The Gamm Theatre 2017-18 Season - Pawtucket RI EPA
Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre
AUDITION DATE
Mar 26, 2017
10:00 am - 5:30 pm (EST)
Lunch 1:30 to 2
Mar 27, 2017
10:00 am - 5:30 pm (EST)
Lunch 1:30 to 2
APPOINTMENTS
AEA members please email to auditions@gammtheatre.org. In your email, please offer a time block of 2 hours on one of the days. We will reply with a specific slot. EMAIL IS PREFERRED. If you do not have email, however, please call 401-723-4266 x152. AEA members without appointments seen as time permits. Non-Equity actors may also be seen as time permits.
CONTRACT
NEAT Minimum weekly salary for equity actors is $425. Minimum weekly salary for equity stage managers is $509.
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles in the upcoming 2017- Season.
PREPARATION
Each performer will be allotted a minimum of 3 minutes and a maximum of 5 minutes. We ask that all performers prepare a 1-2 minute monologue of their choice. Only Equity Performers may choose to read from a script. The Gamm will provide sides and a reader. AEA members who wish to read a side may prepare their own and either provide us with a copy for the reader or let us know upon check–in the scene/page numbers so we may be prepared to assist you.
Please also provide a copy of your headshot/resume at the time of your audition. Two copies of each play will be available at Stage Source's Boston office, 15 Channel Center, Ste. 103, Boston, Mass., at least 10 days before the audition for Equity members' perusal. Copies will also be available at the auditions.
LOCATION
Gamm Theatre
172 Exchange St
Pawtucket, RI 02860-2211
PERSONNEL
Gail Hulbert, Communications and Marketing Director
Artistic Director Tony Estrella will be attending all auditions.
OTHER DATES
Callbacks for individual plays are TBD.
OTHER
Founded in 1984 as Alias Stage, the non-profit Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre creates the finest of live theater, engaging the audience intensely in current and recurrent issues of consequence. The Gamm further serves the public with educational outreach programming designed to support the theatrical experience, and help sustain and enhance the intellectual and cultural life of its community.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
by Oscar Wilde, directed by Fred Sullivan, Jr.
Rehearsals begin August 15, 2017. Runs September 14- October 15, 2017
Seeking:
Jack Worthing: 20’s -30’s, bright, articulate, smart, in a desperate situation.
Algernon Moncrieff: 20’s -30’s, Jack’s best friend, louche, witty, whip smart.
Gwendolyn Fairfax: 20’s-30’s, headstrong, smart, demanding.
Cecily: 20’s, Jack’s ward, bright, determined.
Rev. Chasuble: 40’s-50’s, a local vicar.
Miss Prism: Cecily’s governess.
Lady Bracknell: 40’s-50’s, imperious, razor sharp, commanding, precise.
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INCOGNITO
by Nick Payne, directed by TBD
Rehearsals begin October 17, 2017. Runs November 9 –December 10, 2017
Seeking:
Female 1 *
Female 2 *
Male 1 *
Male 2 *
*All actors need to be able to play a range of ages 20’s-50’s and have a great facility with dialect, and quick physical transformation. Each actor will play 4-6 roles. Characters never leave the stage and scenes change in an instant. Dialects include various American, British, and German.
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UNCLE VANYA
by Anton Chekhov, translated, adapted and directed by Curt Columbus
Rehearsals begin December 12, 2017. Runs January 11-February 11, 2018
Seeking:
Voynitsky (Uncle Vanya):
47, manic -depressive, great sense of humor and acute self pity. Articulate and coming apart.
Serebryakov: Mid-50’s+, a lifelong academic, on his last legs. Vanya’s brother-in-law and executor of the estate.
Yelena: Serebryakov’s much younger wife. Bored and searching.
Sonya: Vanya’s niece, a young woman, idealistic and self-sacrificing.
Marina: An old peasant woman, Sonya’s nanny.
Astrov: Late 30’s-40’s, a country doctor, dedicated, tired, pessimistic.
Telegin (Waffles): 40’s+, the family’s neighbor and frequent visitor. Oddly optimistic and sensitive.
Mariya Vassilevna: Vanya’s Mother, quietly fierce, intellectual.
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A HUMAN BEING DIED THAT NIGHT
by Nick Wright adapted from the book by Pumla Gobodo-Madizikela, directed by Judith Swift
Rehearsals begin Feb 6, 2018. Runs March 1– March 25, 2018
Seeking:
Pumla Gobodo-Madizikela: Early 40’s, black, South African, a psychologist, courageous, intelligent searching. Serving the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the wake of the dismantling of apartheid.
Eugene De Kock: Late 40’s-50, white, South African (Afrikaner), a former police colonel nicknamed “Prime Evil” sentenced to 200+years in prison for torture and extra-judicial murder during apartheid.
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AS YOU LIKE IT
by William Shakespeare directed by TBD
Rehearsals begin , March 20 2018. Runs April 19 – May 27, 2018
Seeking:
Rosalind: Young woman, fiercely intelligent, passionate, funny, brave, one of Shakepeare’s most sublime and complex characters.
Celia: Free spirited and smart, Rosalind’s cousin.
Orlando: A brave, passionate young man, in love with Rosalind.
Oliver: Orlando’s brother.
Adam: A faithful servant to Orlando, very old.
Duke Frederick: A corrupted tyrant who exiled his brother Duke Senior.
Duke Senior: Contemplative, compassionate a leader of the opposition.
Jaques: Among Senior’s community, a melancholy and philosophical spirit.
Touchstone: A fool who exiles himself from court with Rosalind.
Phoebe: A smitten, funny and cruel shepherdess.
Silvius: Phoebe’s rejected suitor.
Corin: A shepherd.
Audrey: A shepherdess pursued by Touchstone.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to audition.
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