Chester Theatre Company 2011
Chester MA SPT (approval/salary level pending; 2010 weekly minimum: $368).
Artistic Dir: Byam Stevens
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT:
Friday, May 6, 2011 Town Hall Theatre
10 AM - 5 PM 15 Middlefield Street
No scheduled break. Chester MA 01011
For an appointment, call Vicki at 413/354-7770 (M-F, 10-3 beginning Monday, 4/25/11) or e
mail
Vicki@chestertheatre.org. Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout the audition day, as time permits.
Please prepare a short contemporary monologue. Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.
All dates are in 2011. All roles are available (i.e. not yet offered and accepted) unless otherwise specified. For pre-cast roles, auditioning performers will be considered as possible (emergency) replacements, should any become necessary.
pride@prejudice Adapted, edited and compiled by Daniel Elihu Kramer, from the novel by Jane Austen. Dir: Ron Bashford. 1st reh: 6/13. Runs 7/6-7/17.
Jane Austen's classic romance as you know and love it, but with bonus material: bloggers, commentators, scholars, even Jane Austen herself.
Note: Five actors play over 30 roles. Classical experience and ability to do a British accent preferred.
Elizabeth Bennett:
20s. Vivacious, intelligent, quick to judge.
Jane Bennett / Jane Austen / Five Other Roles:
Mid 20s - mid 30s. Jane Bennett: Naturally empathetic; always thinks the best of everyone.
Mrs. Bennett / Three Other Roles:
Mid 40s - mid 50s. Mrs. Bennett: Deeply loves her daughters. By turns hyper-social, reactive and meddlesome.
Mr. Bingley / Mr. Bennett / Five Other Roles:
Bingley: Mid 20s. Socially comfortable and amiable, though often thoughtless and irresolute. Bennett: Early 50s. Copes with a mixture of natural patience and humorous sarcasm.
Mr. Darcy / Mr. Collins:
CAST. Late 20s - early 30s. Darcy: Wealthy. Self-confident. Socially awkward, reserved. Scrupulously honest and considerate. Collins: Obsequious, conceited, self-important and insecure.
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Adapted by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus from the novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Dir: Sheila Siragusa. 1st reh: 6/27. Runs 7/20-7/31.
In this thrilling version of one of the most famous murder mysteries ever written, Raskolnikov reenacts the events that drove him to a horrible crime and then to his search for redemption.
Raskolnikov:
25-35. The murderer. Passionate and intelligent. Tormented by his deeds. Ability with intellectually weighty text a must.
Sonia / Others:
Mid 20s - mid 30. Prostitute supporting her family. Compassionate and soulful. Actress also plays two older characters.
Porfiry Petrovich / Others:
CAST. Mid 40s - mid 50s. Police inspector. Intelligent and self-possessed. Doubles other roles.
THE TURN OF THE SCREW Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the novella by Henry James. Dir: Daniel Elihu Kramer. 1st reh: 7/11. Runs 8/8-8/14.
Henry James' provocative tale of suspense, horror and repressed sexuality, re-imagined by one of America's most admired contemporary playwrights.
The Man:
Track age: Mid 30s - mid 40s. One male actor plays all roles other than the Governess, including Uncle, Mrs. Grose and Miles (10 years old). Actor must be versatile: able to be old, young, male, female, dashing, sinister, all in the same black suit.
Governess:
CAST. Mid 20s. Naïve and impressionable. Wants to help. A romantic, at least in the beginning. Can be both frightened and strong.
WITTENBERG by David Davalos. Dir: Byam Stevens. 1st reh: 7/25. Runs 8/17-8/28.
October, 1517. Fall semester at the University of Wittenberg. Hamlet is struggling with his faith (and his tennis game). He turns to two Wittenberg professors for guidance: John Faustus (Philosophy) and Martin Luther (Theology).
John Faustus:
Mid 40s. MD, JD, PhD, ThD. A polymath. Doesn’t believe in anything. Verbal gymnast with a great appetite for life.
Hamlet:
Mid 20s. Prince of Denmark. A senior at Wittenberg. Major undecided.
Martin Luther:
Mid 30s - mid 40s. DDiv. A professor and confessor. Believes in God.
The Eternal Feminine:
Mid 30s: Gretchen: A working girl. Helen: A lady of pleasure. Mary: Mother of God. Lady Voltemand: An ambassador.
More info, including fuller descriptions of the plays:
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