WASHINGTON STAGE GUILD 2016-17 SEASON Equity Principal Audition - Washington Stage Guild Auditions

Washington Stage Guild 2016-17 Season - DC EPA

Washington Stage Guild | Washington, DC

AUDITION DATE

Thursday, November 03, 2016

11:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Lunch 2:30 to 3:30

Friday, November 04, 2016

11:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Lunch 2:30 to 3:30

APPOINTMENTS

For an appointment email
info@stageguild.org (strongly preferred) or call 240-582-0050 M-F 11-6. Please do not call The Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church. AEA members without appointments seen as time permits.

CONTRACT

SPT

Contract Salary: TBD, last season was

$371/week

SEEKING

Equity actors for various roles in the upcoming 2016-17 season shows. See breakdown.

PREPARATION

Please bring a picture and resume stapled together. Do not email resumes. Please prepare a monologue that shows verbal facility. Shakespeare is not recommended.

LOCATION

Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church 900 Massachusetts Ave NW

Washington, DC 20001-4308

in the Undercroft Theatre. The Undercroft Theatre is on the ground floor of the Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church.

Please come to the lobby entrances facing Massachusetts Ave under the steps facing 9th Street. Please do not call the church or use the church office entrances.

PERSONNEL

Artistic Director: Bill Largess Executive Director: Ann Norton Director: Laura Giannarelli

OTHER

The Washington Stage Guild produces eloquent plays of idea and argument, passion and wit, highly verbal plays from around the world and from all periods. The Stage Guild is an equal opportunity employer with a strong record of non-traditional casting; all actors should audition for any role for which they feel suited.

Web address:
www.stageguild.org

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

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, A LIVE RADIO PLAY

adapted by Joe Landry Rehearsal starts 11/8 First preview 11/25 Opens 11/26

Closes 12/18

This is a revival of our 2015 production, with all cast members returning. We will see actors for possible replacements or understudies.

The play is set in a radio studio in the 40s, with a group of actors playing all the roles from the famous film. Physical type and age therefore don't really matter, as long as each actor can voice the characters with the needed range.

Freddie Fillmore: plays the Announcer, Joseph, Potter and many small roles Jake Laurents: plays George Bailey

Sally Applewhite: plays Mary, George's wife

Lana Sherwood: plays Violet, Mrs hatch, and many small roles Harry “Jazzbo” Heywoud: plays Clarence, Bert and many small roles

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LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC

by Arlene Hutton

Rehearsal starts Jan 2 2017 First preview 1/26

Opens 1/28

Closes 219 possible extension to 3/5

Raleigh, Male, late teens early 20s. An engaging aspiring writer from a small town whose has led to many disappointments. He tries to remain optimistic, and usually succeeds, but his chance meeting with May leads them both into a long, on-and-off courtship that frustrates him.

May

Female, late teens-early 20s. A young woman from an extremely religious background who returns home after a broken engagement. Hoping to become a missionary, her meeting with Raleigh on the train home makes her question her plans, although she struggles to persist in the face of Raleigh's unconventionality and health problems.

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BACK TO METHUSELAH: AS FAR AS THOUGHT CAN REACH

by George Bernard Shaw Rehearsal starts 2/272017 First preview 3/23

Opens 3/25

Closes 4/16, possible extension to 4/30

This is the third part of a three-year project producing Shaw's visionary cycle of plays. Most of the cast from 2014 and 2015 will return, but several may need to be replaced due to other commitments. All roles are cast without regard to the actor's actual age.

Man # 1

plays the He-Ancient, an immensely old human who has evolved far beyond ordinary humanity, and Pygmalion, a young scientist

Woman # 1

plays the She-Ancient, another being who has evolved into a powerful near-immortal, and Chloe, a serious young woman who has begun to grow past youthful follies.