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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Monday, April 25, 2016 - Accompanist provided all day
11:30 AM to 5 PM
Lunch 12 to 1:30
Auditions will be in 5-minute slots.
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Contract
NEAT
Cat. 6; $413/week (with 6 performances each week)
Location
Calderwood Theatre Pavilion
527 Tremont St
Boston, MA
Martin Hall
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Seeking
Equity actors for two musicals in the 2016/2017 season: THE SCOTSBORO BOYS and THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
See breakdown
Note: An EPA for the Season Plays will be held on 4/14, 9:30 to 5:30 at the Calderwood Theatre Pavilion
Preparation
You may audition with material from one or more of the season’s shows, or may also prepare two 16-bar selections, one up-tempo and one ballad. An accompanist, readers, and material from the scripts will be available. If singing, please bring sheet music.
Bring picture and resume
Other Dates
The theatre will only be able to see Equity performers this day. SpeakEasy will be attending both non-union days of the StageSource General auditions
Other
AEA members without appointments seen as time permits.
Actors are welcome to submit a headshot and resume to auditions@speakeasystage.com if unable to attend the auditions.
Personnel
Paul F. Daigneault, Producing Artistic Director
speakeasystage.com
· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
AEA members email auditions@speakeasystage.com. Indicate Equity status and contact info, and hour you would like to be seen.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS
music by John Kander & Fred Ebb
book by David Thompson
directed by Paul Daigneault
Rehearsals begin the week of September 26, 2017
Performances run October 22 - November 26, 2016
In this, their final collaboration, legendary songwriting team John Kander and Fred Ebb (Cabaret, Chicago) bring to light one of the most infamous events in American history: the shocking true story of nine African American boys jailed in Alabama in 1931 for a crime they did not commit. Featuring a period-specific mix of gospel, jazz, and vaudeville, this audacious musical uses the construct of a minstrel show to tell the harrowing true story that provoked a national outrage and helped launch the American Civil Rights Movement
Mr. Tambo (Deputy Tambo/ Lawyer Tambo /Guard Tambo/ Samuel Leibowitz):
African American Male, Age: 20-30. An over-the-top and caricatured comedic entertainer with the minstrel show.
The Lady:
African American Female, 35-50. After a long day of work in 1955, her memories while waiting for the bus trigger a retelling of the story of the Scottsboro Boys. Her action frames the story.
Andy Wright:
African American Male, 18-25. Roy’s older brother and one of the Scottsboro Boys. He and Roy are looking for work to support their mother and sister.
Eugene Williams/ Little George:
African American Male, 15-20. The youngest of the Scottsboro Boys. He is naïve and vulnerable and suffers from nightmares.
Haywood Patterson:
African American Male, 18-25. The natural leader of the Scottsboro Boys, he is committed to the truth and refuses to give into the demands of white superiors.
Clarence Norris/ Preacher:
African American Male, 18-25. A Scottsboro Boy with a short temper. He is travelling to start a job on a river barge in Memphis.
Willie Roberson/ Electrified Charlie:
African American Male, 16-21. A thrill seeking Scottsboro Boy, with a habit of stealing from his white jailers.
Ozie Powell/Ruby Bates:
African American Male, 18-25. A Scottsboro Boy looking for more humane work, he ultimately driven to violence against the prison guards.
Roy Wright/ Electrified Issac/ Billy:
African American Male, 20-25. Andy's precocious younger brother, he is the only literate Scottsboro Boy until he teaches Haywood how to read.
Charles Weems/ Victoria Price:
African American Male, 18-25. A Scottsboro Boy, he is a young illiterate man heading home to Atlanta
Olen Montgomery:
African American Male 18-25. A Scottsboro Boy with poor vision who was kicked out by his father. He initially tries to blame the other boys to get out of trouble himself.
The roles of MR. BONES and THE INTERLOCUTOR has already been cast.
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THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
book by Marsha Norman
music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
directed by M. Bevin O'Gara
Rehearsals begin the week of April 10, 2017
Performances run May 6 - June 3, 2017
A chance meeting between an Italian-American farm wife and a world weary photographer leads to a soul-stirring affair in this lush, lyrical musical by the Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning team of Marsha Norman (‘night, Mother) and Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Songs for a New World). Winner of two Tony Awards, this sweeping saga combines thrilling intimacy with near-operatic grandeur for a heart-rending reflection on love, loss, and acceptance.
Richard “Bud” Johnson:
Male, 40s, Any Ethnicity. Francesca's husband. A diligent and dependable All-American man.
Robert Kincaid:
Male, 40-50, Any Ethnicity. A rugged and attractive photographer, travelling to photograph the famous covered bridges of Madison County
Marian/Chiara:
Female, 40s, Any Ethnicity. Robert's former wife, a musician and photographer.
Michael:
Male, 16, Any Ethnicity. Francesca and Bud's rebellious son. He's a farm boy who doesn’t want to be a farmer, and yearns for more when he grows up.
Carolyn:
Female, 14, Any Ethnicity. Francesca and Bud's reluctant daughter.
Charlie:
Male, 60s, Any Ethnicity. Francesca's and Bud's neighbor, a farmer through and through. Husband of Marge.
The roles of FRANCESCA and MARGE have already been cast.
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