ELEEMOSYNARY – OPEN Auditions by APPOINTMENT in MD
Compass Rose Studio Theater (Annapolis MD)
Equity Special Appearance Contract; $200/week minimum
Founding Artistic Director: Lucinda Merry-Browne
Stage Director: Matt Bassett
Author: Lee Blessing
1st rehearsal: March 10, 2013 Runs April 5, 2013 – May 12, 2013 (Thursday – Saturday evenings, Saturday and Sunday matinees).
OPEN Auditions by Appointment:
Saturday, December 1, 2012 at Compass Rose Studio Theater
10 AM – 3 PM 1011 Bay Ridge Avenue
And Annapolis, Maryland 21403
Monday, December 3, 2012
4:30 PM – 8 PM
Callbacks, December 5 and December 12
For an appointment, email
audition@compassrosetheater.org. Questions - Please call 410-980-6662
Sides will be provided at the audition. Visually-impaired performers may request an advance copy of sides when making an audition appointment. Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.
Description:
On a stage filled with books, wings and spelling bees, Eleemosynary weaves past and present to examine the relationship of three singular women: willfully eccentric Dorothea; her brilliant and estranged daughter, Artie; and Echo, Artie’s bright and sensitive daughter. Tragedy brings them together after years of separation, forcing them to look into their past for a key to their future. A contemporary script by one of America’s finest playwrights.
NOTE: All roles demand flexibility of body and playfulness of mind. These women are smart and enjoy testing each other.
Seeking:
DOROTHEA
50s. A woman of some means. Strong-willed, eccentric, passionate. Loving, but with the steamrolling of a skilled manipulator.
ARTIE
30s. Dorothea’s daughter. Brilliant and angry, with a cold nature that hides her desire to be accepted and loved.
ECHO
15, can be played by an actor in her late teens+ as long as they can believably play a 15 year old. Artie’s daughter, Dorothea’s granddaughter. A girl of exceptional intellect and sensitivity, she also possesses her mother’s determination and her grandmother’s cunning.
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