LORT
Round House Theatre 2011-12 Season
– EPAs by Appointment in MD
(Bethesda, MD) LORT D; 566/week minimum
Associate Producer: Danisha Crosby, attending auditions
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT:
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at the Round House Theatre Bethesda
AND 4545 East West Highway
Thursday, March 17, 2011 Bethesda, MD 20814
9 AM – 5 PM each day
Lunch from 12 - 1.
For an appointment, email Jessica Burgess at
jburgess@roundhousetheatre.org (preferred method), or call 240-644-1099 x1009. Please leave preferred audition day and time. Appointments may be made via email anytime beginning 3/1. Deadline for requesting an appointment is close of business on 3/14. AEA members without appointments will be seen as time permits.
Please prepare a contemporary monologue of your choosing.
Bring picture and resume, stapled together.
Seeking performers for the 2011-12 season. Particularly in search of those from the local Baltimore/Washington DC area.
FAHRENHEIT 451
By Ray Bradbury adapted from his novel
Director: Sharon Ott
1st rehearsal: 8/18/11. Runs: 9/7 – 10/9/11
Seeking:
Montag:
20s/30s – A Fireman. Military presence, with the inner spirit of a Hamlet. The play’s Everyman.
Beatty:
50s – The Fire Chief. Dangerous, Machiavellian, and brilliant. A man of power and strength.
Faber:
60s – Clarisse’s grandfather. An intellectual whose physical strength has failed him – although his mind is still powerful. Must be comfortable with live camera work.
Holden:
20s/30s – A Fireman. Physically intimidating. Doubles as a Paramedic and Forest People. Must be physically capable of sliding down 12’ fire poles.
Black:
20s/30s – A Fireman. A Fireman. Physically intimidating. Doubles as a Paramedic and Forest People. Must be physically capable of sliding down 12’ fire poles.
Mildred:
20s/30s – Montag’s wife. A terrified (and terrifyingly funny) woman who floats through life in a drug- and media-induced haze.
Clarisse:
17-26 – A sci-fi Cassandra, both an intellectual and a bit of a seer. She has more than a bit of mystery to her, and is fearless, and a kind of beauty.
Mrs. Hudson:
60s/70s – Loves her books and is willing to die for them. The Joan of Arc of the play. Physical agility necessary.
Helen:
20s/30s – Mildred’s friend. Hiding melancholy and disappointment under a happy façade. May double as Fireman, Paramedic and Forest People. (role may be cast with non-AEA actor)
Alice:
20s/30s – Mildred’s friend. Hiding melancholy and disappointment under a happy façade. May double as Fireman, Paramedic and Forest People. (role may be cast with non-AEA actor)
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
By Joe Handreddy and JR Sullivan. Adapted from the novel by Jane Austen
Director: Blake Robison
1st rehearsal: 11/1/11. Runs: 11/23 – 12/31/11
Seeking:
Mr. Bennett:
50s, beleaguered patriarch of the Bennett family, sardonic but loveable.
Mrs. Bennett:
50s, eccentric and socially naïve mother, highly motivated to marry off her daughters.
Mr. Wickham:
30ish, dashing cad who deceives Elizabeth and runs off with her sister.
Mr. Lucas/Mr. Gardiner:
40-50, jolly friend of the Bennetts/kind and practical uncle
NEXT FALL
By Geoffrey Nauffts
Director: Mark Ramont
1st rehearsal: 1/10/12. Runs: 2/1 – 2/26/12
Seeking:
Adam:
45 – a substitute teacher. Atheist.
Luke:
30 – an aspiring actor. Adam’s lover. Christian.
Holly:
35 – a candle shop owner. Luke’s boss.
Brandon:
30 – a property developer.
Arlene:
50 – a divorcee. Luke’s mother.
Butch:
55 – a businessman. Luke’s father.
CROWN OF SHADOWS: THE WAKE OF ODYSSEUS
By Jason Gray Platt. Inspired by The Odyssey
Director: Blake Robison
1st rehearsal: 3/13/12. Runs: 4/11 – 5/6/12
Seeking:
Telemachus:
14/15. The son of Odysseus. A prince not quite ready to be king. Sarcastic, frightened, brutal.
Penelope:
40s, Telemachus’ mother and Odysseus’ wife. A queen now forced to choose a new king. Sexy, powerful, shrewd.
Calliope:
15/16, a girl in Telemachus’ class A happy-go-lucky teenaged girl whose fairy tale dreams will corrode beyond recognition. Extroverted, innocent, ferocious.
Chief / Suitors / Bennetos / Coach:
40s – Plays all older male characters. Slippery, power-hungry, flirtatious.
DOUBLE INDEMNITY
By James M. Cain, Adapted for the stage by David Pichette & R. Hamilton Wright
Director: Jeff Steitzer
1st rehearsal: 5/8/12. Runs: 5/30 – 6/24/12
Seeking:
2 females:
To play multiple roles, 30s to 50s
3 males:
To play multiple roles, 30s to 50s
Roles are not understudied.
Round House Theatre is an Equal Opportunity Employers and subscribes to the LORT Agreement Non-Traditional Casting policy, encouraging audition participation by and casting of ethnic minority Actors (African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic-American, and Native American), women Actors, and Actors with disabilities in roles where race, ethnicity, gender, or the presence or absence of a disability is not germane.
If you cannot make the auditions and would still like to be considered send your headshot and resume to:
Round House Theatre, PO Box 30688, Bethesda, MD 20824, Attn: Jessica Burges
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