Huntington Theatre Company 2017-18 Season - Boston EPA **Revised**
Huntington Theatre Company
REVISED
A reader will now be provided on both days.
AUDITION DATE
Feb 27, 2017
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EST)
Lunch 1 to 2
Feb 28, 2017
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EST)
Lunch 1 to 2
APPOINTMENTS
Equity (AEA) performers may schedule an appointment by contacting Justin Samoy at casting@huntingtontheatre.org or at 617-273-1543. Please leave a message with your name, primary contact information, and preferred audition day/hour. Equity walk-ins are welcome and will be seen from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. If time permits, we will accept non-equity walk-ins on a first come, first served basis and only after all equity performers have auditioned.
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep LORT B+ ($936/week current AEA min) and LORT C ($799/week current AEA min)
SEEKING
Equity actors and singers for various roles in the upcoming 2017-18 Season. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Bring picture and resume, stapled together. Prepare EITHER 1) two contrasting sets of 16 bars of a musical theatre song; OR 2) two contrasting monologues or a side from the play for which you would like to be considered; OR a combination of both. Total audition time not to exceed 5 minutes. If singing, bring sheet music; accompanist provided. If wanting to perform a side for dramatic auditions, when reaching out for an appointment, please indicate the show and character for which you would like to read. A reader will be provided.
LOCATION
Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center For the Arts
527 Tremont St.
Boston, MA 02116
PERSONNEL
M. Bevin O’Gara, Associate Producer (expected to attend the EPA)
OTHER
HuntingtonTheatre.org
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this 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
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
Boston University Theatre, LORT B+
Music and Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Book: George Furth
Director: Maria Friedman
First Rehearsal: August 15, 2017
Tech: September 2, 2017
First Preview: September 8, 2017
Opening: September 13, 2017
Closing: October 8, 2017
Possible Extension: October 15, 2017
SEEKING THE FOLLOWING:
FRANKLIN SHEPARD
–Male, 25-40, A2-Bb4
A suave and sociable leading man and film producer whose life is steered by his career. Though his work is successful, he finds his career choices toward the commercial over the artistic are ultimately unsatisfying. He is charming and handsome, but sometimes misguided.
CHARLEY KRINGAS
– Male, 25-40, A#2-G#4
A Pulitzer Prize-winning New York playwright who had a falling out with best friends Franklin and Mary. He is short-tempered and intense and has a genuine respect for Franklin’s talent. In the past, he was Franklin’s collaborator, with whom they shared success in New York until their artistic differences severed their relationship.
MARY FLYNN
– Female, 30-45, G3-Gb5
A middle-aged theatre critic and Franklin’s best friend. She loves a stiff drink. As the play progresses, she becomes the beautiful 20-something writer with a heart full of love that she must suppress. Otherwise, she is incredibly honest and has a wry sense of humor. She is often the level-headed mediator between Franklin and Charley.
GUSSIE CARNEGIE
– Female, 25-35, G3-C5
An influential, seductive, and flamboyant Broadway star, though less-appreciated on the west coast. Frank’s volatile wife at the top of the play, we see her becoming softer, more affectionate towards Frank—despite her marriage to producer Joe. She has the experience and insight to be able to read every move Franklin makes.
JOE JOSEPHSON
– Male, 35-50, A2-F#4
Franklin’s and Charley’s big-talking Broadway producer. Only interested in producing the sure-fire hit with a hummable tune. Later in the play, Gussie’s loyal and loving husband. Franklin’s friend and producer.
BETH
– Female, 25-35, A3-G5
A strong and feminine woman, unaccustomed to the spotlight, who fights for custody of her son and a divorce after learning of Franklin’s affair. As the play progresses, we see her as a beautiful aspiring actress, becoming more supportive and hopelessly in love with Franklin.
MEG KINCAID
– Female, 18-25, D4-Gb5
An ambitious rising starlet and Franklin’s newest lover.
ENSEMBLE – All genders, 25-45, all vocal ranges
Diverse singers who dance of all genders and all vocal ranges to fill ensemble of party guests, performers, news reporters, etc.
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A GUIDE FOR THE HOMESICK
Virginia Wimberly Theatre, LORT C
Author: Ken Urban
Director: Colman Domingo
First Rehearsal: September 12, 2017
Tech: October 1, 2017
First Preview: October 6, 2017
Opening: October 18, 2017
Closing: November 5, 2017
Possible Extension: November 12, 2017
SEEKING THE FOLLOWING:
JEREMY/ED – Male
TEDDY/NICHOLAS – Male
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TARTUFFE
Boston University Theatre, LORT B+
Author: Molière
Director: Peter DuBois
First Rehearsal: October 17, 2017
Tech: November 5, 2017
First Preview: November 10, 2017
Opening: November 15, 2017
Closing: December 10, 2017
Possible Extension: December 17, 2017
SEEKING THE FOLLOWING:
ORGON
Male, 40-60. The hot-tempered and impulsive patriarch who has fallen under Tartuffe’s enchanting ways and now lingers to his every word. He is loyal; he believes that Tartuffe’s presence and preaching are best for the family and stubbornly refuses to see otherwise.
ELMIRE
Female, 30s. Orgon’s cunning and beautiful second wife. She is modest, yet naturally intoxicating and is the true object of Tartuffe’s desires. When she realizes this, she uses her cleverness and femininity to expose Tartuffe’s true demeanor to Orgon.
DAMIS
Male, Mid-late 20s. Orgon’s cocksure son whose accusations about Tartuffe’s true nature causes his father to disinherit him. His attempted heroism is well-intentioned as he tries to protect his sister’s marriage in order to secure his own relations with Valère’s sister.
MARIANE
Female, 20s. Orgon’s ingénue of a daughter who was set to wed Valère until her father betrothed her to Tartuffe. She is young, well-behaved, and at times timid, but has a cheeky sense of humor.
MADAME PERNELLE
Female, 50-70. Orgon’s mother whose admiration for Tartuffe sets the scene. She has a haughtiness and affinity for tradition and religion. When her judgment of Tartuffe, and subsequently her morality, come into question, she becomes defensive and flippant.
VALÈRE
Male, 20s. The handsome and romantic man and Mariane’s true love. His gallant nature shines through when he offers to save Orgon from an arrest under the King’s orders. Has a flair for the dramatic.
CLÉANTE
Male, 30s. Elmire’s brother who attempts to disillusion Orgon from Tartuffe’s trickery. Much more level-headed than his brother-in-law, he sees through the ruse and attempts to reason with Tartuffe.
TARTUFFE
Male, 20-40s. The hypocritical clergyman whose deceitfulness has won over multiple families through his deceitful schmoozing. His high favor with Orgon has set him with the finest treatment in the home to the chagrin of Orgon’s family. Though allegedly a pious man, his immodesty towards Elmire is the catalyst for his undoing.
DORINE
Female, 30s. Mariane’s clever, outspoken, and tough-as-nails maid who vows to help expose Tartuffe. She is loyal to Mariane and plots to ensure Mariane and her true love, Valère, get married.
MONSIEUR LOYAL
Male, 20-40s. A bailiff from Normandy who serves Orgon with an eviction notice after Orgon signs his estate to Tartuffe. A man of the law who demands respect from the family, despite his smugness towards their situation.
OFFICER
Male, 20-40s. A bailiff who, under royal orders, arrests Tartuffe for his ceaseless crimes and reports the King has restored Orgon’s property to him.
FLIPOTE
Female, 20s. Madame Pernelle’s servant, who frequently slaps her around. Non-speaking.
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TOP GIRLS **Dates Revised**
Boston University Theatre, LORT B+
Author: Caryl Churchill
Director: TBA
First Rehearsal: March 27, 2018
Tech: April 15, 2018
First Preview: April 20, 2018
Opening: April 25, 2018
Closing: May 20, 2018
Possible Extension: May 27, 2018
SEEKING THE FOLLOWING:
MARLENE
Female, late 20s-30s. Marlene is the recently promoted managing director of Top Girls Employment Agency. A hard worker. She is a working class woman, who left behind her illegitimate daughter, Angie. She has achieved success in the business world by being tough, ruthless, and aggressive “as any man.” Politically conservative and with a tendency to be emotionally cold. She uses her knowledge of the business to help other woman get a start in the business world. She is sympathetic to the agency’s applicants and expects them to share ambition and sense of individualism.
The following roles in act one will be doubled with roles in act two. Exact doubling/tripling TBD based on auditions. There are six (6) equity contracts available for the following roles.
ACT I:
WAITRESS
Female, early 20s A waitress at Marlene’s dinner party.
ISABELLA BIRD
Female, 40s-60s. She lived in Edinburgh, travelled extensively between the ages of 40 and 70. She is the first to arrive at Marlene’s dinner party. A world traveler, who never stays in one place for too long. Career oriented and passion motivated. She let things like love and family fall behind. Suffers from a great loneliness, which forces her to idolize her husband and sister.
LADY NIJO
Female, Asian, 20s-40s . A thirteenth-century Japanese concubine. An Emperor’s courtesan and later a Buddhist nun who travelled on foot through Japan. Materialistic. She is more influenced by the circumstances of her birth, the way she was brought up and the social conditioning of her “role” in society.
DULL GRET
Female, late teens-20s . She is the subject of the painting “Dulle Griet” by Pieter Breughel, in which a woman in an apron and armor leads a crowd of women charging through hell and fighting devils. In the play she is a kleptomaniac, crude, and explosive. Coarse and reductive; her silence at dinner adds suspense.
POPE JOAN
Female, 20s-40s. Disguised as a man, she is thought to have been Pope between 854-856. Though she seems detached, and distant through conversations her points are relevant intellectual declarations. Driven by a thirst for knowledge in philosophy, religion, and metaphysics, she had to assume a male role to achieve her goals. Pope Joan’s attitude and life speaks to Marlene; in particular how she had to give up her “female” body in order to succeed in her time.
PATIENT GRISELDA
Female, 20s-40s . Is the obedient wife whose story is told by Chaucer in “The Clerk’s Tale” of The Canterbury Tales. She is the last to show up to Marlene’s dinner party. Dutiful, loyal, docile wife. She has learned to obey his every wish. Protective of her relationship with her husband, she will protect him against others who wish to tarnish his character. Though somewhere there is a nagging feeling that she wished he would have done otherwise; to have a mutual partnership.
ACT II:
KIT
Female, early 20s . Angie’s dull, young, and aggressive friend from home. Young and impressionable she falls into suit with what Angie tells her.
SHONA
Female, early 20s . An applicant at Top Girls. She is confident, with an impressive resume. Puts on an impressive show, a great applicant on paper, but in actuality doesn’t have the skills to back it up.
JOYCE
Female, 40s-60s. Marlene’s older sister and who stepped up as a mother to Angie. She sacrificed her own ambitions and passions to stay home and pick up the pieces. She works as a cleaning woman, with a hatred for the wealthy people who employ her; she rejects money, pity, and contempt. Accepts without regret the choices she has made.
MRS. KIDD
Female, 40s-60s. Howard’s devoted wife, who feels the constant pressure of what it is to be a woman. She is respectful and will stand by her husband at all costs.
WIN
Female, 20s-40s . A coworker of Marlene’s. She is a career oriented woman who is excited for the success of all woman. She is having an affair with a married man, and knows he is unlikely to leave his wife for her. She’s in it for “the bit of fun”.
ANGIE
Female, late teens-20s. Marlene’s thickheaded daughter. Propelled by her hatred for Joyce, she suspects that Marlene is her mother and runs away to find her. Explosive and impulsive.
LOUISE
Female, 20s-40s. A career-driven client of Top Girls Agency who has devoted her life to her company, only to see men get promoted over her. She has done everything possible for her company, but now finds her career to be stagnant.
NELL
Female, 20s-40s . A high energy direct coworker of Marlene’s. Fast-talking. Brass. A single white female who can do bad all by herself. Dating multiple men, she refuses to settle down with any therefore she doesn’t has to give up her career.
JEANINE
Female, 20s-40s
An applicant at Top Girls Agency, who is looking for a job so that she can get married. Lacks self-confidence and direction.
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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