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Breakdown
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
2015/2016 Season Dates
'AMELIE' a new musical
Producers: Berkeley Rep
Director: Pam MacKinnon
Book: Craig Lucas
Music: Dan Messe
Lyrics: Nathan Tysen & Dan Messe
Music Direction: Kimberly Grigsby
Choreography: Sam Pinkleton
Casting: Jim Carnahan & Stephen Kopel
First rehearsal: July 7th 2015
First performance: August 28th 2015
Opening: Sept 11th 2015
Max run: October 25th 2015
Pirates of Penzance (fully cast).
Written by Gilbert and Sullivan
Adapted and performed by The Hypocrites
1st Preview - Friday, October 16, 2015
Opening Night - Wednesday, October 23, 2015
Closing Night - Sunday, December 20, 2015
Potential Extension - Sunday, January 03, 2016
Disgraced
Written by Ayad Akhtar
Directed by Kimberly Senior
1st Rehearsal - Tuesday, October 06, 2015
1st Preview - Friday, November 06, 2015
Opening Night - Friday, November 13, 2015
Closing Night - Sunday, December 20, 2015
Potential Extension - Sunday, January 03, 2016
Aubergine
Written by Julia Cho
Directed by Liesl Tommy
1st Rehearsal - Tuesday, January 05, 2016
1st Preview - Friday February 05, 2016
Opening Night - Friday, February 12, 2016
Closing Night - Sunday, March 20, 2016
Potential Extension - Sunday, April 03, 2016
Macbeth
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Daniel Sullivan
1st Rehearsal - Tuesday, January 19, 2016
1st Preview - Friday February 19, 2016
Opening Night - Friday, February 26, 2016
Closing Night - Sunday, April 03, 2016
Potential Extension - Sunday, April 17, 2016
Treasure Island (co-pro with Lookingglass Theatre Co.)
Adapted and Directed by Mary Zimmerman
1st Rehearsal - Tuesday, March 22, 2016
1st Preview - Friday, April 22, 2016
Opening Night - Friday, April 29, 2016
Closing Night - Sunday, June 05, 2016
Potential Extension - Sunday June 19, 2016
SHOW 7 TBD
Breakdown of Available Roles in 2015-2016 Season
Berkeley Repertory Theatre is a LORT B theatre committed to an inclusive casting policy of non-traditional casting and encourages all actors to audition regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, or the presence of a disability.
Available roles in Amelie:
*All actors should possess an off center sense of humor and huge smarts. Extremely interested in all ethnicities & body types. All roles must sing well.
ROLES ALREADY CAST:
AMELIE
NINO
SEEKING:
Young Amelie (8-10 year old girl) Highly imaginative, intelligent, quirky & independent. She tends to see the best in most people and situations. Should have a grounded, non-show biz energy. Must sing extremely well.
Gnome/Blind Beggar/Ensemble (Male. 20’s-30’s) Gnome – a garden gnome who longs to see the world. Blind Beggar – receives an unexpected, high octane, tour of the city.
Raphael/Bretodeaux/Ensemble (Male. M30’s-L40’s) Raphael – Amelie’s father. An orderly Army physician who finds his daughter totally incomprehensible. Bretodeaux – A middle aged man with regrets.
Amandine/Philomene/Ensemble (Female. M30’s-L40’s) Amandine – Amelie’s mother. A neurotic school teacher who finds her daughter incomprehensible. Philomene – An airline hostess and former waitress at Two Windmills.
Fluffy/Georgette/Sylvie/Ensemble (Female. 30’s-40’s) Fluffy – a goldfish and Amelie’s best friend. Georgette – A hypochondriacal tobacconist at Two Windmills. Sylvie – a sex shop worker.
Gina/Eva/Ensemble (Female. L20’s-E40’s) Gina – A waitress at Two Windmills and former girlfriend of Joseph. Eva – a sex shop worker.
Suzanne/Collignon's Mother/Ensemble (Female, 40s-50s) Suzanne – Owner of Two Windwills. She’s seen it all. One of her legs is shorter than the other. Collignon's Mother - a paranoid know it all.
MALE & FEMALE ENSEMBLE (20’s-40’s) Seeking inventive, unique, quirky, outside-the-box singer/actor/movers to play various roles including: a garden gnome, a sex shop worker, an OCD stricken grocer, a goldfish, a hypochondriacal tobacconist & an elderly recluse; among others. Extremely interested in actors of all ethnicities, shapes and sizes. If interested please prepare 32 bars of a contemporary music theatre song that shows off personality and voice. A pianist will be provided. No a cappella auditions.
Available roles in Pirates of Penzance: This show is cast
Available roles in Disgraced:
AMIR: male, 40, of South Asian origin
EMILY: female, early 30s, Caucasian
ABE: male, 22, South Asian origin
ISAAC: male, 40, Caucasian
JORY: female, mid-late 30s, African American
Available roles in Aubergine:
DIANE/HOSPITAL WORKER/VOICE: 40. American
RAY: 38. Korean-American. Born here.
RAY’S FATHER: Late 60s. Born in Korea, lived in America for over four decades.
LUCIEN: 40s. A naturalized citizen who was once a refugee.
BOY: Ray at the age of eight.
CORNELIA: 28. Korean-American. Born in Korea, raised mostly in America. Fluent Korean.
STRANGER/UNCLE: Late 50s. Korean, fluent Korean speaker.
Note: Both Ray’s Father and Ray’s Uncle play themselves as younger men.
Available roles in Macbeth:
All roles available except for Lady Macbeth
(there may be doubling. TBD)
Available roles in Treasure Island:
This will be a cast of 10 with 3 musicians. There is no script yet.
Seeing all ages, ethnicities, types, etc.
Young Jim
Dr. Livesey
Long John Silver
Captain Smollet (this role is cast)
Squire Trelawney
Billy Bones (and others)
Black Dog (and others)
Blind Pew (and others)
2 Ensemble members to play additional roles.
None of the roles will be understudied.
Actors unable to attend this audition may submit headshot and resume to:
Adam Sussman
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
999 Harrison Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
OR
asussman@berkeleyrep.org
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