THE SEAGULL / THE CHERRY ORCHARD - HEADSHOT/RESUME SUBMISSIONS
SOUTH PASADENA THEATRE WORKSHOP
99 Seat Agreement
$15/hour
Equity actors with strong classical theatre training for roles in THE SEAGULL and THE CHERRY ORCHARD (see breakdown).
Movement and Viewpoints experience strongly encouraged.
Please submit your headshot/resume to ssmythe@actorsspace.com AND chekhovsptw@gmail.com
Deadline: Wed, Apr 12, 2023
Please submit Headshot and Resume
Sally Smythe, Artistic Director
Sydney Walsh, Director, The Seagull
Sam Cass, Director, The Cherry Orchard
Invited audition: April 15
Callbacks: April 17 & 19
Plays will alternate dates in repertory.
THE SEAGULL
First rehearsal: May 6
Previews: June 21
Opens: June 24
Closes: July 30 or Aug 6
THE CHERRY ORCHARD
First rehearsal May 5
Previews: July 5
Opening: July 7
Closes July 30 or Aug 6
OTHER
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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 submit.
The Seagull, a comedy by Anton Chekhov, performed in 1896 and published in Russian in 1904. The play deals with lost opportunities and the clash between generations. The main characters, all artists, are guests at a country estate.
TRIGORIN. Any ethnicity. (35 to 55 years old) - Famous author. Loves to fish. Attracted to Arkadina, a popular actress.
SHAMRAEV. Any ethnicity. (40 to 60 years old) - Former military. Sorin's estate manager. A townie who's respected but disapproves of the artist life.
The play revolves around an aristocratic Russian landowner who returns to her family estate (which includes a large and well-known cherry orchard) just before it is auctioned to pay the mortgage.
LOPAKHIN. Any ethnicity. (35 to 50 years old) - A practical merchant who buys the estate. Warm and cunning.
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