Hangar Theatre 2012
– Equity Performer Auditions by APPOINTMENT in Ithaca, NY
Ithaca NY SPT (approval/salary level pending; 2011 weekly minimum: $534).
Artistic Dir: Peter Flynn
Assoc Artistic Dir: Jesse Bush
Assoc Artistic Dir/Head of Casting: Stephanie Yankwitt
Equity Performer Auditions (Principal/Chorus) by APPOINTMENT:
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 Hangar Theatre
10 AM – 6 PM 801 Taughannock Blvd
Lunch from 1 – 2. Ithaca NY
For an appointment, call 607/273-8588, x19. Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout the audition day, as time permits.
Please prepare either A) a brief monologue or B) two brief songs (one traditional musical theatre and one contemporary musical theatre) or C) a brief song and a brief monologue. If singing, bring sheet music in the correct key; accompanist is provided, but may not transpose. Songs should show range.
Please bring a photo and resume, stapled back-to-back.
All dates are in 2012. All listed positions are available.
Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig. Dir TBD. 1st reh: 6/4. Runs 6/21-7/7.
Takes place in Cleveland, Ohio in 1934. Fast-paced, physical comedy incorporating farce, mistaken identity, and unexpected romance.
Notes: Casting Director encourages actors of all ethnicities to audition. All actors must have excellent comedic timing and comic physical ability and precision.
Max:
Man, mid 20s - mid 30s. Saunders’s assistant. Good-hearted, easily manipulated, loyal, braver than he thinks. Strong tenor vocal range.
Maggie:
Mid 20s - mid 30s. Sneaky. Trying to be independent of her father. Desires to “live a little” before she settles down. Hopelessly in love with falling in love.
Saunders:
Man, late 40s - mid 50s. Maggie’s father. The man in charge of the entire evening: bombastic, quick-witted, hot-headed, very shrewd.
Tito:
Italian man, late 30s - early 50s. Famous operatic tenor. Sexy, charming, hot-tempered, playful and very loyal. Strong tenor vocal range.
Maria:
Italian, mid 30s - late 40s. Strong woman. Sophia Loren-type. Tito’s wife. Jealous, forward, easily roused.
Bellhop:
Man, mid - late 20s. Tito’s biggest fan. Practical, crafty, wise-guy.
Diana:
Mid - late 30s. Soprano of the opera company. Alluring, shoots from the hip, a vamp.
Julia:
50s-60s. Chair of the Opera Guild. Close family friend to Maggie and Saunders. Flighty, easily charmed and excited. Margaret Dumont or Marion Lorne.
Titanic Score: Maury Yeston. Book: Peter Stone. Dir: Don Stephenson. Choreo: Liza Gennaro. 1st reh: 6/25. Runs 7/12-7/28.
Andrews:
Male, mid 30s – mid 50s. Designer of the Titanic. Strong yet quiet, and full of integrity. Moral compass and intellectual barometer of the show.
Barrett / 1st Class Passenger / 3rd Class Passenger:
Male, mid 20s – early 30s. Stoker on the Titanic. Strappingly strong, keenly intelligent and capable. Questions the decision to speed up the Titanic. East Midlands accent (similar to Yorkshire).
Bride / Bell / Hartley:
Male, mid 20s – early 30s, British. Bride is the wireless operator on the Titanic. Shy, socially awkward. Finds the telegraph machine fascinating, and it becomes his only real way to connect to other people.
Capt. Smith:
Male, 50s - 60s. Captain on the Titanic’s maiden voyage. Fatherly figure; commands with deep care for his passengers and encouragement toward his younger officers. Takes his responsibility for all the souls aboard very seriously.
J. Bruce Ismay:
Male, 40s-50s, British. Chairman and owner of the White Star Line. Pushes the captain for more speed in order to make an early arrival in New York. Cares about the Line’s reputation above everything else. High-brow, aloof and easily frustrated.
William Murdoch / 1st Class Passenger / 3rd Class Passenger:
Male, mid 20s – late 30s. Murdoch, the First Officer, was at the bridge in Smith’s place when the iceberg was sighted. Wrestles with the horrific guilt of holding the fate of all those aboard in his hands.
Charles Clark / 1st Class Passenger / 3rd Class Passenger:
Male, mid 20s - early 30s, British. Charles aspires to be a journalist in NYC, and has every reason to believe he can succeed. Traveling with his fiancée, Caroline Neville. They are happily in love, with bright futures ahead.
Caroline Neville / 3rd Class Passenger:
Female, mid 20s – early 30s, British. Caroline is elegant and kind. Actually born to first class, but eloping to America with her love; she wants nothing more than to be with him, and is more than willing to sacrifice status for love.
Edgar Beane / Boxhall / 1st Class Passenger / 3rd Class Passenger:
Male, mid 30s – late 40s. Beane owns a hardware store in America. Devoted husband. Good-hearted, has a dry wit, and is not worried about impressing anyone.
Alice Beane:
Female, mid 30s – late 40s. Alice is a homemaker who wishes to be a socialite. Knows all the gossip about each and every first class passenger on the ship. Finally has the chance to approximate the lifestyle of the wealthy on the Titanic.
Isidor Straus / Hitchens / 3rd Class Passenger:
Male, 50s-60s. Isidor, of Eastern European descent, is the co-owner of Macy’s Department Store. He and wife Ida are returning to America from a trip to Europe. Has a deep love for his wife. She makes the decision to stay on the Titanic with him.
Ida Straus / 3rd Class Passenger:
Female, 50s-60s. Ida, of Eastern European descent, is married to Isidor Straus. Refuses to leave Isidor on the ship, with the phrase, “Where you go, I go.”
Charles Lightoller / 1st Class Passenger / 3rd Class Passenger:
Male, mid 20s – late 30s. Lightoller was the highest-ranking offer to survive the sinking. He was the most knowledgeable of what happened that fateful night. Confident and competent. Strictly adhered to “women and children only” when loading the lifeboats. Survived on an overturned lifeboat. British, born in Lancashire.
Jim Farrell / 1st Class Passenger:
Male, early 20s – mid 30s. Farrell, of Irish descent, is the love interest of Kate McGowen. Has a very wonderful boyish charm. When faced with danger, he is able to step up and be a man.
Kate McGowen / 1st Class Passenger:
Female, 20s-30s. Kate, of Irish descent, is single and pregnant with the child of a married man. Running away from Ireland to a new life in America. Driven, charming, a positive and indomitable spirit. Knows what she wants and how to get it.
Henry Etches / Pitman / 3rd Class Passenger:
Male, late 30s-50s. Etches is the Senior Steward on the Titanic. Stuffy but caring. His work is a vocation rather than a job, one that he continues even in the face of death. British, with an upper-class accent.
Bellboy / 1st Class Passenger / 3rd Class Passenger:
Seeking actor 18+ to play 15. Characters are males. Bellboy takes care of passengers’ needs, announces meals and generally helps out the other serving staff. East Midlands.
Frederick Fleet / 1st Class Passenger / 3rd Class Passenger / Ensemble Dancer:
Male, mid 20s – early 30s, British. Fleet is a lookout in the crow’s nest of the Titanic. Calls out the fateful warning, “Iceberg, right ahead!”
Kate Murphy / 1st Class Passenger / Ensemble Dancer:
Female, early 20s – mid 30s. Kate, of Irish descent, is a tough, no-nonsense woman. Wants to be self-sufficient, and has always been independent.
Kate Mullins / 1st Class Passenger / Ensemble:
Female, 20s-30. Kate, of Irish descent, is traveling to a new life in America, where she intends to live with her sister and become a maid. Becomes overwhelmed by the terrifying events; seeks comfort and care from her traveling companions.
Full Gallop by Mark Hampton and Mary Louise Wilson. Dir: Peter Flynn. 1st reh: 7/16. Runs 8/2-8/11.
Fictional slice of life of noted fashion expert Diana Vreeland. One-woman show takes place on a night in August, 1971 during which Mrs. Vreeland hopes to secure an investor for her new venture. DV recounts to the audience her philosophy on life, learning, and most importantly, style.
Diana Vreeland:
Mid 50s - late 60s. Incarnating real-life fashion doyenne Diana Vreeland. Deep tenor voice. Marvelous physical articulation. Sharp, wise, quick-witted, opinionated, absolutely curious about life, completely captivating, ultimately fabulous. Star quality is a must.
Next to Normal Music: Tom Kitt. Book/Lyrics: Brian Yorkey. Dir: Tracy Brigden. 1st reh: 7/30. Runs 8/16-9/1.
Chronicles the life of Diana and her family, who are all struggling with Diana’s delusional bipolar disorder after the death of her son, Gabe. An emotional musical journey about a family trying to take care of themselves and each other.
Casting Director encourages actors of all ethnicities to audition.
Diana:
Late 30s-40s. Strong, intelligent, deeply loyal. Fighting to regain her sanity and get out of her 16-year struggle with delusional bipolar disorder. Has fought and torn herself from the grips of this insufferable disease. Wants a better life.
Gabe:
Seeking actor 18+ to play 18. Gabe is Diana’s son. Bright, positive, caring, playful young man who is everything a mother could want.
Dan:
Late 30s-40’s. Diana’s husband. Fighting to hold on to his marriage and to bring his wife back to stability. Exhausted but supportive; has been trying to keep his wife and family together for the past sixteen years, but most of the time his efforts defeat him.
Natalie:
Seeking actress 18+ to play 16. Natalie is Diana’s over-achieving daughter, who is trying to please everyone. Attempts to be perfect – if only to gain her parents love and attention, since she feels incredibly invisible. Turns to her mother’s prescription drugs when she no longer feels that her mother will notice her. Struggles with her greatest fear, which is that she will turn into her emotionally unstable mother.
Henry:
Seeking actor 18+ to play 17. Henry is Natalie’s new high school boyfriend. A musician and a dreamer. Has ADD. Enjoys his “recreational” activities, and adores Natalie. Very romantic. Stands by Natalie even when she tries to pull away from him.
Dr. Madden / Dr. Fine:
Male, 30s-40s. Diana’s psychiatrist. On the young side of ageless. Assured. A rock star.
The Trip to Bountiful by Horton Foote. Dir: Stephanie Yankwitt. 1st reh: 8/27. Runs 9/13-9/22.
Casting Director states, “Please note we’re considering actors of all ethnicities for all roles but particularly seeking all ethnicities for the Watts family.”
Mrs. Carrie Watts:
Mid 50s-60s. Widowed – lives with her son and daughter-in-law in Houston. Struggles with her suffocating life, worries which contribute to her declining health. Yearns for her home and life in Bountiful. Spends a lot of time singing hymns.
Ludie:
Man, 30s. Was employed as an accountant until his health broke down. Out of work for two years, he has begun work again at a much smaller salary. His mother Mrs. Watts and his wife Jessie Mae are both dependent on him. Struggles for peace amidst Jessie Mae’s competition for power against Carrie’s desperation for independence.
Jessie Mae:
30s. Ludie’s wife. Was probably called very cute when she was younger. Driven, with a hard edge, she runs the house. Has an opinion about everything. Knows what’s best in any situation, and doesn’t have much tolerance for other points of view.
Thelma:
Mid 20s. On a journey to live with her husband’s family, after he is sent off to war. Meets Carrie on the bus. Warm, deeply caring and understanding.
Sheriff:
Man, mid 40s. Arrives at the bus terminal to find and retrieve Carrie after her escape from her Houston home. Does his job well and with determination, but caring for Carrie doesn’t come easily.
Bus Terminal Ticket Man #1 / Bus Terminal Ticket Man #3 (AKA Roy):
One actor to play the quintessential ticket agent at the bus station. Two significant scenes with Carrie, both critical in her getting lost and getting found on her way to Bountiful. Deeply caring, despite being somewhat bored with his job.
Ticket Agent #2:
Man, mid 20s. New to the job; works the night shift. Dutiful in this new position. The opposite of the other ticket agent: fresh-faced and ready to take on the world in this new position.
Theatre states, “We are encouraging all ethnicities to attend, as we would like to cast multi-racially throughout the season.”
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