RUINED and AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
— EPAs By Appointment in AL
City Equity Theatre (Birmingham, AL)
SPT; Actors $208/week minimum/ Stage Managers $248 a week minimum
Artistic Directors: Jonathan Fuller & Alan Gardner
RUINED Directed by Cheryl Hall & Jonathan Fuller
AUGUST Directed by Jonathan Fuller
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT:
Saturday, December 8, 2012 at the Alabama School of Fine Arts
10 AM – 6 PM Rev. Abraham Woods, Jr. Blvd. N.
Lunch from 1 - 2. Birmingham, AL 35203
For appointment, call 205-951-3029. Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout the audition day, as time permits. Stage Managers please submit resumes to CITY EQUITY THEATRE, 5350 Cornell Drive, Birmingham, AL 35210.
Audition appointments are five minutes long. Please prepare two contrasting contemporary pieces to total five minutes or less. OR as RUINED has three songs, Actress/Singers interested in the role of SOPHIE should prepare 1 contemporary monologue and 16 bars of a ballad. Accompanist and CD player will be provided.
Bring picture and resume, stapled together.
Seeking:
Note - THE FOLLOWING ROLES WILL BE AMONG THE ROLES CAST WITH EQUITY ACTORS. City Equity Theatre will be hiring actors who live locally or have local housing, as the theatre cannot provide housing to out-of-town actors.
Equity actors and Equity Stage Managers for the following productions:
RUINED
by Lynne Nottage
Opens Feb 28, 2013 Closes March 17, 2013
*All roles are of African descent, and will require a Congolese accent*
Seeking:
MAMMA NADI
A madam, a businesswoman, attractive, early 40s.
JOSEPHINE
One of Mamma's stable of prostitutes, early twenties, sexy. Actor who moves well.
SOPHIE
One of Madam's , stable of prostitutes. Eighteen. " a luminous beauty with an air of defiance. Singing required.
SALIMA
One of Mama's, stable of prostitutes. Nineteen. "A sturdy peasant woman whose face portrays an air of defiance."
CHRISTIAN
Early 40s. A Perpetually cheerful travelling salesman. Recovering alcoholic.
COMMANDER OSEMBENGA
A pompous peacock of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Government army. 30s - 50s.
JEROME KISEMBE
Rebel Leader. Late 20s - early 40s.
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
by Tracy Letts
Opens May 30, 2013 Closes June 9, 2013
Note: ages listed may change slightly.
VIOLET WESTON
Acerbic Matriarch of the Weston clan. Cancer suffer and prescription drug addict. 60s.
BARBARA FORDHAM
Violet's Daughter. Late 30s - 40s
BILL FORDHAM
Her estranged husband having an affair with one of his college students. 40s
IVY WESTON
Middle Weston daughter. Long suffering, librarian, care-taking daughter of Violet. 30s - 40s.
KAREN WESTON
Youngest Weston daughter. 30 - 40.
MATIE FAE AIKEN
Violet's sister. 50s.
CHARLIE AIKEN
Mattie Fae's husband. 50s
STEVE HEIDEBRECHT
Karen's fiancé - 30s to 40s.
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