SPRING AWAKENING Equity Principal Audition - City Equity Theatre Auditions

SPRING AWAKENING - City Equity Theatre

SPRING AWAKENING - Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT in AL

City Equity Theatre Birmingham, AL SPT $195/week minimum

Author: Frank Wedekind

Translation: Jonathan Franzen

Dir: Jonathan Fuller

1st reh: 2/1/11. Runs 2/10–2/20.

Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT:

Saturday, December 11, 2010 Alabama School of Fine Arts / Studio Theatre
9 AM - 5 PM 1800 Rev. Abraham Woods Blvd.
Lunch from 1 - 2. Birmingham, AL 35203

For a five-minute appointment, call 205/951-3029. Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout the audition day, as time permits.

Sides will be provided at the audition, and may be requested in advance by contacting
jfuller@asfa.k12.al.us or visiting
www.cityequitytheatre.com

Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.

Original 1891 classic play – not the recent Broadway musical adaptation.

Seeking (all listed roles are available (i.e. not yet offered and accepted)):

Notes:

• No housing is available to out-of-area performers.
• Theatre states that this is the premier of a proposed annual co-production between City Equity Theatre and the Alabama School of Fine Arts (the state’s 7th–12th grade magnet arts school). Theatre is very interested in “professional actors who will model proper union behavior for this production in order to demonstrate to young students a focused, solid work ethic.”

Prof. Hart-Payne:

Man, 40s–60s. Authoritarian, intimidating schoolmaster; DOES NOT believe in “sparing the rod, and spoiling the child”. Seeking an actor capable of playing a slightly stylized character. Three scenes.

Herr Steiffel / Dr. Seltzer:

Male, 40s–60s. Steiffel: Angry, bitter, self-involved; mourning father of suicidal victim Moritz Steiffel. Seltzer:Unctuous, jaded professional doctor used to dealing with (and glossing over) illegitimate pregnancies in teenage girls. Two scenes.

Frau Bergmann:

Woman, 40s–60s. Mother of lead ingénue character Wendla Bergman. Loving, but extremely repressed; highly emotionally conflicted. Late 19th Century German wife (no accent). Cannot bring herself to tell her 14-year-old daughter the facts of life, to the extent that she insists on adhering to the concept of “The Stork” bringing babies into the world, not unlike Santa Claus. Three scenes.

Frau Gabor:

Woman, 40s–60s. Mother of lead character Melchior Gabor. Caring, slightly indulgent, progressive thinking mother for the late 19th Century. Very level-headed, with her heart in the right place. One who has tried to bring her son up in the repressive society of Kaiserreich Germany as a young man who can rise above the mores and oppressive manners of the time. Two scenes.

www.cityequitytheatre.com

Theatre’s statement: “Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to attend.”

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