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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Friday, May 8, 2015
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
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Contract
SPT
$430/week
Location
Chester Town Hall
15 Middlefield Street
Chester, MA 01011
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Seeking
Equity actors and actor/singers for various roles in the upcoming season.
see breakdown
Preparation
Prepare a short contemporary monologue
Bring picture and resume.
Other Dates
Chester, MA EPA: 5/8, 9:30am to 5:30pm at Chester Town Hall
NYC EPA: 5/15, 9:30am to 5:30pm at AEA
Other
If you cannot attend the EPA, submissions can be mailed/emailed to:
Chester Theatre Company, P.O. Box 722, Chester, MA 01011
byam@chestertheatre.org
Personnel
Byam Stevens, Artistic Director
· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
AEA members call Erin at 413.354.7770 Mon-Fri 10-3. Or
Email: info@chestertheatre.org
AEA members without appointments seen as time permits.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
Full descriptions of plays available at www.chestertheatre.org
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, CHARLES DICKENS,
AND COUNT LEO TOLSTOY: DISCORD
by Scott Carter
Directed by Byam Stevens
Performances June 24- July 5 First Rehearsal June 1
EAST COAST PREMIERE
An American Founding Father, a British Victorian novelist and a Russian revolutionary find themselves locked in a room from which there seems to be no exit. How can this trio escape? They will have to collaborate. This comedy of ideas reveals what happens when great men of history are forced to repeat it. From the Executive Producer of Real Time with Bill Maher.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
46 – A Sensitive Stoic. Cultured, patrician son of the Enlightenment.
CHARLES DICKENS
44 – Vibrant. Wanted to be an actor. Called himself “the Inimitable.”
LEO TOLSTOY
49 – Of Noble birth. Equal parts self-confidence, self-doubt and self-loathing.
The Stage Manager position has been filled.
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HALCYON DAYS
by Deirdre Kinahan
Directed by James Warwick
Performances July 9-19
First rehearsal June 15 NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE
Patricia storms into the nursing-home conservatory where Sean sits alone, submerged in his memories. Her feisty zest for life prompts an intriguing intimacy—by turns charming and combative, tender and funny. A witty, touching play about reawakening to life’s possibilities, from one of Ireland’s most celebrated contemporary playwrights.
The following roles have been CAST. Actors will be considered for possible replacements if needed:
SEAN
Role CAST. 72 – A retired actor. A man of grace. Gentle, polite, with a dry sense of humor.
PATRICIA
Role CAST. 67 – A retired schoolteacher. Assertive, opinionated, big-hearted, lonely.
The Stage Manager position has been filled.
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MEMORY HOUSE
by Kathleen Tolan
Directed by Sheila Siragusa
Performances July 29 - August 9 First Rehearsal July 6
It’s New Year’s Eve in a New York apartment. Maggie hovers as her teenage daughter Katia tries to finish her college application—due by midnight. Katia picks tonight—of all times—to challenge Maggie on the ethics of her adoption from Russia, while Maggie picks tonight to learn to bake a pie. Honest, sharp-witted, sharp-tongued, and ultimately deeply loving.
MAGGIE
50’s – Was a dancer. Divorced. Witty, can be sharp tongued. A patient improviser.
KATIA
18 – A high school senior. Full dose of teenage angst, mother judgment and emotional honesty.
The Stage Manager position has been filled.
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BLINK
By Phil Porter
Directed by Daniel Elihu Kramer
Performances August 13-23 First rehearsal July 20
NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE
This is the tale of Jonah and Sophie. And a fox called Scruffilitis. And an old green coat. It’s a love story. A quirky love story, but a love story all the same. A charming, delicate, and darkly funny play about virtual reality, fear of intimacy, and love in the digital age.
SOPHIE
late 20’s – Any Ethnicity. Raised on the Isle of Man, now living in London. Deeply attached to her deceased father. Aware of everything happening around her, but uncertain how to be part of it.
The following role has been CAST. Actors will be considered for possible replacement if needed:
JONAH
late 20’s – Any Ethnicity. English. Raised in an isolated religious community, now living in London. Verbal but not traditionally educated. Torn between a desire for connection and an impulse for solitude. Awkward with others. – CAST*
The Stage Manager position has been filled.
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