Public Theatre, The
AUDITION DATE
Mon, Jul 29, 2019
11:00 am - 4:00 pm (EDT)
APPOINTMENTS
No appointments necessary.
CONTRACT
SPT category 9 Salary level $700/week (approval pending)
SEEKING
Actors (m/f) for productions in the 2019-20 season. See Breakdown for show and character details.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a contemporary monologue, 2 minutes or less. Have a contrasting contemporary monologue ready, if asked. Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.
LOCATION
Public Theatre
31 Maple St
Lewiston, ME 04240-6518
PERSONNEL
Expected in attendance:
Exec/Artistic Dir: Christopher Schario
Co-Artistic Director: Janet Mitchko
OTHER
Pursuant to the terms of a concession made to this employer's agreement, the employer has agreed that any Equity member who attends this call will have an opportunity to be seen.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of 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
CAST BREAKDOWN 2019-20 SEASON
WOMEN IN JEOPARDY
by Wendy MacLeod
Director: Christopher Schario
Contract dates: September 30 thru October 27, 2019
Performance dates: October 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 2019
ALL ACTORS NEED GREAT COMIC CHOPS FOR THIS PROJECT
MARY - 40’s, has a college age child, divorced, a librarian, “still” pretty, politely looking for the positive side of things, a peacemaker, a bit of a worrier and stickler for details, an English major in college.
JO - 40’s, has a college age child, divorced, best friends with Liz and Mary, a publicist, sardonic. CAST
LIZ - 40’s, has a college age child divorced. Divorced, she is dating Jackson. Totally “boy crazy” over him, she is following her libido potentially off a cliff, but who cares because it feels so great to have sex again!
AMANDA - 19, Liz’s daughter, an exceptionally pretty college student with a “porn star body” whose SAT’s were in the single digits. Spoiled. If she could, she would probably be an “influencer” with her own u-tube following
TRENNER - 19, a snowboarder, sweet but not too bright. Think Keanu Reeves in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.
JACKSON/ SGT. KIRK SPONSÜLLAR - 40’s, He plays Liz’s new “odd” boyfriend Jackson and the diligent Sgt who is trying to solve the murder case. Jackson is a very successful dentist with a dark sense of humor, bordering on “creepy” in the similar style of Christopher Walken. The Sgt is a typical strong/silent hardnosed detective type with a crush on Mary.
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL
adapted by Christopher Schario
Director: Adam Blais
Contract dates: December 3 − December 16, 2019
Performance dates: December 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 2019
This adaptation features a small cast playing multiple roles and one actor playing Scrooge. All actors perform narration of Dickens’ text, as well as scene work. Both British dialect and Standard American Speech are used in this adaptation. Show requires versatile actors who make playful choices and are good with language. All AEA roles (Scrooge, Bob Cratchit/Marley, Xmas Past/Mrs. Cratchit) are CAST. Auditioning performers will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.
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SEXY LAUNDRY
by Michele Riml
Director: Janet Mitchko
Contract dates: January 6 thru February 2, 2020
Performance dates: January 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, February 1, 2, 2020
ALICE – 50s CAST, She’s been married 25 years, she wonders if her husband is still sexually attracted to her, and she wonders what happened to the young woman she remembers being but no longer sees in the mirror.
HENRY – 50s CAST, Married 25 years, he enjoys the comfort of a long-term relationship. People take his sense of responsibility and steadiness for granted and he often feels overlooked and underappreciated.
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I AND YOU
by Lauren Gunderson
Director: Christopher Schario
Contract dates: February 24 thru March 22, 2020
Performance dates: March 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 2020
CASTING NOTE: THE RACE OF THESE CHARACTERS IS NON-SPECIFIC. THE PLAYWRIGHT IS CLEAR THAT THE ONLY ESSENTIALITY IS THAT THE CHARACTERS NOT BE THE SAME RACE. ACTORS OF ALL ETHNICITY SHOULD APPLY FOR EITHER ROLE.
CAROLINE –17. Smart, quick, sarcastic, snarky (all to protect her vulnerability) but ultimately likable. She is emotionally available and vulnerable underneath it all, but she has to protect herself and uses her anger to fight off the struggle with mortality and her ongoing illness. She can no longer attend school due to health concerns and has created a creative world of her own at home.
ANTHONY –17. A popular, intelligent, patient, easy-going, charismatic high school student, Athletic, academically successful (sort of a nerd with studies) and a musician with a passion for jazz, he still has an awkwardness around girls. Caroline, snide but admiringly, calls him “a senator.” He is emotionally mature for his age, able to handle, deflect, challenge and penetrate Caroline’s snarkyness and armor.
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MIDDLETOWN
by Dan Clancy
Director: Janet Mitchko
Contract dates: April 13 thru May 10, 2020
MIDDLETOWN is a humorous and poignant story of two couples, Tom & Peg Hogan and Don & Dotty Abrams, from Middletown, NJ performed in a style similar to Love Letters. The play explores their friendship of 37 years, their marriages, the births of their children and grandchildren, their disappointments and their joys.
Actors ages 50+ particularly encouraged to audition.
PEG HOGAN - Tom’s wife, ages from 37 to 82
TOM HOGAN - Peg’s husband, ages from 41 to 83
DOTTY ABRAMS - Don’s wife, ages from 35 to 75
DON ABRAMS - Dotty’s husband, ages from 39 to 72
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If unable to attend MAINE or NYC EPAs, please submit picture and resume to:
The Public Theatre,
31 Maple St.,
Lewiston, ME 04240
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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