Hangar Theatre 2011 Season
– Equity Performer Auditions in Ithaca, NY
Ithaca NY SPT(approval/salary level pending; 2010 minimum weekly: $517)
Artistic Dir: Peter Flynn
Artistic Assoc/CD: Stephanie Yankwitt
Equity Performer Auditions (Principal/Chorus):
Friday, December 17, 2010 Hangar Theatre
10 AM - 6 PM 801 Taughannock Blvd / Route 89
Lunch from 1:30 – 2:30. Ithaca, NY
No appointment necessary. The producer will run all aspects of this call. Equity audition procedures will NOT be in effect, and no Equity Monitor will be provided.
Please prepare EITHER a) a brief monologue OR b) a brief song OR c) 16 bars of a song and a one-minute monologue. If singing, bring sheet music; accompanist provided.
Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.
2011 season (all dates are in 2011):
ROUNDING THIRD by Richard Dresser. Dir: Jesse Bush. 1st reh: 5/30. Runs 6/17-6/25.
Don:
30s–40s. Junior-league baseball head coach. Experienced, hard-driving. Ex-athlete. Doesn’t have time or patience for those who aren’t in the game to win. Blue-collar man's man for whom coaching is a somewhat outsized passion.
Michael:
30s–40s. Educated and sensitive post-feminist; attempting to bond with his son by signing up as junior-league coach alongside Don. Believes that having fun is more important than winning or losing, and doesn’t like confrontation. Perpetually late to practice, and perpetually a beat (or two, or three…) behind Don.
RAGTIME Music: Stephen Flaherty. Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens. Book: Terrence McNally. Dir: Sidney J. Burgoyne. Mus Dir and Choreo TBA. 1st reh: 6/19. Runs7/7-7/23.
Mother:
Caucasian, 30s. Part of an upper-class New Rochelle family. Disappointed by her marriage to Father. Often feels guilt over her treatment of her brother. Grows up emotionally, mentally and sexually through her care for Coalhouse and Sarah’s child. Lyric soprano w/belt.
Father:
Caucasian, late 30s - 40s. After his return from the Arctic, he feels alienated from his family and his environment. While he grew up with some family wealth, his father later lost this wealth and Father had to find his own path of success in business. Traditional in every sense of the word.
Coalhouse Walker, Jr.:
African American man, late 20s - 30s. Star pianist. Father of Sarah's child. Proud, confident, sometimes stubborn; unlike many African Americans of this time period, he stands up for himself. Struggles for respect, and eventually becomes militant and violent for his cause. Baritone.
Sarah:
African American, 20s-early 30s. Mother of Coalhouse's child. Sensitive, vulnerable, but ultimately incredible strong. Lyric soprano.
Tateh:
Caucasian/Eastern European/Jewish man, late 30s - 40s. Immigrant in search of the American Dream. Intelligent, compassionate, creative. Possesses idealism and a sense of promise. Tenor.
Grandfather / J. P. Morgan:
Male, Caucasian, late 50s – 60s. Grandfather: Little Boy's very outspoken grandfather. Morgan: Banking mogul.
Mother’s Younger Brother:
Caucasian mid 20s. Energetic idealist with little direction in life. In love with Evelyn Nesbitt. Doesn’t feel he has a sense of purpose, until he joins Coalhouse's group of revolutionaries. Tenor.
Coalhouse Walker III:
African American child, age 2 – 4.
Little Boy:
Caucasian, age 10-12. Mother and Father's son. Precocious, observant and always curious.
Little Girl:
Eastern European/Jewish, age 6-10. Tateh's daughter. Quiet and shy.
Ensemble includes the following:
Evelyn Nesbit:
Caucasian, early 20s. Sexy starlet, loved by all men. And she knows it. Struggles with maintaining an image, and yet wants to be seen as something deeper. But she often employs her sexuality to gain prominence in town. Soprano with belt.
Sarah’s Friend:
African American, early 20s - 30s. Gospel soprano.
Stanford White:
Male, Caucasian, late 40s.
Harry K. Thaw:
Male, Caucasian, mid 30s.
Booker T. Washington:
African American man, mid 40s. Civil rights pioneer.
Emma Goldman:
Eastern European/Jewish woman, early 30s - 40s. Feminist anarchist. Alto.
Harry Houdini:
Male, mid 20s - 30s. Hungarian immigrant. Tenor.
Willie Conklin / Henry Ford:
Male, Caucasian, 30s - 40s. Willie: New Rochelle fire chief. Obnoxious, cruel. Ford: Founder of Ford Motor Co. Tenor.
Harlem Man:
African American, 20s-30s.
Harlem Woman / Sarah Understudy:
African American, 20s - early 30s.
EVER SO HUMBLE by Tim Pinckney. Dir: Peter Flynn. 1st reh: 7/11. Runs 7/28-8/6.
Nick:
Late 20s – mid 30s, any ethnicity. Freelance writer who is somewhat stuck – in his career and in his life. Funny, optimistic and borderline naïve. He’s essentially a romantic, but the world is methodically beating those tendencies out of him.
Holden:
Man, mid - late 30s, any ethnicity. Handsome. Wealthy; has always had money, and it suits him. On the surface, he seems to be the whole package, but he is drifting a bit, having no real close ties to his father Carl or his sister Daisy. Smart, but capable of making bad decisions.
Bobby:
Early - mid 30s, any ethnicity. Actor who caters. A pistol. Frank, funny and very much a realist. Extremely driven and, because he’s an actor, frustrated. Nick and Dana are his family. You’d want him for a friend.
Dana:
Woman, mid - late 30s, any ethnicity. Pretty. Actress who has clawed her way to the middle. Loves what she does, but hates the lack of opportunities. Level-headed and very dry. Devoted to Bobby and Nick.
Howard:
40s-50s, any ethnicity. Incredibly pleasant. Warm, funny, generous and a great audience. Struggling with his partner’s ambivalence about their long-term relationship. Meeting Nick and his friends has opened Howard up to new possibilities; he is blossoming in a whole new way in their company.
Carl:
Late 50s, any ethnicity. Recent film producer. Has fallen for his leading man. Fair, reasonable. Has lost his way – in a way that only a man in his late 50s can. Wishes his family were closer.
Daisy:
Early 30s, any ethnicity. Carl’s daughter. All business. Not handling “having it all” very well. Enjoys her money, loves her father but has mostly contempt for her brother Holden. Loves a business opportunity. Has been known to crack wise.
GEM OF THE OCEAN by August Wilson. Dir: Jennifer Nelson. 1st reh: 7/25. Runs 8/11-8/20.
Aunt Ester:
African American woman, 50-70. Former slave, and a "soul-cleanser". Head of the household. Claims to be 285 years old and acts as the benevolent, if disciplinarian, ruler of the household. Entertains the romantic ambitions of Solly. Wise, sensitive, graceful, compassionate.
Eli:
African American man, 40s-50s. Aunt Ester's caregiver; protects the inhabitants, and is constructing a wall. Was Solly's comrade in his efforts on the Underground Railroad and for the Union army.
Solly Two Kings:
African American man, mid 40s–50s. Aunt Ester’s friend. Former Alabama slave; later became a conductor on the Underground Railroad and a scout for the Union army. Makes a career of gathering up dog excrement, which he calls "pure", for manure. Carries a large walking stick. In love with Aunt Ester. His real name is Alfred Jackson, but he calls himself "Two Kings" (referring to King David and King Solomon), and is nicknamed Solly.
Caesar:
African American man, 30s–40s. Black Mary's brother. Policeman, baker and land-owner. Upholds the law at all costs. Practices strict capitalism. Has no qualms with killing a man over a petty crime.
Rutherford Selig:
Caucasian man, 50s. Peddler. Ester’s friend; frequently visits the house to sell pots, pans and other crockery.
Citizen Barlow:
African American man, mid 20s – mid 30s. From Alabama. Comes to the house to be cleansed by Ester. Desperate, searching; has known suffering. He is enlisted to help construct a wall. Eventually journeys to The City of Bones.
Black Mary:
African American woman, mid 20s – 30s. Ester's housekeeper, and her protégée in the art of Soul Cleansing. Caesar's sister. Performs most of the household tasks, but never to Ester’s satisfaction.
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW by Richard O’Brien. Dir: Stephanie Yankwitt. 1st reh: 8/14. Runs 9/1-9/17.
Frank ‘N’ Furter:
Male, 30s–40s. Transvestite. Scientist with enviable right-brain creativity. Looks better in ladies’ lingerie than most ladies would. Tenor/baritone.
Riff Raff:
Male, 30s. Frank’s hunchback henchman and eccentric butler. Thin. Knows how to shock and scare. Rock tenor.
Magenta / Usherette:
Female, 20s. Very curious servant of Dr. F. Curious … until we learn that she is an alien. BIG AND SEXY. Great big voice (alto belt).
Columbia:
Female, 20s. One of Frank's misfit servants. Waifish but ballsy. Alto belt. Tapping a plus.
Eddie / Dr. Scott:
Male, 25-40. Eddie: Pizza delivery guy who rocks. Scott: Older gentleman; was a Nazi. High rock tenor.
Narrator:
Seeking a male or female actor with dry sense of humor and good audience skills. Ability to move a plus.
Brad:
Mid 20s. Traditional American Dreamboat. Engaged to Janet. Youthful, handsome, wholesome. Our hero. Tenor.
Janet:
Mid 20s. Our sweet, innocent leading lady. In love with Brad. Hiding behind the naïveté is an arousing and easily aroused risqué seductress. Mezzo soprano w/belt.
Rocky:
Male, mid 20s. A creation. In fact, the perfect creation—a result of one of the doctor's experiments. “The perfect man". Tenor.
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