Cape May Stage 2018 Season - Cape May NJ EPA
Cape May Stage
AUDITION DATE
Wednesday, Feb 21, 2018
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm (EST)
CONTRACT
SPT SPT Tier 6 contract ($461/weekly) offering housing, full health and pension benefits and round trip transportation
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles in the upcoming 2018 Season.
PREPARATION
Please bring a short monologue and a photo and resume stapled together.
LOCATION
Cape May Lutheran Church
509 Pittsburg Ave
Cape May, NJ 08204
PERSONNEL
Producing Artistic Director Roy Steinberg and Director Marlena Lustik will be in attendance.
OTHER
Cape May Stage encourages participation by performers of all races and ethnicities
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity monitor will be provided.
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
ERMA BOMBECK: AT WIT’S END
by Allison Engel and Margaret Engel
directed by Marlena Lustik
rehearses May 8, previews May 23 opens May 24 closes June 22(perf. Schedule: Wednesday – Saturday 8:00 pm, Saturday and Sunday at 3:00 pm)
Time is the present and various times from 1962- 1996
Seeking:
Erma Bombeck – female, 50s to 60s – a dynamo with an easy laugh from Dayton Ohio – the humorist
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CHAPTER TWO
by Neil Simon
directed by Roy Steinberg
rehearses June 12, previews June 27, opens June 29 and closes August 3
(perf. Schedule: Tuesday – Sunday 8:00 pm)
All characters need great comic timing – comic sexual situations for all
Seeking:
George Schneider– male – 42 – attractive, intelligent writer
Leo Schneider – male – 40 – George’s brother – great comic timing
Jennie Malone – female 32 – attractive, stylish
Faye Medwick – female, 35, more suburban
New York in the late 1970s
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THE LION IN WINTER
by James Goldman
directed by John Gulley
rehearses July 24, previews August 8, opens August 9 and closes September 14
(perf. Schedule: Tuesday – Sunday 8:00 pm)
Seeking:
Christmas, 1183 at Henry’s Castle at Chinon, France – classical training
Seeking Very accomplished actors who can play nuance and be exact with the lines
Henry II –King of England (Henry Plantagenet) male-50s to 60s – filled with vitality - excellent vocal and classical training
Alais Capet – female 23, serenely beautiful – in love with Henry – she is his mistress – may cast EMC
John – male - the youngest son 16 – short, pudgy with a round open face and sweet smile – may cast EMC
Richard the Lionhearted – male –oldest son 26 – tall and handsome – soldier – at home with power and politics
Geoffrey – male 25 – the middle son, tall, thin, darkly attractive – quick of speech and movement
Eleanor of Aquitaine – female 61 plus – Queen –truly handsome woman of great temperament, authority and presence – a feminine woman who is capable of holding her own in a man’s world
Philip – male - King of France -17 – verbal – may cast EMC
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THE SHUCK
World Premiere
by Shawn Fisher
directed by Roy Steinberg
rehearses September 4, previews September 19, opens September 20 and closes November 9
(perf. Schedule: Wednesday – Saturday 7:30 pm, Saturday and Sunday at 3:00 pm)
Set in 1974 in Shellpile, New Jersey – during the time of Nixon resignation
Seeking:
Constance – female - late 50’s, weathered, hard-working captain of oyster boat – no nonsense type
Anthony – male - late 60s, retired tough fisherman – romantic interest in Constance – loves poetry
Gail – female 30s, Constance’s daughter – a free spirited and opinionated bohemian – wants to save the world
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AN ACTOR’S CAROL
by Charles Evered
directed by Roy Steinberg
rehearses October 30 opens November14, closes December 30.
(perf. Schedule: Thursday – Saturday 7:30 pm, Saturday and Sunday at 3:00 pm)
3 Players play multiple roles – should be good with movement, accents
Seeking:
Hugh Penderton –male actor in 60s playing Scrooge
Player 1 – Female 30s -40s – plays Tiny Tim (Tina), Stage Manager Christmas Past, wife of Theatre Owner, Actors, Low Life
Player 2 – Male 30s-40s plays George Theatre Owner, Usher Christmas Past, Critic of Christmas Yet To Come, Janitor
Player 3 – Male 30s-40s – Prop Manager, Dresser, Agent, Actors, Low Life
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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