THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP Equity Principal Auditions - Triad Stage Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
11:30 AM to 6 PM
Break 12:30 to 1

Contract
LOA
$606/week

Location
Triad Stage
232 South Elm Street
Greensboro, NC 27401
Triad Stage - Sloan Rehearsal Hall. Located on the 3rd floor.

Seeking
An Equity actors to play multiple roles.

see breakdown

Preparation
Prepare a brief comedic monologue.

Bring picture and resume

Other Dates
First Rehearsal: September 9, 2016
First Preview: October 5, 2016
Opening: October 8, 2016
Closing: October 16, 2016

Other

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Personnel
Artistic Director: Preston Lane
Written byCharles Ludlam
Director: Bryan Conger

· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Appointments
For appointment contact, Audition hotline
336/274-0067 x215,
bryan@triadstage.org.

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Breakdown

The Mystery of Irma Vep is a mix of theatrical and film styles including satire, melodrama, farce, horror and camp. Two male actors play all roles and must be able to transform quickly and with ease. Both actors must have impeccable comic timing and ability.

Seeking:

Actor 2
Plays the following roles (characters are any ethnicity, age 20s-40s)

- Lord Edgar Hillcrest wants to escape the demons from his past and make a new, happy life with Lady Enid. He is an Egyptologist and has an explorer’s spirit. He is an avid hunter and likes to shoot things. He is not an over emotional man, until he is made to face his past. He is very tog and in charge most of the time. He is the Lord of the manor and plays that role very well. However, he can be easily deceived. He speaks with a Standard British dialect.

- Jane Twisden has been the maid at Hillcrest Estate for 18 years and is desperate to gain Lord Edgar’s affection. She wants more than to be a maid and is desperate to rise above her station in life. She will do anything she has to get what she wants, even murder! She is calculating and manipulative and easily discards those who get in her way. She has a very calm and cool demeanor that hides the evil Vampire inside. She speaks with a cockney dialect.


The following role has been CAST. Actors may be considered for possible replacements if needed:

Actor 1
ROLE IS CAST. Plays the following roles (characters are any ethnicity, age 20s-40s)

- Nicodemus Underwood has been the swineherd at Hillcrest estate for many years and desperately trying to mask that he is werewolf. He has somewhat of a lecherous streak and loves women but his affliction gets in his way. He can be crude and lewd at times but always in a harmless way. He can be easily manipulated. He walks with a limp and speaks with a Cockney dialect.

- Lady Enid Hillcrest wants to be the best wife she can be to Lord Edgar. She lives in the shadow of his first wife Lady Irma and wants so badly to be first in Lord Edgar’s affections. She is a caring and sweet person. She can be manipulative but it is only to try to make Lord Edgar happy. She is all frills and enjoys being a girl. She likes beautiful things and wants to make life as beautiful as it can be. She is nervous and often borders on frantic. Being a former actress she often has flair for the dramatic. She speaks with a Standard British dialect.