TheatreSquared 2017-18 Season - Fayetteville EPA Day
TheatreSquared
AUDITION DATE
Jul 20, 2017
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (CDT)
Lunch: 12pm-1pm
Jul 21, 2017
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (CDT)
Lunch: 12pm-1pm
APPOINTMENTS
Please email morgan@theatresquared.org to sign up for an audition slot
CONTRACT
SPT Category 6 $540/wk min
SEEKING
Male and female actors for the 2017-18 season. See breakdown for details.
PREPARATION
Please prepare 2 contrasting Monologues. We will hold separate musical call-backs for Fun Home.
LOCATION
TheatreSquared Business Offices
112 W. Center Street
Fayetteville, AR 72701
4th Floor
PERSONNEL
Bob Ford: Artistic Director
Morgan Hicks: Casting Associate
OTHER DATES
See breakdown.
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
FUN HOME
Rehearsals start July 27
Previews August 23
Opens August 25
Closes Sept. 17
ALISON- 30-45, the reflector rather than narrator; a intellectual cartoonist; Mezzo-Soprano
BRUCE- 40-49; high-school English teacher, funeral home director, spends his spare time on the historic restoration of his home; Baritone
ELLEN- 30-39, Alison’s mother; frustrated, exhausted by her tumultuous marriage; Mezzo-Soprano
SMALL ALISON- 9-11, Alison Bechdel as a child; precocious and opinionated, Alto
MEDIUM ALISON- 18-20; a freshman at Oberlin College, discovering her sexuality; an incredibly well-read, hyper-intelligent teenager ; socially awkward; Mezzo-Soprano; strong mix-belt
CHRISTIAN- 10-15, Alison’s older brother; oldest of the three children; strives to be the leader, but is sometimes overshadowed by Alison’s strong personality; seeking a singer with a good sense of harmony and pitch.
JOHN- 7-9, Alison’s younger brother
JOAN- 18-20,
ROY/MARK/PETE/BOBBYJEREMY-Roy, a young man Bruce hires to do yard work/a mourner in the funeral home/a high school junior/lead singer
THE CHAMPION
Rehearsals start Sept. 18
Previews October 4
Opens October 6
Closes Nov 5
NINA SIMONE, an African-American woman in her late twenties/early thirties.
AL SHACKMAN, white male, late 30s/early 40s
CHRISTOPHER WHITE, Brooklyn-born Caribbean man
BOBBY HAMILTON, African American man, 25
THERESA, African American woman, 18
MCNEIL, White cop, late 40s, male
FRAZIER, White cop, 22, male
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Rehearsals start Nov 13
Previews Nov 29
Opens Dec 1
Closes Dec 31
Oliver Reese Johnson, Male, 30-40: A true to heart ensemble performer (plays roles like Old Man Gower and Billy Bailey.
Jake Laurentis, Male, 30-35: An everyman. George Bailey
Sally Applewhite, Female 20-25: Girl next door type
Freddie Filmore, Male, 25-35, The Emcee for the play
Miss Lana Sherwood, Female 20-25, Sassy and precocious
Miss Alice Jane Kenworthy, Female 30-64
Harry Jazzboy Heywood, Male 30-50, plays Harry, Clarence
VIETGONE
Rehearsals start Feb 20
Previews March 14
Opens March 16
Closes Apr 8
Quang - Strong, handsome leading Vietnamese man--the hero of his own story, raps
Tong - Blunt, smart, strong, confident, beautiful, and funny woman
Nhan et al - Plays multiple parts, needs strong comic timing
Playwright - Plays multiple parts, ranging from Bobby (who speaks stereotypical American
THE HUMANS
Rehearsals start Jan 2
Previews Jan 24
Opens Jan 26
Closes Feb 18
ERIK BLAKE, Male,55-65. A middle-class Irish Catholic, practical to a fault and very set in his ways
DEIDRE BLAKE, Female, 55-65. Erik’s loyal wife, devoted mother to Brigid and Aimee
AIMEE BLAKE, Female, mid-30s/. Aimee is Erik and Deirdre’s eldest daughter; self-conscious and self-deprecating
BRIGID BLAKE, Female,mid-20s. Brigid is the younger daughter of the Blake clan, well-meaning but often impractical and dreamy
FIONA “MOMO” BLAKE, Female, late 70s. Momo is Erik’s mother, grandmother to Brigid and Aimee; has been afflicted with dementia
RICHARD SAAD, Male, mid-30s. A worldly-wise graduate student; from a wealthy family and has never wanted for anything
THE HOUND OF BASKERVILLES
Rehearsals start April 10
Previews May 2
Opens May 5
Closes May 20
Actor 1: Plays the following: Holmes, Stapleton, Cecile Stapleton, Mr. Barrymore, Mrs. Barrymore, Yokel 3
Actor 2: Plays the following: Watson, Yokel 1
Actor 3: Plays the following: Sir Charles Baskerville, Sir Henry Baskerville, Mortimer, Cabbie, Yokel 2, Wise Yokel
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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