EMILIE Equity Principal Auditions - WAM Theatre Auditions

Posted April 30, 2013
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EMILIE - WAM Theatre

EMILIE... - By Appt in MA
WAM Theatre | Pittsfield, MA

Date of Audition:
5/13/2013

Call Type
Non-Required Principal

Time(s)
OPEN Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Monday, May 13, 2013
4 PM to 9 PM

Contract
Special Appearance
275$/weekly, pending approval

Location
Barrington Stage Company Mainstage
30 Union Street
Pittsfield, MA

Seeking
Actors, men and women for EMILIE: LA MARQUIES DU CHATELET DEFENDS HER LIFE (full title)

See breakdown

Preparation
Please prepare a monologue or short scene from the play for the audition. Script and Sides information will be emailed to those auditioning. Please bring picture/resume, stapled together to audition. A reader will be provided.

Other Dates
1st reh: 10/15. Runs: 11/07-11/24. Housing possible if needed. No transporation provided. Rehearsals will take place in Pittsfield, MA. Performances are in Pittsfield, MA at Barrington Stage Company St. Germain Stage.

Other
Equity members/non Equity members without appointments will be seen as time permits.

Personnel
Artistic Director-Kristen van Ginhoven
Writer: Lauren Gunderson

· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Appointments
Contact Kelly Galvin, Assistant to the Artistic Director, at kelly @
wamtheatre.com to book audition time.

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Breakdown

Emilie du Châtelet
forty, dresses in no partic
ular era, confident and curious

Voltaire (V)
fifty, dresses immaculately in 18th Century fashion, charming, boyish

Players:

Soubrette
A young woman, mid twenties, plays Emilie and others: Mary-Louise – simple and stupid, Daughter – direct and strong

Gentleman
A handsome man, thirties, plays Jean-François and others: Jean-François – young and doting, sincere, The Marquis – serious but warm, very formal, Maupertuis – sexy and academic, Marain – snide and proud

Madam
A slightly older woman, fifties, plays Mother and others: Mother – serious and wounded, Madam Graffigny – obnoxious and rich

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