THE SEAGULL - The Santa Paula Theater Center Non Equity Auditions

Posted February 3, 2014
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THE SEAGULL - The Santa Paula Theater Center
THE SEAGULL by Anton Chekhov
adapted by Michael Perlmutter
The Santa Paula Theater Center, 125 so. 7th St., Santa Paula, CA 93060 announces auditions for THE SEAGULL by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Michael Perlmutter, directed by Michael Perlmutter. Run Dates are Friday and Saturdays at 8p, Sunday Matinees at 2:30, April 18 through May 25.

AUDITIONS will be held on SATURDAY afternoon, FEB. 15 1:30-4:30 and MONDAY evening February 18th from 7-9 at SPTC. There will be cold readings from the script, sides provided. More information, script request, or special arrangements can be made by contacting the producer, LESLIE NICHOLS, at
sptcleslie@gmail.com or
805.525.9840

Anton Chekhov's The SEAGULL is an Americanized adaptation of this timeless tale. The characters and setting are true to 1893 Russia as Chekhov wrote them but instead of the standard British rhythms and penchant for proper grammar we have become accustomed to from British translations of this Russian masterpiece, Michael Perlmutter has adapted the play for today's American audience.
Roles available are as follow:

BORIS TRIGORIN (Lead) - a famous writer, having been caught up in his own treadmill to success he has let his youthful years slip by. With success he has found new notoriety as an eligible bachelor and he is quite unskilled on how to handle it all. Think Woody Allen at thirty-five. (Age range 30-40)

Dr. EUGENE DORN (Supporting Lead) - the town Doctor, far from a Country Bumpkin, Dorn is quite a ladies' man and is currently having an affair with the wife of the estate's manager. He sings to himself to entertain and/or escape conversations that might be too awkward to otherwise deal with (Age 55 - yes, he actually mentions this in one of his lines)

PAULINA (Supporting Lead) - the wife of Shamraeff, the estate's manager, mother to Masha. She silently suffers her marriage as well as her own jealousies regarding her current affair with Dr. Eugene Dorn. She wishes for a better life but . . . . What can you do? (Age 40-55)

SHAMRAEFF (Supporting Lead) - the manager of the Sorin estate, married to Paulina, and father to Masha. He has a gruff exterior and his own sense of humor (which is generally unappreciated by anyone else). He can be explosive at times, but considering there is something wrong with his marriage it may just as easily be displaced anger but then again nobody really looked at things that way in 1893 . . . (Age 45 - 60)

JACOB (Support) - a worker. The epitome of the household handyman (Age open)

Estate staff (MAID, COOK, WATCHMAN) - will also be assigned other technical duties within the production (Ages open)

Santa Paula Theater Center

125 So. 7th St. (Corner of Main and 7th)

Santa Paula, CA 93060

Box Office-
805.525.4645

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