East Lynne Theater Company's virtual auditions for its 42nd Mainstage Season
East Lynne Theater Company (ELTC) is having one day of Equity open-call virtual submissions for its 2022 Season. Submissions by non-union actors will be seen after the Equity actors' videos have been viewed. The theater is located in Cape May, NJ where all shows will be rehearsed. The company operates under an Equity SPT 3 Contract.
On Monday, March 7, a 2-minute video per actor may be submitted between 1:00 AM - 11:00 PM to
eastlynneco@aol.com. The preference of delivery is either YouTube or WeTransfer, but if videos are submitted through other means, they will be seen. If there are difficulties in viewing any video, the actor will be contacted.
Producing Artistic director of ELTC, Gayle Stahlhuth, and director Mark Edward Lang will be viewing the videos. Stahlhuth is directing Who am I This Time? (& Other Conundrums of Love) and Lang is directing Possessing Harriet.
Please present a comic monologue if auditioning for Who Am I This Time? and a dramatic monologue if interested in Possessing Harriet. Actors may do 2 different monologues within the 2-minute time frame. Auditioning with a comic piece will not prevent being considered for Possessing Harriet and vice versa. ELTC is committed to nontraditional casting and equal employment opportunities.
WHO AM THIS TIME? (& Other Conundrums of Love) by Aaron Posner
This is an adaptation of three charming love stories by Kurt Vonnegut: Long Walk to Forever, Who Am I This Time? and Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son. Vonnegut would have been 100 in 2022. Time frame for this pay is 1962; location - a small town in Connecticut.
Director: Gayle Stahlhuth
Seeking the following:
ACTOR 1: 45 - 55. TOM NEWTON - the engaging narrator as well as being in the telling of each tale.
ACTOR 2: 45 - 55. KATE NEWTON - Tom's wife, who enjoys performing in local community theater productions.
ACTOR 3: 20-50. NEWT - Tom Newton in his 20's, a soldier in 1940 gone AWOL to talk to a sweetheart; HARRY NASH - shy but plays all the leads in the community theater; and GEORGE MURRA - a successful writer married to an actress.
ACTOR 4: 20-50. CATHERINE - Kate Newton in her 20's; HELENE SHAW - shy but falls in love with Harry when acting with him in community theater; and GLORIA HILTON - a demanding movie star.
ACTOR 5: 20 - 25. JOHN DOODLES BROOKES - stage manager at the community theater; and JOHN MURRA - George and Gloria's son.
ACTOR 6: 45-55. VERNE MILLER - a hardware store owner who longs to be the lead in every show at the community theater; and ROY CROCKER, JR. - a plumber who enjoys life.
ACTOR 7: 20-25. PAULA NEWTON - Tom and Kate's daughter.
ACTOR 8: 60-70. DORIS SAWYER - A feisty librarian and community theater director.
POSSESSING HARRIET by Kyle Bass
In 1839, a runaway slave is hiding in an attic. With her are suffragist Elizabeth Cady and abolitionist Gerrit Smith. Based on a true story, this is a New Jersey premiere, and only its third production.
Director: Mark Edward Lang
Seeking the following:
GERRIT SMITH - Wealthy abolitionist living in upstate New York, Caucasian, 45-55.
THOMAS LEONARD - A freed slave who conducts on the Underground Railroad, Black, 35-45.
ELIZABETH CADY - Future icon of the Women's Suffrage movement, young and eager to learn, Caucasian, 24.
HARRIET POWELL - Escaped slave. Will she leave her mother and sister to risk a free life in Canada? Mixed race Black and Caucasian, 24.
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