MELANCHOLY PLAY
– OPEN Auditions by APPOINTMENT in MA
WAM Theatre Valatie, NY Special Appearance (approval pending) $200/week minimum.
Co-Artistic Directors: Kristen van Ginhoven, Leigh Strimbeck
Author: Sarah Ruhl
Dir: K. van Ginhoven
1st reh:10/25/10. Rehearses in/near Pittsfield MA. Runs 11/12-11/21.
OPEN Auditions (Equity/non) by APPOINTMENT:
Monday, September 13, 2010 NEW STAGE Performing Arts Center
4 PM – 10 PM 55 North Street 2nd Floor
Break from 6:30-7. Pittsfield MA 01201
Above the Beacon Cinema.
Free public parking behind building.
For an appointment, contact Kristen at
info@wamtheatre.com or 518/243-9627. Actors without appointments will be seen throughout the audition day, as time permits.
Sides will be e-mailed to those auditioning. A reader will be provided. A copy of the script is available to read at The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza, 1475 Western Avenue, Albany, NY and at Chapters Book Store, 78 North Street Pittsfield, MA.
Please bring a picture & resume, stapled together.
Seeking:
Note: No housing is available to out-of-area performers.
Casting note: All must be able to sing proficiently.
Frank:
Late 20s-early 40s. Tailor. Old-fashioned gentleman. Used to be an accountant. Separated from his twin sister Frances at birth.
Tilly:
Late 20s-early 30s. Bank teller. When she is happy she is happy, when she is sad she is sad. She resides openly and sincerely inside the emotional state, moment to moment.
Frances:
Late 20s-early 40s. Hairdresser. Practical yet sensual. Used to be a physicist. Lives with Joan. Separated from her twin brother Frank at birth.
Joan:
Late 30s-early 50s, British. Nurse. Lives with Frances. Direct. Strong carriage. Sure of everything, until she's not.
Lorenzo:
Late 20s-early 40s. Psychiatrist. Has an unidentifiable Italian accent. Handsome. Enjoys being a well for the sorrows of others. Falls in love with Tilly.
Theatre’s statement: “Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to attend.”
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