THE CHERRY ORCHARD - HEADSHOT/RESUME SUBMISSION
North Coast Repertory Theatre
CONTRACT
SPT
$523 weekly minimum rehearsal (SPT 6) $657 weekly minimum performance (SPT 8)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in THE CHERRY ORCHARD (See breakdown).
INSTRUCTIONS
Email Headshot and Resume with contact information for consideration. Subject line of email should read YOUR NAME / THE CHERRY ORCHARD / ROLE YOU'RE INTERESTED IN.
Deadline: Wed, Oct 12, 2022
SEEKING:
Anya - female, late teens-early 20s. Ranevskaya’s youngest daughter. Sweet and filled with a youthful optimism. She cares deeply about her mother and has great concern and affection for her. Her love for Trofimov brings her hope and purpose for the future.
Pyotr Sergeyevich Trofimov - male, late 20s-mid 30s. An eternal student at the university and former tutor to Ranevskaya’s deceased son. A highly articulate intellect. Projects passion; a revolutionary. Can be foolish. Has never forgiven himself for Grisha’s drowning.
Varya - female, 20s-early 30s. Ranevskaya's adopted daughter who manages the estate. She constantly needs to feel occupied and is often ordering others around. She is waiting for Lopakhin to propose to her and frustrated by her situation in life.
Charlotta Ivanovna - female, 40-60. Anya’s eccentric governess. She delights in doing magic tricks. She is talkative and entertaining but stands by her singularity.
Dunyasha - female, 20-30. A housemaid at the estate. She is anxious and very sensitive. She is in love with Yasha and rejects Yepikhodov’s proposal.
Semyon Panteleyevich Yepikhodov - male, 30s. The bookkeeper of the estate. Frequently clumsy and subject to daily misfortunes and ridicule; unabashedly in love with Dunyasha. Seeking an actor with comic ability. Guitar skills a plus.
Yasha - male, 20–30. Ranevskaya’s footman; sexy, confident, and insolent, thinking only of himself; an ambitious opportunist.
A Vagrant/Station Master – male
Simeonov-Pishchik - male, 60s. Nicknamed Old Horse. A landowner who is constantly in debt and asking to borrow money, expecting that fate will solve his financial problems. Unlike the Ranevsky family, he has no feeling for his heritage or for the land.
SUBMIT TO
casting@northcoastrep.org
PERSONNEL
David Ellenstein - Director
Brian Mackey - Associate Artistic Director/Casting Director
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: January 31, 2022
Performances: March 1 - March 26, 2022
Possible Extension through April 2, 2022 (must be available)
If selected, auditions will be held on November 8, 2022 in Solana Beach, CA.
OTHER
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 submit.
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