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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal/Chorus Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
10 AM to 6 PM
lunch 1 to 2
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Contract
LOA
ref. to COST; $550
Location
Barrington Stage Company Mainstage
30 Union Street
Pittsfield, MA
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Seeking
Equity actor/singers for various principal roles and ensemble.
see breakdown.
Preparation
Please prepare 32 bars of a traditional up-tempo song that shows your range. An accompanist will be provided. Bring headshot and resume stapled together.
Other Dates
Rehearsals: 5/19-6/9
Runs: 6/10 - 7/11
EPA for season in Pittsfield: 2/17
EPA for season in NYC: 2/26
EPA (2/25) & ECC (2/27) in NYC for Man of La Mancha
EPA in Pittsfield for Shining City: 2/20
(see separate notices)
Other
AEA members without appointments seen as time permits.
www.barringtonstageco.org
Personnel
Music: Mitch Leigh
Lyrics: Joe Darion
Book: Dale Wasserman
Artistic Director: Julianne Boyd
Director: Julianne Boyd
Choreographer: Lorin Latarro
Musical Director: Darren Cohen
· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
AEA members call 413-997-6130; leave a message with your preferred audition time and phone number. We will call you back to confirm.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
In the late 16th century. Miguel de Cervantes (a tax collector, soldier, and author) and his assistant, Sancho, foreclose on a church that failed to pay its taxes. The two men are thrown into prison by the Spanish Inquisition. The prisoners steal Cervantes's possessions. However, he convinces them to allow him to win back a package of seemingly worthless papers in a mock trial. Cervantes reenacts the story of Don Quixote of La Mancha, the passionate and poignant tale of a noble knight who lives and loves in a romantic world where he battles all evil and can right all wrongs. He cannot see that chivalry has died. Moved by his story, the prisoners return Cervantes' manuscript (which turns out to be his unfinished novel about Don Quixote) just before he is called before the Inquisition.
SEEKING
DON QUIXOTE/CERVANTES
50s. Baritone to F. an actor, playwright, would-be knight. The errant knight, who only sees the good in life. Refuses to see the evil in the world. He’s either crazy or the sanest of all. ROLE CAST.
SANCHO
40s-50s. Tenor - Middle C to G. Very loyal. He has served Quixote/Cervantes for many years and is devoted to him, even with all his vagaries. He is able to see the humor in situations, even in the midst of all of the travail they face. (Does not have to be short and squat, more interested in casting a warm, loving, funny man.)
The following are all prisoners but take on the following roles in acting out Don Quixote’s play. The prisoners also play various Guards and Men of the Inquisition.
ALDONZA/DULCINEA
mid-30s-40s. Soprano Ab to Ab with Belt. Raw, gutsy and sexy. The kitchen wench/prostitute who Don Quixote falls in love with and tries to make a lady. She almost believes him, until she is brutally attacked by other prisoners (muleteers).
INNKEEPER/GOVENOR
40s-60s. Bass -Low G to C# A large and powerful man, he is kind as the Innkeeper, but as the Governor, he is the powerful but fair leader of the inmate society in the prison. ROLE CAST.
DR. CORRASCO/DUKE/KNIGHT OF THE MIRRORS
30s-40s. Baritone Middle C up to Db. Antonia's fiancé. Loves money, power and prestige. He thinks Don Quixote is a madman and insists that he comes home for treatment. As the character of the Duke, he is second in command in the inmate society.
PADRE
40s- 50s. Tenor – up to G. Kindly, sympathetic cleric. Also plays the CAPTAIN OF THE INQUISITION, a large, imposing and cruel man.
HOUSEKEEPER
40s 50s. Mezzo F to F. Strong of body and religious/moral convictions. Loves Quixote and worries about him and his state of mind.
MULETEERS:
The following muleteers (20s-40s) are a rough, tough group. Except for the Barber, all have a taunting, vicious streak.
- BARBER/PACO - MULETEER - Tenor D up to G. Comic character as barber though also plays a rough muleteer.
- PEDRO/MULETEER - Baritone D to D. Lead muleteer, the roughest and most ruthless of all.
- ANSELMO/MULETEER/also plays the Moor- Tenor C to Bb.
- JOSE/MULETEER – Bass Baritone.
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The following roles/parts are expected to be cast as Non-Equity:
JUAN/MULETEER – Baritone.
TENORIO/MULETEER/also plays CONTOUR-Tenor F to Ab
ANTONIA - Mezzo C to F.
MOORISH GIRL – Mezzo. Also plays FEMINA, a servant girl.
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