NEW REPERTORY THEATRE 2013-14 SEASON MUSICALS Equity Principal Auditions - New Repertory Theatre Auditions

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New Repertory Thtr 13-14 Season Musicals - EPA
New Repertory Theatre | Watertown, MA


Date of Audition:
4/8/2013


Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Monday, April 8, 2013
6 PM - 10 PM

Contract
NEAT
$371/week AEA minimum, pending approval

Location
Arsenal Center for the Arts
321 Arsenal Street
Watertown, MA

Seeking
Equity musical performers (men/women) for the 2013-14 season musicals.

See breakdown

Preparation
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.

Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.

Other Dates
Typical rehearsal schedule: Tues– Sun from 10am–6pm or 2pm-10pm until tech begins. Performances: Wed– Sun, with matinee and evening shows,

Other
Appts are in 5-minute slots, & each AEA Member has 3 minutes to audition. AEA Members without appointments will be seen as time permits

Personnel
Artistic Director: Jim Petosa.

· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Appointments
For appointment, contact Bridget Kathleen O’Leary 617-923-7060, ext 204 or email
auditions@newrep.org. Office hours: Monday – Friday, 10 AM – 6 PM.

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

NOTE:
New Repertory Theatre will also be attending Stage Source AEA Auditions on April 1, 2013 from 10-6pm at the Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116. Equity Members have three minutes to audition. You can get more information regarding those auditions on the Stage Source website,
www.stagesource.org or by calling them directly at 617-720-6066.

All scripts are available at the StageSource offices (88 Tremont Street, Suite 714, Boston, MA 02108).

2013-14 SEASON

Available roles in the musical productions of New Rep’s 2013-14 season are listed below. No understudies are being cast.

CHARLES MOSESIAN THEATER:

CAMELOT
Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
Director: Antonio Ocampo-Guzman
Production Stage Manager: TBD
Music Director and Choreographer: David McGrory and Ilyse Robbins

1st rehearsal: November 5, 2013. Runs November 23- December 22, 2013 (with a possible extension thru December 29, 2013), Wed.–Sun., with matinees and evening shows, (no performances on Thanksgiving) at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in the Charles Mosesian Theater in Watertown, MA, accessible by major routes and the #70 bus.

ARTHUR: (Baritone, 25-35) Honorable yet unsure young king. Wise, generous, and compassionate.

GUENEVERE: (Mezzo, 18-30) A young, spirited girl, who is caught up in chivalry and the exciting possibilities of a promising life. She loves Arthur but is thrown by the arrival of Lancelot—the start of the famous love triangle.

LANCELOT: (Baritone, 25-35) An abundantly self-assured knight from France who is a passionate disciple of Arthur and his Round Table. He is the greatest knight in the world, whose only weakness is his love for Guenevere.

MORDRED: (Tenor, 18-25) An evil young man who was sired by Arthur when the king was young.

PELLINORE: (Ensemble Choral singing, 50-70) A stuffily, eccentric, funny old knight with rheumatism who is very much dedicated to Arthur.

MERLYN: (Ensemble Choral singing, 45-60) The famous wizard who teaches Arthur almost everything he needs to know. He disappears after he loses his powers early on in the show.

MORGAN LE FAY: (Ensemble Choral singing, late 20’s-40) Aunt to Mordred. A beautiful and powerful sorceress whose only weakness is candy.

TOM OF WARWICK: (Ensemble Choral singing, late teens) A young boy, a round-table hopeful, who longs to fight for justice.

NIMUE: (Mezzo, Off-stage voice) A nymph who lures Merlyn away with hauntingly beautiful singing.

SIR DINADAN: (Ensemble Choral singing, 25-35) A knight who serves Arthur. Devoted to Guenevere and doesn’t care much for Lancelot.

SIR GUILLIAM: (Ensemble Choral singing, 25-35) Newly knighted, serves Arthur.

SIR COLGREVANCE: (Ensemble Choral singing, 25-35) Newly knighted, serves Arthur.

SIR CASTER: (Ensemble Choral singing, 25-35) Newly knighted, serves Arthur.

SIR SAGRAMORE: (Ensemble Choral singing, 25-35) One of Guenevere’s knights.

SIR LIONEL: (Ensemble Choral singing, 25-35) A knight who dies and comes back to life after Lancelot defeats him in a joust.

LADY ANNE: (Ensemble Choral singing, 18-30) One of Guenevere’s ladies-in-waiting.

LADY CATHERINE: (Ensemble Choral singing, 18-30) One of Guenevere’s ladies-in-waiting.

HERALD: (Ensemble Choral singing, 18-40) Serves Arthur.

PAGE: (Ensemble Choral singing, 18-30) Serves Arthur.

DAP: (Ensemble Choral singing, 18-30) A squire.

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*Note the roles have been cast; auditioning performers may be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.
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Theatre’s mailing address: New Repertory Theatre, 200 Dexter Avenue, Watertown , MA 02472

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