Merrimack Repertory Theatre 2017-18 Season - Lowell MA EPA
Merrimack Repertory Theatre
AUDITION DATE
May 05, 2017
9:00 am - 5:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 12pm to 1pm
APPOINTMENTS
For more information or to schedule an audition time please call or email MRT’s casting office: casting@mrt.org 978-654-7593 AEA members without appointments will be seen as time permits.
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep LORT D; 2017-18 salary pending. 2016-17 $637/week
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles in the upcoming season:
THE ROYALE
SILENT SKY
LITTLE WOMEN, RETOLD
KNYUM
LOST LAUGHS, THE SLAPSTICK TRAGEDY OF FATTY ARBUCKLE
LITTLE ORPHAN DANNY
THE VILLAINS’ SUPPER CLUB
In some productions roles have been already cast.
PREPARATION
Actors are asked to prepare one contemporary monologue. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Merrimack Repertory Theatre Rehearsal Hall
132 Warren St.
Lowell, MA 01852
*Please note that our rehearsal hall IS NOT located at the same address as the theatre building.
PERSONNEL
Casting Authority in Attendance:
Peter Crewe, Producer
Emily Ruddock, Artistic Producer
OTHER
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.
BREAKDOWN
THE ROYALE
By: Marco Ramirez
Directed By: Megan Sandberg-Zakian
Dates:
1st Rehearsal: 8/22/17
1st Preview: 9/13/17
Opening: 9/16/17
Closing: 10/8/17
Seeking:
Jay: The Negro Heavyweight Champion. Late 20s/early 30s
Wynton: His trainer. 50’s
Nina: His fierce big sister. 30’s
Fish: An amateur boxer. 18
Max. A fight promoter and referee. White. 40’s
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SILENT SKY
By: Lauren Gunderson
Directed By: Sean Daniels
Dates:
1st Rehearsal: 9/26/17
1st Preview: 10/18/17
Opening: 10/21/17
Closing: 11/12/17
Henrietta Leavitt: 30’s, brilliant, meticulous, excited – almost always wearing a period hearing-aid.
Margaret Leavitt: 30’s homebody, creative, sweet, sister.
Peter Shaw: 30’s, the head astronomer’s apprentice…and the man.
Annie Cannon: 40’s the leader, terse and sure, grows into a firebrand
Williamina Fleming: 50’s smart as a whip and fun, Scottish.
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LITTLE WOMEN, RETOLD
Adapted by Emily Ruddock and Megan Sandberg-Zakian
Directed by: Megan Sandberg-Zakian
Dates:
1st Rehearsal: 11/7/17
1st Preview: 11/29/17
Opening: 12/2/17
Closing: 12/24/17
ELIZA: 16-ish: Jo. Also plays: Mr. March. Bossy, energetic, full of knowledge about everything, accident-prone. Perceptive and very smart.
RAZAN, 17-ish: Meg. Also plays: Hannah, Mr. Laurence. Beautiful, refined, careful not to get too enthusiastic about children’s games. Fierce protector of her sister, Yara.
YARA, 14-ish: Beth. Also plays: Laurie. Plays piano and sings. Withdrawn, quiet, and jumpy; suffering from the ordeal she’s recently been through. Sensitive, creative, very dry sense of humor underneath her shy exterior.
CHARLOTTE, 12-ish: Amy. Also plays: Marmee. Very literal, loves being the baby of the family and center of attention, a perfectionist, has a slightly hostile tween edge. In spite of sisterly bickering, she looks up to her sister Eliza and thinks the world of her.
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KNYUM
By: Vichet Chum
Directed By: KJ Sanchez
No roles available.
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LOST LAUGHS, THE SLAPSTICK TRAGEDY OF FATTY ARBUCKLE
By: Andy Bayiates and Aaron Muñoz
Directed By: Nathan Keepers
No roles available.
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LITTLE ORPHAN DANNY
Created by Dan Finnerty
No roles available
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THE VILLAINS’ SUPPER CLUB
By: Lila Rose Kaplan
Directed by: Sean Daniels
No roles available.
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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