LILY’S REVENGE – Equity Principal Auditions in MA
Producer: American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) LORT D; $566/week minimum
Playwright: Taylor Mac
Director: Shira Millikowksy
Casting Director: Chris De Camillis
1st Reh: 9/5/12. 1st Preview: 10/12/12. Runs: 10/14 – 10/28/12
Equity Principal Auditions:
Thursday, May 31, 2012 at the American Repertory Theater
9:30 AM — 5:30 PM 64 Brattle Street (Rehearsal Rooms C &D)
And Cambridge, MA
Friday, June 1, 2012
9 AM – 3 PM
For an appointment: please email casting @
amrep.org or phone 617-496-2000, ext 8840. AEA members without appointments will be seen as time permits.
Prepare two contemporary monologues that show contrast. Each monologue must be 2 minutes. Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.
Call Backs:
Monday, June 4, 10AM-3:00PM, Tuesday, June 5, 2:00-7:00pm
NOTE: The theatre intends to cast local Boston area performers in this production.
GENERAL NOTE:
The American Repertory Theater is seeking performers for THE LILY’S REVENGE, a large-scale, special theatrical event from the creative mind of performer/writer Taylor Mac. In THE LILY’S REVENGE, a malicious Stage Curtain has created a plague of nostalgia across the land. It is up to five-petaled Lily (played by Mr. Mac) to defeat the Curtain, bring an end to oppressive narratives, and wed the bride.
THE LILY’S REVENGE is a five-act multi-media play that draws on an outrageously wide range of genres and styles, including (but not limited to) Japanese Noh, a dream ballet, a film, music performance, and the theater of the absurd. Seeking unique, multi-talented and creative performers who will be enthusiastic about experimenting with all of these different styles. Performers must have excellent physical skills and a facility for verse. Musical ability - singing and / or an instrument is a plus.
All roles listed below are described according to the gender of the character, not necessarily the performer. A performer of any gender can play any character, unless specifically noted that a performer of a certain gender is required. Where a character’s gender is not specified, it means the gender is open to interpretation. All roles are open to all ethnicities, and performers of all ethnicities are encouraged to apply.
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT:
THE LILY’S REVENGE is particularly looking for performers with a diverse range of talents and skills. See below for roles that require actor/dancers, but if you have any other special or unusual skill, please be prepared to demonstrate it at the audition.
SEEKING:
White Rose
The host. The White Rose is a character in the play, but she will also guide and interact with the audience during the intermissions. Fabulous, elegant, charismatic, can command the room firmly but with humor, gentility, friendliness and grace – as any good hostess can. Excellent improv skills required.
Flower Girl Deities
Females, 40s+. The Flower Girl Deities were once young flower girls in a wedding story that never ended. Now they have spent their lives – and grown older – playing these roles. Ragged, trapped, desperate. Crazily, evangelically devoted to The Great Longing. They teeter on the edge of violence. Weddings turn them on.
Susan Stewart
Female, 30s+. Begins the play as one of the Flower Girl Deities (see above) but in her heart, she’s a philosopher. As the play goes on, her true core is revealed: intelligent, insightful, strong-willed. The revelation of her intellect gives her the courage to fight.
Time/Wind/Stepmother
All the same character, female, 40+. An ex-Matriarch. Time is the parent of The Great Longing, but she has lost control of her unruly child, who has trapped her and taken over the story. A Norma Desmond character: Time laments the loss of her former glory, but lacks the courage to fight for it back. She has been wronged, and she wants you to know it. She hides behind intellectual theory rather than confronting the chaos of her heart.
The Great Longing
Male, 40s+. The child of Time. Controls the story, since stealing it from his mother. Domineering, powerful, seductive. He will do whatever he needs to maintain power. Like a good dictator.
Bride Deity:
Female, late 30s+. She hopes to be the Bride, and it may be her last chance. She is romantic, but practical. Friendly, open, honest, realistic. Loves flowers. Strong singing required.
Groom Deity
Male, late 20s- early 40s. A regular guy. A little defensive about that. Groom Deity must sing in doo-wop (in the style of Sam Cook.)
Master Sunflower
The wisest flower and the captain of the flower team. Inspiring but patient. A good leader, he knows when to wait and when to strike, when to provoke and when to lay in wait and keep the troops calm. A revolutionary. He knows right from wrong. He speaks in verse.
Baby’s Breath
Second in command in the rebellion garden. More of a vigilante than Master Sunflower. Quick, fiery temper. Baby’s Breath sits on a simmering pot of rage – a result of a lifetime of being pushed aside and regarded as an accessory rather than a beautiful flower in his own right. Ready for the fight. Speaks in verse.
The Flower Revolutionaries (Tulip, Poppy, Red Rose, Pansy, Lilac and others)
The flowers in the garden, the foot soldiers for the flower rebellion. Outsiders. Wild. Gangly. Not like potted flowers or flowers in a neat, English garden. Passionate, of the earth, “the other.” All speak in haiku.
Bride Love
The “dream ballet” version of the Bride Deity. Her ideal self. A happy bride. No reservations. Bride Love must be an actor/dancer.
Groom Love
The “dream ballet” version of the Groom Deity. The Bride’s ideal version of the Groom Deity. Loving. Confident. Manly. Gorgeous. Actor/Dancer.
Flower Girls Love
The “dream ballet” version of The Flower Girl Deities. Before they were trapped in the story and forced to perform it over and over again. Fresh and young, on their first day as flower girls. They just love to be in a wedding! Actor/Dancers.
Dirt
Time’s other child. The God of Here and Now. Wise, helpful, and a force of empowerment for all those who meet her. She’s there for you, but you have to look for her. She can’t come to you.
If unable to attend, send picture and resume to ATTN: Chris De Camillis, Artistic Coordinator, American Repertory Theatre, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge MA 02138.
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