Yale Repertory Theatre 2012-2013 season
– Equity Principal Auditions
(New Haven, CT) LORT D; $756 - $1150 per week **
Salary note: Salary for Marie Antoinette, a co-production with A.R.T., is $765-$1150/week; all other productions in the season are $1150/week
James Bundy, Artistic Director
Jennifer Kiger, Associate Artistic Director
Amy Boratko, Literary Manager
Kay Perdue, Artistic Associate
Tanya Dean, Artistic Coordinator
Equity Principal Auditions
Thursday, April 5, 2012 at the Yale Repertory Theatre
10 AM – 5 PM 217 Park Street
No scheduled lunch break New Haven, CT 06511
Prepare a classical monologue (Shakespeare preferred) comedic or dramatic not to exceed 2 minutes in length. Please bring a picture and resume stapled together.
Seeking male and female Equity actors for the following productions of the 2012-2013 Yale Repertory season:
AMERICAN NIGHT: THE BALLAD OF JUAN JOSÉ
Written by Richard Montoya
Developed by Culture Clash and Jo Bonney
Directed by TBD
1st Rehearsal August 20, 2012
1st Preview September 21, 2012
Opening Night September 27, 2012
Closing Night October 13, 2012
Seeking:
Juan José, male, Mexican. An eager immigrant awaiting his citizenship exam.
Lydia/Ensemble, female, Mexican. Juan José’s wife back in Mexico.
Ben Pettus/Ensemble, male, African-American. Heroic black cowboy.
Harry Bridges/Ensemble, male. A crusading union man, originally from Australia.
Mrs. Finney/Ensemble, female. A prim teacher.
Juan José The First/Ensemble, male, Mexican. Juan José’s ancestor.
Viola Pettus/Ensemble, female, African-American. A self-taught nurse.
Neil Diamante/Ensemble, male. Singer.
Johnny/Ensemble, male, Japanese-American. Bad ass: a Japanese James Dean before there was James Dean.
MARIE ANTOINETTE
By David Adjmi
Directed by Rebecca Taichman
Choreography by Karole Armitage
A co-production with American Repertory Theater
A.R.T. Dates:
1st Rehearsal July 24, 2012
1st Preview September 1, 2012
Opening Night September 7, 2012
Closing Night September 30, 2012
Yale Rep Dates:
1st Rehearsal October 8, 2012
1st Preview October 26, 2012
Opening Night November 1, 2012
Closing Night November 17, 2012
Marie
25-35, female. 18th Century Queen of France. At one time adored by many, she eventually was partially blamed for the start of the French Revolution, convicted of treason, and executed by guillotine. At once terribly immature and indulged, and also deeply innocent, Marie is spiritually complex and capable of extreme pain, rage and vulnerability. She is mercurial; she can turn on a dime. There is something translucent about her emotionally. This role demands a virtuosic performance; the actress playing her needs to have a real facility with both screwball comedy and classical tragedy.
Louis XVI
25-40, male. Marie’s husband. Ruled as King of France and Navarre until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792, before being executed in 1793. Awkward, uncomfortable in his own body, neurotic, shy, scared, immature. At times deeply fragile, but capable also of occasional acts of extreme courage. He is king - but he never should have been. He’s the opposite of “kingly.” He and Marie make absolutely no sense together.
Dauphin
male or female to play a boy of 8-12 years old. The son of Marie and Louis, he has lived a privileged life and is a victim of all of his comforts being stripped from him, one at a time. At once incredibly fearless and plucky, eventually lives a life of fear and deep vulnerability. Looking for male or female actors who can play 8-12.
Yolande De Polignac/Mrs Sauce
25-35, female. Of Marie’s two friends, Yolande is the less sincere. Resents Marie, but covers well. Mrs. Sauce is a peasant farmer. Looking for actors with good comic abilities.
Emperor Joseph/Mr Sauce/Guard 3
25-40, male. Emperor Joseph, Marie’s brother, seethes with irrational rage at his indulged sister. Constricted, tight, restrained by his station and devoted to all it implies. Marie makes him crazy – both with jealousy and anger. Mr. Sauce is a peasant farmer. Guard 3 is an enraged man capable of terrible brutality and emotional violence but also surprising empathy for Marie and her vulnerability.
Therese De Lamballe
20-35, female. Of Marie’s two friends, Therese is more sincere. Kindness incarnate. Also, terribly co-dependent and incapable of really taking care of herself, she is petrified of conflict.
Alex Fersen
25-40, male. A Swedish Count, a Lieutenant General in the Royal Swedish Army, one of the Lords of the Realm, diplomat and statesman, and the alleged lover of Marie. A dashing, kind, cosmopolitan gentleman. The kind of man Marie should have been with. Playful, but also careful and delicate in how he deals with Marie. Tender hearted but powerful.
Guard 1/Royalist
20-40, male. Should be capable of extreme rage but with vulnerability underneath. Threatening, either emotionally or physically. Good mover. Royalist is innately kind and terribly scared.
Guard 2
20-40, male. Should be capable of extreme rage but with vulnerability underneath. Threatening, either emotionally or physically.
Marie’s Coterie 1
20-40, female. Terrific mover. In charge of dressing and re-dressing Marie in highly choreographed sequences.
Marie’s Coterie 2,
20-40, female. Terrific mover. In charge of dressing and re-dressing Marie in highly choreographed sequences.
DEAR ELIZABETH:
A play in letters from Elizabeth Bishop to Robert Lowell and back again
By Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Les Waters
World Premiere
1st Rehearsal October 29, 2012
1st Preview November 30, 2012
Opening Night December 6, 2012
Closing Night Saturday, December 22, 2012
Seeking:
Elizabeth Bishop
female, 40-60, ages across the play approximately 30 years. American poet (1911 –1979). Eloquent, bohemian, feminist, asthmatic, suffers occasionally from depression, a charming sense of humor.
Robert Lowell
male, 40-60, ages across the play approximately 30 years. American poet (1917 – 1977). Charismatic, witty, flirtatious, very frank (sometimes too much so), a drinker, manic depressive, one who finds himself irresistibly drawn to pleasure and comfort via the path of least resistance.
STONES IN HIS POCKETS
By Marie Jones
Directed by Evan Yionoulis
1st Rehearsal December 13, 2012
1st Preview January 25, 2013
Opening Night January 31, 2013
Closing Night February 16, 2013
All roles are available.
HAMLET
By William Shakespeare
Directed by James Bundy
1st Rehearsal January 21, 2013
1st Preview March 15, 2013
Opening Night March 21, 2013
Closing Night April 13, 2013
The role of Hamlet has been cast. All other roles are available.
IN A YEAR WITH 13 MOONS
By Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Adapted by Bill Camp and Robert Woodruff
Directed by Robert Woodruff
World Premiere
1st Rehearsal March 18, 2013
1st Preview April 26, 2013
Opening Night May 2, 2013
Closing Night May 18, 2013
The role of Elvira/Erwin has been cast.
Seeking:
Irene/Ensemble
female, Erwin’s wife.
Marie-Ann/Ensemble
female, Erwin’s teenage daughter.
Anton Saitz/Ensemble
male, a powerful and high profile business tycoon.
Christoph/Ensemble
male, Elvira’s ex-boyfriend.
Zora/Ensemble
female, a prostitute who befriends Elvira.
Sister Gudron/Ensemble
female, a nun who raised Erwin as an orphan.
Soul Frieda/Ensemble
male, a mystical gay bodybuilder.
Journalist/Ensemble
male, interviews Elvira and incites her to revisit her past.
Man/Ensemble
a man who longingly gazes at Anton’s skyscraper building, and who hangs himself in front of Elvira.
Chauffeur/Ensemble
male, Anton’s Chauffeur.
**Yale Repertory Theatre is a LORT theatre committed to an inclusive casting policy of non-traditional casting and encourages all actors to audition regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, or the presence of a disability.
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