Lyric Stage Company 2018-19 Season Extension - NYC EPA
Lyric Stage Company
AUDITION DATE
Fri, May 11, 2018
11:00 am - 2:00 pm (EDT)
APPOINTMENTS
For Equity members to schedule an appointment, please visit our digital sign-up sheet at: https://bit.ly/2K4UrMV and select the time you would like to be seen. Equity members must fill in an email address, a contact phone number, and AEA Member number. You can opt to receive an e-mail confirming your audition time, and you will receive an appointment reminder 2 days before your audition.
CONTRACT
NEAT 18-19 salary pending. Current 17-18 min: $425/week
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles in the 2 shows extended in the season:
THE LITTLE FOXES
TWELFTH NIGHT
See breakdown.
Note: Non-AEA actors will not be seen.
PREPARATION
Audition slots are FIVE (5) minutes long. Please prepare appropriate material of your choosing, which may be from one or more of the season’s shows. Scripts and a reader will be provided. If selecting a side, please be prepared to state your starting & stopping places. You may audition for one or more roles in the season. There are no sides. If auditioning for 12th Night,
Please bring a headshot & resume to the audition, stapled together.
LOCATION
Lyric Stage
140 Clarendon St
Boston, MA 02116-5169
2nd floor
PERSONNEL
At the Auditions: Christopher V. Edwards, Artistic Director (Actors’ Shakespeare Project);
A. Nora Long, Associate Artistic Director, (Lyric Stage Company); Scott Edmiston, Director (The Little Foxes)
OTHER
Scripts: Scripts and sides will be available for review at StageSource, 15 Channel Center Street, Suite 103, Boston.
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
THE LITTLE FOXES
By Lillian Hellman
Director, Scott Edmiston
First Rehearsal: January 22, 2019
Opening: February 15, 2019
Closing: March 17, 2019
Please note the roles of REGINA, BIRDIE, HORACE, BEN, OSCAR and ADDIE have already been cast.
Seeking:
MR. MARSHALL: male-identified, 40-50a personable businessman interested in profiteering; pleasant-looking, self-possessed
LEO: male-identified, 20+, Birdie and Oscar’s son, he is mysterious, duplicitous, and lacks a moral compass
ALEXANDRA: female-identified, 18+, she appears delicate and naive but is actually a young woman of intelligence, integrity, and strength
CAL: male-identified, 25-40s, African-American, houseman for the Hubbards in the post-Civil War South
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TWELFTH NIGHT
A Co-Production with Actors’ Shakespeare Project
By William Shakespeare
Director, Paula Plum
First Rehearsal: March 5, 2019
Opening: March 29, 2019
Closing: April 28, 2019
Please note the roles of OLIVIA, MARIA, SIR TOBY BELCH, and MALVOLIO have already been cast.
Seeking:
VIOLA: female identified, ages 22-30, A young woman of aristocratic birth, and the play’s protagonist. Washed up on the shore of Illyria when her ship is wrecked in a storm, Viola disguises herself as a young man, renames herself Cesario, and becomes a page to Duke Orsino, who she falls in love with. Her poignant plight is the central conflict in the play. Viola is twins with Sebastian. Comedic abilities are a must for this character.
SEBASTIAN: male identified, ages 22-30, A young man of aristocratic birth, Viola's twin, who thinks she has drowned in the shipwreck.
ORSINO: male identified 35+, A powerful nobleman in the country of Illyria. Orsino is lovesick for the beautiful Lady Olivia, but becomes more and more fond of his handsome new page boy, Cesario.
SIR ANDREW AGUECHEEK: gender fluid 30+, a wacky, idiotic knight, friend to Sir Toby Belch, and in love with Sir Toby's niece, The Countess Olivia, with whom he hasn't a chance. A highly comic role.
ANTONIO: gender fluid 25+, rescues Sebastian after his shipwreck, Antonio has become very fond of Sebastian, caring for him, accompanying him to Illyria, and furnishing him with money because of a strong, undetermined, love that they have for Sebastian.
FESTE: gender fluid, 24+, The clown, or fool, of Olivia’s household, Feste moves between Olivia’s and Orsino’s homes. Feste earns their living by making pointed jokes, singing old songs, being generally witty, and offering good advice cloaked under a layer of foolishness. In spite of being a professional fool, Feste often seems the wisest character in the play. This character sings throughout the play and the ability to play guitar or ukulele would be helpful.
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Other Information: All shows, dates, and information subject to change.
For pre-cast roles, auditioning performers will be considered as possible (emergency) replacements, should any become necessary. No understudies are being cast.
All roles are available for inclusive casting, unless otherwise specified.
Actors of color are strongly encouraged to audition. The Lyric Stage Company shall conduct all auditions/interviews in a manner that continues to promote fair consideration to ethnic minorities, women, seniors and performers with disabilities. The Lyric Stage Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Stage Managers: Equity Stage Managers are invited to send resumes to James Williston, Production Manager, at the Lyric Stage Company, 140 Clarendon St., Boston, MA 02116. Please note all Equity Stage Manager positions have been filled at this time.
Contact: For questions,
artistic@lyricstage.com or 617.585.5684.
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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