Alley Theatre 2017-2018 Season - Houston EPA
Alley Theatre
AUDITION DATE
Jun 05, 2017
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (CDT)
Lunch: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
APPOINTMENTS
To obtain an appointment, e-mail contact information to auditions@alleytheatre.org
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep LORT B, C Minimums - $861/wk, $799/wk
SEEKING
Male/ Female actors of diverse cultural backgrounds.
PREPARATION
Please prepare one monologue, one to three minutes in length that is appropriate to the season. Please bring a current headshot and resume. When requesting an appointment, please indicate that you are a member of AEA.
LOCATION
Alley Theatre
615 Texas St
Houston, TX 77002-2710
Neuhaus Stage. Please sign-in in the Neuhaus Lobby.
PERSONNEL
James Black, Associate Director and Brandon Weinbrenner, Resident Assistant Director
OTHER DATES
See Breakdown.
OTHER
No Stage Management positions are available at this time.
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.
BREAKDOWN
The Alley Theatre maintains a Company of Actors. When casting productions, the Alley Theatre looks first to its Acting Company to fill key roles, and auditions on an as-needed basis. Most of the roles in the shows have been cast with resident members. However, for any role/show that has been cast, actors will be considered for possible replacements.
DESCRIBE THE NIGHT by Rajiv Joseph
Neuhaus Theatre (LORT C)
First Rehearsal August 22, 2017. Performances September 15 to October 15, 2017
Cast (in order of history)
* denotes actual historical figure.
NOTE: Actors should not use a dialect. All roles must have both profound depth and surprising wit and humor
ISAAC* Male, 40ish, (plays a range of ages). Russian, Jewish. He is the writer Isaac Babel. In 1920 he is 25 years old. A quiet, shy young man with dreams of being a successful writer, but traumatized from Polish-Russo war, where he is a wire-service journalist—a job he took in order to experience something in life he could write about. In 1937-40 he is a successful writer of fiction and films. He has robust appetites, and is far more self-assured, he is not intimidated by anyone. He craves danger.
NIKOLAI* Male, 40ish, (plays a range of ages). Must have both great danger and deep humor. Russian. A Captain in the Russian Red Cavalry in 1920, when he is 30 years old. He is enormously self-assured, an accomplished military man. A violent man. In 1937-40, he is the Head of Stalin’s Secret Police which will become the KGB. In 1989, when he is 99, he is a living relic of Russian history, and knows it. He enjoys tormenting young KGB agents.
YEVGENIA* Female, 40ish, (plays a range of ages). Russian, the wife of Nikolai Yezhov. In 1940, she is 40. Bright, beautiful, drawn to astrology and supernatural topics. Unhappy in her marriage, but would never say so. In 1989 she is 89 years old. Mischievous, with a humor that is rooted in pain and tragedy.
VOVA*Male, 40ish, (plays a range of ages). Russian, a KGB agent stationed in Dresden, East Germany, in 1989, at which time he is 35 years old. In 1999-2010, he is a politician of enormous stature. Deeply self-assured, the tremendous polish he has acquired cannot entirely hide that he is, at heart, a simmering thug with a chip on his shoulder.
URZULA Female, 30ish. Sexy, intimidating, self assured, an intellectual with a playful, irreverent streak. Polish, and in 1989, an immigrant, living in Dresden. The grand-daughter of Yevgenia.
FELIKS Male, 21. Polish. Thin, covered with tattoos, a dreary disposition. An orphan. At 21, in 2010, he feels middle-aged.
MARIYA/ MRS. PETROVNA Female mid/late 30’s. Mariya is Russian, 30’s, a journalist for a state-run newspaper in 2010. Moscow born and bred. Strong, smart, tough, savvy; it takes big events to shake her, and big events are happening. Mrs. Petrovna is Russian, 70’s, the owner of a Laundromat. The mother of Mariya.
CLEO by Lawrence Wright
Hubbard Theatre (LORT B)
First Rehearsal August 29, 2017. Performances September 29 to October 22, 2017
ELIZABETH TAYLOR or ‘LIZ’ 28-35 years old, beautiful, bright, knows what she wants.
RICHARD BURTON 40's, Welsh, tough, funny, good looking in a thuggish sort of way.
REX HARRISON 50's, tall, erudite, dry wit.
JOE MANEWICZ 50's, long suffering intellectual.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL, adaptation by Michael Wilson
Hubbard Theatre (LORT B)
First rehearsal October 22, 2017. Performances November 17 to December 30, 2017
FIRST SOLICITOR/ FIDDLER
SECOND SOLICITOR/ FEZZIWIG
THE GREAT SOCIETY by Richard Schenkkan (a co-production with Dallas Theater Center)
Hubbard Theatre (LORT B)
First rehearsal January 2, 2018. Performances January 26 to February 18, 2018
DR JAMES APPEL/ RICHARD DALEY/ GEN EARLE WHEELER/ ENSEMBLE
BOB MOSES/ REV DOBYNES/ HOSEA WILLIAMS/ MARQUETTE FRYE/ ENSEMBLE
LOVER, BELOVED: AN EVENING WITH CARSON MCCULLERS by Suzanne Vega
Neuhaus Theatre (LORT C)
First Rehearsal January 9, 2018. Performances February 9 to March 11, 2018
ALL ROLES ARE CAST AT THIS TIME
SATCHMO AT THE WALDORF by Terry Teachout
Hubbard Theatre (LORT B)
First rehearsal February 13, 2018. Performances March 2 to March 25, 2018
SATCHMO, et al
UNDERSTUDY
PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE by Steve Martin
Hubbard Theatre (LORT B)
First rehearsal March 20, 2018. Performances April 20 to May 13, 2018
PABLO PICASSO
ALBERT EINSTEIN
FREDDY
GASTON
SAGOT
CHARLES DERBNOW SCHMENDIMAR
GERMAIN
SUZANNE, FEMALE ADMIRER, COUNTESS
VISITOR
HOLMES AND WATSON by Jeffrey Hatcher
Hubbard Theatre (LORT B)
First Rehearsal May 8, 2018. Performances May 25 to July 1, 2018
WATSON
DR. EVANS
HOLMES 1/ SIR DIGHTON
HOLMES 2/ SIGNOR FONSECA
HOLMES 3/ PRINCE OF WALES
ORDERLY/ MORIARTY/ INSPECTOR
MATRON/ THE WOMAN
THE CAKE by Bekah Brunstetter
Neuhaus Theatre (LORT C)
First Rehearsal May 15, 2018. Performances June 15 to July 15, 2018
JEN
MACY
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 audition.
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