size of the cast, an ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER will be hired, who may also be playing one of the roles.
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A YEAR IN THE TRENCHES
world premiere by James Rana
based on Charles Edwards Dilkes' book Remembering World War I: An Engineer's Diary, and other accounts
Runs: September 20-October 14. (Note: there will be no performance on Wed. Oct. 4, but a performance on Sun. Oct. 8 at 7:30 PM, and the performance on Wed. Oct. 11 is at 2:00 PM with no evening show.)
Produced to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the United States entering World War I. This is an ensemble piece, where only one of the six actors portrays the same role. The other five play multiple roles.
Seeking:
CHARLES EDWARD DILKES
The narrator, an engineer who enlists in the army when the United States declared war in 1917, and was one of the last soldiers to leave Germany. Age 30-40
ACTOR 1
Portrays pilot Kenneth Russell Unger, and other characters including a French officer and a German soldier. Age 25-35
ACTOR 2
Arthur Buzzoni (army friend of Dilkes'), newsboy, medic, and various soldiers. Age 20-35
ACTOR 3
Poet Joyce Kilmer, a recruiting officer, American general, and a chaplain. Age 25-35
ACTOR 4
Nurse Amabel Scharff Roberts, various French women, and Dilkes' sister, also a singer to sing World War I songs, who can play an instrument such as an accordion, guitar, and/or ukulele. Age 20-35
ACTOR 5
Grace Banker (headed up the Hello Girls - part of the Signal Core), and various French and German characters, also a singer to sing World War I songs, who can play an instrument such as an accordion, guitar, and/or ukulele. Age 20-35.
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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