IN THE NEXT ROOM and FAILURE - Lexington EPA
AthensWest Theatre Company
AUDITION DATE
Oct 15, 2016 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm (EDT)
Oct 16, 2016 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm (EDT)
APPOINTMENTS
To schedule an appointment, please contact athenswestauditions@gmail.com. Please provide availability for 10/15 11a-2p and 10/16 2p-5p in your email. Time confirmation will be sent.
CONTRACT
SPT 3; $318/wk Minimum
SEEKING
AEA actors for our upcoming productions of IN THE NEXT ROOM OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY and FAILURE: A LOVE STORY. Please see breakdowns for more information. All interested parties must appear in person to audition.
PREPARATION
Readings from audition sides provided at auditions. Bringheadshot and resume.
LOCATION Schmidt Vocal Arts Center 412 Rose St Lexington, KY 40506
The SVAC is located on the UK campus, on the corner of Rose St/ Rose Ln.
PERSONNEL Producer: Bo List; Director: Margo Buchanan (IN THE NEXT ROOM); Director: Jerre Dye (FAILURE: A LOVE STORY)
OTHER
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
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.
IN THE NEXT ROOM OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Margo Buchanan
First Rehearsal: 03/20/2017
Opening: 04/14/2017
Closing: 04/30/2017
CATHERINE GIVINGS – 20s to 30s – open-hearted and vulnerable, naïve but intelligent.
DR. GIVINGS – 30s to 40s – the consummate Victorian, crisp and restrained, professional.
SABRINA DALDRY – 20s to 40s – proper and reserved, like Dr. Givings, every bit the example of Victorian restraint.
MR. DALDRY – 30s to 50s - confident and bullish.
ELIZABETH – 20s to 40s, African-American – dignified, intelligent, a wet nurse who has recently lost a child.
ANNIE – 30s to 50s. Dr. Givings’s assistant. Serious and scientific.
LEO – 20s to 40s – a passionate artist, deeply in love with life.
FAILURE: A LOVE STORY by Philip Dawkins
Directed by Jerre Dye
First Rehearsal: 01/09/2017
Opening: 02/03/2017
Closing: 02/19/2017
MORTIMER MORTIMER – a hopelessly romantic young man and the embodiment of 1920s, Jazz Age optimism. 18+, all enthicities
NELLIE FAIL – the youngest of the spirited Fail sisters. 18+, all ethnicities
JENNY JUNE FAIL – the spirited middle Fail sister. 18+, all ethnicities
GERTRUDE FAIL – the eldest of the spirited Fail sisters. 18+, all ethnicities
JOHN N FAIL – the aloof, adopted brother of the Fail sisters. Not good with words. 18+, all ethnicities
CHORUS – a narrator or narrators, who play a variety of supporting characters. 18+, all ethnicities
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