PYGMALION - Annapolis MD OPEN Auditions by Appointment
Compass Rose Theater
AUDITION DATE
Jan 16, 2017
3:00 pm (EST)
Jan 18, 2017
5:00 pm (EST)
APPOINTMENTS
For Audition Appointment, please email audition@compassrosetheater.org Questions - please call 443-534-9033. Leave short message or text. Indicate date/time preference.
CONTRACT
Special Appearance salary pending
SEEKING
Equity and non-Equity Actors for various roles.
See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Sides from the play will be provided at the auditions. Bring 2 copies of headshot and resume. Student actors are asked to bring a recent picture – professional headshot not required for student actors. We will hear prepared classical monologues, time permitting.
LOCATION
Compass Rose Theater
49 Spa Road
Annapolis, MD 21401
PERSONNEL
By George Bernard Shaw
Lucinda Merry-Browne, Founding Artistic Director
Stage Director – Jim Knipple
OTHER DATES
FIRST REHEARSAL: March 20, 2017. Runs April 14, 2017 through May 21, 2017.(Thursday - Saturday evenings, Saturday and Sunday matinees, select weekday matinees). Student actors please note: Rehearsals will be held weekdays between the hours of 3PM and 9PM, weekends both Saturday and Sunday from 10AM-6PM. Rehearsals are held a minimum of 5 days per week.
OTHER
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
Play Description:
This story of Eliza Doolittle and her professor, Henry Higgins, was made into a musical much more famous than the original play by the impeccable G.B. Shaw. A wonderful comedic comment on the silliness of class structure in Britain, the topic of the play is very timely in today’s world, where appearance trumps reality almost every time. Wit and wisdom combine with a clever plot to create a comedic masterpiece. We laugh as we realize that the real values of honesty, integrity, and love are what matter in the end.
Eliza Doolittle (Lead):
Female, early 20s; feisty, rough around the edges, passionate, and independent, transforms from street rabble to a proper British lady; ability to sustain a range of British dialects is essential. Theatre prefers to cast this character as African American, but open to casting as any ethnicity.
Professor Higgins (Lead):
Male, late 20-ish; marches to the beat of his own drum; incredibly self assured, sometimes to the detriment of those around him; can come across as rude, but should probably be considered more aloof than intentionally malicious; strong proper British accent essential. Any ethnicity.
Colonel Pickering (Supporting):
Male, 50-65. Avuncular, sympathetic, protective, caring personality; strong very British upper-crust accent. Any ethnicity
Mrs Higgins (Supporting):
Female, 50-69. Higgins’ mother; very elegant and aristocratic; disapproves of her son's behavior. Any ethnicity.
Alfred Doolittle (Supporting):
Male, 45-55. Eliza’s father; street-wise and likeable, even when doing less-than-honorable things
Theatre prefers to cast this character as African American, but open to casting as any ethnicity
Mrs. Pearce (Supporting):
Female, 40s-50s. Prof Higgins’ housekeeper; warm and motherly, but willing to speak candidly with Higgins when necessary. Any ethnicity.
Mrs. Eynsford-Hill (Supporting):
Female, 40s. Though her social status has recently fallen, she does her best to act as if it has not. Any ethnicity
Freddie Eynsford-Hill (Supporting):
Male, early 20s. Mrs. Eynsford-Hill's son; falls in love with Eliza; typical rather soppy young man.
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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