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Call Type
Non-Required Principal
Time(s)
OPEN Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Saturday, November 2, 2013
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Monday, November 4, 2013
5 PM to 9 PM
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Contract
Special Appearance
$216/week
Location
Compass Rose Theater
49 Spa Road
Annapolis, MD 21401
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Seeking
Actors, men and women, AEA and non-AEA.
see breakdown for info.
Preparation
Sides will be provided via email at the time of appointment. Please bring a picture and resume to the audition.
Other Dates
1st rehearsal: December 2, 2013. Runs January 10, 2014 – February 16, 2014 (Thursday - Saturday evenings, Sunday afternoons).
Callbacks: To Be Announced
Personnel
Founding Artistic Director: Lucinda Merry-Browne
Stage Director: TBA
Author: Ketti Frings
· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
For Audition Appointment, please email
audition@compassrosetheater.org.
Questions - please call 410-980-6662
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
Based on the classic American novel by Thomas Wolfe, this autobiographical account of Wolfe’s early years echoes the collective struggles of families in the South of the great depression. The indomitable Eliza Gant runs a boarding house to pay the bills as her drunken husband clings to a dream of carving the perfect sculpture. All of her children have given up dreams of begin able to afford independent lives, except Eugene, who still has hope of leaving home for a brighter future. This powerful drama is lit from within by the love of art for art’s sake, and devotion to family and home.
Male roles
Hugh Barton – (25-35) Husband of Helen, ready to leave the boarders and live on his own with his wife
Eugene Gant – (17-20) Youngest son, sensitive, a writer
Ben Gant – (20-30) Eugene’s older brother, frail, jaded, but with keen perception of life
Jake Clatt – (15-20) Young boarder, son of Mrs. Clatt
CAST - W.O. Gant- Father of the family, alcoholic, lives in a world of lost dreams
Dr. Maguire – (40-60) Doctor, friend of W.O.
Luke Gant –(25-35) Oldest Gant brother, keeps his distance
Will Pentland –(40-60) Eliza’s brother, realtor,
Female roles
“Fatty” Pert –(40-50) Boarder, fond of Ben, a kind woman
Helen Gant Barton – (25-35) Daughter, married to Hugh Barton, devoted to her family but weary of helping out
Mrs. Clatt – (40-50) Boarder, mother of JakeFlorry Mangle –(25-35) Boarder, single, lonely
Laura James –(20-30) new boarder, a young woman who is drawn to Eugene
Madame Elizabeth –(40-50) the local “madame”, knows secrets of many people in town
Eliza Gant – (50-60) indomitable fortress of a woman, keeping her family going through her strong will, but with a tender heart
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