New Repertory Theatre 14-15 Season Plays - EPA
New Repertory Theatre | Watertown, MA
Date of Audition:
3/21/2014
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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Friday, March 21, 2014
10:00AM – 6:00PM
Lunch from 12:30 -1:30 Contract
NEAT
Cat. 6; salary pending; current minimum: $371/week
Location
Arsenal Center for the Arts
321 Arsenal Street
Watertown, MA
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Seeking
Equity Actors, men and women, for the 2014-15 season plays
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
EPAs for Season musicals on 3/13, 10am-2pm, in Watertown. See sep. notice
NRT will also be attending Stage Source Auditions on 4/7 at the Boston Center for the Arts. For more info on those auditions, visit www.stagesource.org or call 617-720-6066
Other
Equity appointments are scheduled in five-minute intervals, and each Equity Member has three minutes to audition.
AEA members without appointments seen as time permits.
Personnel
Attending the auditions:
Artistic Dir: Jim Petosa
Associate Artistic Dir: Bridget Kathleen O'Leary
All scripts available at StageSource offices, 15 Channel Center Street, Suite 103, Boston
• A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
AEA members: Contact Bridget Kathleen O’Leary: 617-923-7060, ext 8204 or email auditions@newrep.org. Office hours: Mon–Fri, 10AM – 6PM.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
Available roles in the non-musical productions of New Rep’s 2014-15 season are listed below. No understudies are being cast. All roles are available for non-traditional casting.
CHARLES MOSESIAN THEATER:
THE MILK TRAIN DOESN’T STOP HERE ANYMORE
by Tennessee Williams.
Director Jim Petosa
1st rehearsal: April 7, 2015. Runs April 25, 2015– May 17, 2015 with a possible extension through May 24, 2015. Wed.–Sun with matinees and evening shows
seeking:
CHRISTOPHER FLANDERS:
(30-40’s) A handsome, young poet who balances emotions of sympathy, sexual magnetism, and curiosity. He is an enigmatic drifter known as the “Angel of Death” due to his habit of becoming the final companion of rich, dying women.
THE WITCH OF CAPRI:
(50’s-60’s) An old friend of Mrs. Goforth. She is fierce, coy and attempts to seduce Christopher. Her icy jabs and dark humor complement the care and love she has towards Mrs. Goforth’s well-being.
RUDY
(40’s-60’s) A militant watchman for Mrs. Goforth. His main concern is getting his paycheck before Mrs. Goforth dies.
GUILIO:
(late teens - early 20’s) An Italian servant who speaks little English, the gardener’s son.
SIMONETTA:
(late teens - early 20’s) An Italian servant who steals from Mrs. Goforth.
*MRS GOFORTH:
Role CAST. (60’s) A former beauty with a terminal illness, living in a haze of morphine, pills, and brandy. She is grotesquely glamorous, stubborn, and has a quick-witted sense of humor. She has wedded and buried four wealthy husbands, and now lives in denial of her illness as she records her memoir.
*BLACKIE:
Role CAST. (20’s-early 30’s) A young widow who works as Mrs. Goforth’s personal secretary, she is dutiful, compassionate, and acts as a caretaker. Though a little emotionally repressed, she does not allow Mrs. Goforth to dominate her.
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BLACK BOX SEASON:
MUCKRAKERS by Zayd Dohrn
Director Bridget Kathleen O’Leary
1st rehearsal: December 26, 2014. Runs January 10, 2015 - February 1, 2015. Wed.–Sun., with matinees and evening shows
seeking:
STEPHEN:
(late 30’s-early 40’s) A British celebrity hacker/journalist. An intelligent and charming man whose lustful desires lead to detrimental repercussions.
MIRA:
(20’s) An American political activist. A free-spirited, clever anarchist who is determined to expose political truths, by any means necessary.
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THE AMISH PROJECT
by Jessica Dickey.
Director TBA.
1st rehearsal: March 6, 2015. Runs March 10-March 30, 2014. Wed.–Sun., with matinees and evening shows
A single actress performs all of the roles in the play. Distinctions between characters are made by changes in the tonal qualities and pitch of the actress’ voice; through her stance, posture, and gesture. She glides fluidly from one perspective to the next.
seeking:
ANNA:
Amish girl, age 14. Victim of shooting
CAROL STUCKEY:
Widow of the gunman, age 31. English/non-Amish
VELDA:
Amish girl, age 6, sister of Anna. Victim of shooting
BILL NORTH:
English/non-Amish man, 50s. Scholar and professor on Amish culture, as well as friend and spokesman to several Amish families affected by the shooting
AMERICA:
Hispanic girl, age 16. Pregnant. Works in the local grocery store
EDDIE STUCKEY:
The gunman of schoolhouse, age 33. English/non-Amish. Killed himself at the end of the schoolhouse attack
SHERRY LOCAL:
English/non-Amish woman, age 53. Resident of Nickel Mines, PA
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*Denotes the role has been CAST; auditioning performers may be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.
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