Merrimack Repertory Theatre
AUDITION DATE
Thu, Jun 20, 2019
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)
Lunch 12:30 to 1:30
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep LORT D; $696/week min
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles.
No roles will be understudied.
Merrimack Repertory Theatre currently has no open stage management positions for the 2019/20 season.
PREPARATION
Actors are asked to prepare two contrasting contemporary monologues. Total audition time should not exceed two minutes.
Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
PERSONNEL
Casting Authority in Attendance:
Peter Crewe, Producer
OTHER
EPA Procedures are in effect for audition.
An Equity monitor will be provided.
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
Merrimack Repertory Theatre 2019-20 Shows and Available Roles:
Tiny Beautiful Things
By: Nia Vardalos
Directed By: Jen Wineman
Dates:
1st Rehearsal: 8/20/19
1st Preview: 9/11/19
Opening: 9/14/19
Closing: 10/6/19
Available Roles:
SUGAR: Age is 37 and up, no limit. Ethnicity is open. She is a writer, a married mom to two children. On a whim, she takes a job of an anonymous online advice columnist, only to discover that she needs the Letter Writers as much as they need her.
FEMALE LETTER WRITER: Age, gender and ethnicity are open. This person plays a variety of Letter Writers of many ages, including an assortment of males. Most notably, she plays a woman dealing with the after effects of a miscarriage, plus Sugar’s mother who appears in flashbacks.
MALE LETTER WRITER 2: Age, gender and ethnicity are open. This person plays a variety of roles, including women. Most notably he plays a transgender person in search of an answer about family, plus someone who is unsure about maintaining a relationship with a narcissist father.
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Cambodian Rock Band
By: Lauren Yee
Directed By: Marti Lyons
No Roles available. All have been CAST.
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The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley
By: Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon
Directed by: Shana Gozansky
Dates:
1st Rehearsal: 11/5/19
1st Preview: 11/27/19
Opening: 11/30/19
Closing: 12/22/19
Available Roles:
MRS. REYNOLDS: late 50s, early 60s – housekeeper at Pemberley, knows and sees all, has been on staff since Darcy was a child, mother figure to the household.
BRIAN: a footman, in love with technology and inventions, sincere and earnest
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MAYTAG VIRGIN
By: Audrey Cefaly
Directed By: Eleanor Holridge
Dates:
1st Rehearsal: 12/13/20
1st Preview: 1/8/20
Opening: 1/11/20
Closing: 2/2/20
JACK KEY: 30s-40s – High school physics teacher. Southern. Nearly unflappable. Even-Keeled. A man of character.
ELIZABETH “LIZZY” NASH: 30s-40s – High school English teacher. Southern. Endearingly Neurotic. Strong willed. Quick-witted and bold.
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Nina Simone: Four Women
By: Christina Ham
Directed By: Kenneth L. Roberson
No roles available. All have been CAST.
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The Lowell Offerning
By: Andy Bayiates & Genevra Gallo-Bayiates
Directed By: Jess Hutchinson
Dates:
1st Rehearsal: 2/25/20
1st Preview: 3/18/20
Opening: 3/21/20
Closing: 4/12/20
HARRIET FARLEY: 20s, idealistic, literary.
SARAH BAGLEY: 30’s fierce.
HARRIET CURTIS: 30s, funny, direct.
BETSEY CHAMBERLAIN: 40s down to earth, maternal.
MALE ACTOR: Male, any age. Plays all male characters.
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Non-Traditional Casting:
Merrimack Repertory Theatre does not believe in discrimination based on color, race, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, disabilities, gender, or otherwise. All performers, including those of color, seniors, women, and performers with disabilities, are encouraged to audition and will be given full consideration.
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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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