Barksdale Theatre 2011-12 Season
– Equity Performer Auditions by APPOINTMENT in VA
Richmond VA SPT (approval/salary level pending; 2010-11 weekly minimum: $370).
Managing Dir/Prod: Phil Whiteway
Artistic Dir: Bruce Miller
Equity Performer Auditions (Principal / Chorus) by APPOINTMENT:
Monday, August 1, 2011 – No accompanist The Empire Theatre
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 – Accompanist provided 114 West Broad Street
10 AM – 6 PM both days. Richmond, VA 23220
Lunch from 1 – 2.
For an appointment, call 804/783-1688, option 3, M–F, 9–5 PM. Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout each audition day, as time permits.
Non-musical day, August 1: Please prepare a brief monologue.
Accompanist day, August 2: Please prepare either A) a brief song OR B) a brief monologue OR C) 32 bars of a song and a one-minute monologue. Accompanist provided on August 2 only. Bring sheet music in the correct key; accompanist is provided, but may not transpose.
Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.
All roles are open unless otherwise specified. For pre-cast roles, auditioning performers will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.
LEND ME A TENOR by Ken Ludwig. Dir: Scott Wichmann. 1st reh: 8/15/11. Runs: 9/9-10/6.
Max:
20s - mid 30s. Assistant to Saunders. Aspiring singer; his worst enemy is his lack of self-confidence. Spends his time as a doormat to his future father-in-law and trying to convince Maggie that he is marriage material.
Maggie:
20s-30s. Max's girlfriend. Pretty, quirky. Doesn’t want to settle for the seemingly mundane life she has with Max. Longs for an adventurous fling, one which will allow her to “hear bells”.
Saunders:
Mid 50s. Maggie's father, and general manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company. Authoritarian. Uptight, with a short fuse … most of which he takes out on Max.
Tito:
Italian, 30s-40s. World-famous tenor, known to his fans as “Il Stupendo”. Imposing. Womanizing; loves Maria, but has difficulty resisting the advances of the opposite sex (who seem to advance frequently and with considerable momentum).
Maria:
Italian, 30s. Tito’s wife. Sophia Loren-type: busty, proud and excitable. Passionate; temperamental. Growing weary of her husband’s wandering eye (and body) for the opposite sex.
Bellhop:
Any age. Highly energetic fan of Tito. Uses his occupation to get close to the international star.
Diana:
Mid 30s. Soprano with the Cleveland Grand Opera Company. Beautiful, sexy. Has been “flinging her way through the whole cast”. Playing Desdemona opposite Tito, she thinks that he might be her ticket out of Cleveland into the big time.
Julia:
60s. Chair of the Opera Guild. Over-the-hill ex-diva for whom the Cleveland Grand Opera Company is the center of her small, pretentious world.
MY FAIR LADY Music: Frederick Loewe. Book/Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner. Dir: Bruce Miller. 1st reh: October, 2011. Runs: 11/18/11 – 1/11/12.
Professor Zoltan Karpathy:
Hungarian. Bearded. Former Phonetics student of Henry Higgins.
Mrs. Pearce:
Higgins’s housekeeper.
Mrs. Eynsford-Hill:
Freddy’s mother, a friend of Mrs. Higgins.
Ensemble.
Eliza Doolittle:
CAST. Cockney flower girl from Lisson Grove, working outside Covent Garden. Her potential to become “a lady” becomes the object of a bet between Higgins and Pickering.
Professor Henry Higgins:
CAST. British. Upper-class professional bachelor. World famous Phonetics expert, teacher and author.
Alfred P. Doolittle:
CAST. Eliza’s father.
Col. Pickering:
CAST. British. Retired officer with colonial experience. Author of “Spoken Sanskrit”.
Freddy Eynsford-Hill:
CAST. Upper-class young man who becomes completely smitten with Eliza.
Mrs. Higgins:
CAST. Henry’s long-suffering mother.
GOD OF CARNAGE by Yasmina Reza. Dir: Bo Wilson. 1st reh: 1/9/1. Runs 2/3 – 3/13/12.
Michael: Forceful and witty. Successful, but from a humble upbringing.
Veronica: Tightly spun. A sharp writer, who prides herself on her liberal values.
Alan: Corporate attorney. Loves his job. Wants to win every argument.
Annette: Emotional. Constantly protecting her son, and finding faults in others.
SCORCHED EARTH by David L. Robbins. Dir: Steve Perigard 1st reh: 3/19/12. Runs 4/13 – 5/20/12.
World premiere.
Nat: A lawyer.
Maeve: Nat’s estranged wife.
Clare: Caucasian. Young factory worker.
Elijah: African American. Clare’s husband.
Talley: The sheriff.
Mrs. Epps: Clare’s grandmother.
Fentress: The county prosecutor
Jackie: The medical examiner.
Deputy: African American. Young deputy sheriff.
Mr. Sipe, Dr. James, Mr. Snead, Nurse, Judge, Reporters, Various Townspeople.
SPRING AWAKENING Music: Duncan Sheik. Book/Lyrics: Steven Sater. Dir: Chase Kniffen. 1st reh: 5/14/12. Runs 6/15 – 8/5/12.
Adult Men:
Multiple roles for one actor include Herr Stiefl (Moritz's father), Herr Gabor (Melchior's father) and Herr Sonnenstich (the boys’ teacher).
Adult Women:
Multiple roles for one actress include Fanny (Melchior's mother), Frau Bergman (Wendla's mother) and the Teacher.
Anna:
German schoolgirl. Martha's best friend. Has a difficult time understanding Martha's trials. A3-C5.
Ernst:
Schoolmate of Melchior's. Naive, easily manipulated. Unsure. C3-A4 (baritenor).
Georg:
Schoolmate of Melchior's. Overcome with his feelings for his piano teacher. D3-D5 (tenor).
Hanschen:
Schoolmate of Melchior's. Comfortable with his own sexuality. Uses his looks and intelligence to manipulate another student. C3-A4 (baritenor).
Ilse:
Martha's sister; shares her dark secret, and has run away from home to live in an artists' colony. Moritz's last hope. G3-E5.
Martha:
Schoolgirl with a life-changing secret. G3-E5.
Melchior:
Smart, headstrong boy who refuses to bow to society's rules. An atheist. Struggles with his intense feelings for Wendla. G2-G4.
Moritz:
Troubled student who desperately tries to please his father, but always seems to disappoint him. Has haunting dreams. Melchior's best friend. B2-A4 (tenor).
Otto:
Classmate of Melchior's. Struggles with feelings he considers inappropriate. C3-B4 (baritenor).
Thea:
Wendla's best friend, a schoolgirl who tries to stay innocent and pure. A3-E5
Wendla:
Innocent, but with every passing day, she grows more curious about the world around her. Both vulnerable and a willing participant in her evolution. G3-E5.
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