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Summer Play Festival 2008 – Equity Principal Auditions
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Summer Play Festival 2008 – Equity Principal Auditions
All shows are Equity Showcases, approval pending. $590 stipend (approval pending) for three-week process.
Festival Producer: Arielle Tepper
Managing Director: Thom Clay
Casting: Calleri Casting; James Calleri, Erica Jensen, Paul Davis
Runs July 1 – 27, 2008 at the Public Theater. With two exceptions, shows have a two-week rehearsal process culminating in one week of performances per show.
All dates below are in 2008.
Week One:
1st rehearsal: June 16. Run: July 1 – 6.
THE BLACK SUITS Music/Lyrics: Joe Iconis. Book: Joe Iconis and Robert Maddock. Director: John Simpkins.
Note: Begins rehearsal June 6.
Christopher Thurser: Seeking male, 18+ to play teenager. Earnest, lovable, a bit nerdy. Vaguely clean-cut, everyone’s mother loves him. His dedication verges on obsession, and his agitated nervous streak escalates from “bubbling under the surface” to “all consuming”. Rock tenor.
John Amoroso: Seeking male, 18+ to play teenager. Wild, funny, loud. Incredibly charming and likable. His inability to express what he’s feeling manifests itself in sloppy, childish behavior, pyromania and explosions of violent anger. Charismatic enough to be the front man, but doesn’t want to be the front man. Rock tenor.
Brandon Keese: Seeking male, 18+ to play teenager. Endearingly dorky. Takes himself seriously. Total music geek. High-strung. Slightly in love with his talent, but also quite self-conscious. Maybe a little chunky. Rock baritone.
Nate Obenkrieger: Seeking male, 18+ to play teenager. Weirdo. Very funny, goofy and childlike. Deceptively smart, even though he comes off as vacant. Rock baritone.
Lisa Bred: Seeking female, 18+ to play teenager. Cool, ordinary and sweet. Feels things deeply. Trying to figure out who she wants to be. Not so much a pretty girl as a cool chick who wears hoodies. Strong rock belt.
Megan Thurser: Seeking female, 18+ to play teenager. Tightly-wound and amusingly bitchy. Looks at rock musicians with a mixture of revulsion and pity. Bratty. Maybe a little chunky. Undergoes a huge transformation by the end. Chris’s twin sister. Strong rock belt.
Mrs. Werring: 50s. Woman with lots of heart. Eccentric, hilarious, jittery, but has a lot of underlying sadness. Was a tour manager for David Bowie in the 70’s. Strong rock belt.
TELL OUT MY SOUL by Jacquelyn Honess-Martin. Director TBA.
Tom: Man, early 60s. University lecturer. Widower. World-weary, sarcastic and witty, with a very sharp mind. British dialect.
Ruth: Woman, early 30s. Foreign correspondent for national paper. Single, ambitious, focused and very bright. British dialect.
Ev: Female, late teens - early 20s. Attractive and sexy rather than pretty. Slightly art school-trendy, but she’s hard to place. Something slightly unsettling about her.
Louisa: Woman, early – mid 30s. Housewife going through a divorce.
Sheila: Woman, mid - late 60s. Church warden. Warm and welcoming. The sort of person you confide in.
Week Two:
Shows rehearse beginning June 23. Run: July 8 – 13.
GREEN GIRL by Sarah Hammond. Director: Wendy McClellan.
Note: All characters are Southern.
Slaughter: Caucasian female, 17. Known by her last name. High school girl who wears trench coats. Outcast in a small Southern town. Dark, scary. Practical, confident with a grim, often inappropriate sense of humor.
Bales Slaughter: Caucasian woman, 20s. Slaughter’s older sister. Wears a bathrobe morning, noon and night. Housebound, languorous. Willowy.
Jacob Chestnutt: Caucasian male, 18. High school boy. Average basketball player. Mainstream and regular. Works at a country club and can blend into that crowd easily.
Rachel Slaughter: Caucasian woman, 33. Living during the Civil War. Takes her chicken to cockfights. Thrifty and rigid. The business end of the family perfume operation, she loves to bargain and profit and risk. A saleswoman to the depths of her soul.
Maddie Slaughter: Caucasian woman, 33. Rachel’s sister. Makes perfume. The creative end of the family business. Round. Sweet and chatty. Driven by her insatiable appetite emotionally and physically. Harebrained romantic.
Chickenscratch: Caucasian man, mid 30s. Sleeps in a chicken coop. Rusted, busted, with a deep soul. A hermit prophet and Gamecock football fan.
NEIGHBORHOOD THREE: REQUISITION OF DOOM by Jennifer Haley. Director: Kerry Whigham.
Father: Late 30s - mid 40s. Apparently a normal suburban dad; we eventually realize there is something not quite right about him. Plays several middle-class suburban men who each have varying degrees of painful loss, anxiety, fear, repressed emotions and danger. Requires an actor with great range of style and type.
Mother: Late 30s - mid 40s. Archetypical American suburban mother; manicured and perfectly- appointed woman who never lets the cracks in her life show. Actress plays several women, each of whom has a high level of fear/paranoia regarding her neighbors, their husbands and their children. Reacts quickly, although not always correctly to the destruction of the world as she knows it. Note: Mom is described by the teenage friend of her son as a "hot mom"; there should be a sexual quality about her.
Son: Seeking male, 18+; must convincingly play age 17. A gaming nerd with a heart. Not the most popular kid in school, but finds refuge and acceptance in the world of gaming. Not sluggish or morose...approaches gaming with a great deal of excitement and intensity. Actor plays a variety of 17-year-old boys who lose faith and trust in their families, become highly disillusioned and disempowered. Trying to make sense of the adult world with uneven success.
Daughter: Seeking female 18+, must convincingly play age 17. Rebel teen from the suburbs with an insistently belligerent, bratty quality. She's a nerdy girl, but is smart enough to "play it cool". Actress plays several teenage girls who carry enormous anger at their parents, pain for themselves and distrust of authority as they mature in an ever-changing reality. Yearns to connect, but has little resource.
Week Three:
Shows rehearse beginning June 30. Run: July 15 – 20.
THE ONES THAT FLUTTER by Sylvia Reed. Director TBA.
Roddy: Caucasian man, 50. Texan. Former warden of Death Row at the Huntsville Unit. Actor also plays Roddy’s Father.
Hunter: African American man, 20s. Death Row poet.
Woman: 30s or 40s. Agent for a home builder.
Young Roddy: Caucasian boy, age 9.
Julie Ray: Caucasian woman, 20s. Roddy’s niece, whom he has raised since birth.
ESTHER DEMSACK by Billy Finnegan. Director: Stafford Arima.
Esther Demsack: Woman, 30s - 40s. Struggling novelist. Likes to think she has her feet firmly planted on the ground, but can barely put one foot in front of the other. Has a sense of humor and a sense of adventure, but both have their limits.
Everett Brewster: Boy, age 12. David’s son. Very bright and very determined to have things his way, but not a brat. Very sure of himself. Very quick, and always tries to stay a step ahead.
David Brewster: Man, late 30s - 40s. Wealthy and handsome. Head of Brewster Press, a prestigious publishing house. Has a screwball level of excitement, but also has a dark side.
Rema Hayek: Lebanese American woman, 60s. Beautiful, petite, very well put-together. Speaks with a slight, but noticeable accent. The Brewsters’ neighbor. Sly and mischievous; she’s looking for a good time.
Elaine Hayek: Lebanese American woman, 40s. Rema’s daughter. Speaks loudly and very quickly in long, elaborate sentences. Loves Everett, and has a little thing for David.
Week Four:
Shows rehearse beginning July 7. Run: July 22 – 27.
TIO PEPE by Matthew Lopez. Director: Caitlin Moon.
Note: Begins rehearsal June 28.
Inez Candelaria: Hispanic woman, late 40s - 50s. Matriarch of the family. A dreamer. Her insatiable ambition and steamrolling are what keep the family dancing and laughing through poverty, abandonment and heartache. A lioness. Performer must be able to sing and dance / move well.
Francisco Candelaria: Hispanic man, mid - late 20s. Oldest child. Lovable goof. Thinks he’s a stud, but is mostly a clown. Although he allows himself to be caught in Inez’s web of unrealistic dreams, he is capable of startlingly clear, practical and insightful wisdom. Actor need not dance or sing.
Alejandro Candelaria: Hispanic man, mid 20s. Middle child. Has had some early success as a child actor / dancer, but has given up show business to be the man of the house since their father is long absent. Broken by the weight of unrealized dreams. Has settled for surviving. Stubborn, disappointed and fiery. Actor must be a strong dancer.
Rebecca Candelaria: Hispanic female, late teens - early 20s. Youngest child. Loves and looks up to her brothers. Very much a girl, not yet a woman. Has spunk and a lot of potential. Performer must be a strong mover.
Jamie: Caucasian man, mid 20s. Alejandro’s childhood friend. Successful, but embarrassed over his good fortune. Immensely fond of the Candelaria family, but they’ve grown apart.
FUTURE ME by Stephen Brown. Director TBA.
Note: All actors must be able to do a British accent.
Peter: Man, late 20s - mid 30s. Highly educated, articulate barrister whose career is about to take off. Good-looking, presents himself smartly. Professional. Has an “everyman” quality. Also has a secret life that eventually brings him down. RP accent.
Jenny: Woman, late 20s - early 30s. Journalist on the highly respected Guardian newspaper. Peter’s girlfriend. Intelligent and articulate. Girlish. Caught between love, revulsion and a need to understand. RP accent.
Mike: Man, late 20s - mid 30s. Peter’s younger brother. Computer expert. Less successful and more awkward than his brother. Somewhat geeky and lonely. Resents his brother. RP accent. Actor also plays Patrick, a sex offender in prison.
Harry: Man, late 40s - early 50s. Serial child abuser who has spent significant parts of his adult life in prison. Slightly less intelligent than average, emotionally needy, unintentionally funny. Talks a lot. Hapless charm. Working-class accent. Actor must be able to play the guitar.
Ellen: Woman, early - mid 40s. Probation officer. Steady, professional, mature and direct, but not a perfect therapist. Crosses boundaries she shouldn’t cross, and loses her temper. Regional accent / standard English.
Tim: Man, early - mid 50s. Prisoner and journalist. Campaigns for the legislation of child-adult sexual relationships. Sexually attracted to young boys. Smart, working-class autodidact who relishes arguing with Peter. Ironic, passionate and perverse. Vulnerable. Working-class / regional accent.
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Public Theater
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New York, NY 10036
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Audition Information
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When: Monday, May 19, 2008 – No accompanist
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 – Accompanist provided
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM both days.
Lunch from 1 - 2.
Where: Actors' Equity Association Audition Center
165 West 46th Street, 2nd Floor
New York City
Notes/What to bring: On May 19, no accompanist will be provided. Please prepare a brief contemporary monologue, either comedic or dramatic. On May 20, an accompanist will be provided. Please prepare either a) a brief rock song or b) a brief contemporary comedic or dramatic monologue or c) 16 bars of a song and a one-minute monologue.
Please bring a picture & resume, stapled together.
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