Penobscot Theatre Company
Bangor, ME

DESCRIPTION

CALL TYPE
EPA

CONTRACT
SPT
$725 weekly minimum (SPT 8)
$576 weekly minimum (SPT 6)
$512 weekly minimum (SPT 5)

AUDITION DATE
Friday, May 10, 2024
10:00 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Saturday, May 11, 2024
10:00 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

APPOINTMENTS
To schedule an audition appointment in person, via Zoom or if you are submitting a video submission please go to: https://docs.google.com/forms/... . For in person or Zoom auditions, also fill out this form: https://airtable.com/appuxBh18... . If submitting a video audition, also fill out this form: https://airtable.com/appuxBh18... . For any questions - [email protected] .

LOCATION
Bangor Opera House
131 Main St
Bangor, ME 04401-6309

City parking, enter doors and walk upstairs to Rehearsal Room on 2nd floor.

PERSONNEL
Expected to attend:
Artistic Director/Director - A CHRISTMAS CAROL & MOTHER RUSSIA: Jonathan Berry
Operations Administrator: Amanda Neitz

Viewing submissions:
Season Directors: Jonathan Berry, Rebecca
Bradshaw, Julie Lisnet, Matt Hawkins, and Phil Burns

See breakdown for production specific personnel.

OTHER DATES
See breakdown for production specific dates.

OTHER
www.penobscottheatre.org

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.

SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in Penobscot Theatre Company's 2024-25 Season (See breakdown).

PREPARATION
Please prepare either two contrasting 90-second contemporary monologues or one contemporary monologue and 32-bars of music from a song of your choosing. An accompanist will be provided for vocalists, but individuals must bring sheet music (if in-person). You may also sing with a backing track if you prefer. Also, please bring you headshot and resume stapled together. If you are unable to attend, you may submit a video audition of the same material.

BREAKDOWN

Penobscot Theatre Company 2024-25 Season

BIRTHDAY CANDLES (SPT 5)
Written by Noah Haidle
Director TBD
1st rehearsal 8/27/24
opening 9/21/24 - 10/6/24

SYNOPSIS: Ernestine Ashworth spends her 17th birthday agonizing over her insignificance in the universe. Soon enough, it’s her 18th birthday. Even sooner, her 41st. Her 70th. Her 101st. Five generations, an infinity of dreams, and one cake baked over a century.

SEEKING:
ERNESTINE ASHWORTH – Travels from age seventeen to 107. In that time she will be a daughter, a girlfriend, a wife, a mother, a friend, an aunt, a mother-in-law, a widow, a second wife, a grandmother, a great grandmother, and a great great grandmother.

ALICE – Selfless. Strong. Ernestine’s mother; Doubles as MADELINE and ERNIE

KENNETH – Ernestine’s awkward and annoying next-door neighbor.

MATT – Chiseled jawline. A middle linebacker on the high school football team. Ernestine’s boyfriend then husband; Doubles as WILLIAM

BILLY – Sensitive. An ear for music. Ernestine and Matt’s son; Doubles as JOHN

JOAN – Anxious. Very anxious. Billy’s wife; Doubles as ALEX and BETH

A CHRISTMAS CAROL (SPT 8)
Adapted by Lavina Jadhwani
Directed by Jonathan Berry
1st rehearsal 11/5/24
opening 11/30/24 - 12/22/2024

SYNOPSIS: Ebeneezer Scrooge lives a solitary, miserly life collecting debts and shunning his fellow men. One cold Christmas Eve, he is visited by four remarkable spirits who reveal his past, present, and future in the hopes of reigniting some love for his fellow man. With music, dance and theatrical spectacle, this holiday treat will delight the entire family and warm the heart of us all.

SEEKING:
EBENEEZER SCROOGE - 40s - 60s. Male presenting. Miserly owner of an accounting house who is visited by 4 ghosts who transform his life.

ADULT ENSEMBLE (7) - Any Age, Any Race, Any Gender - looking for a diverse ensemble to play all other roles in Christmas Carol - Looking for an ensemble who has singing/instrument skills.

CHILDREN ENSEMBLE (4) - ages between 6-15, Any Race, Any Gender, the Cratchet Children and other roles.

DIAL M FOR MURDER (SPT 5)
Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher
Directed by Rebecca Bradshaw
1st rehearsal 1/7/25
opening 2/1/25 - 2/23/25

SYNOPSIS: Tony is convinced that his wife Margot has been cheating on him. Now it seems that the affair is over, but in his jealousy, Tony spins a web of suspicion and deception that will tighten around them and ensnare them both in danger, recrimination and murder.

SEEKING:
MARGOT WENDICE – English female presenting (30s, 40s)
MAXINE HADLEY – American female presenting (30s, 40s)
TONY WENDICE – English male presenting (30s, 40s)
LESGATE – English male presenting (30s, 40s)
INSPECTOR HUBBARD – English male presenting (40s, 50s)

MATINICUS (SPT 6)
Written by Jennifer Connelly
Directed by Julie Lisnet
1st rehearsal 2/25/25
opening 3/22/25 - 4/6/25

SYNOPSIS: Based on the true story of Abigail Burgess, a young lighthouse keeper’s daughter, living on a rock 25 miles off the coast of Maine, this is a one-woman play filled with humor and heroism, about keeping the lights on at any cost.

SEEKING:
Abigail Burgess - female-presenting (20s - 40s)

MOTHER RUSSIA (SPT 5)
Written by Lauren Yee
Directed by Jonathan Berry
1st rehearsal 4/8/25
opening 5/3/25 - 5/18/25

SYNOPSIS: Three distinctly different clients travel to post-Soviet Russia, looking to obtain three distinctly different things: an oil-rich plot of land, an old White Russian Estate, and a baby from an orphanage. Svetlana, a witch-for-hire, is ready to help meet each of their needs. But when it turns out that the land, the estate, and the orphanage are all the same place, and everyone descends upon it simultaneously, Svetlana's talents are put to the test. Chaos and hilarity ensue.

SEEKING:
Euvgeny - Male presenting - 25 (Any race)
Dmitri - Male presenting - 25 (Any race)
Katya - Female presenting- 20s - 30s (Any race)
Mother Russia - Female presenting - Timeless (Any race)

ROCKY HORROR SHOW (SPT 6)
Written by Richard O'Brien
Directed by Matt Hawkins
Musical Direction by Phil Burns
1st rehearsal 5/20/25
opening 6/14/25 - 7/13/25

SYNOPSIS: In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named “Rocky.”

SEEKING:
USHERETTE/MAGENTA: Female presenting, Age Flexible (Range: Mezzo Soprano Belt, Bb3-Eb5) Appears to be a housekeeper. Sister to Riff Raff. One of Frank’s conspirators.

BRAD: Male presenting, 26-35 (Range: Bari Tenor, Bb2-G4) Quirky, but very much in love with his fiancée, Janet. Overly optimistic at times.

JANET: Female presenting, 26-35 (Range: Mezzo Soprano Belt, A3-Eb5) Good girl who is madly in love with Brad. Starts out as very innocent and becomes less so.

NARRATOR: Male presenting, Age Flexible (Non-Singing Role) Follows our two heroes through the story by narrating directly to the audience.

RIFF RAFF: Male presenting, 25-40 (Range: High Rock Tenor, D3-B4) Appears to be a butler, Brother to Magenta, Crazy high rock belt. One of Frank’s conspirators.

COLUMBIA: Female presenting, Age Flexible (Range: Mezzo Soprano Belt, E4-E5) Tap dancing and zany - former lover of Eddie. One of Frank’s conspirators.

FRANK 'N' FURTER: Male presenting, 30-45 (Range: Baritone, D3-G4) Mad scientist - fearlessly gender fluid in dress and actively embracing open sexuality.

ROCKY: Male presenting 18-30 (Range: Tenor, A3-G4) Frank’s magnificent creation. Naive and new to the world. Traditionally costumed in a speedo.

EDDIE/DR. SCOTT: Male presenting, 28-40 (Range: Baritone, E3-F#4) Eddie, delivery man, “went to pieces.” Misses the rock and roll of life. Comes back to life only to die after his solo. Was in a relationship with Columbia. Dr Scott is Eddie’s Uncle.

2 PHANTOMS/TRANSYLVANIANS: (SATB) Conspirators with Frank - support/chorus/storytellers.

SALARY

SPT (See Above)

UNION

AEA