Studio Tenn Theatre Company 2018-19 Season - Franklin TN EPA
Studio Tenn Theatre Company
AUDITION DATES
Wed, Mar 28, 2018
8:00 am - 4:00 pm (CDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
Thu, Mar 29, 2018
8:00 am - 4:00 pm (CDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
Fri, Mar 30, 2018
8:00 am - 4:00 pm (CDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
APPOINTMENTS
For a three-minute appointment, please follow this link and complete the online audition form: http://www.studiotenn.com/audition-sign-ups . Once you fill out the online form, you will be contacted via email by our audition coordinator. If you do not have access to Internet or email, you may call 615-541-8200 to schedule an appointment. Please only call if you DO NOT have access to Internet or email. Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout each audition day, as time permits.
CONTRACT
SPT Tier 7; weekly minimum: $530
SEEKING
Equity actors and actor/singers for various roles in the upcoming season.
PREPARATION
Auditions should total no more than 3 minutes, and can include any of the following options:
1) A brief song
2) One 2 minute monologue
3) 16 bars of a song AND a 1 minute monologue
PLEASE NOTE: Scenes and songs from this year’s productions will be available on our website by March 19 as an alternative to using your own material. If this is your first time auditioning with us, we encourage you to audition with your own material.
If singing, bring sheet music in the correct key; accompanist is provided (all days), but will not transpose. Please do not sing A Cappella . A reader is provided to read sides.
Plan to arrive 15 minutes before your appointment, and bring a full size headshot & resume, stapled back-to-back. We will not be able to print material for you on site.
LOCATION
The Factory at Franklin
230 Franklin Rd
Franklin, TN 37064
PERSONNEL
Managing Director/Producer: Todd Morgan
Artistic Director: Matt Logan
OTHER DATES
Callbacks will be held as needed, currently scheduled for April 6 & 7, with an invited
dance callback on March 31. You will be notified via email if you are needed at
callbacks.
OTHER
Non-equity actors will be seen when no Equity Member is auditioning or
waiting. AT THIS TIME, WE ARE NOT CASTING CHILD ROLES. NON-AEA ACTORS MUST BE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS OR OLDER TO AUDITION.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this 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.
BREAKDOWN
FRANKENSTEIN (SPT Tier 7)
World Premiere production. An original adaptation of the classic novel by Mary Shelley, currently in development
By A.S. Peterson
Directed by Matt Logan
1st reh: 8/14/18. Runs 8/31/18 – 9/9/18. TBD Extension through 9/16/18.
Performances Thursday - Sunday at 7pm, Saturday & Sunday at 2pm & 7pm.
Jamison Theater, The Factory at Franklin
All roles are currently available.
Seeking 9 men and women who will play a variety of different characters. Character list is not final, and tracking is to be determined.
SAILOR 1 - A grizzled old sea hand (40s-50s)
SAILOR 2 - An inexperienced young man (20s)
VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN - A young nobleman (30s)
CAROLINE FRANKENSTEIN - mother of Victor (40s)
ALPHONSE FRANKENSTEIN - elderly father of Victor (60s)
ELIZABETH LAVENZA - cousin to Victor (20s-30s)
PROFESSOR KREMPE - a elderly college professor (60s)
THE MONSTER - Victor's creation. Imposing, scarred, hideous.
WILLIAM FRANKENSTEIN - a spoiled boy, brother to Victor (8)
JUSTINE MORITZ - governess to William (20s)
AGATHA - a young woman, sister to Felix (20s)
DE LACEY - blind and old, father to Felix and Agatha (60s)
FELIX - a young man, brother to Agatha (20s)
VILLAGE WOMAN - a shopper in the market
JUDGE - an old man in magistrate's robes
BAKER - a middle-aged man or woman
PRIEST - a middle-aged man
DRESSMAKER - a middle-aged man or woman
INSPECTOR - a middle-aged man
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (SPT Tier 7)
Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Howard Ashman & Tim Rice,
Book by Linda Woolverton
Directed by Matt Logan
1st reh: 11/19/18. Runs 12/7/18 – 12/30/18.
Performances Thursday - Sunday at 7pm, Saturday & Sunday at 2pm & 7pm.
Jamison Theater, The Factory at Franklin
Several roles and chorus positions are available.
BELLE (CAST - SEEKING UNDERSTUDY ONLY) - Vibrant, intelligent girl who wants more out of life. She has view an optimistic, fun-loving point of and is caring and eager to experience life out of an ordinary existence.
Female, 21-35/Vocal range: F5 to E3/All ethnicities
BEAST - A prince transformed into a beast because of his lack of compassion towards others. Hot-tempered, commanding but has a warm, loving heart on the inside.
Male, 21-45/Vocal Range: F4 to A2/All ethnicities
GASTON - An egotistical, masculine villain whose main goal is to marry Belle. Manipulative yet charming Male, 21-45/Vocal range: E4 to A2/All ethnicities
MAURICE - Belle’s father. A child at heart who is fun-loving and eccentric. He is an inventor in his own world.
Male, 35-70/Vocal range: Db4 to Bb2/All ethnicities
COGSWORTH - An enchanted mantle clock who is uptight, strict and punctual. He is the hard-working, faithful and the head of Beast’s household
Male, 30-65/Vocal range: E4 to A2/All ethnicities
MRS. POTTS - An enchanted maternal teapot who is warm-heated, loyal and playful.
Female, 25-70/Vocal range: G5 to F#3/All ethnicities
LUMIERE - An enchanted candelabra who is suave, debonair, loyal and a steadfast servant.
Male, 18-50/Vocal range: F#4 to F#2/All ethnicities
BABETTE - An enchanted feather-duster who is the object of Lumiere’s affections. She is saucy, playful, gorgeous and the seductive French maid.
Female, 18-45/Vocal range: F5 to A3/All ethnicities
MADAME DE LA GRANDE BOUCHE - An enchanted wardrobe who is a former opera diva. She is caring, refined, and larger than life.
Female, 18-65/Vocal range: D5 to C#4/All ethnicities
LEFOU - Gaston’s sidekick. He is loyal, energetic and optimistic but not the smartest guy in the room. Male, 18-45/Vocal range: F#4 to B2/All ethnicities
MONSIEUR D’ARQUE - The proprietor of the local insane asylum. He is dark, sinister and a scheming villain who helps Gaston with his plan to marry Belle.
Male, 18-65/Vocal range: A4 to D3/All ethnicities
DANCE ENSEMBLE - To play: wolves, enchanted objects, townspeople. Strong, advanced jazz and tap dancers. Featured prominently throughout the show. Can sing in 2 and 3-part harmonies.
Male and Females, 18+/All ethnicities
ADULT ENSEMBLE - To play: wolvers, enchanted objects, townspeople. Understudies will be cast from the Adult Ensemble. Can sing in 2 and 3-part harmonies. Should move well with intermediate dance technique.
Males and Females, 18+ /All ethnicities
The role of Chip is not currently available for casting.
CHIP - An enchanted teacup who is Mrs. Potts son. He is innocent and playful.
Male, 8-14/Vocal range: F5 to A3/All ethnicities
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CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (SPT Tier 7)
By Tennessee Williams
Directed by Matt Logan
1st reh: 1/22/19. Runs 2/8/18 – 2/17/18. TBD Extension through 2/24/19.
Performances Thursday - Sunday at 7pm, Saturday & Sunday at 2pm & 7pm.
Jamison Theater, The Factory at Franklin
Several roles are available.
BRICK - former athlete, favorite son of the family, has become a difficult alcoholic after the suicide of his best friend Skipper.
Male, 23-36/Caucasian
MARGARET - Brick’s wife, edgy, tense and suspicious of Brick's friendship with his friend Skipper.
Female, 23-36/Caucasian
BIG DADDY (CAST) - the family patriarch, known to be brash and vulgar.
Male, 50-75/Caucasian
BIG MAMA - sincere, embarrassingly dedicated to a man who seems to despise her, considers Brick her “only son.”
Female, 50-75/Caucasian
MAE - mean, agitated, schemes with her husband Gooper to inherit Big Daddy’s estate.
Female,30-45/Caucasian
GOOPER - the eldest, yet least favored sibling, a successful corporate lawyer who resents his parents' love for Brick, schemes to take over the family estate
Male,30-45/Caucasian
REVEREND TOOKER - tactless, opportunistic, hypocritical guest at the birthday party.
Male, 30-70/Caucasian
DR. BAUGH - Big Daddy’s Physician
Male,35-70/Caucasian
LACEY - Southern.Servant in the Pollitt household. Has seniority in the home and understands the family politics.
Male 40s-50s/African American
SOOKEY - Southern.Servant in the Pollitt household for many years.
Female 40s-50s/African American
DAISY - Servant in the Pollitt household
Female 20s/African American
BRIGHTIE - Servant in the Pollitt household.
Male 20s/African American
The roles of the children are not currently available for casting.
Children
Polly- Girl, age 4.
Sonny- Boy, age 6-7.
Trixie- Girl, age 7-9.
Dixie- Girl, age 9-10.
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DAMN YANKEES (SPT Tier 7)
Words and Music by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop
Directed by Matt Logan
1st reh: 4/30/19. Runs 5/17/19 – 6/2/19. TBD Extension through 6/9/19.
Performances Thursday - Sunday at 7pm, Saturday & Sunday at 2pm & 7pm.
Jamison Theater, The Factory at Franklin
All roles and chorus positions are available.
APPLEGATE (THE DEVIL) - Smooth-talking salesman who is slick, greedy, and controlling.
Male, 25-65/Vocal range: Baritone/All ethnicities
LOLA - The Devil's seductress assistant. Sexy and confident. Falls in love with Joe when her usual tricks don't work on him. Though she's done many bad things, she is a good person deep down inside.
Female, 25-35/Vocal range: G5 to F3/All ethnicities
JOE HARDY - The 22-year-old, home run hitting alter ego of Joe Boyd. A good guy who loves that he is living out his dream, but deeply misses the life and love he left behind
Male, 18-28/Vocal range: G5 ro A3/Must move well/All ethnicities
JOE BOYD - A middle-aged, overweight married man who is in love with baseball, especially the Senators.
Male, 45-55/Vocal range: G5 to A3/All ethnicities
MEG BOYD - Joe's long-suffering, but loyal wife. She is lonely and misses her husband. Decides a little white lie is worth telling to save a good person.
Female, 40-55/Vocal range:G5 to G3/All ethnicities
GLORIA THORPE - A probing reporter whose bottom-line is a good story for her paper. Fearless and biting.
Female, 25-35/Vocal range: G5 to B3/All ethnicities
VAN BUREN - The luckless team manager. A sort of father-figure for the team, who proudly defends them. A bit of a loose cannon.
Male, 35-60/Vocal range: A5 to D4/All ethnicities
ROCKY - A baseball player for the Washington Senators. Cocky, but a little bit dopey, too. He's a guy's guy.
Male, 20-35/Vocal Range: B5 to D4/Sings Harmony/All ethnicities
SMOKEY - A catcher for the Washington Senators. Not the sharpest tool in the shed. Tries to be a tough guy like Rocky, but truly is not.
Male, 20-35/Vocal Range: G5 to C3/Sings Harmony/All ethnicities
VERNON - Baseball player.
Male, 20-35/Must sing in harmony/All ethnicities
DORIS - A friend of Meg's. She is slightly quieter and more conservative than her sister, but still outspoken. An avid baseball fan very involved in the community.
Female, 35-55/Vocal range: G5 to D4/All ethnicities.
SISTER - A friend of Meg's and Doris's sister. Outspoken and brash, but caring. Very involved in community activities.
Female, 35-45/Vocal range:G5 to D4/All ethnicities
MR. WELCH - The owner of the Senators. Believes in Joe and believes in his team. A peacekeeper between the press and the team. Protective of Joe and the boys.
Male, 50-60/ Vocal Range: G5 to D4/All ethnicities.
MALE-FEMALE ENSEMBLE - Male + Female, 18-45. Strong singers and dancers. Some featured speaking roles. Understudies will be cast from the Ensemble. All ethnicities
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 audition.
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