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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT
(2 days)
Monday, May 27, 2013
(no accompanist on this day)
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
(Accompanist Provided)
10 AM to 6 PM each day
Lunch – 1 – 2
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Contract
SPT
$392/week AEA minimum
Location
The November Theatre (formerly the Empire)
114 W. Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23220
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Seeking
Equity performers, men and women, for the 2013-14 season.
See THIS breakdown for 1st Half of Season Shows.
See separate notice for 5/28 for 2nd Half.
Preparation
Prepare either:
1) a brief song (please bring sheet music in your key; an accompanist will be provided on Tuesday ONLY), OR
2) a brief monologue, OR
3) 16 bars of a song and a brief monologue.
Bring picture and resume, stapled together
Other
Members without appointments will be seen throughout the audition day as time permits.
Personnel
Chase Kniffen, Associate Artistic Director
· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
Appointments may be made by e-mailing
casting@va-rep.org or calling 804-783-1688 opt. 3, Monday – Friday, 9:00AM – 5:00PM.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
This is the 1st Half of the Season Shows
See separate notice for 5/28 for 2nd Half
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD(PLAY)
By Margaret Baldwin
Producer: Virginia Repertory Theatre
Director: Rusty Wilson
Venue: The November Theatre
First Rehearsal: Sept 2, 2013
Runs: Sept 26 – Oct 20, 2013
Character Breakdown:
Atticus Finch (40-50) a well-known good guy, attorney in and the father of the Scout and Jem He is a wise and caring father and is very intelligent and wants Jem and Scout to follow this moral of how he treats everyone equally.
*This role is CAST
SCOUT (9-11 Female) A young girl about to experience the events that will shape the rest of her life. She should, ideally, be able to play as young as age 9.
JEM (11-16 Male) He is a few years older than his sister Scout, and like his sister- perhaps even more than his sister- he’s reaching out to understand their unusual non-conventionally admirable father.
CALPURNIA (25-50 Female) Black; Proud and capable, she has raised the motherless Scout and Jem. She’s a self educated woman and she’s made quite a good job of it.
DILL (10-16 Male) Small and wise beyond his years. Dill is neater and better dressed than his friends. There is an undercurrent of sophistication to him, but his laugh is sudden and happy.
MAUDE (30-50 Female) Younger than Atticus, but of his generation, she’s a lovely sensitive woman.
ATKINSON Though belonging to the time and place of this play, she has a wisdom and compassion that suggests the best instincts of the South of that period.
WALTER (35-50 Male) Cunningham is a hard-up farmer who shares the prejudices of this time and place, but
CUNNINGHAM nevertheless a man who can be reached as a human being.
STEPHANIE (35-50 Female) She’s a neighborhood gossip, and enjoys it to the hilt. There’s an enthusiasm
CRAWFORD in her talking over the people of the town that makes it almost humorous.
BOO RADLEY (30-45 Male) Arthur Radley is a pale recluse who hasn’t been outside his house in fifteen years. It takes an extraordinary emergency to bring him out.
MRS. DUBOSE (55-75 Female) An older woman – ill, walking with difficulty, her pain making her biting, bitter, and angry. However, she’s fighting a secret battle within herself, a battle about which few people are aware, and her existence has in it a point of importance for Jem and Scout.
TOM (20-35 Male) Black; handsome and vital, but with a left hand crippled by a childhood accident and held
ROBINSON against his chest. He is married to Helen and they have young children. He faces up to a false charge with quiet dignity.
JUDGE (40-65 Male) The judge is a wintry man of the South, who does what he can within the context of his time
TAYLOR to see justice done in his court. While he tries to run his court impartially, his sympathy is with Tom.
MR. GILMER (30-50 Male) He is a public prosecutor who is doing his job in trying to convict Tom. In many ways his manner is cruel and hurtful. And yet under all this, he too has unexpressed doubts as to Tom’s guilt, and his heart isn’t really in the conviction.
BOB EWELL (35-60 Male) Ewell is a little bantam-cock of a man who lives with his family by the town dump. Bob thinks this trial will make him an important man.
MAYELLA (17-25 Female ) The daughter of Bob Ewell, she’s a desperately lonely and overworked young woman whose need for companionship has overwhelmed every other emotion.
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FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (MUSICAL)
Producer: Virginia Repertory Theatre
Director: Richard M. Pairison, Jr.
Venue: The November Theatre
First Rehearsal: Oct 21, 2013
Runs: Nov 21, 2013 – Jan 12, 2014
Character Breakdown:
Tevye To play 35- 55 Dairy man, father of five daughters. A dreamer. Lives his faith and values its traditions. Must be an excellent singer/actor with an exuberant personality.
Golde: To play 35 to 55 Dairy farmer’s wife. Looks older than her age from the hard lifestyle. Strong willed. A disciplinarian. Able to convey a command with a look or a clap of the hands.
Tzeitel: Female 18+ to play 20s. Eldest daughter. A cut from her mother’s apron. Wants to be a good mother and wife in the tradition of her faith. Strong belt & excellent comedic skills.
Hodel: Female 18+ to play 20s. 2nd eldest daughter. Opinionated and strong willed. Knows the teachings of her faith. Has very definitive ideas about marriage. To marry a man who is learned is a prerequisite. Warm soprano.
Chava: Female 18+ to play late teens. 3rd eldest and Tevye’s favorite daughter. Like him, a dreamer. Likes to read, lives her life in worlds where her books takes her. Just crossing over from child to young lady with the innocence of a young child. Strong dancer a plus.
Shprintze/Bielke: 18 and up to play 8-12 Tevye’s youngest daughters. Very dutiful in their place as children.
Yente: Female to play 40s-50s. The town matchmaker. A widow. Always busy with a sense of no time to slow down, even in her conversations. Character belt.
Lazar Wolf: Male to play 50- 60. Town butcher, wealthiest man in town. Strong and big in stature. A widower. A sense of the finer things in life but a bit crude in presence due to the nature of his work.
Motel: Male 18+ to play 20s. A tailor. Thin and lanky. Very quiet & reserved in his manner. A hard worker striving to make ends meet to support himself and marry Tzeitel. Baritone-Tenor.
Perchik: Male 18+ to play 20s. A student and revolutionary who has his own ideas about the problems of the world and his people, and has the answers to solve them. Attracted to Hodel and the intellectual challenge she presents. Baritone.
Fyedka: Male 18+ to play 20s. Russian peasant. Enjoys reading and has a very gentle manner. Displays a sense of respect for people, including those of the Jewish community. Has very strong feelings for Chava. Excellent Tenor.
Constable: Male to play 40s. The local law official. Very much a peasant himself, with a sense of duty to his job. Treats all with equal respect, but considers himself a cut above the rest (most notably the Jewish population) due to the uniform he wears.
Character men who are excellent singers/actors for the roles of AVRAM, NACHUM, RABBI, MORDCHA and other PAPAS and SONS.
Women of various ages who are excellent singers/actors for the roles of GRANDMA TZEITEL and MAMAS and DAUGHTERS.
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