QUINTESSENCE THEATRE GROUP 2023-24 SEASON - PHILADELPHIA EPA
QUINTESSENCE THEATRE GROUP
Sedgwick Theater
7137 Germantown Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19119
Fri, Jun 30, 2023
10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (EDT)
Break: 3:00-4:00pm
Please reach out to Eleni Delopolous - Artistic@QuintessenceTheatre.org to schedule an audition appointment. An accompanist will only be provided on June 26th and 30th.
SPT
$549 weekly minimum (Tier 6)
Equity actors for roles in Quintessence Theatre Group 2023-24 Season (see breakdown).
Productions include: Love and War. Including Shaw's Major Barbara, Sartre's No Exit, The Fantasticks, The Little Prince, Shakespeare's Macbeth and Suzan-Lori Parks' Father Comes Home From the Wars, parts 1, 2 and 3.
For Shakespeare, Shaw and Parks - please prepare two short contrasting monologues (90 seconds) from a classic play in heightened language. For The Little Prince and The Fantasticks, please prepare a short monologue AND a short vocal selection from a classic musical.
Expected to attend:
Artistic Director: Alex Burns
Casting Associate: Eleni Delopolous
Creative Manager: Lee Cortopassi
See production dates in
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An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of audition.
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.
George Bernard Shaw’s Major Barbara / Sartre’s No Exit
Director: Alexander Burns
First Rehearsal: August 15, 2023
Opening: September 20, 2023
Closing: October 29, 2023
Barbara Undershaft – (30s) Robust, joyous, and energetic, Barbara is a charismatic and convincing major for the Salvation Army. The daughter of a foundling, Barbara ostensibly lacks social class and comes straight from the heart of the whole people.
Adolphus Cusins – (30s) A slight, thin haired, and sweet voiced student of Euripides. Driven by his mind and his heart, while being enthralled by the excesses and ecstasies of the Dionysian spirit.
Andrew Undershaft - (50s – 60s) The great arms industrialist of Europe. A man of formidable reserves of power, both bodily and mental, in his capacious chest and long head.
Stephen Undershaft / Bill Walker – (20s) A gravely correct young man who takes himself and his sense of morality too seriously. A mother’s boy and only son to billionaire Andrew Undershaft. / A rough and threatening laborer.
Charles Lomax / Snobby Price - (20s) A stereotypical unsophisticated young man about town. A clown, with a frivolous sense of humor. Engaged to Sarah on a lark./ A young, unemployed, and opportunistic poser,” incapable of honesty and altruism.
Sarah / Jenny Hill - (20s) Sarah is a slender, bored, and mundane society girl. / An overwrought Salvation lass who earnestly believes in her cause and her patron, Major Barbara.
Morrison / Bilton / Peter Shirley - (50s – 70s) The longtime family butler. / A foreman at Undershaft's armory. / A laborer, half hardened, half worn-out old-timer.
Lady Britomart / Rummy - (50s – 60s) The matriarch of the Undershaft family. / Already looking sixty at the age of forty-five, Rummy is an old bundle of poverty and hard-worn humanity.
Bellboy (Teens – 20s) – A valet for the devil.
Jospeh “Cradeau” Garcin (30s – 50s) – A journalist from Rio. A self-proclaimed hero. Shot twelve times for refusing to fight in a war.
Estelle Rigault (20s – 50s) – A beautiful Parisian woman. She is always immaculately put together and loves to dance.
Inez Serrano (30s – 50s) - A cruel, intelligent, and stubborn postal worker. A lesbian.
Director: TBA
First Rehearsal: October 31, 2023
Opening: December 1, 2023
Closing: December 31, 2023
Seeking:
The Narrator (el Gallo) - A rakish, handsome, sophisticated gallant and narrator of the show (30 – 50). He is warm, cordial, and inviting to the audience, but has his own darker moments. He aids the performers in orchestrating the story. Vocal range: Ab2 - G4
The Girl (Luisa) - A button-maker's young and idealistic daughter (15 – 25), she is a romantic who falls in love with Matt. She is naive, yet honest and tender. Vocal range: B3 – B5
The Boy (Matt) - An innocent, young man (18 – 25) who is searching for love and adventure. A bright guy, but naive and even foolish at times, approaching situations with a false bravado. Vocal range: A2 - G4
The Boy's Father (Hucklebee) - A former boisterous navy man (40 – 60) and meticulous gardener who fakes a fight with Bellomy in hopes of getting their children to fall in love. Vocal range: A2 - F#4
The Girl's Father (Bellomy) - A fastidious button-maker (40 – 60) and also a picky gardener who fakes a fight with Hucklebee in hopes of getting their children together. Vocal range: A2 - F#4
The Actor (Henry) - An aging (50 – 70), over-the-top Thespian who specializes in reciting Shakespeare, he is a commedia clown; his world is the stage and he knows no other reality.
The Man Who Dies (Mortimer) -Henry's goofy sidekick and another former actor who specializes in stage deaths (30 – 50). A commedia clown, their world is the stage and they do not live in reality.
The Mute - A speechless presence who watches, acts as the wall, and deals with props; the invisible stage assistant. Should be able to easily assist in the story or fade into the background unnoticed.
Director: Kyle Metzger
First Rehearsal: November 13, 2023
Opening: December 8, 2023
Closing: January 7, 2024
Seeking:
The Aviator – a lost and world-weary man in his early 40s. Locked into adulthood hood, he is searching for the freedom and joy of his childhood. Capable of sketching / drawing illustrations. Vocal Part: Baritone
The Little Prince – An adventurous intergalactic prince, with wisdom beyond his years.
Female Ensemble (Rose/Snake/Desert Flower) The varied characters of the planets. Character with singing and dancing ability. Vocal Part: Bass Baritone.
Male Ensemble (Men on the Planets/Fox) – The varied characters of the planets. Character with singing and dancing ability. Vocal Part: Soprano.
Directed by Alexander Burns
First Rehearsal: February 20, 2024
Opening: March 23, 2024
Closing: April 21, 2024
Seeking:
Macbeth – (30s - 40s) A celebrated and powerful warrior, with ambition for greatness.
Lady Macbeth – (30s - 40s) Wife to Macbeth. A deeply ambitious woman who lusts for power and position.
Banquo - (30s – 40s) Macbeth’s friend and comrade in arms. A courageous soldier, celebrated for excellent in battle.
Fleance – (10 – 15) Banquo’s Son.
Macduff – (40s – 50s) The Thane of Fife, and another celebrated warrior, who assisted in leading Scotland to victory.
Lady Macduff - (40s – 50s) Wife to Macduff, and mother to their two children.
The Weird Sisters – Three witches who reside on the heath, prophecy and cast spells.
Duncan (50s – 60s) Celebrated and benevolent ruler of Scotland.
Malcolm (20s) – The articulate young son of King Duncan, proclaimed heir to the Scottish thrown.
Donalbain (15 – 20) – Younger brother to Malcolm.
Director: TBA
First Rehearsal: May 1, 2024
Opening: June 1, 2024
Closing: June 23, 2024
Seeking:
Hero (30s – 40s) is an enslaved Texan and the protagonist. Loyal to Boss-Master despite his abuse and disloyalty, Hero chooses to stay with Boss-Master even when opportunities to escape arise. By the end of the play, Hero remains loyal, but chooses his own identity.
Boss-Master (50s – 60s) also called “the Colonel,” owns slaves Hero, Homer, Penny and others. Dishonest and manipulative, Boss-Master periodically promises Hero freedom in exchange for huge requests he makes of him, but never follows through.
Homer (30s – 50s) Homer is an enslaved person. On Boss-Master’s orders, Hero cut off Homer’s foot when he tried to escape. He lives with Hero and falls in love with Hero’s wife, Penny.
Penny (20s – 40s) is Hero’s wife and remains emotionally loyal to Hero. When he returns from the war with a new wife, however, she takes agency over her own life and decides to run north.
Odd-See or Odyssey is Hero’s good-luck dog. He runs off after Hero kicks him. And returns at the end, having spent the play searching for his master, staying loyal despite the abuse.
Smith (30s – 40s) is a Union soldier wounded and captured by the Colonel. He reveals his true identity—a Black man who can “pass” as white—to Hero when he tries to convince Hero to abandon Boss-Master and join the Union army.
The Oldest Old Man (60s – 80s) lives with Hero on Boss-Master’s land. He offers advice to Hero and treats him like a son but abandons him when he hears how Hero betrayed Homer.
The Chorus (20s – 60s) is a group of four enslaved persons whose conversations give the audience information and insight.
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