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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT (2 days)
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Thursday, July 23, 2015
10 AM to 6 PM
lunch 1 to 2
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Contract
LOA
contract/salary pending
Location
Virginia Stage Company Offices
201 Granby Street
Suite #206
Norfolk, VA 23510
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Seeking
Equity actors and actor/singers for various roles in the upcoming 2015-16 Season.
See breakdown
Preparation
Prepare a brief monologue, or a brief song, or a one minute monologue with 16 bars of a song. An accompanist will be provided. Bring picture and resume, stapled together.
Other Dates
See breakdown for show dates.
Other
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Personnel
Artistic Director: Patrick Mullins
· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
AEA members contact pmullins@vastage.com to make an appointment.
AEA members without appointments seen as time permits.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
The 2015-2016 Season:
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
By: Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Director: Patrick Mullins
1st rehearsal: September 1, 2015. First Performance: September 22, 2015. Closing: October 11, 2015
With the snap of a finger and the magic of stagecraft, a dozen actors playing more than 100 different roles take us on a rambunctious adventure through Neverland in this prequel to Peter Pan.
Seeking: Black Stache, Molly, Boy, Grempkin/Mack/Sanchez/Fighting Prawn
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ALL MY SONS
By: Arthur Miller
Director: Chris Hanna
1st rehearsal: October 6, 2015. 1st performance: October 27, 2015. Closing: November 15, 2015
The Tony Award winning masterwork about a military community’s struggle to
survive during WWII.
Seeking: Joe Keller, Kate Keller, Chris Keller, Ann Deever
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL
By Charles Dickens, adapted by Patrick Mullins
Director: Patrick Mullins
1st rehearsal: November 18, 2015. 1st performance: December 8, 2015. Closing: December 24, 2015
Ebenezer Scrooge and his travels with the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future reawaken the spirit of Christmas in all of us accompanied by period music and instruments. This timeless tale is a heartwarming tradition for many Hampton Roads families.
Seeking: Christmas Past, Christmas Present, Marley, Bob Cratchit
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THE HAMPTON YEARS
By: Jacqueline E. Lawton
Director: Chris Hanna
1st rehearsal: December 29, 2015. 1st performance: January 19, 2016 Closing: February 7, 2016
A true story of the Jewish WWII refugee and Hampton University students whose passion and talents together brought African American art to the nation.
Seeking:
Viktor (Vikle) Lowenfeld (mid 30s) Austrian Jew, an artist, scholar, and professor of art and art education.
John Biggers (early 20s) African American, a muralist, student of Lowenfeld and White, originally from Gastonia, North Carolina.
Samella Sanders (early 20s) African American, a sculptor and printmaker, student of Lowenfeld and Catlett, originally from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Elizabeth (Betty) Catlett (late 20s) – African American, Art Lecturer, sculptress, printmaker, Samella’s mentor, Charles’ wife, artist in residence at Hampton Institute (now University).
President (Dr.) Malcolm Shaw Maclean (late 40s) – White, sixth president of Hampton Institute from 1940 to 1943, originally from Denver, Colorado.
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GROUNDED
By George Brant
1st rehearsal: February 9, 2016. 1st performance: March 1, 2016 Closing: March 20th, 2016
From award winning playwright, George Brant, comes the story of an ace fighter pilot who is assigned to operate military drones from a windowless trailer outside Las Vegas, where she hunts terrorists by day and returns to her family each night.
Seeking:
Pilot: Female, 30s.
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THE TEMPEST
By William Shakespeare.
Music by Jean Sibelius.
Director: Patrick Mullins
1st rehearsal: April 5, 2015. 1st Performance: April 15. Final Performance: April 17, 2015.
A Collaboration of Art! Virginia Stage Company, Virginia Arts Festival and Virginia Symphony Orchestra are coproducing a new production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest with the music of Sibelius. This fully staged new theatrical production with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and the Virginia Symphony Chorus, will be conducted by JoAnn Falletta. Sibelius’ incidental music for The Tempest is considered by many as one of his greatest achievements. To accommodate the size of this production, the performances will be held in Norfolk’s Chrysler Hall.
Seeking: Prospero, Miranda, Ferdinand, Caliban, Ariel
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