Gloucester Stage Company 2019 - Boston EPA
Gloucester Stage Company
AUDITION DATE
Mon, Jan 21, 2019
9:00 am - 5:00 pm (EST)
break tbd
APPOINTMENTS
For an appointment, email to: auditions@gloucesterstage.com. Or if no email access, call 978 281 4099
CONTRACT
NEAT $442/week
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles in the upcoming 2019 Season. Some roles have been cast, but actors may be considered for possible replacements for those roles if they become needed. No understudies will be cast.
Other: performers of ALL ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to attend.
All Stage Managerial positions have been filled.
If the Artistic
Director is familiar with your work, please feel free to submit updated resume and interest in particular shows/roles.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a two-minute, contemporary monologue.
Please bring a headshot & resume stapled together.
LOCATION
Boston Playwrights' Theatre
949 Commonwealth Ave
Boston, MA 02215-1305
PERSONNEL
Expected in attendance:
Robert Walsh, Artistic Director
OTHER
If you are unable to attend, please submit your photo & resume to:
Gloucester Stage Company, 267 East Main St. Gloucester, MA. 01930, or
Electronically at: auditions@gloucesterstage.com
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of audition.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
2019 Season
For any role CAST, actors may be considered for possible replacements
BAREFOOT IN THE PARK
by Neil Simon
Director: Shana Gozansky
Rehearsals begin: 5/17/19
Performances: 6/7 – 30/19
Corey Bratter, 20’s – 30’s, free-spirit, newly married to Paul CAST
Paul Bratter, 20’s – 30’s, conservative, newly married to Corey CAST
Mother, 50’s – 60’s, eager to be involved in her daughter’s life CAST
Victor Velasco, 50’s – 60’s, bohemian spirit, fun-loving CAST
Telephone Repairman, doubles with Velasco
Delivery Person, doubles with Mother
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THE 39 STEPS
by Patrick Barlow, John Buchan
Director: Robert Walsh
Rehearsals begin: 6/14/19
Performances: 7/5 – 28/19
Richard Hannay, 40’s, dashing in an unlikely way CAST
Annabella/Margaret/Pamela, 30’s, flexible, quick thinker CAST
Clown 1, manic changes CAST
Clown 2, same CAST
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BEN BUTLER
by Richard Strand
Director: Joe Discher
Rehearsals begin: 7/12/19
Performances: 8/2 - 25/19
Major General Benjamin Butler, of the Union Army, 50’s CAST
Lieutenant Kelly, of the Union Army, 30’s
Shepard Mallory, a runaway slave, 20’s – 30’s CAST
Major Cary, of the Confederate Army, 50’s – 60’s CAST
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SHOW TBA
Rehearsals begin: 8/9/19
Performances: 8/30 – 9/22/19
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NATIVE GARDENS
by Karen Zacarias
Director: TBA
Rehearsals begin: 9/6/19
Performances: 9/27 – 10/20/19
Tania Del Valle — late 20’s, early 30’s – smart, likeable, positive, passionate, fit and highly energized pregnant PhD candidate and gardener.
Pablo Del Valle — early 30’s – smart, likeable, ambitious, savvy young attorney.
Virginia Butley — 50’s – 60’s - smart, likeable, assertive, direct, no-nonsense engineer.
Frank Butley — 50’s – 60’s – smart, likeable, excitable, caring, detail-oriented Federal employee and gardener.
2 Landscapers – Latinx, 20’s – 40’s
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HAMLET
by William Shakespeare
Director: Christopher V. Edwards
Rehearsals begin: 10/1/19
Performances: 10/25 – 11/17/19
This production will largely play for youth audiences during morning matinees and is an intended
co-production with Actors’ Shakespeare Project.
Hamlet
Claudius (Hamlet’s uncle & reigning king of Denmark) & Ensemble
Gertrude (Hamlet’s mother & now espoused to Claudius) & Ensemble
Ophelia (Polonius’ daughter & in love with Hamlet) & Ensemble
Laertes (Polonius’ son & seeking revenge on Hamlet) & Ensemble
Polonius (manages affairs of state) & Ensemble
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to audition.
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