UNDERGROUND RAILWAY THEATER SEASON PLAYS Equity Principal Auditions - Underground Railway Theater Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by Appointment
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
10 AM to 6 PM
break 12 to 1

Contract
NEAT
$371/week AEA minimum

Location
Central Square Theater
450 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA

Seeking
Equity actors, men and women, for the 2013-14 season plays.

see breakdown

Preparation
Actors may choose one or more scenes from the play and/or choose one or more readings from other sources. Sides will be available at the auditions. A reader will be provided. Scripts are available at the Stage Source office, 88 Tremont Street, Suite 714 in Boston, MA.

Other Dates
EPA for the season musicals held on 6/10, 2pm to 6pm. See separate notice

Auditions will be by appointment in five minute time slots. AEA members without appointments will be seen as time permits.

Other
Please bring an up-to-date attached picture and resume

Personnel
Artistic Director Debra Wise will attend the auditions.

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

Appointments
David Allen, Manager of Artistic Operations. Phone: 617 576-9278 ext. 209. Mon-Thurs. 10:00am to 6:00pm. Email:
dla@centralsquaretheater.org

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

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Breakdown

THE OTHER PLACE
By Sharr White
Director TBA
This is a co-production with The Nora Theatre Company.

The following roles are available:

IAN:
JULIANNA’S husband. Early 50s. An oncologist. Patient and caring.

THE WOMAN:
Late 20s to early 30s. Portrays DR. CINDY TAYLOR, a neurobiologist; LAUREL, JULIANNA and IAN’s daughter; and A WOMAN.

THE MAN:
Late 30s. Portrays RICHARD SILLNER, JULIANNA’S assistant and son-in-law; and BOBBY, a nurse.

The following role has been cast:
JULIANNA: Early 50s. Sharply charismatic scientist. Fiercely intelligent.

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ARABIAN NIGHTS
By Dominic Cooke
directed by Daniel Gidron
This is a remount of Underground Railway Theater’s 2012 co-production with The Nora Theatre Company.

The following roles may need to be recast:

SLAVE / ALI BABA / STEWARD (in “The Story of the Little Beggar”) / ABU HASSAN/ SIDI 2 / PERVIZ: Male

MARJANAH / MERCHANT (in “The Story of the Little Beggar”) / AMINA / ELDEST SISTER: Female

SHAHRAYAR / GHOUL / KING (in “The Story of the Envious Sisters”): Male

HEADSMAN / BABA MUSTAPHA /BEGGAR/STEWARD (in “the Story of the Envious Sisters”): Male

KASIM / ALI BABA’S SON / TAILOR / WATCHMAN / PORTER / SIDI 1 / BAHMAN: Male

SHAHRAZAD / CHIEF OF POLICE / SORCERESS / YOUNGEST SISTER / TALKING BIRD: Female

DINARZAD / KASIM’S WIFE / TAILOR’S WIFE / HANGMAN / PAGE / CUSTOMER 2 / PARIZADE: Female

QUEEN/ ALI’S WIFE / DOCTOR’S WIFE / KING (in “The Story of the Little Beggar”) / CUSTOMER 1 / SECOND SISTER/ STEWARD’S WIFE: Female

The following role is cast:
VIZIER/CAPTAIN/DOCTOR/ES-SINDIBAD/HAROUN AL-RASHID: Male

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SILA
By Chantel Bilodeau
Directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian.

Seeking:

LEANNA: 50s. Inuit. Climate change activist. Intense, passionate, on a mission, and slightly over-caffeinated.

JEAN: 40s. Quebecois (French Canadian). Climate researcher with a specialty in ice. Recently divorced.

THOMAS: 40s. English-Canadian. Officer for the Canadian Coast Guard's Marine Communications and Traffic Services.

VERONICA: 30s. Inuit. LEANNA's daughter. Teaches at the high school and performs spoken word poetry. Also plays MAMA, an adult polar bear.

DAUGHTER: A young polar bear cub. Also plays NULIAJUK, Inuit goddess of oceans and the Underworld.

RAPHAEL: 30s. Second generation Quebecois (before coming to Canada, his family may have been from the Caribbean, Africa, or Central America - somewhere warmer). Officer for the Canadian Coast Guard's Marine Communications and Traffic Services. Warm, gregarious, idealistic.

KUVAGEEGAI: 60s. Inuit Elder.