Warehouse Theatre 2017-18 Season - Greenville SC EPA
Warehouse Theatre
AUDITION DATE
Apr 22, 2017
10:00 am - 7:00 pm (EDT)
Apr 23, 2017
1:00 pm - 7:00 pm (EDT)
APPOINTMENTS
Please email Jason D. Johnson at HYPERLINK mailto:Jason@warehousetheatre.com Jason@warehousetheatre.com to set up an appointment. Make sure you leave contact information, if you are singing, and preferred time slots. AEA members without appointments seen as time permits.
CONTRACT
SPT SPT Tier 3; $318/week current AEA min until June
SEEKING
Equity actors and actor/singers for various roles in the 2017-18 Season
CLYBOURNE PARK
THE CAKE
A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN
THE FLICK
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON
PREPARATION
Actors are asked to prepare a 60 second monologue. If singing, please prepare a 45 second monologue and a song. The song should be no longer than 16 bars. Total time for the mono/song audition should not last longer than 90 seconds. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Warehouse Theatre
37 Augusta St
Greenville, SC 29601-3501
PERSONNEL
Jason D. Johnson Managing Director
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
CLYBOURNE PARK:
By: Bruce Norris
Director: Jay Briggs
1st Rehearsal: August 29th, 2017
Run: September 22nd – October 8th, 2017
Show Description: Clybourne Park spans two generations fifty years apart. In 1959, Russ and Bev are selling their desirable two-bedroom at a bargain price, unknowingly bringing the first black family into the neighborhood (borrowing a plot line from Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun) and creating ripples of discontent among the cozy white residents of Clybourne Park. In 2009, the same property is being bought by a young white couple, whose plan to raze the house and start again is met with equal disapproval by the black residents of the soon-to-be-gentrified area. Are the issues festering beneath the floorboards actually the same, fifty years on? Bruce Norris’s excruciatingly funny and squirm-inducing satire explores the fault line between race and property.
Character Descriptions:
RUSS / DAN: Male, 40s/50s, Caucasian In Act I, Russ - who is unable to get over the loss of his son and is moving out of the house in which his son committed suicide. In Act II, Dan – a workman beginning the renovations for the home’s new owners.
BEV / KATHY: Female, 40s/50s, Caucasian In Act I, married to Russ. Cheerful woman who wants to help her husband overcome his grief for the loss of their son. In Act II, Kathy – a lawyer helping the new homeowners negotiate a petition brought against them by the homeowners’ association.
FRANCINE / LENA: Female, 30s, African American In Act I, Francine - Russ and Bev’s housekeeper who is pulled into the debate concerning the neighborhood and the possible change of its demographic. In Act II, Lena – a lady who is determined to keep her neighborhood a historical district and prevent the new homeowners’ planned renovations.
JIM / TOM: Male, 20s/30s, Caucasian In Act I, Jim - the local pastor. Asked by the homeowners’ association to convince Russ and Bev not to sell their home to a black family. In Act II, Tom – a neighbor arguing for preserving the historical look of the community.
ALBERT / KEVIN: Male, 30s, African American In Act I, Albert – a helpful man, trying to keep himself and his wife out of the neighborhood’s argument. In Act II, Kevin - Married to Lena, defending his wife’s desire to preserve the neighborhood.
KARL / STEVE: Male, 30s, Caucasian In Act I, Karl – Determined to preserve his neighborhood and property value by trying to stop the sale of the home to an African American family. In Act II, Steve - Married to Lindsey, the new homeowner who wants to renovate his new house to a larger scale than the historical single-family-home model.
BETSY / LINDSEY: Female, 20s/30s, Caucasian In Act I, Betsy - Karl’s pregnant, deaf wife. She becomes lost in the conversation as it turns more volatile. In Act II, Lindsey - Steve’s pregnant wife, fighting to understand why the community is against her renovations and to convince them otherwise.
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THE CAKE
By: Bekah Brunstetter
Director: Kerrie Seymour
1st Rehearsal: November 7th, 2017
Run: December 1st – December 17th, 2017
Show Description: Jen currently lives in New York, but has always dreamed of having her wedding back home. With the date quickly approaching, she journeys home to North Carolina to see Della, her late mother’s best friend and owner of the local bakery. She wants Della to make her wedding cake for her special day. Della is thrilled to make Jen’s wedding cake until she realizes there isn’t just one bride involved in the wedding, but two. It is a play that drives straight to the heart of asking yourself why do you believe the things you believe.
Character Descriptions:
DELLA: Female, 40s/50s, Any Race
Owns and runs a bakery. Extremely pleasant lady of the South.
JEN: Female, 20s/30s, Any Race Young lady coming back home to have the wedding of her dreams.
MACY: Female, 20s/30s, Any Race Reluctant fiancé of Jen.
TIM: Male, 40s/50s, Any Race Della’s blue collar husband.
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A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN:
By: Eugene O’Neill
Director: Mark Sutch
1st Rehearsal: January 3rd, 2018
Run: January 26th – February 10th, 2018
Show Description: James Tyrone, Jr., visits the home of his tenant farmer, Phil Hogan, a salty Irish geezer. There he encounters, after years, Hogan's voluptuous, amazon-like daughter, Josie. During one moonlit night, as the lovestruck Josie seems to claim him as her own, the truculent, drunken Jamie drowns in a wave of self-pity and remorse. When dawn comes, the moon is gone and so is the man, leaving Josie with a new challenge to her dauntless spirit.
Character Descriptions:
JOSIE HOGAN: Female, 20s/30s, Caucasian Daughter of Phil Hogan and sister of Mike. She has a rough tongue and a reputation to match.
PHIL HOGAN: Male, 50s/60s, Caucasian Phil is a tenant of James Tyrone on a rockstrewn farm in Connecticut. He is a feisty Irishman with penchants for liquor and humor.
JAMES TYRONE: Male, 30s, Caucasian Landlord of the Hogan farm. An alcoholic who is showing its effects on his mind and body.
STEADMAN HARDER: Male, 40s, Caucasian Neighbor to the Hogans. Stands to inherit the Standard Oil company’s money.
MIKE HOGAN: Male, 20s, Caucasian The younger brother of Josie Hogan.
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THE FLICK:
By: Annie Baker
Director: TBD
1st Rehearsal: February 13th, 2018
Run: March 9th – March 24th, 2018
Show Description: In a run-down movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees mop the floors and attend to one of the last 35-millimeter film projectors in the state. A hilarious and heart-rending cry for authenticity in a fast-changing world.
Character Descriptions:
AVERY: Male, 20, African American Bespectacled lover of movies who has just started work at The Flick.
SAM: Male, 30s, Caucasian Boston Red Sox fan and former metal head who has worked at The Flick for many years. In love with Rose.
ROSE: Female, 20s, Caucasian Sexually magnetic employee of The Flick who befriends Avery.
SKYLAR, THE DREAMING MAN: Male, 20s/30s, Any Race Two character role first as a man left sleeping after a film and later as new employee of the movie theatre.
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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
By: William Shakespeare
Director: Anne Kelly Tromsness
1st Rehearsal: March 20th, 2018
Run: April 20th – May 5th, 2018
Show Description: One of Shakespeare's most popular comedies, Much Ado centers on the foibles of two pairs of lovers, Beatrice and Benedick and Claudio and Hero. The main plot of the play revolves around obstacles to the union of the two young lovers Claudio and Hero but the real main event is the hilarious and biting love-hate relationship of Beatrice and Benedick, featuring the merry war of the sexes. Benedick thinks he hates Beatrice, but really loves her and Beatrice who thinks she hates Benedick but really loves him. The first act is pure delight as Beatrice and Benedick’s friends and family conspire to get the two together, and the second act finds them united to try and clear the names of Claudio and Hero, who have been slandered by a jealous rival. Of course, given that this is Shakespeare, we have a happy ending that reunites all lovers, punishes the villain, and restores order to the universe.
Character Descriptions: Character Arrangement / Gender Specificity will likely change per final cutting.
CLAUDIO: Male, 20s/30s, Any Race
HERO: Female, 20s, Any Race
BEATRICE: Female, 30s/40s, Any Race
BENEDICK: Male, 30s/40s, Any Race
DUKE OF CORNWALL: Male, 40s+, Any Race
DUKE OF KENT: Male, 40s+, Any Race
DON PEDRO: Male, 40s+, Any Race
LEONATO: Male, 40s+, Any Race
DON JOHN: Male, 40s+, Any Race
BORACHIO: Male, 30s+, Any Race
DOGBERRY: Any Gender, 40s+, Any Race
CONRAD / CONESTA: Any Gender, 30s+, Any Race
MARGARET: Female, 20s/30s, Any Race
ANTONIO: Male, 20s/30s, Any Race
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BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON:
Book by: Alex Timbers Music & Lyrics by Michael Friedman
Director: TBD
1st Rehearsal: May 8th, 2018
Run: June 8th – June 30th, 2018
Show Description: This musical starts off as a broad satire of America’s seventh president, Andrew Jackson. It follows him as the first president to capture the nation as a born and bred American who resonated with the people as opposed to the ruling class that preceded him. Ascending from his Tennessee upbringing, he eventually finds himself in the Oval Office and discovers that campaigning is easy, but governing is hard. This musical helps our audience ask how America’s great experiment of democracy works and how the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Character Descriptions:
ANDREW JACKSON: Male, 20s/30s, Caucasian A roguish, “man’s man” president. Deeply charming and sexy, so much so that you don’t mind he’s a violent, arrogant, bigoted idiot. Fights passionately for what he believes in. Personifies “strong but wrong.” Charismatic, compelling, charming, and childish. Actor must be adept at deadpan comedy with a willingness to look foolish. High baritone rock. Up to a G belt. Guitar playing a plus.
THE STORYTELLER: Female, 40s/50s, Any Race Milquetoast narrator. Oppressively good-natured. Uber-stereotypical 1970’s “reading rainbow”/PBS children’s educator host type. Loves history, loves Jackson, and loves telling the audience about both. Being in this show might be the most exciting moment in her life.
RACHEL JACKSON: Female, 20s/30s, Any Race Jackson’s wife. Obsessive in her devotion to Jackson and, later, her religious beliefs. Almost maternal in her relationship with Jackson. Strangely alluring, but not overtly sexual. Hates the limelight associate with Jackson’s political ambitions and fearful that it will expose her bigamy/prior marriage. Belts up to a Bb.
JOHN C. CALHOUN: Male, 20s/30s, Caucasian Ultra-conservative gentleman senator from the south. Sinister, good-looking, charming, and brilliant. A vain mastermind. Wears the finest clothes. The most restrained of the cabal. Baritone.
BLACK FOX / HENRY CLAY: Male, 20s/30s, Native American A backwoods version of Calhoun’s villainous senator. Greasy hair. Wears weasel pelts. Over-the-top and vivacious. Transparent in his villainy and revels in it. As Black Fox, the last hope to try and convince Jackson to not forcibly remove the Native Americans from their lands.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS: Male, 20s/30s, Caucasian Former President’s son. Whiny, spoiled, demanding. All grown up, has joined the Calhoun-Clay cabal. Really, really, really, really wants to be President. Like, right now. Baritone.
MARTIN VAN BUREN: Male, 20s/30s, Caucasian Senator from NY, he is in over his head with the sinister Washington bureaucracy. Becomes Jackson’s super eager right hand man. A buffoon; well intentioned and utterly loveable. Think Nicely-Nicely. In real life, Van Buren was preternaturally obese but all physical types will be considered.
JAMES MONROE: Male, 20s/30s, Caucasian President of the United States. Old school. Foppish and overwhelmed. Exasperated by Jackson’s overreaching as well as by the corruption of his own Cabinet. Probably would have been more successful if he was President thirty years older.
LYNCOYA: Male, 10, Native American Andrew and Rachael’s adopted son.
ENSEMBLE / FEMALE SOLOIST: Female, 20s/30s, Any Race Self-confident. Attractive singer with powerful, emotive indie rock voice. Mysterious, intense, brooding, hip vibe. Must be drolly funny. Dresden Dolls alto-belts up to a Bb. Not musical theater.
ENSEMBLE / MALE SOLOIST: Male, 20s/30s, Any Race Brooding, intense rocker with powerful, emotive indie rock voice. Angsty, good-looking, young, hip. Think The Killers or Blink-182. Solos in “Rock Star”. Doubles as other roles. Rock baritone. Not musical theater.
ENSEMBLE: Female, 20s/30s, Any Race Strong pop voice and great comedic sensibility needed. Preferably bubbly and vivacious to provide a counterpart in type to the Female Soloist.
ENSEMBLE: Male, 20s/30s, Any Race - Strong pop voice and great comedic sensibility needed for various roles.
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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