New London Barn Playhouse 2012
– Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT in MA
New London NH SPT (approval/salary level pending; 2011 weekly minimum: $457)
Producing Artistic Dir: Carol Dunne
Resident Mus Dir: Joel Mercier
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT:
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Arsenal Center for the Arts
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM 321 Arsenal Street, Mezzanine Classroom
Lunch from 1 - 2. Watertown MA 02472
For a five-minute appointment, call Beth Perregaux at 603/526-6710 or e-mail
beth@nlbarn.org. Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout each audition day as time permits.
Please prepare EITHER a brief song OR a brief monologue OR 32 bars of a song and a one-minute monologue. Bring sheet music in the correct key; accompanist is provided, but may not transpose.
Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.
All dates are in 2012. All roles that will be (or may be) on Equity contracts are listed. Roles are available (i.e. not yet offered and accepted) unless otherwise specified. For pre-cast roles, auditioning performers will be considered as possible (emergency) replacements, should any become necessary. This Theatre does not use Equity Chorus contracts.
Ragtime Music: Stephen Flaherty. Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens. Book: Terrence McNally. Dir: Richard Roland. Choreos: Keith Coughlin/Sarah Case. 1st reh: 5/28. Runs 6/12-24.
Coalhouse Walker, Jr.:
African American, 25-35. Baritone w/strong top range; Ab to G, with sustained high F#.
Sarah:
African American female, Early 20s-30. Lyric soprano; low G# to high F# on staff.
Mother:
Caucasian, 30+. Lyric soprano; low G to high Eb on staff.
Father:
Caucasian, 40+. Baritone; B to E on staff.
Mother's Younger Brother:
Caucasian, 25+. Tenor/baritone w/strong top range; B to high F#.
Tateh:
Eastern European Jewish immigrant man, 35+. Slight accent. Tenor; Db to high F#.
Emma Goldman:
Eastern European Jewish immigrant, 40+. Slight accent. An anarchist. Alto; low G# to Db on staff.
Oklahoma! Music: Richard Rogers. Libretto: Oscar Hammerstein II. Dir: Robert Sella. Chore: Jesse Factor. 1st reh: 6/14. Runs 6/26-7/15.
Curly:
Youthful and masculine life-loving ranch-hand. Positive energy and charm. STRONG baritone (C3 to F4). Light dancing.
Laurey:
Sweet, unspoiled but independent young woman. Strong lyric soprano (C4 to A5). Light dancing.
Ado Annie:
Early 20s. Character, spicy, flirtatious. Soprano with belt.
Andrew Carnes:
Older. Ado Annie's over-protective father. Tenor (F3 to F4).
Aunt Eller:
Older. Laurey's good-humored aunt. Basically runs the farm and everyone on it! Mezzo (G3 to F5).
Jud Fry:
20s-30s. Brooding; feels left behind by the world. Baritone (D2 to D4).
Will Parker:
20s. Sweet, goofy. Tenor (D3 to F4). Excellent dancer.
Legally Blonde Music/Lyrics: Laurence O’Keefe, Nell Benjamin. Book: Heather Hatch. Dir: Lillian King. Choreo: Keith Coughlin. 1st reh 6/28. Runs 7/17-29.
Elle Woods:
Quintessential Valley Girl. Follows her ex-boyfriend to Harvard Law School, and realizes that she has more to offer than just a pretty face and a bubbly personality. Gb2 – G5 soprano belt.
Elle’s Dad:
Rich. A golfer. D3 – E#4 baritone.
Elle’s Mom:
Country-clubbing socialite. C4 – E5 alto.
Emmett Forrest:
Smart, sensitive Law student. Takes Elle under his wing. His charm overshadows his understated good looks. B2 – A4 tenor.
Paulette:
Brash, funny hair stylist. Friends with Elle. Longs to find a man. A3 – A5 soprano belt.
Professor Callahan:
Pompous, manipulative Harvard Law professor; a total “shark”. A2 – F#4 baritone.
Warner Huntington III:
Good-looking but pompous guy. Breaks Elle’s heart. The dumbest smartest guy! Eb3 – Ab4 tenor.
Our Town by Thornton Wilder. Dir: Julia Gibson 1st reh: 7/19. Runs 8/7-19.
Doc Gibbs (Frank):
40s. Town physician. Well respected. Emotionally distant. Like almost all citizens of Grover’s Corners, he avoids and is embarrassed by displays of emotion, not least his own.
Mrs. Gibbs (Julia):
40s. Housewife, mother of 2. Embarrassed that she harbors a secret desire to see Paris. Thorough and practical wife/mother.
Mrs. Webb (Myrtle):
Late 30s at beginning of play. Hard-working, effective housewife; mother of 2.
Editor Webb (Charles):
40s. Owner/publisher of “The Grover’s Corners Sentinel”, with all the attendant authority that carries. Seems a little more interested in the emotional lives of his children than most.
Simon Stimson:
Organist/choir director of the Congregational Church. He is the town scandal, with a commonly known but never-spoken-of drinking problem.
George Gibbs:
CAST. Ages over the course of the play from 16-30. Star athlete in a town of 2,642. Ordinary young man of limited intellect and limited observational skills. Consistently confronted with his own selfishness and self-involvement (which is due to carelessness rather than malice).
Emily Webb:
CAST. Ages over the course of the play from 14-27. Smartest girl in her class in a town of 2,642. Self-righteous and independent.
Hair Music: Galt McDermot. Book/Lyrics: James Rado/Gerome Ragni. Dir: Carol Dunne. Choreo TBA. 1st reh: 7/19. Runs 8/7-19.
Claude:
Late teens. Young man of conscience. Struggles with the conflict of what his heart tells him is right and what the authorities around him lead him to believe. Rock baritone/tenor.
George Berger:
Late teens. Social activist, recently banished from high school. Unrestrained animal. Knows what is right and sticks to it no matter the consequence. Leader of the tribe. High energy, athletic, wild. Rock baritone/tenor.
Sheila:
Late teens. Second-semester student and passionate protester from NYU. Lives with Berger and Claude. Most intelligent of the tribe. Wants to change society through peaceful protest. Sings “Easy to be Hard”. Rock alto/belter.
Jeanie:
Late teens. Follower, not a leader. Incredibly sweet. Understands Claude better than anyone. Wise, passionate, creative. Pregnant with the tribe's baby. Has taken every drug. Takes care of the tribe. Alto.
Hud:
African American man, late teens. Speaks his mind and hopes you can keep up with him. High energy, spiritual performer with a strong voice and presence. Soul/rock baritone/tenor.
The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie. Dir TBA. 1st reh: 8/6 Runs 8/21-9/2.
Mollie Ralston:
Mid 20s-30s. Recently married to Giles; together they have started a guest-house. Strong, with a gentle soul. Though she is determined to take the very best care of her guests, she is obviously in over her head.
Giles Ralston:
Mid 20s-30s. Married to Mollie, whom he loves and supports. Fiercely protective of her. Can be prone to jealousy.
Christopher Wren:
Mid 20s-30s. Flamboyantly outspoken.
Mrs. Boyle:
Late 40s - early 50s. Critical; pleased by nothing she observes.
Major Metcalf:
Man, mid 50s - early 60s. Kindly. Long since retired from the military.
Miss Casewell:
20s-30s. Strange, aloof, masculine.
Mr. Paravicini:
40+. A continental gentlemen, probably Italian. Roguish, charming and very mysterious.
Det. Sgt. Trotter:
Mid 20s-30s. Handsome. Caring policeman. Meticulous and courteous in his investigation.
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