Sunday in the Park with George - Arvada EPA Day
Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities
AUDITION DATE
Mon, Oct 16, 2017
9:00 am - 5:00 pm (MDT)
Lunch: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
Tue, Oct 17, 2017
9:00 am - 5:00 pm (MDT)
Lunch: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
APPOINTMENTS
Auditions are by appointment only and can be scheduled by calling Arvada Center Box Office (720) 898-7200. Do not contact the production staff.
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep Minimum - $887/wk
SEEKING
Experienced performers with strong acting and singing abilities are needed. Individuals of all ethnic and cutlural backgrounds are encouraged to audition for all roles.
PREPARATION
Actors should prepare 16-32 bars from a song appropriate to the style of show. Please bring sheet music; an accompanist will be provided. No recorded music or a cappella allowed. A current headshot and résumé are required.
LOCATION
Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities
6901 Wadsworth Blvd
Arvada, CO 80003-3448
PERSONNEL
Rod A. Lansberry - Director
TBA - Musical Director
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal - March 27, 2018
Opening - April 17, 2018
Closing - May 6, 2018
OTHER
www.arvadacenter.org/auditions
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
GEORGE SEURAT (an artist)/ GEORGE (a modern day artist and the great-grandson of Seurat): both represent the struggling artist, consumed by their work. Should look 25 – 31 years old.
DOT (George Seurat’s mistress)/ MARIE (modern George’s grandmother): Dot is a feisty woman trying desperately to be more to George than his work. We see Dot mature and come to terms with what direction she needs to take in her life. Marie has lived her life, is old and wise. Easily makes her point. To play 20 – 30 and 80 – 90 years old.
AN OLD LADY (George’s mother)/ BLAIR DANIELS (art critic): The old lady is rather opinionated and senile. Blair respects George and really tries to help him find the focus and purpose of his art. To play 60 – 70 years old.
NURSE/ HARRIET PAWLING (an art patron): The nurse tries very patiently to put up with the Old Lady’s orders while breaking the monotony by having an affair with Franz. Harriet is more interested in being seen at an art exhibition than seeing the art itself. To play 40 – 50 years old.
JULES (well-respected artist)/BOB GREENBERG (museum director): Jules is a well-to-do artist of the time. He has an awkward and somewhat cool friendship with George. Bob is an awkward museum director trying to balance the books and protect his museum’s future.
YVONNE (Jules’ wife)/ NAOMI EISEN (composer): Yvonne is very proper and has no idea how to let her hair down. She is a pampered by Jules and understands her role in society but secretly envies Dot’s passion. Naomi is the composer of the wild techno music George uses with his machine presentation.
BOATMAN/ CHARLES REDMOND: The boatman is a rough character who sees through the social BS and tells it how it is. Probably one of the smartest people in the park in spite of his lack of education. Charles is a visiting museum curator at the exhibition.
CELESTE #1(a shop girl)/WAITRESS: Celeste is a giddy shop girl who, along with her friend, has come to the park to watch people, gossip, and try and find new beaus. Young and superficial, always trying to get noticed. A Waitress at the exhibition for Act II.
CELESTE #2 (another shop girl)/ ELAINE (George’s former wife): Celeste #2 is aptly named because, in George’s eyes, they are pretty much the same person, like any number of the other vacuous women who fawn over him. Elaine is George’s ex-wife who is still in his life as a supportive, dear friend. She couldn’t deal with being married to George because George could only be married to his work.
LOUISE (the daughter of Jules and Yvonne/ no Act II counterpart): Louise is an annoying child who runs around the park trying to get attention from anyone who will give it to her because her parents just don’t. Looks 9 – 12 years old.
FRANZ (Jules and Yvonne’s coachman)/ DENNIS (a technician): Franz is German (speaks with an accent) and feels the pressure of class separations. He is against the upper class but would give anything to be one of them. Dennis is a dear friend to George and has been with him since day one, but is struggling with his need to move on beyond George’s stagnancy.
FRIEDA (a cook and wife to Franz)/ BETTY (an artist): Frieda (also speaks with a German accent) unlike her husband, is fine with her place in life as well as her husband’s affair; probably because she herself does a little “dabbling” with Jules. Betty is an artist at the exhibition who has fun banter with Alex about George and his success.
A SOLDIER/ ALEX (an artist): The soldier is a pompous, vacuous pretty boy who believes that he is God’s gift to everyone. He speaks not only for himself but for his soldier friend (who is a cut-out that he carries with him). They are the love interests for the Celestes. Alex is a bit of a whiny artist and very jealous of George.
MR (a Southern gentleman)/ LEE RANDOLPH (the museum’s publicist): Mr. is one-half of the larger-than-life couple from the states. Lee is another of the Chablis and Brie crowd trying to vie for a bit of George’s attention.
MRS (a Southern belle)/ EXHIBITION GUEST: Mrs. is the counterpart to her husband (see above). Guest is another of the Chablis and Brie crowd.
LOUIS (the baker)/ BILLY WEBSTER: Louis is a well-liked, successful baker. Dot chooses him as her husband because of his stability once she realizes she will never have George. Louis’ scenes are all done with his physical presence because he does not speak or sing any solo lines. This is a very deliberate choice made by the author to strengthen the point of his every-day-Joe status. Billy is Harriet’s “friend” and a guest at the exhibition.
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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