LORT
Portland Stage 2011-12 Season - EPAs By Appointment in Maine
(Portland, ME) LORT D; $566/week minimum
Artistic Director: Anita Stewart
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT:
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 Audition Location:
AND Portland Stage
Thursday, May 19, 2011 25A Forest Avenue
Portland, ME 04101
10 AM – 5 PM
Lunch from 12 – 12:30.
For an appointment, call 207-774-1043 ext.107.
Appointments will be scheduled for Wednesday’s audition first. If all of the appointment slots have not been filled, the second day of auditions may be cancelled per Rule 5(E)(3) of the LORT Agreement.
Prepare one or two short monologues (three minutes total).
Bring picture and resume, stapled together.
2011-12 Season:
THE MORINI STRAD
By Willy Holtzman. Director: Paul Meshejian
Rehearsal Dates: September 6-September 25, 2011
Performance Dates: September 27- October 23, 2011
Inspired by a true story that rocked the classical music world, concert violinist Erica Morini hires an unassuming violin-maker to restore her legendary Stradivarius. Though the aging diva proves to be a prickly client, the two develop an unexpected friendship over the priceless instrument in this imaginative new drama about the sacrifices one makes for artistry.
All roles available.
GOD OF CARNAGE
By Yasmina Reza. Director: TBA
Rehearsal Dates: October 11- October 30, 2011
Performance Dates: November 1- November 20, 2011
After their sons get into a playground fight, two couples plan a polite meeting to resolve the matter. Their cordial conversation, however, soon devolves into petty squabbling and chaos as the rum flows and the gloves come off. Charged with savagely funny dialogue, this Tony award-winning comedy leaves the badly-behaved parents with more than their liberal principals in tatters.
All roles available
THE SNOW QUEEN
By Hans Christian Andersen. Director: Anita Stewart
Rehearsal Dates: November 8- November 23, 2011
Performance Dates: November 25- December 24, 2011
Portland Stage is creating an enchanting new Main Stage holiday production of The Snow Queen, the beloved fairy tale of devotion, bravery and the triumph of love. When Gerda’s best friend Kai is bewitched and imprisoned by the mysterious Snow Queen, the young girl embarks on a journey to the land of winter to save him. With magical characters from crows to rosebushes to reindeer, Andersen’s story has warmed the hearts of children and adults around the world for almost 200 years.
All roles available.
TROUBLE IS MY BUSINESS
Adapted by James Glossman; from stories by Raymond Chandler. Director: TBA
Rehearsal Dates: January 3- January 22, 2012
Performance Dates: January 24- February 19
The 1930s atmosphere, and trademark narrative style of Los Angeles’s most famous private detective come to life in this world premiere adaptation of two of Chandler’s Philip Marlowe short stories. From seedy side streets to elegant Hollywood mansions, Marlowe must stay focused on solving the case through run-ins with sinister thugs,high rollers, crooked cops, and femme-fatales in this quintessential jazz-age thriller
All roles available.
HIDDEN TENNESSEE
By Tennessee Williams
Director: TBA
Rehearsal Dates: February 7- February 26, 2012
Performance Dates: February 28- March 18, 2012
An evening of one-act plays from a 20th century master of lyrical takes on human nature. From the dreams of lonely, unkempt teenagers in This Property is Condemned to the hopeless desires of proper Southern ladies in Something Unspoken, two quite different stories display Williams’ unmatched talent for uncovering truths both beautiful and sad, hidden behind closed doors.
All roles available.
HEROES, BY GERALD SIBLEYRAS
Adapted by Tom Stoppard. Director: TBA
Rehearsal Dates: March 6- March 25, 2012
Performance Dates: March 27- April 22
Three aging WWI veterans in a French retirement home vow to undertake one last adventure together—escape. But what happens if the promise of freedom on the horizon isn’t as easy to grab as the certainty of soup tomorrow? Veering from the poignant to the absurd, Stoppard’s sharp-witted comedy is a heartwarming tale
of cantankerous camaraderie amidst the frustrations
inherent in growing older.
All roles available.
MARIE ANTOINETTE: THE COLOR OF FLESH
By Joel Gross. Director: TBA
Rehearsal Dates: April 10- April 29, 2012
Performance Dates: May 1- May 20, 2012
In a dramatic love triangle set amidst the splendor of 18th century Paris, a beautiful, social-climbing portrait painter uses her affair with an idealistic Count to get a commission to paint the naïve young Queen Marie Antoinette. Both learn to love the woman they are exploiting even as their actions encourage the Revolution that will shatter all three of their lives.
All roles available.
2 PIANOS 4 HANDS
By Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt. Director: TBA
Rehearsal Dates: May 23-May 31, 2012
Performance Dates: June 1- July 1, 2012
The 2011 production of 2 Pianos 4 Hands wowed audiences and many performances were sold out! Don’t miss this opportunity to see Tom Frey and Jeffrey Rockwell once again bring their grand pianos to life as they reprise their critically-acclaimed roles on our Mainstage
This production is fully CAST.
Stage Management:
Stage management staffing needs for Portland Stage have been fulfilled for the 2009-2010 season.
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