TheatreWorks Silicon Valley 2018-2019 Season - San Francisco EPA
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
AUDITION DATE
Mon, Mar 05, 2018
11:00 am - 6:00 pm (PST)
APPOINTMENTS
Visit https://www.theatreworks.org/contact-us/auditions/ before Friday, February 26 at 4:00pm to request an appointment.
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep LORT B, C Minimums - $914/wk, $848/wk
SEEKING
Actors and Singers for TheatreWorks' 2018/2019 Season of dramas, musicals, comedies and premieres, as well as projects in our New Works Initiative and Education programs.
PREPARATION
Total of 3 minutes: Either one song and one monologue, or two monologues. Bring sheet music in the key you plan to sing, headshot and resume.
LOCATION
American Conservatory Theatre Studios
30 Grant Ave
San Francisco, CA 94108
8th Floor
PERSONNEL
Casting Director: Jeffrey Lo.
OTHER DATES
Show #1 begins rehearsals in June 2018 -- Show #8 closes in July 2019.
Please see breakdown for details.
OTHER
No stage management positions are available.
www.theatreworks.org
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
HOLD THESE TRUTHS by Jeanne Sakata
Directed by TBD
Rehearsals begin 6/19/18
Performs 7/11/18 to 8/5/18
Setting: 1940s U.S.
GORDON HIRABYASHI: high-stamina, deep sense of patriotism and justice, comic. Japanese man
NATIVE GARDENS by Karen Zacarías
Directed by Amy Gonzales
Rehearsals begin 7/31/18
Performs 8/22/18 to 9/16/18
Setting: Present Day, a northwest Washington D.C. neighborhood
TANIA DEL VALLE (29): Latinx/from New Mexico, Ph.D. candidate, eight months pregnant
PABLO DEL VALLE (31): Latinx/ Chilean-American, Attorney at a highly successful D.C. law firm, married to Tania
VIRGINIA BUTLEY (late 50s): no-nonsense executive for a defense contractor, second-wave feminist, centrist Republican
FRANK BUTLEY (60s): Semi-retired, proud of his carefully-maintained garden, married to Virginia, centrist Republican
FUN HOME
Music by Jeanine Tesori, Book & Lyrics by Lisa Kron, based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel
Directed by Robert Kelley
Rehearsals begin 9/7/18
Performs10/3/18 to 10/28/18
Setting: Rural Pennsylvania 1969, Oberlin College 1979, New York 2003/Present
ALISON BECHDEL (43): Lesbian cartoonist recalling her emotionally distant childhood and struggling to make sense of her father, mezzo-soprano
MEDIUM ALISON (19): Studio art major cautiously discovering her sexuality.
SMALL ALISON (9): self-aware, confident, wants to be a tomboy, alto (B4-D5)
BRUCE BECHDEL (40s): Father, literate, closeted, devoted to home restoration, baritone (B2-G4)
HELEN BECHDEL (40s): Mother, actress, has a masters degree, unhappily married to Bruce, (mezzo)soprano (G#3-E5)
CHRISTIAN BECHDEL (10) Alison’s elder brother, eager to lead
JOHN BECHDEL (6): Alison’s younger brother, funny
ROY (23): hired help, Bruce’s former student / MARK (16): junior in high school, Bruce’s student / PETE: a mourner / BOBBY JEREMY: tv host, tenor (D3-B4/D5)
JOAN (19-22): Out lesbian, Oberlin college student Medium Alison falls for
TUCK EVERLASTING
Music by Chris Miller, Lyrics by Nathan Tysen, Book by Claudia Shear & Tim Federle
Directed by Robert Kelley
Rehearsals begin 11/2/18
Performs 11/28/18 to 12/23/18
Setting: Treegap, New Hampshire, early 20th century
WINNIE FOSTER (11): energetic, curious, child soprano (A3-E5)
JESSE TUCK (17): optimistic, impetuous, tenor (F3-C5, belt)
MAE TUCK (40s): mother to Jesse & Miles, spirited, mezzo-soprano (A3-E5)
ANGUS TUCK (40s): father to Jesse & Miles, married to Mae, wistful, with a spark in his eye, tenor (E3-B4)
THE MAN IN THE YELLOW SUIT (40s-50s): wants immortality at any cost, tenor (GS-B4)
MILES TUCK (22): Young man who lost his wife and son, tenor (F3-C5)
CONSTABLE JOE (40s-60s): seasoned professional detective, comic, tenor (F3-B4)
HUGO (15): eager detective-in-training, tenor (G3-C5)
BETSY FOSTER (40s): Winnie’s widowed mother, mezzo-soprano (A3-E5)
NANA (60s): headstrong, alto (A3-C#5)
FROST/NIXON by Peter Morgan
Directed by Leslie Martinson
Rehearsals begin 12/21/18
Performs 1/16/19 to 2/10/19
Setting: 1977
RICHARD NIXON (64): Disgraced 37th U.S. President, eloquent and presidential, with studied, effortful people skills
DAVID FROST (38): Talented British tv personality, a charismatic playboy in over his head
JOHN BIRT (33): British, Frost’s producer
EVONNE GOOLAGONG (26): Australian Aboriginal, Australian tennis player
JACK BRENNAN (40): Nixon’s chief of staff, former Marine [apparently had a great sense of humor]
JAMES RESTON, JR. (36): Frost’s Watergate researcher, 70s liberal, passionate, narrator
IRVING “SWIFTY” LAZAR (70): Nixon’s diminutive, crafty negotiator
MIKE WALLACE (59): respected U.S. newscaster
ROBERT ZELNICK (37): Frost’s executive producer, erudite, gentle
MANOLO SANCHEZ (47): Spanish/Cuban, longtime devoted Nixon aide
CAROLINE CUSHING (30s): Frost’s girlfriend, a socialite who knows how to hold her own
MARIE & ROSETTA by George Brant
Directed by Robert Kelley
Rehearsals begin 2/8/19
Performs 3/6/19 to 3/31/19
SISTER ROSETTA THARPE (early 30s): African-American, vivacious, an irrepressible spirit. A mean guitar player with a bluesy voice, plays spirituals that swing.
MARIE KNIGHT (early 20s): African-American, looks younger than she is. A more traditional alto gospel singer, plays staid piano, on her way to being a spiritual star.
ARCHDUKE by Rajiv Joseph
Directed by Giovanna Sardelli
Rehearsals begin 5/10/19
Performs 6/5/19 to 6/30/19
Setting: 1918 Ukraine and Serbia
GAVRILO PRINCIP (19): Hapless, poor, suffering from TB
NEDELJKO ?ABRINOVI? (~19): Hot-headed, poor, wants to be taken seriously as a man, suffering from TB
DRAGUTIN “APIS” DIMITRIJEVIC (40s-60s): An anarchist military officer, formidable, ambitious, self-important to a fault
SLADJANA (40s+): Apis’ reticent servant
TRIFKO GRABEŽ (~19): Apis’ sidekick, suffering from TB
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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