Merrimack Repertory Theatre 19-20 Season - Lowell, MA EPA
Merrimack Repertory Theatre
AUDITION DATE
Thu, May 02, 2019
9:00 am - 5:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 12 to 1.
APPOINTMENTS
For more information or to schedule an audition time please call or email MRT’s casting office: casting@mrt.org 978-654-7565
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep LORT D; $696/week min
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles in the upcoming 2019-20 season.
No roles will be understudied.
Stage Management:
Merrimack Repertory Theatre currently has no open stage management positions for the 2019/20 season.
PREPARATION
Actors are asked to prepare two contrasting contemporary monologues. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Merrimack Repertory Theatre - Rehearsal Hall
132 Warren St
Lowell, MA 01852
PERSONNEL
Casting Authority in Attendance:
Peter Crewe, Producer
Alexis Garcia, Artistic Administrator
OTHER
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of 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
2019-20 Shows and Available Roles:
Tiny Beautiful Things
By: Nia Vardalos
Directed By: Jen Wineman
Dates:
1st Rehearsal: 8/20/19
1st Preview: 9/11/19
Opening: 9/14/19
Closing: 10/6/19
Available Roles:
SUGAR: Age is 37 and up, no limit. Ethnicity is open. She is a writer, a married mom to two children. On a whim, she takes a job of an anonymous online advice columnist, only to discover that she needs the Letter Writers as much as they need her.
FEMALE LETTER WRITER: Age, gender and ethnicity are open. This person plays a variety of Letter Writers of many ages, including an assortment of males. Most notably, she plays a woman dealing with the after effects of a miscarriage, plus Sugar’s mother who appears in flashbacks.
MALE LETTER WRITER 2: Age, gender and ethnicity are open. This person plays a variety of roles, including women. Most notably he plays a transgender person in search of an answer about family, plus someone who is unsure about maintaining a relationship with a narcissist father.
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Cambodian Rock Band
By: Lauren Yee
Directed By: Marti Lyons
No Roles available.
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The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley
By: Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon
Directed by: Shana Gozansky
Dates:
1st Rehearsal: 11/5/19
1st Preview: 11/27/19
Opening: 11/30/19
Closing: 12/22/19
Available Roles:
MRS. REYNOLDS: late 50s, early 60s – housekeeper at Pemberley, knows and sees all, has been on staff since Darcy was a child, mother figure to the household.
BRIAN: a footman, in love with technology and inventions, sincere and ernest
CASSIE: new housemaid, a village girl, an orphan who came from less than nothing. The opportunity to work at Pemberley means security she has never had, and she takes this job very seriously. She is sometimes maybe too eager, a bit headstrong.
GEORGE WICKHAM: grew up at Pemberley, son of the former steward, once a soldier, has been in and out of trouble (of his own making) his whole life
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MAYTAG VIRGIN
By: Audrey Cefaly
Directed By: Eleanor Holridge
Dates:
1st Rehearsal: 12/13/20
1st Preview: 1/8/20
Opening: 1/11/20
Closing: 2/2/20
JACK KEY: 30s-40s – High school physics teacher. Southern. Nearly unflappable. Even-Keeled. A man of character.
ELIZABETH “LIZZY” NASH: 30s-40s – High school English teacher. Southern. Endearingly Neurotic. Strong willed. Quick-witted and bold.
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Nina Simone: Four Women
By: Christina Ham
Directed By: Kenneth L. Roberson
No roles available.
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The Lowell Offerning
By: Andy Bayiates & Genevra Gallo-Bayiates
Dates:
1st Rehearsal: 2/25/20
1st Preview: 3/18/20
Opening: 3/21/20
Closing: 4/12/20
HARRIET FARLEY: 20s, idealistic, literary.
SARAH BAGLEY: 30’s fierce.
HARRIET CURTIS: 30s, funny, direct.
BETSEY CHAMBERLAIN: 40s down to earth, maternal.
MALE ACTOR: Male, any age. Plays all male characters.
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Lullaby
By: Mciahel Elyanow
Dates:
1st Rehearsal: 3/31/20
1st Preview: 4/22/20
Opening: 4/25/20
Closing: 5/17/20
CASSIE: Late 20s-early 30s
THEA: late 40s, plays guitar
GABRIEL: 50s
CRAIG: Late 20s - early30s, plays guitar
Non-Traditional Casting:
Merrimack Repertory Theatre does not believe in discrimination based on color, race, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, disabilities, gender, or otherwise. All performers, including those of color, seniors, women, and performers with disabilities, are encouraged to audition and will be given full consideration.
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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