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Breakdown
2016-17 Mainstage SEASON:
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
by Tracy Letts
Director: Jasson Minadakis
1st reh: 8/8/16. 1st Preview: 9/8. Opens: 9/13. Closes: 10/2
(poss. ext. to 10/9)
Seeking:
Beverly Weston, 69 years old
Violet Weston, 65 years old
Barbara Fordham, 46 years old
Bill Fordham, 49 years old
Jean Fordham, 14 years old (casting 18+)
Ivy Weston, 44 years old
Mattie Fae Aiken, 57 years old
Charlie Aiken, 60 years old
Little Charles Aiken, 37 years old
Johnna Monevata, 26 years old (Native American)
Sheriff Deon Gilbeau, 47 years old
Steve Heidebrecht, 50 years old
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MISS BENNET
by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon
Director: TBA
1st reh: 10/31/16. 1st Preview: 11/25. Opens: 11/29. Closes: 12/18
(poss. ext to 12/25)
Seeking:
Mary Bennet
20. Finally coming in to her own, she is no longer the plain, boring girl she once was. She has a fire in her now. She is intelligent, curious, and lively, but her family only sees her as a future spinster. She does not suffer fools. She wants to live.
Arthur de Bourgh
22. A studious, unsociable, only child who has never been around women or large families. He is a loner who prefers books to people. He has recently inherited a large estate and has no idea what to do next.
Elizabeth Darcy
22 and married to Darcy. Confident, charming, and witty. She makes a fun and surprising lady of the house. She is best friends with her sister Jane.
Fitzwilliam Darcy
30. A loving, generous, and smart (if slightly stiff) husband. He is quiet and vigilant and thus sees what others often miss. He knows what being lovelorn is like.
Jane Bingley
24 and married to Bingley. She is 7 months pregnant with her first child and is sweet and optimistic as ever. The kindest heart in the house.
Charles Bingley
25. Gracious, happy, and ever focused on the love of his life, Jane. A good friend and always ready with a smile.
Lydia Wickham
17. Flirtatious, braggadocios and selfish. Her marriage to Mr Wickham is a sham but she will not admit this. She also won’t admit that she desperately needs the love of her family.
Anne de Bourgh
20’s. Only daughter of the late Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Lived in her mother’s very large shadow, never having to ask for anything or speak for herself, her entire life. Judgemental and impatient, just like her mother.
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NATIVE SON
by Nambi E. Kelley
Director: Seret Scott
1st reh: 12/26/16. 1st Preview: 1/19/17. Opens: 1/24. Closes: 2/12
(poss. ext to 2/19)
Seeking:
Bigger
African-American man of 20
The Black Rat
Afican-American male 20s, the voice inside Bigger’s head
Mary
Caucasian female, early 20s, edgy and simultaneously precious
Jan
Caucasian male, 30s, well-intentioned with an edge; plays a variety of roles
Hannah
African-American female, early 40s, tough, broken, the edge of anger, plays a variety of roles
Buddy
African-American male to play teens, soft, a follower, plays a variety of roles
Bessie
African-American female to play teens to mid 20s; alcoholic, also plays VER, and a variety of roles
Mrs, Dalton
Caucasian female, late 40s to early 50s, blind and well-intentioned; plays a variety of roles
Mr. Dalton
Caucasian male, late 40s to early 50s, seemingly upstanding, plays a variety of roles
Britten
Caucasian male, 40s-50s, main investigator, thrives on mischief; plays a variety of roles
Gus
African-American male, 20s, Bigger’s best friend, smarter than Bigger with less fight; plays a variety of roles
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PEERLESS
by Jiehae Park
Director: TBA
1st reh: 2/13/17. 1st Preview: 3/9. Opens: 3/14. Closes: 4/2
(poss. ext to 4/9/17)
Seeking:
NOTE: Characters are high school age, however actors 18+ will be cast
M & L
twin sisters. Asian.
- M is trying to get into Harvard and doesn’t want anyone or anything to stand in her way. She is encouraged by her twin sister, L, to do horrible things to pave her path. Although M initially is resistant to some of L’s more sinister tactics, she eventually betrays her own sister, only for her fate to end poorly and L get the last laugh.
- L is calculating and completely loyal to M throughout, believing that M’s success is her success as well.
BF
M’s boyfriend. Black. He and M have a rocky relationship through much of the play, and he is discovered to be one of the sources of her misery later on, as someone who gets accepted to the school ahead of her.
D
male. Looks (really) white. 1/16 Native American. A slightly naïve, slightly pathetic boy who elicits M’s anger for using his fraction of Native American blood and subsequent tribal membership to get into Harvard. He is allergic to everything and overall quite frail, although he has adapted a lifestyle of bravery. He is gullible and falls for M’s advances which ultimately lead to his death.
Dirty Girl
aka Caroline aka That Weird Girl in High School You Know The One.
White. Stand in for Shakespeare’s witches. She is not always understood by other characters in the play and uses double speak and her appearance to lead them astray. She is a total mystery.
D’s Brother
(doubles with D), sickly, carries around an oxygen tank.
Preppy Girl
(doubles with DIRTY GIRL)
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GUARDS AT THE TAJ
by Rajiv Joseph
Director: Jasson Minadakis
1st reh: 4/3/17. 1st Preview: 4/27. Opens: 5/2. Closes: 5/21
Humayun
a guard of the Taj Mahal as it is under construction (along with Babur), he takes his job very seriously and values his position and rank very highly. Humayun ultimately is left with the decision of whether or not to betray his best friend and closest colleague, Babur, in his plot against the emperor. Calculating, logical, left brain.
Babur
a guard of the Taj Mahal as it is under construction (along with Humayun), he pushes the boundaries of what he is supposed to do in order to enjoy his life more. He does not follow the same strict code as Humayun which causes him to both break the rules as a guard of the Taj Mahal and turn against the emperor after being given a truly horrible task. Emotional, righteous, right brain.
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THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA McBRIDE
by Matthew Lopez
Director: TBA
1st reh: 5/15/17. 1st Preview: 6/8. Opens: 6/13. Closes: 7/2
(poss. ext to 7/9)
Seeking:
Casey
20s, White, a southerner with a simple mind and a big heart. He just wants to be an Elvis impersonator, but his lack of income causes stress on his new marriage, so when a chance opportunity to perform and make money as a drag queen falls in his lap, he comes to grips with his prospects, takes on the challenge, and becomes the legendary “Georgia McBride”.
Jo
20s, African American, Casey’s wife who balances her supportive nature with realism regarding their finances. She is kept in the dark for most of the show regarding Casey’s alternate persona, and has a very mixed reaction upon making the discovery.
Miss Tracy Mills
40s/50s, a wise and wise-cracking older drag queen who brings her show to an old Florida panhandle bar to keep it alive and who provides guidance for Casey and Rexy. She is responsible for turning Casey into Georgia McBride.
Rexy/Jason
20s/30s, REXY is a heavy drinking young drag queen who does it because she loves it and believes in its history; JASON is Casey’s best friend and also his landlord who is put in the tough position of asking his friend for money that he knows isn’t there.
Eddie
50s/60s, the owner of the bar where Casey does his Elvis show, which he eventually replaces with Tracy and Rexy’s drag show. He just wants to be profitable.
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