Combined LORT Theatre Auditions (Long Wharf Theatre and Hartford Stage)
Various Producers
AUDITION DATE
Jun 02, 2017
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep see breakdowns for salary info.
SEEKING
Equity actors and singers for various roles in the upcoming seasons for both
Long Wharf Theatre
and
Hartford Stage
PREPARATION
Prepare EITHER: 1) Prepare a brief contemporary or classical monologue; OR 2) A brief musical theatre or operatic song; OR 3) a one minute monologue and 16 bars of a song. If singing, bring sheet music; a piano accompanist will be provided.
Total audition time should not exceed 2 minutes.
Bring 2 copies of picture and resume, stapled together.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
PERSONNEL
Joint Audition with Hartford Stage
In attendance: Drew Gray, Associate Producer, Long Wharf Theatre
Rachel Alderman, Hartford Stage
OTHER
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
Long Wharf Theatre 2017-18 Season
LORT B + D; $861 + $637 / week minimum
SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS
Written by: Bess Wohl
Director: Rachel Chavkin
First Rehearsal: August 8th, 2017
Runs August 30th, 2017 – September 24th, 2017
ALL ROLES CAST
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FIREFLIES
From the novel ELEANOR & ABEL by Annette Sanford
Written by Matthew Barber
Directed by Gordon Edelstein
First Rehearsal: September 12, 2017
Runs October 11, 2017– November 5, 2017
ELEANOR- Female, Mid-60’s
GRACE- Female, Mid-60’s
ABEL- Male, Mid-60’s
EUGENE- Male, Late-30’s
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THE CHOSEN
Adapted by Aaron Posner and Chaim Potok, from the novel by Chaim Potok
Directed by TBD
First Rehearsal: October 24, 2017
Runs November 22, 2017 – December 17, 2017
Reuven Malter- Male, Mid-30’s to Mid-40’s
Young Reuven Malter- Male, Late teens to Mid-20’s
Reb Saunders- Male, Mid-40’s to Mid-50’s
David Malter- Male, Mid-40’s to Mid-50’s
Danny Saunders- Male, Late teens to Mid-20’s
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OFFICE HOUR
Written by Julia Cho
Directed by TBD
First Rehearsal: December 12, 2017
Runs January 17, 2018 – February 11, 2018
SEEKING:
Gina- 30s. An instructor.
David- 30s. An instructor.
Genevieve- A little younger than Gina and David. An instructor.
Dennis- 18. A student.
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BASKERVILLE
Written by Ken Ludwig
Directed by TBD
First Rehearsal: January 30th, 2018
Runs February 28, 2018 – March 25, 2018
SEEKING:
Sherlock Holmes- Male, Mid 40’s
Doctor Watson- Male, Mid-40’s
Actor One- Male, 30’s to 40’s
Actor Two- Male, 20’s to 30’s
Actress One- Female, 20’s to 30’s
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CROWNS
*Co-production with the McCarter Theatre
Written & Directed by Regina Taylor
First Rehearsal: April 4th, 2018
Runs April 18th, 2018 – May 20th, 2018
SEEKING:
Woman One /WANDA/Oshun- African American Female, Mid-30’s to Mid-50’s
Woman Two /JEANETTE/ Yemaya- African American Female, Mid-30’s to Mid-50’s
Woman Three /VELMA /Oya- African American Female, Mid-30’s to Mid-50’s
Woman Four /YOLONDA- African American Female, Late teens to Mid-20’s
Woman Five/ MOTHER SHAW/Obatala - African American Female, Mid-30’s to Mid-50’s
Woman Six/ MABEL/Shango- African American Female, Mid-30’s to Mid-50’s
Man/Elegba- African American Male, Mid-30’s to Mid-50’s
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Hartford Stage.
LORT B; $861/week min
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
by William Shakespeare. Director: Darko Tresnjak.
First rehearsal: 8/11/17 Opening: 9/15/17 Closing: 10/8/2017
All roles available.
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SEDER
by Sarah Gancher. Director: Elizabeth Williamson. World Premiere
First rehearsal: 9/19/17 Opening: 10/27/17 Closing: 11/12/17
ERZSIKE (AIR-zhee-kuh, Hungarian for Lizzy): aged 19, 31, 52 and 60s. A Hungarian woman. Dynamic, fashionable. As a child, she was a Holocaust orphan reluctantly taken in by poor relations, and survival under communism has forced her to develop a ruthless pragmatism, a killer poker face, and a dry sense of humor. She longs for security, and will do anything to protect her family.
JUDIT (YOO-deet, Hungarian for Judith) late 30s. Erzsike’s elder daughter. Professional, attractive, polished. Rebellious, self-righteous, a daddy's girl who once chafed against her mother's harsh rules.
MARGIT (MAHR-geet, Hungarian for Margaret), aged Mid 30s. Erzsike’s younger daughter. Lives with Erzsike. Practical, plain, sweet, a peacemaker.
LACI (LAH-tsee, a nickname for Laszlo, or Lazarus) aged 30. Erzsike’s son, her youngest child. Irresponsible, beloved, dangerous. Requires someone who can read as an Eastern European rap enthusiast who makes a living at the edge of Budapest's criminal underworld, but also a born polemicist capable of passionate argument —born in another time, he might have been an intellectual.
DAVID, aged 40. Erzsike’s neighbor, an American Jewish man. Overenthusiastic, nebbishy, awkward at times, passionate, a fish out of water, has fled to Eastern Europe to reinvent himself.
ATTILA (AH-teela), aged 30s and later 40s.
Erzsike’s (male) boss at the House of Terror, Charismatic, funny, corrupt. He savors his position of power, and does not mind scaring others to get what he wants.
TAMÁS (TAHM-ahsh), aged 45 and later 66. Erzsike’s husband. Kind, romantic, ineffective, and terrified. A good man in a bad world. Keeping his head down in a difficult and dangerous job, trying to avoid doing too much damage or getting damaged himself.
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL- A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS
adapted by Michael Wilson.
Director: Rachel Alderman.
First rehearsal: 11/10/17 Opening: 12/1/17 Closing: 12/31/17
(All AEA roles are cast.)
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FEEDING THE DRAGON
written and performed by Sharon Washington. Director: Maria Mileaf
First rehearsal: 12/11/17 Opening: 1/19/18 Closing: 2/4/18
(All AEA roles are cast.)
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AGATHA CHRISTIE’S MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
by Ken Ludwig. Director: Emily Mann
First rehearsal: 1/23/18 Opening: 2/23/18 Closing: 3/25/18
(All AEA roles are cast.)
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THE AGE OF INNOCENCE
Adapted by Douglas McGrath. Director: Doug Hughes. World Premiere.
First rehearsal: 3/6/18 Opening: 4/13/18 Closing: 5/6/18
A company of 9 to 11 actors will play the following roles:
NEWLAND ARCHER, 20s, a young upper-class lawyer, engaged to May Welland but deeply and unnervingly smitten with Countess Ellen Olenska. Loyal, honest but desperately torn between the possibilities Ellen opens up to him and the demands of his society. Sings.
OLD GENTLEMAN, late 60s. Our narrator, Newland Archer in 1920, looking back with some regret and yearning at the choices he made as a young man.
MAY WELLAND, early 20s. A young and seemingly guileless society woman, who is nonetheless capable of doing what she feels she must to keep her husband.
ELLEN OLENSKA, 20s. A bewitching and melancholic young woman who has stepped outside the rules of her society by leaving her husband, she still has a certain joie de vivre. Torn between the freedom she craves and a deep desire not to cause more pain to those she loves. Sings.
MRS. MANSON MINGOTT, 70s-80s, brisk, confident and chair-bound New York society woman, used to ruling her family. Grandmother to both May and Ellen.
JULIUS BEAUFORT, 30s, a banker with a roving eye who is not as solid as he may seem.
LARRY LEFFERTS, 30s-40s. A man who will gladly heighten another’s scandal in order to hide his own philandering. May play piano.
SILLERTON JACKSON, older gentleman, good friend of the Archer family.
MRS. WELLAND, 50s, May’s mother. Very bound by the rules of New York society.
MR. VAN DER LUYDEN, 50s-70s, a prominent and very proper leader of New York society. He and his wife are the final say on all things socially acceptable. Has a deep affection for the Archers and therefore supports the Wellands. Gracious but with a spine of steel.
MRS. LUISA VAN DER LUYDEN, 50s-70s, a prominent and very proper leader of New York society. She and her husband dictate cultural tastes. Has a deep affection for the Archers and therefore supports the Wellands. Gracious but with a spine of steel.
MRS. ARCHER, 50s-60s, mother of Newland Archer. Able to solve almost any social crisis, she is a great support to her son. Slightly more down to earth than the older generation of society.
MR. LETTERBLAIR, 60s, head of the law firm where Newland Archer works. Confident in Newland’s ability to navigate a tricky situation for the firm.
THORLEY, 20s-30s, a young man in Newland Archer’s social circle. Enjoys gossiping.
MONSIEUR RIVIÈRE, 30-50s, an effervescent and charming Frenchman who marches to his own drum. A tutor.
HICKEY, 40-50s, middle-aged law clerk who is unhappily married.
DALLAS, 20-30s, Newland and May’s son. A warmhearted and enterprising young man.
MALE OPERA SINGER, tenor, sings Faust.
FEMALE OPERA SINGER, soprano, sings Marguerite.
FLORIST, 20-40s, a helpful woman or man who coordinates Newland’s daily flower delivery to May, and then to Ellen.
Non-speaking members of New York society at the opera, the ball, etc.
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STATEMENTS AFTER AN ARREST UNDER THE IMMORALITY ACT
by Athol Fugard. Directed: Darko Tresnjak
First rehearsal: 4/17/18 Opening: 5/25/18 Closing: 6/10/18
All roles available.
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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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