Huntington Theatre Company 2017-18 Season - Boston EPA
Huntington Theatre Company
AUDITION DATE
Jun 08, 2017
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
APPOINTMENTS
Equity (AEA) performers may schedule an appointment by contacting Justin Samoy at casting@huntingtontheatre.org or at 617-273-1543. Please leave a message with your name, primary contact information, and preferred audition hour. Appointments will be given during the times 12pm to 6pm. Walk-ins from 10am to 12pm
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep
LORT B+ ($936/wk current min) and LORT C ($799/wk current min)
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles in the upcoming season.
PREPARATION
Please prepare either two contrasting monologues or sides from the play for which you would like to be considered. When reaching out for an appointment, please indicate the show and character for which you would like to read. A reader will be provided. Total audition time not to exceed five minutes. Please bring a stapled headshot and resume.
LOCATION
Boston University Theatre Rehearsal Hall
254 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
PERSONNEL
Rebecca Bradshaw, Associate Producer (expected to be in attendance)
OTHER
HuntingtonTheatre.org
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
BAD DATES
Venue: Boston University Theatre, LORT B+
Author: Theresa Rebeck
Director: Jessica Stone
First Rehearsal: January 2, 2018
Tech: January 21, 2018
First Preview: January 26, 2018
Opening: January 31, 2018
Closing: February 25, 2018
Possible Extension: March 4, 2018
seeking:
HALEY
– Female-identified, 40-50s
A single mother, hard-working waitress-turned-restauranteur, and shoe connoisseur. She has a bubbly personality with a wry sense of humor and impeccable timing. She finds that re-entering the dating pool is not simple, even for a woman as charming and wise as she.
_________
SKELETON CREW
Venue: Virginia Wimberly Theatre, LORT C
Author: Dominique Morriseau
Director: TBA
First Rehearsal: February 6, 2018
Tech: February 25, 2018
First Preview: March 2, 2018
Opening: March 7, 2018
Closing: April 1, 2018
Possible Extension: April 8, 2018
seeking:
FAYE
Female, Black, mid-late 50s
Working class woman. Tough and a lifetime of dirt beneath her nails. Somewhere, deep compassion.
DEZ
Male, Black, mid-late 20s
Working class man. Young hustler, playful, street-savvy, and flirtatious. Somewhere, deeply sensitive.
SHANITA
Female, Black, mid-late 20s
Working class young woman. Pretty but not ruled by it. Hard-working. By-the-books. Believes in the work she does. Also, pregnant. Somewhere, a beautiful dreamer.
REGGIE
Male, Black, late 30s
White collar man. Studious. Dedicated. Compassionate. The Foreman. Somewhere, a fire brims.
__________
FALL
Venue: Virginia Wimberly Theatre, LORT C
Author: Bernard Weinraub
Director: Peter DuBois
First Rehearsal: April 24, 2018
Tech: May 13, 2018
First Preview: May 18, 2018
Opening: May 30, 2018
Closing: June 17, 2018
Possible Extension: June 24, 2018
seeking:
INGE
Female, White, 40s
Famed photographer, beautiful, well-traveled. A perfectionist whose life revolves around her art. Her life as Arthur Miller’s wife is marked with discontent and she exhausts herself trying to make the marriage work. Her life becomes racked with guilt after sending her son with special needs, Daniel, to a home.
ARTHUR
Male, White, 50s
Famed playwright and the voice of the American people. His work is lauded by critics, particularly in his early career, but he struggles with his craft in his later years. His marriage to Inge is shadowed by his previous relationship with Marilyn Monroe. Arthur desperately struggles between balancing the intricacies of his personal life with his professional career, sometimes at the expense of his closest relationships.
ROBERT
Male
A theatre producer and close friend of Inge and Arthur Miller. Though he’s excited to revel in Arthur’s successes, he falters when he’s torn between sympathizing with Inge and supporting Arthur in their turmoil about their son.
DR. WISE
Female
Inge’s obstetrician and confidant. She is grounded and sympathetic. As the play progresses, she becomes more assertive and urges the couple to take back their son.
Also plays BBC INTERVIEWER: An interviewer whose pointed questions dig at what Arthur is most sensitive about: his work’s critical and financial failure.
DANIEL
Male, teens.
Born with Down Syndrome. He is intelligent and thriving, despite the poor conditions of the home in which his parents, Inge and Arthur, put him.
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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