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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by Appointment
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
1 PM to 5 PM
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Contract
SPT
Tier 6 Contract ($417/weekly)
Location
Cape May Stage
405 Lafayette Street
Cape May, NJ
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Seeking
Equity actors, men and women, for the 2015 Season.
see breakdown.
Preparation
Prepare a brief monologue under two minutes.
Bring picture and resume, stapled together.
Other Dates
NYC EPAs shall be held on Tuesday, February 17 and Wednesday, February 18, at AEA, 9:30 to 5:30 each day. See separate notices.
Non-Equity actors will also be seen as time permits (see breakdown for more info)
Other
www.capemaystage.org
Personnel
Producing Artistic Director Roy Steinberg and Director Marlena Lustik are expected to be in attendance at the EPAs
· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
Because of the remote location, actors may arrive without an appointment but Equity actors may phone 609-884-1341 X305 for a specific appointment.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
2015 SEASON:
RED HOT PATRIOT: THE KICK-ASS WIT OF MOLLY IVINS
by Margaret Engel and Allison Engel
directed by Marlena Lustik
rehearses May 5
previews May 20
opens May 21
closes June 12
Seeking:
Molly Ivins
female tall, brassy, Texan, middle aged reporter – great comic timing
Helper
male, impassive copy clerk – may cast EMC
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MARY, MARY
by Jean Kerr
directed by Roy Steinberg
rehearses June 2
previews June 17
opens June 18
closes July 24
Seeking:
Bob McKellaway
male, late 30s, attractive, a publisher – good with language, comedy
Mary McKellaway
female, 28, his former wife, attractive, witty – described as 5’3’’
Tiffany Richards
female, 20s, his present fiancée, independently wealthy, health food, counter- culture type - may cast EMC
Dirk Winston
male, late 30’s, recently from Hollywood, war-time friend very handsome and romantic
Oscar Nelson
male, 50 ish, tax lawyer, friend of both Bob and Mary, funny
The play takes place in 1961 in New York
THE SEARCH FOR INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
by Jane Wagner
directed by Roy Steinberg
rehearses July 14
previews July 29
opens July 30
closes September 4
Seeking:
Comic female character actress:
Need actress who can play everything from a homeless woman to an up-sale woman to a jock to a man. We are strongly considering casting an African-American or Latina or Asian artist. Lily Tomlin played this role 30 years ago and won a Tony for her performance.
DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE
by Sarah Ruhl
directed by Roy Steinberg
rehearses August 25
previews September 9
opens September 10
closes October 9
Seeking:
A Woman, Jean
39, works at Holocaust Museum, ironic and comic
A Dead Man, Gordon/Gordon’s Brother, Dwight
40 ish -Gordon sells organs/Dwight sells stationary, both are urbane, detached
Gordon’s Mother, Mrs. Gottlieb
late 60s, upscale
Gordon’s Widow, Hermia/The Other Woman/The stranger
35-45, great comic timing
We may cast two EMC non-speaking ensemble roles.
These are real people in a surreal world and they are quirky and sometimes kooky.
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TRYING
by Joanna McClelland Glass
directed by Austin Pendleton
rehearses September 29
previews October 14
opens October 15
closes November 15
Seeking:
Judge Biddle
An 81 year old, once brilliant man who was Attorney General under Franklin Roosevelt, he now functions between lucidity and senility. He is the aristocratic scion of an old, Main Line Philadelphia family.
Sarah Schorr
A 25 year old girl hired by Mrs. Biddle to be the judge’s secretary. She is a plain-spoken, direct pleasant girl from the prairie province of Saskatchewan
The play takes place in 1967.
CAPE MAY CHRISTMAS (Premiere)
by Marlena Lustik
directed by TBA
rehearses November 10
opens November 27
closes January 2, 2016.
Seeking:
Santa Claus
need we say more – comic timing
Mrs. Claus
need we say more – comic timing
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NON-EQUITY ACTOR INFO:
Non-Equity actors will also be seen for our Emerging Artists program and may be eligible for Equity Membership Candidate Points for certain plays. Our Emerging Artists Program offers classes and workshops and will perform in an intern directed play as well as possible small roles in our main-stage productions with Equity actors pending permission from Equity. The Emerging Artists are neither housed nor paid. There is no fee to be an Emerging Artist. You will be asked to help with production work in all areas. Please send questions to roy@capemaystage.org or phone 609-884-1341 X305.
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