THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST and PETER AND THE STARCATCHER Equity Principal Audition - Cider Mill Playhouse Auditions

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST and PETER AND THE STARCATCHER - Endicott NY EPA

Cider Mill Playhouse | Endicott, NY

AUDITION DATE

Saturday, October 29, 2016

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Lunch 1 to 2

Sunday, October 30, 2016

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Lunch 1 to 2

APPOINTMENTS

All AEA members will be seen with or without appointment; for specific time please respond with preferred day and time range .

cidermillplayhousecasting@gmail.com

CONTRACT

SPT

SPT 5; $393/week min

SEEKING

Equity actors and actor/singers for various roles in each production. See breakdown for more info.

PREPARATION

Prepare for: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING

EARNEST: Monologue not to exceed 2 minutes; preferably comedic and heightened language piece; PETER AND THE STAR CATCHER: 1 minute humorous/satirical monologue plus 32 bars in the style of the English Music Hall

LOCATION

Cider Mill Playhouse 2 Nanticoke Ave

Endicott, NY 13760

PERSONNEL

Artistic Director Gail Belokur

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

Director Tom Kremer

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER Norm

Johnson

OTHER DATES

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST:

First Rehearsal 1/2/17; Opening 1/26/17; Closing 2/12/17

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER

First Rehearsal 2/13/17; Opening 3/9/17; Closing 3/26/17

OTHER

plus housing within walking distance of theatre and travel reimbursement

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

Seeking:

Jack Worthing:

(Youngish 25-35) To the Manor Born. Rich and privileged all his life. Has his own Estate. He leads a double life so as to be both landed gentry and rouge about town. Handsome, witty, very intelligent and a master at appearing Honest – “Earnest” He is the Guardian of Cecily Cardew. Leads one life in the city and another in the country – at his estate. He is in love with Gwendolen Fairfax

Algernon

(Youngish 25 -35) the best friend of Jack Worthing, - whom he has always believed is called Earnest. The nephew of Lady Bracknell, he is very selfish, brilliantly witty and, yes, amoral. Also, born into great wealth.

Gwendolen Fairfax

(youngish 25 – 35) Intellectual, very cosmopolitan, artificially moral and appropriately pretentious. The daughter of Lady Bracknell and in love with Earnest. She is so wealthy that she has never thought about it.

Cecily Cardew

(youngish 18 – 24) She lives at the country estate of Jack Worthing as she is his ward. She is intrigued by her fantasies of wickedness. Her imagination has led her to fall in love with her idea of a man called Earnest and has invented her own courtship and romance between Earnest and herself.

Lady Bracknell

(55 - 65) Role CAST. Actors will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.

Miss Prism

(over 40) A Puritan with a underlying softer romantic side. Cecily’s governess. Smitten with the romantic attentions of Reverend Chasuble. A woman who is quite fond of announcing severe Puritan beliefs – not necessarily because she believes them – but because they sound good.

Doctor Chasuble

(over 50) a Doctor of Divinity with strong romantic feelings for Miss Prism. He is the rector on Mr. Worthing’s estate.

Lane & Merriman

(50 – 100) Lane is Algernon’s valet and Merriman is the butler at Jack’s estate. To be played by the same actor. Both condescendingly “loyal” to their superiors.

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PETER AND THE STARCATCHER

Seeking:

THE ORPHANS

BOY (PETER):

Youthful, precocious, a survivor who is learning to trust for the first time. Must be able to play lower teens and sing.

PRENTISS:

Peter’s sidekick, also youthful/teen, ambitiously naive, yet spunky and brighter than he knows. Sings

TED:

Peter’s friend, a lovable dreamer with a dry sense of humor, as well as a teen who is food obsessed,

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