LORT
Northern Stage 2011-12 Season – EPAs by Appointment in VT
White River Junction, VT LORT D; $566/week minimum
Artistic Director: Brooke Ciardelli
Producing Director: Catherine Doherty
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Monday, May 23, 2011 at Northern Stage Miller Arts Building
9 AM – 5 PM 76 Gates Street
Lunch from 1 - 2. White River Junction, VT 05001
For an appointment, email
khermanson@northernstage.org or call 802-291-9009 x23. AEA members without appointments will be seen as time permits.
Prepare EITHER a brief monologue, OR a brief song, OR a one-minute monologue and 16 bars of a song. If singing, Bring sheet music in correct key; accompanist provided but may not transpose.
Please bring your picture and resume, stapled together.
ROMEO & JULIET
By William Shakespeare
1st rehearsal: 9/6/11 Runs: 9/28-10/23/11
Seeking:
Romeo Montague: 18-24, Passionate, strong-willed, attractive
Juliet Capulet: 18-22, Passionate, strong-willed, innocent.
Nurse: 45-55, Maternal, instantly likeable.
Friar Lawrence: 30-50, Caring, sage, trustworthy.
Mercutio: 24-30, Charismatic, free, confident, witty.
Tybalt Capulet: 24-30, Vengeful, dark, showman, alpha male.
Benvolio Montague: 20-26, Trustworthy, honest, well-intentioned.
Capulet: 40-60, Powerful, proud, strong-willed. Great warmth and great anger.
Lady Capulet: 35-50, Detached, elegant, fragile.
Paris: 24-28, Polite, pretty, a gentleman.
Montague (Apothecary): 40-60, Alpha-male, world-worn.
BOEING BOEING
By Marc Camoletti
1st rehearsal: 10/18/11. Runs: 11/3-11/20/11
Seeking:
Bernard: 30s, Architect, suave, smug lothario
Robert: 30s, Bernard's old school mate, geeky, harried, comic physicality
Bertha: 40s, Bernard's long suffering housekeeper, dry, deadpan
Jacqueline (Gabriella): 25-25, French(Italian) airline stewardess, fiesty, sentimental
Janet (Gloria): 25-35, American airline stewardess, independent, health obsessed, in-charge
Judith (Gretchen): 25-35, German airline stewardess, forceful, dominating
ANNIE
By Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin, Thomas Meehan
1st rehearsal: 11/16/10. Runs: 12/10 – 1/9/11
Seeking:
Warbucks: 40-50, Gruff with a big heart, a giant of a man.
Hannigan: 35-45, Orphage matron, comic, bitting, drinks to heal harshness of her life.
Grace Farrell: 30-40, Warbuck's faithful secretary, a good woman who sees the best in everyone.
Lily St. Regis: 25-35, Rooster's floozy girlfriend, sassy, loose & opportunistic
Rooster: 25-35, Hannigan's no-good brother, opportunistic, driven, dangerous
Franklin D. Roosevelt: 25-40, Former USA president, dignified, independent thinker
Bert Healy + ENS: 25-40, Radio personality, smooth, charming, earnest
RED
By John Logan
1st rehearsal: 1/3/12. Runs: 1/18-2/5/12
Seeking:
Rothko: 50s, Visionary, Intense, Confrontational
Ken: 20s, Naive, Curious, Provocative, Rothko's new young assistant
M. BUTTERFLY
By David Henry Hwang
1st rehearsal: 1/31/12 Runs: 2/15-3/4/12
Seeking:
Rene Gallimard: 35-50, Diplomat, efficient, slightly self-effacing, cultured, having an uncharacteristic affair with a Chinese Opera singer
Song Liling: 25-45 , Asian male who must be able to pass as a female. Sharp, playful, cunning: posing as a female Opera singer, ability to sing helpful
Marc / Man 2 / Consul Sharpless: 30-40, Plays 3 characters: MARC: best friend & schoolmate, educated, sexually mischievous. MAN 2: Embassy party goer gossip. CONSUL: American, a character from the Opera Madame Butterfly, a realist
Helga: 28-35, Gaillimard's devoted wife; cultured, biological clock ticking to have a child
M. Toulon / Man 1 / Judge: 30-40, Plays 3 characters: TOULON: Gallimard's superior, brusk, strategic, MAN 1: Embassy party goer, incredulous, gossip, JUDGE: officious, to the point
Comrad Chin / Suzuki / Shu Fang: 25-35, Asian. Plays 3 characters: CHIN: member of Chinese/Mao's spy ring, pragmatist but passionate. SUZUKI: dry, unenthusiastic attendant for Song Liling. SHU FANG: subordinate servant girl to Song Liling
Renee / Woman at Party / Woman in Magazine: 25-35, Plays 3 characters: RENEE: wealthy, promiscuous student. WOMAN AT PARTY: Classy, gossip. WOMAN IN MAGAZINE: pin-up girl, sexual and sensual.
LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
By Christopher Hampton
1st rehearsal: 2/28/12. Runs: 3/14-4/1/12
Seeking:
Valmont: 35-40, Striking, elegant, preditory, mischievious, masculine, manipulative.
Merteuil: 35-40, Intelligent widow of means, a seductress, manipulative, striking, mischievious.
Tourvel: 25-33, Pious, elegant, plain, fragile, naïve, pure.
Danceny: 25, Eager, handsome young man, sincere, pure, wide-eyed,
Cecile: 23, Young, virginal, blonde, pretty, curious.
Madame Volange: 45-55, Cecile's Mother, Merteuil's cousin, maternal, gentle
Rosemonde: 55-70, Elderly, grand, arthritic but lively, intelligent, wise and sympathetic
CHICAGO
Book: Fred Ebb, Bob Fosse. Music: John Kander. Lyrics: Fred Ebb.
1st rehearsal: 3/27/12. Runs: 4/11-5/6/12
Seeking:
Velma Kelly: 30-40, A vaudevillian & murderess, looking for the spotlight. Excellent singer & dancer.
Roxie Hart: 30-40, A want-to-be vaudevillian, opportunist, machiavellian. Excellent singer & dancer.
Billy Flynn: 30-40, Celebrity lawyer, celebrity, wins sympathy and has affairs with clients. Excellent singer & dancer.
Amos Hart: 30-40, Roxie's husband. Faithful, decent, good-natured. The Ultimate "nice guy".
Mama Morton: 30-40, Matron of Cook Country Jail, plays the game well, expects something for what she gives. Excellent singer.
Mary Sunshine: 30-40 Male, Newspaper reporter, very high vocal range. Plays woman throughout show, revealed as man at end.
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