Washington Stage Guild 2023-24 Season - Washington, DC EPA Washington Stage Guild | Washington, DC
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Thursday, July 20, 2023
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM (E)
Lunch 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Actors will be seen on a first come, first served basis, upon checking in at the holding area. The space will be open beginning at 10am and sign-ups will begin at 10:30am.
SPT
$488 weekly minimum (SPT 5)
Equity actors for roles in Washington Stage Guild's 2023-24 Season (See breakdown).
Local Actors from the DC/MD/VA area are encouraged to audition.
Please prepare a brief monologue, showing verbal/mental dexterity. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Washington Stage Guild 2023-24 Season
George Washington University - University Student Center
Leggette Room, 2nd Floor
800 21st St., NW
Washington, DC 20052
Expected to attend:
Bill Largess, Artistic Director
Steven Carpenter, Associate Artistic Director, Director - AN UNBUILT LIFE
Laura Giannarelli, Director - DOROTHY'S DICTIONARY
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
See breakdown for production specific dates.
OTHER
Direct questions/inquiries to:
WSGAuditions@gmail.com
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.
Laura Giannarelli, Director
1st Rehearsal: Sept. 5, 2023
Tech: Sept. 22-24, 2023
Previews: Sept. 28 – 30, 2023
Opening: Oct. 1, 2023
Closing: Oct. 22, 2023
Dorothy Ross (45/Female presenting) CAST (We will consider for replacement/understudy) A librarian. Smart, tough, big-hearted. Loves books, and helping people find them. She has a life threatening illness and is slowly losing her eyesight.
Lyzander “Zan” Hardt (15/Male presenting) A high school student. Smart, angry, headstrong. He was suspended and arrested two weeks ago, after a violent incident.
Michael Rothhaar, Director
1st rehearsal: week of Oct. 23, 2023
Tech: Nov. 10-12, 2022
Previews: Nov. 16-18, 2022
Opening: Nov. 19, 2022
Closing: Dec. 10, 2022
RAINA PETKOFF (early- to mid-20s, female presenting) A romantic idealist who views war in terms of noble and heroic deeds.
CAPTAIN BLUNTSCHLI (mid-30s, male presenting) A practical and wise soldier who is completely realistic about the stupidity of war, seeing nothing honorable in its violence and heroism. Strong physical comedy skills preferred.
SERGIUS SARANOFF (30s-40s, male presenting) A handsome, brave and vain Bulgarian officer who has recently been lauded as a war hero.
MAJOR PAUL PETKOFF (50s-60s, male presenting) The inept father of Raina; he is wealthy by Bulgarian standards, but he is also unread, uncouth, and incompetent.
CATHERINE PETKOFF (50s-60s, female presenting) CAST (We will consider for replacement/understudy) Raina's mother; she looks like and acts like a peasant, but gives every effort to appear to be a Viennese lady.
LOUKA (20s-30s) The Petkoffs' female servant; she uses her appearance for ambitious preferment. NICOLA (30s-40s, male presenting) A realistic, practical servant to the Petkoff’s.
Morgan Duncan, Director
1st rehearsal: week of Jan. 8, 2024
Tech: Jan. 26-28, 2024
Previews: Feb. 1-3, 2024;
Opening: Feb. 4, 2024
Closing: Feb. 25, 2024
LOVEDAY FORTESCUE (40s-50s; female presenting) a former actress and governess. A proto feminist, who is intellectual, philosophical, and dramatic. Once, literally gaslighted, which nearly finished her. Victorian era expectations of women infuriate and preoccupy her.
VALERIA HUNTER (50s-60s; female presenting) CAST (We will consider for
replacement/understudy) a widow, cat lady and Loveday's sister, who owns the Hunter Lodging House. Anxious, eager to obtain the latest formula of opium tinctures. Suspicious of the police.
KATHERINE (KATIE) SMALLS (late 20s-40s; female presenting) a biracial American ex-patriot and entertainer at The St. James Theatre. Born in Virginia, later moved to become an actress in New York. Badass American, determined, matter-of-fact.
MAN 1 (40s-50s; male presenting) CAST (We will consider for replacement/understudy) Doubles as three roles: POLICE CONSTABLE HENRY CRANE - Shows deference but hostile if provoked. JASBRY WARHAM-WYNN, a theatrical producer. Smarmy, veneer of politeness. TODDY, a Cockney butcher, a misogynist with no filter.
Steven Carpenter, Director
1st rehearsal: week of Mar. 18, 2024
Tech: Apr. 5-7, 2024
Previews: Apr. 11-13, 2024;
Opening: Apr. 14, 2024
Closing: May 5, 2023
AGATHA GANNER (60s, female presenting) Of German-Jewish heritage. A hummingbird of a woman, intelligent, quick-witted, curious, quirky, and lonely.
PAUL CARMICHAEL (60s, male presenting) CAST (We will consider for replacement/understudy) A successful art broker. Intelligent, calculating, determined, and protective.
SCOTT BERTRAM (mid-late 20s, male presenting) A PhD student of art history, in the throes of writing his dissertation. Upbeat, respectful, ambitious, and naïve. Highly intelligent but without much “real world” experience. Comes from a middle-class, North Carolina family.
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