STAGE DOOR
– Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT in AL
City Equity Theatre Birmingham AL SPT (approval/salary level pending; 2010-11 weekly minimum: $195).
Authors: Edna Ferber and Geroge S. Kaufman
1st reh: 9/27/11. Runs 10/20–10/30 (Th–Su).
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT:
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 Alabama School of Fine Arts
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 1800 Rev. Abraham Wood, Jr. Blvd. North
5 PM – 9 PM both evenings. Birmingham AL 35203
For an appointment, call 205/951-3029 (after 8/22). Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout each audition session, as time permits.
Sides will be available at the audition (or at
www.cityequitytheatre.com, after 8/22).
Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.
Seeking (all listed roles are available; four Equity contracts are available):
Note: No housing is available to out-of-area performers.
Theatre’s note: “This is the second annual co-production between City Equity Theatre (Birmingham’s longest-running Equity Theatre) and the Alabama School of Fine Arts (the state’s 7th – 12th grade magnet arts school). [Several roles (i. e. those not listed below) will be cast with students.] We are 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.”
Mrs. Orcutt:
50s-60s. Owner/manager of the Footlights Club (the boarding house for actresses, where the play is set). Once an actress herself who went by the name Helen Romayne, Mrs. Orcutt retains that manner and dress which reflect a theatrical past of the turn of the 20th Century. She could almost be played as broadly as Margaret Dumont. Supporting.
David Kingsley:
Mid 30s. “A man of decided charm and distinction.” Former successful theatre producer who now works for the motion pictures as a New York liaison/talent scout. Supporting.
Keith Burgess:
20s–30. Idealistic playwright of leftist leanings who “sells out” for a Hollywood career. When we first see him, “he is the kind of young man who never wears a hat”. Turtleneck sweater, probably black. Unpressed tweed suit. Unshaven. Supporting.
Mattie:
30s, 40s. Housekeeper of the Footlights Club. Could be an immigrant. Matter-of-fact; accustomed to the vagaries of a houseful of girls, and tolerant of them. Supporting.
Frank:
30s, 40s. Mattie’s husband. Supporting.
Fred Powell and Lou Millhouse:
Two yahoos from Seattle, in town for a lumber convention. “Over-hearty big businessmen out for a holiday.” Two scenes.
Mrs. Shaw:
40s–50s. Society mother who pays a surprise visit to the Footlights Club and discovers, to her horror, that her unmarried actress daughter is having an affair. One scene.
Dr. Randall:
50s, 60s. The “Country Doctor” father of the lead character, Terry Randall. “A gentle-looking, gray- haired man touching 60”. There is a vague quality – a wistful charm – that is not of the modern (1930s) professional world. One scene.
Adolph Gretzl:
Movie producer. Described as possibly “a short and thick-set man who carries himself with great authority in order to make up for his lack of stature.” One scene.
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