New Repertory Theatre 2011-12 Dramas
– Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT in MA
Watertown MA NEAT (salary level pending; currently $350/week minimum).
Artistic Dir: Kate Warner
Shows run W–Su (matinees and evening) at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown, MA,
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT:
Thursday, April 7, 2011 Arsenal Center for the Arts
Friday, April 8, 2011 321 Arsenal Street
10AM – 6PM both days. Watertown, MA 02472
Lunch from 1 - 2.
For an appointment, call Bridget Kathleen O’Leary at 617/923-7060, x204 (M–F, 10–6). Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout the audition session as time permits.
Five-minute appointments. Each Equity Member has a minimum of three minutes to audition. Please prepare material of your choice (including, if you wish, selections from the season’s repertoire). For those who wish to perform a scene, a reader will be available. Please be prepared to state your starting and stopping places. Scripts are available at StageSource, 88 Tremont St., Boston.
Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.
All roles are available unless otherwise specified. No understudies are being cast. All roles are available for non-traditional casting.
Mainstage:
IN THE WAKE by Lisa Kron. Dir: Kate Warner. 1st reh: 9/20/11. Runs 10/9–10/30.
Ellen:
Mid 30s. Intense, liberal, self-reflective conversationalist.
Danny:
Mid 30s. Public school teacher. Ellen's partner. Cynical, yet likable.
Kayla:
Mid 30s. Aspiring writer. Danny's sister, Ellen's best friend, Laurie's partner.
Laurie:
Mid 30s. Kayla's partner. Chef. A little high-strung.
Amy:
Mid 30s. Experimental/art filmmaker. Lesbian. Very intense.
Judy:
Mid 50s. International aid and human rights worker. Close friend of Ellen. Irritable. Strong political beliefs.
Tessa:
African American girl, 16. Judy's niece. Very questioning. Slightly naïve.
ART by Yasmina Reza. Translation: Christopher Hampton. Dir: Antonio Ocampo-Guzman. 1st reh: 12/26/11. Runs 1/15/12 – 2/5/12.
Marc:
Mid 40s. Aeronautical engineer. Practical, down to earth. Although he is Serge’s good friend, he is unsettled by Serge’s modernism.
Serge:
Mid 40s. Dermatologist who fancies himself a connoisseur of modern art. Although his personality is usually agreeable, he is offended by Marc’s judgment.
Yvan:
Late 30s/early 40s. Works in stationery. Although he is generally tolerant and positive towards others, his transition to a new career and his upcoming wedding have made him tense and on edge.
LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT by Eugene O’Neill. Dir: Scott Edmiston. 1st reh: 3/6/12. Runs 4/2/12 - 4/22/12.
Jamie Tyrone:
30s. The older son. Broadway actor. Religious Catholic, although he no longer attends church. Attractive to women and popular with men. Has difficulty finding work, due to a reputation for being an irresponsible, womanizing alcoholic.
Edmund Tyrone:
20s. The younger, wiry, more intellectual and more poetic son. Extremely nervous, sensitive. Has sailed around the world, but now is sick with consumption. Politically inclined, with socialist leanings.
Cathleen:
20s-30s. One of the servants. Largely oblivious to the troubles of the family for whom she works.
James Tyrone:
CAST. 60s. Military-like posture and bearing. Has been healthy his entire life. Free of hang-ups and anxieties, but has “streaks of sentimental melancholy and rare flashes of intuitive sensibility”. Smokes cigars. Dislikes being referred to as the “Old Man" by his sons.
Mary Tyrone:
CAST. 50s. Wife and mother of the family. Lapses between self-delusion and the haze of her morphine addiction. Was once extremely pretty; still striking. Wears no make-up. Her hair is thick, white and perfectly coiffed. Has large, dark, almost black eyes. Has a soft and attractive voice with a “touch of Irish lilt when she is merry”.
Black Box:
COLLECTED STORIES by Donald Margulies. Dir: Bridget Kathleen O’Leary. 1st reh: 11/8/11. Runs 11/27–12/18.
Lisa Morrison:
26-32. Ambitious student and writer. Longs for continued training and success.
Ruth Steiner:
CAST. 55-61. Looks every bit her age. Somewhat curmudgeonly university writing teacher; also, a renowned writer of short stories.
Bakersfield Mist by Stephen Sachs. Dir: Kate Warner. Co-production with Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater (Wellfleet, MA; NEAT). Actors may be cast in both productions. 1st reh (Wellfleet): 7/26/11. Runs in Wellfleet from 8/11-8/28. 1st reh (Watertown): 2/7/12. Runs in Watertown 2/26-3/18.
Maude Gutman:
50s. Unemployed, stubborn and vulgar bartender. Lives in a trailer park. Although tough and crude, she is sincere and honest.
Lionel Percy:
60s. Art expert, famous for determining the authenticity of art. Elegant, refined, well-dressed gentleman.
Theatre’s mailing address: New Repertory Theatre, 200 Dexter Avenue, Watertown , MA 02472
Theatre states that the Arsenal Center is accessible by major routes and the #70 bus.
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