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Breakdown
CASTING BREAKDOWN
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley 2015/2016 Season
TRIANGLE (world premiere musical)
Directed by Meredith McDonough
Music by Curtis Moore, Lyrics by Thomas Mizer, Book by Thomas Mizer, Curtis Moore, and Joshua Scher
Rehearsals begin June 12, 2015
Performs July 8 through August 2, 2015 at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto
Setting: New York City, 2011 and 1911
BRIAN (25) In 2011, a charmingly awkward but driven chemistry graduate student, from Pennsylvania.
BEN (30) In 2011, a free spirit investigating the Triangle Fire, Jewish / VINCENZO (25) in 1911: a hardworking factory supervisor, Italian
HOWARD (50) in 2011: a historian focused on the Triangle Fire / BOSS (50) in 1911: an owner of the Triangle Company / ISAAC (50) in 1911: Sarah's deeply religious father, Eastern European Jewish
JENNI (20) in the present: Brian’s rebellious but loving older sister / SARAH (20) in 1911: a strong-willed recent immigrant, Eastern European Jewish
DR. ZIMMERMAN (45) in 2011: Brian’s forceful Professor / THERESA (30) in 1911: Vincenzo's knowing sister, Italian
THE COUNTRY HOUSE by Donald Margulies
Rehearsals begin August 4, 2015
Performs August 29 through September 20, 2015 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
Setting: Present-day. A house in the Berkshires. Summer.
All ethnicities.
SUSIE KEEGAN (21) a college student, plainly lovely.
WALTER KEEGAN (66) a successful film and stage director, Susie’s father.
ANNA PATTERSON (over 65) the matriarch, a great and famous actress, Susie’s grandmother.
ELLIOT COOPER (44) a failed actor and aspiring playwright, Susie’s uncle on her mother’s side.
MICHAEL ASTOR (45) a ruggedly handsome and charismatic actor, a longtime family friend.
NELL McNALLY (early 40s) an intelligent and inscrutable beauty, Walter’s new actress-girlfriend.
PROOF by David Auburn
Rehearsals begin September 15, 2015
Performs October 7 through November 1, 2015 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
Setting: Present-Day. The back porch of a house in Chicago.
All ethnicities.
ROBERT (50s) a mathematician and professor
CATHERINE (25) his younger daughter, a student
CLAIRE (29) his older daughter, a trader
HAL (28) one of his graduate students
JANE AUSTEN’S EMMA Music, Lyrics, and book by Paul Gordon
Adapted from the novel by Jane Austen
Directed by Artistic Director Robert Kelley
Rehearsals begin November 6, 2015
Performs December 2 through December 27, 2015 at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto
Setting: the village of Highbury, Surrey, England, 1813.
All ethnicities.
Emma Woodhouse (A spirited young woman)
Mr. Woodhouse (Her elderly father)
Mr. Knightley (Local landowner, long –time friend of the Woodhouses)
Mr. Elton (The over-eager new vicar)
Mrs. Elton (His highly opinionated wife) / Mrs Bates (elderly mother of Miss Bates)
Harriet Smith (Emma’s open-hearted friend)
Mr. Robert Martin (A farmer besotted with Harriet)
Mrs. Weston (Emma’s former governess)
Mr. Weston (A family friend, married to Emma’s former governess)
Miss Bates (An eccentric and enthusiastic neighbor)
Jane Fairfax (A charming and accomplished young woman, Emma’s rival)
Frank Churchill (Mr. Weston’s son, quietly dashing )
tokyo fish story by Kimber Lee
Rehearsals begin February 16, 2016
Performs March 9 through April 3, 2016 at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto
Setting: present day Tokyo, Japan in and around a dingy, declining restaurant called Sushi Koji which is located in a dingy side street, in a dingy, declining neighborhood in the Roppongi Hills district.
KOJI (Japanese. late-6os) the sushi master, traditional in his ways.
TAKASHI (Japanese. 39 years old) his son, reserved, a talented sushi chef.
NOBU (Japanese. 29 years old) their apprentice, lively and irreverent.
AMA MIYUKI (Japanese. 28 years old) She is an aspiring sushi chef / WOMAN by the river
TUNA DEALER APPRENTICE (Japanese. early-20s) Also plays OISHI, TORU, YUJI, DAISUKE and HIRAYAMA.
CYRANO by Edmund Rostand
Translated by Michael Hollinger, Adapted by Michael Hollinger and Aaron Posner
Directed by Artistic Director Robert Kelley
Rehearsals begin March 15, 2016
Performs April 6 through May 1, 2016 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
All Ethnicities. Most of the cast double and triple in other roles.
CYRANO ( late 30s to late 40s) Energetic, impulsive, emotional, a wizard with words as well as swords -- a warrior-poet.
ROXANE (late 20s to mid-30s) Beautiful, elegant, smart, romantic. An impetuous heart and a deep soul.
CHRISTIAN (late 20s) Handsome, proud, bold with men but shy with women. Aware of his expressive shortcomings.
LE BRET (40s to late 50s) Captain of the Gascony Guard and Cyrano's best friend. Moderate, sympathetic, articulate, but not flashy. Our guide to the play.
DE GUICHE (40s to early 50s) Aristocratic, enamored of Roxane. An intriguer who is literally married to power. Alternately resents and admires Cyrano.
RAGUENEAU (late 30s to early 40s) Big-hearted pastry-chef and lover of poetry, to the point of obsession.
DE VALVERT (early 30s) Aristocratic, stylish, vain, an expert swordsman
LIGNIERE (30s) A drunken poet, or poetic drunk. Occasionally removes the bottle long enough to stick his foot in his mouth.
DESIREE (40s) Roxane's old nurse and current chaperone. Watchful over Roxane's honor; cranky about soldiers.
The Velocity of Autumn by Eric Coble
Directed by Giovanna Sardelli
Setting: Present day, Brooklyn.
ALEXANDRA (79) A retired painter who has barricaded herself in her brownstone against her adult children.
CHRIS (late 40s) Her wayward youngest son.
None of the roles will be understudied.
Actors unable to attend this call may submit headshot and resume to:
Leslie Martinson, PO Box 50458, Palo Alto, CA 94303
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