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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Thursday, March 12, 2015
10 AM to 6 PM
Lunch 1 to 2
(Appointments in 5 minute intervals)
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Contract
NEAT
Cat. 6; $401/week AEA min
Location
Arsenal Center for the Arts
321 Arsenal Street
Watertown, MA
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Seeking
Equity actors for various roles in the 2015-16 Season Plays.
see breakdown
Preparation
Each member has 3 minutes to audition.
Prepare material of your choice (including, if you wish, selections from the season’s repertoire). For those who wish to perform a scene, a reader will be available. State your starting and stopping places.
Bring picture and resume, stapled together.
Other Dates
New Repertory Theatre will also be attending Stage Source AEA Auditions on 4/13/15 from 10-6pm at the Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116.
EPA for the musical SNOW QUEEN: 3/11, 1pm-5pm, @ Arsenal Center for the Arts
Other
AEA members without appointments seen as time permits.
Theatre’s mailing address: New Repertory Theatre, 200 Dexter Avenue, Watertown , MA 02472
Personnel
Artistic Director: Jim Petosa, attending the EPA
Associate Artistic Director: Bridget Kathleen O’Leary, attending the EPA
PSM (Main stage): TBD
PSM (Downstage): TBD
· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
AEA members contact Bridget Kathleen O’Leary at 617-923-7060, #8204 or auditions@newrep.org. Office hours: Mon–Fri, 10–6.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
2015-16 SEASON PLAYS
note: For any roles that have been CAST, auditioning performers may be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.
Available roles in the non-musical productions of New Rep’s 2015-16 season are listed below. No understudies are being cast. All roles are available for non-traditional casting.
CHARLES MOSESIAN THEATER:
BROKEN GLASS
by Arthur Miller.
Director Jim Petosa
1st reh: 8/18/15
Runs 9/5-9/27 (possible extension through 10/4)
Wed.–Sun with matinees and evening shows
Seeking:
SYLVIA GELLBURG:
40s-50s. Suffers from paralysis of the legs, caused by an unknown source, confined to a wheelchair. Obsessed with reading about the Nazis in the newspaper. Jewish. Conflicted about her relationship with her husband.
DR. HARRY HYMAN
50s. Healthy, rather handsome Jewish man. Determined scientific idealist. Doctor of Sylvia Gellburg, whom he is also attracted to.
MARGARET HYMAN
40s-50s. Lusty, energetic. Has moxie and a boisterous laugh. Married to Dr. Hyman. Not Jewish.
HARRIET
late 30s-early 40s. Younger sister of Margaret Hyman. Cares deeply for her sister
STANTON CASE
50s-60s. Phillip’s employer. Possesses a great natural authority, an almost childishly naïve self-assurance. Owns a yacht.
The rollowing role has been CAST:
PHILLIP GELLBURG:
(Role CAST). 50s. Intense, proud businessman, married to Sylvia. Conflicted about his Jewish background. Desperately in love with his wife.
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A NUMBER
by Carol Churchill.
Director TBD
1st reh: 9/22/15
Runs 10/10 - 11/1. Wed.–Sun with matinees and evening shows
Seeking
SALTER
Male, early 60s. Genetically the father to a number of identical men. A morally corrupt man, he looks for companionship in his sons but is hesitant to be honest about his past wrongdoings. He believes in nurture over nature and blames himself for B1’s disposition.
BERNARD (B1)
Male, 40. Salter’s original son. He was neglected by Salter as a child and is quite bitter and vengeful. Same actor as B2 and MICHAEL.
BERNARD (B2)
Male, 35. Salter’s son and clone of B1. Unlike his older twin, he was treated well by his father as a child. He is reasonable and understanding but has a breaking point. Same actor as B1 and MICHAEL
MICHAEL BLACK
Male, 35. Another clone of B1, but not raised by Salter. A mathematics teacher with a wife and three children, he has an easy disposition and finds delight in science. Same actor as B1 and B2.
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BLACKBERRY WINTER
by Steve Yockey.
Director: Bridget Kathleen O’Leary
1st reh: 3/8/16
Runs 3/26-4/17
Wed.–Sun with matinees and evening shows
Seeking:
WHITE EGRET
Female, 20s – 40s. A bird. She’s sharp, change averse, and a problem solver.
GRAY MOLE
Male, 20s – 40s. A mole. He is blind, feeling his way, and would rather dig than anything, including interact with others.
The following role has been CAST:
VIVIAN AVERY
(Role CAST) Female, 40s-50s. She is an exercise in poise that may be a bit frayed at the edges, but she’s fighting to keep everything “just so.” Her hair is perfect, her skirt is perfect, her silk blouse looks expensive, but her pumps look comfortable. Her sarcasm is cut with a light Southern accident. Years of success, meticulous planning, and an eye for detail have in no way prepared her for this.
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FREUD’S LAST SESSION
by Mark St. Germain.
Director: Jim Petosa
1st reh: 4/12/16
Runs 4/20-5/22. Wed.–Sun with matinees and evening shows
Seeking:
SIGMUND FREUD
80s. A legendary psychoanalyst. Smart, witty and very direct. He is in the final stages of jaw cancer.
CS LEWIS
40s. A Cristian theologian converted from Atheism. He is smart, logical, charming and open to the others point of view.
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BLACK BOX SEASON
VIA DELOROSA
by David Hare
Director TBD
1st reh: 12/26/15.
Runs 1/10-2/1/16 Wed.–Sun., with matinees and evening shows
The following role has been CAST:
AUTHOR:
(role CAST) 50s. A playwright. Thoughtful, curious and intelligent. Searching for answers.
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TESTAMENT OF MARY
by Colm Tóibín
Director Jim Petosa.
1st reh: 1/15/16
Runs 1/31-2/28/16. Wed.–Sun., with matinees and evening shows
The following role has been CAST:
MARY
(Role CAST) Female, 50s. Mary, Jesus’s mother. She experienced her son not as the King of Jews but as a proud and foolish man. Weary and indignant, she is crushed by the cruelty of his death and refuses to believe that it served a greater purpose. She has rejected Judaism and finds solace in the Roman gods.
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The Arsenal Center for the Arts is accessible by major routes and the #70 bus.
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