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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Saturday, January 3, 2015
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Lunch is 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Sign up begins at8:00 AM
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Contract
HAT
HAT D minimum - $299/wk
Location
Autry National Center
Wells Fargo Theatre
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Free parking in front of museum - enter the theatre via the main entrance
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Seeking
Actors for production of Off the Rails.
Preparation
Prepare a 2-minute Shakespeare monologue of your choosing. We are looking for actors who sing: everyone will be asked to sing. SINGERS prepare 16 bars acapella. Please bring 2 copies of your headshot and resume.
Other Dates
Rehearsals: February 3-24 (Tuesday-Sunday)
Previews: February 25-26
Run: February 27-March 15 (Thursday-Saturday 8pm; Saturday-Sunday 2pm)
Other
TheAutry.org/NativeVoices
Personnel
Scheduled to be in Room: Chris Anthony, Director; Jean Bruce Scott, Producing Executive Director; Randy Reinholz, Producing Artistic Director and Writer; and Elisa Blandford, Production Coordinator
· EPA Rules are in effect.
· A monitor will be provided.
Appointments
EPA rules are in effect. Sign up begins at 8:00 AM.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
Madame Overdone (Native American to play: Lakota): 35-50 year-old, keeper of a saloon/ brothel. A mature woman of considerable charm, personal power and beauty. She is commanding, sexy and a little like Rick from Casablanca. Even though the Indian Wars are raging, she aims to make money and earn the respect of those around her. She has a great sense of humor and knows how to handle a difficult situation.
Pryor (any ethnicity): 35-45 year-old, bartender for Madame Overdone, a fast-talking clown/a wild-west character. Funniest person in town – any race – or “every race” might be better. Sure of himself around women, and quick with a joke. He aims to always have a good time.
Cowboy (African American): 20-30 year-old, a la COWBOY CURTIS from Pee Wee’s Playhouse, a campy cowboy in an era when being a “cowboy” can be rough. He has a great sense of style and loves being over the top.
Sheriff (African American): 35-50 year-old, mature, a good-hearted person in a bad job. He knows being a black sheriff in the old west is not safe but he loves the wide-open spaces. Was a Buffalo Soldier.
Mariana (Caucasian): 30-40 year-old, she is the jilted fiancée of Angelo, who she met in the Dakota territories where family died in the Indian wars. Five years later, now a dance hall girl, she still hopes the love of a good woman can save a bad man. MUST SING / LEGIT VOICE
Alexie (Native American to play: Creek): 30+, a tribal chairman’s son who should be moving on to a college education, but loves living in this small town with Indians from everywhere. A smooth-talking eccentric in dress and behavior. He is a bit like “Prince Hal” from Henry IV– he should be thinking about being a leader, but for now, he loves to play the fool, drink, and gamble.
General Gatt (Caucasian): 50+, a Brigadier General and Mayor of Genoa. His name is meant to refer to Richard Henry Pratt, who founded the Indian Boarding School System and coined the term, “Kill the Indian, Save the Man.” Gatt is an amalgamation of frontier opportunists and politicians: he hopes to make a fortune “out west” and return to the “east” as a concurring hero.
Elbow (Cockney English): a deputy plagued by malapropos, a sober person who is otherwise like Dogberry from Much Ado About Nothing. An officious person who always wants to please, but is so frustrated deep down, he can’t help himself.
B’Stard Abhorson (French): a wild looking executioner, with a strong French accent and a sincere dedication to his profession.
James McDonald (Native American to play: Choctaw): 40-50 year-old, Princeton educated, counselor to General Gatt. A former soldier / scout from the unit Pratt commanded. Looks out for those people less fortunate than himself, i.e., the children in the boarding school. He hopes to change the “system” from the inside out.
Angelo (Caucasian): 35-40 year-old, Captain in the Army, treaty scholar, and a near do well from back east. He is currently the superintendent of the boarding School: and at the beginning of the play, he becomes the town authority, charged with imposing “law and order.” He sees himself as the new ruler of Genoa during Gatt’s absence.
Momaday (Native American to play: Pawnee): 16 year-old, who is in love with Caitlin, the young Irish girl he met in town. Since it was hard for them to be together, they married in the old Lakota way and she became pregnant. Because the marriage wasn’t Christian, and he is an “Indian” he is sentenced to death.
Caitlin (Irish): 16 year-old Irish girl, speaks and sings in Gaelic, whose mother died in childbirth and father died working on the railroad. An orphan, she was taken in by the boarding school, until a family in Genoa took her in. Then she fell in love with Momaday. MUST SING / LEGIT VOICE
Isabel (Native American to play: Lakota): early 20’s, Momaday’s older sister, finishing Normal school where she will soon be appointed a teacher. The smartest person in the territory, causing men to swoon for her, she has pushed hard to become a respectable person. She has the education and intellect to truly understand the deep hatred the new immigrants have for Indians. She sees education as salvation.
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