Williamstown Theatre Festival 2017 Season (WITH accompanist) - NYC EPA
Williamstown Theatre Festival
AUDITION DATE
Feb 25, 2017
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EST)
Lunch 1 to 2
CONTRACT
CORST various categories and salaries. See salary note for each show in breakdown.
SEEKING
Equity performers for various roles in the upcoming 2017 Season. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Please bring a stapled headshot and resume. Prepare EITHER a monologue from modern or contemporary theatre AND/OR a traditional musical theatre song that shows range. If singing, bring sheet music; An Accompanist provided on this day only. Total audition time not to exceed 2 minutes.
LOCATION
Pearl Studios NYC (500)
500 8th Avenue
New York, NY 10018-6504
4th floor
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director: Mandy Greenfield
Associate General Manager: Zach Krohn
Casting Director: Telsey + Co
OTHER
Accompanist will only be provided on Saturday 2/25
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity monitor will be provided.
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 ROOMMATE
By Jen Silverman
Director: Mike Donahue
Contract: AEA / CORST category X contract ($901/week)
Venue: Main Stage
1st reh: Williamstown: June 8, 2017. 1st perf: June 27, 2017
Opening: July 1, 2017. Scheduled Closing: July 16, 2017
AVAILABLE ROLES:
CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO ROLES AVAILABLE
UNAVAILABLE ROLES:
SHARON: 54 years old female. A lonely Iowa divorcee. (Role CAST)
ROBYN: 56 years old female. A vegan from the Bronx with a secret past. (Role CAST)
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THE CLEAN HOUSE
By Sarah Ruhl
Director: Rebecca Taichman
Contract: AEA / CORST category X contract ($901/week)
Venue: Main Stage
1st reh: Williamstown: June 27, 2017. 1st Perf: July 19, 2017
Opening: July 22, 2017. Scheduled Closing: July 29, 2017
AVAILABLE ROLES:
LANE: a woman in her early 50’s. A doctor. She wears white.
CHARLES: a man in his 50’s. Lane’s husband. A compassionate surgeon. He is child-like beneath his white coat.
MATHILDE: A Brazilian woman in her late 20’s. Lane’s cleaning lady. She wears black and has a refined sense of deadpan humor. Facility with Portuguese a plus.
UNAVAILABLE ROLES:
VIRGINIA: A woman in her late 50’s. Lane’s sister. (Role CAST)
ANA: An Argentinian woman in her 50’s-60’s. Impossibly charismatic. (Role CAST)
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A LEGENDARY ROMANCE
Music & Lyrics by Geoff Morrow
Book by Timothy Prager
Director: Lonny Price
Contract: AEA / CORST category X contract ($901/week)
Venue: Main Stage
1st reh: Williamstown: July 3, 2017. 1st perf: August 3, 2017
Opening: August 5, 2017. Scheduled Closing: August 20, 2017
AVAILABLE ROLES:
SETH / VINCENT CONNOR: Man in his 20’s-30’s. Has the charisma of a movie star. Baritone-Tenor with a slightly bright sound, sung to an G or A above middle C.
BILLIE HATHAWAY: Woman in her 20’s-30’s. Has the charisma of a movie star. Joseph’s former lover. Belt comfortably to a B above middle C. Also must have use of a legit head voice to the F above middle C.
JOSEPH LINDY: Man in his 70’s. Elegant. He once was a successful film producer. Legit Baritone sung to an F above middle C.
MORAN: Joseph’s assistant. Ensemble singing only. Must be a strong singer - flexible range.
PRODUCER: Man in his 30’s. Relaxed, hip, nonchalant. Must be a strong singer - flexible range.
DELIVERY PERSON: Ensemble singing only. Must be a strong singer - flexible range.
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THE MODEL AMERICAN
By Jason Kim
Director: Danny Sharron
Contract: AEA / CORST special contract ($637/week)
Venue: Nikos Stage
1st reh NYC: June 5, 2017. 1st reh Williamstown: June 13, 2017. 1st perf: June 28, 2017.
Opening: July 1, 2017. Scheduled Closing: July 9, 2017
AVAILABLE ROLES:
GABRIEL: an Hispanic man in his 20’s, an immigrant with ambitions.
JUDE: a white man in his 20’s; he has had a privileged upbringing.
CORA: an African-American woman in her 20’s, newly spiritual.
EMMETT: an African-American man in his 30’s, an entrepreneur with big ideas.
UNAVAILABLE ROLES:
JAE WON: A Korean man in his 20’s, an immigrant (Role CAST)
TINA: a white woman in her 40’s-50’s, a successful executive. (Role CAST)
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WHERE STORMS ARE BORN
By Harrison David Rivers
Director: Liesl Tommy
Contract: AEA / CORST special contract ($637/week)
Venue: Nikos Stage
1st reh Williamstown: June 20, 2017. 1st perf: July 12, 2017
Opening: July 15, 2017. Scheduled Closing: July 23, 2017
AVAILABLE ROLES:
LUKE JACOBS: a non-white man in his 30’s. A gay corrections officer.
BENTON MASSEY: African-American man in his 20’s-30’s. Myles’ childhood friend.
UNAVAILABLE ROLES:
BETHEA SOLOMON: African-American woman in her 50’s. Myles and Gideon’s mother. (Role CAST)
GIDEON SOLOMON: African-American man in his 20’s-30’s. Gay. (Role CAST)
MYLES SOLOMON: African-American man in his 30’s. Gideon’s older brother. (Role CAST)
WORTHY BELL: African-American woman in her 20’s-30’s. Gideon’s co-worker and friend. (Role CAST)
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MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW
By Halley Feiffer
Director: Trip Cullman
Contract: AEA / CORST special contract ($637/week)
Venue: Nikos Stage
1st reh Williamstown: July 3, 2017. 1st perf: July 26, 2017
Opening: July 29, 2017. Scheduled Closing: August 6, 2017
AVAILABLE ROLES:
MARIA KULYGINA (MASHA): 25-year-old woman. The middle sister. A trained concert pianist. Married to Kulygin, whom she hates. A romantic, in search of true passion. Moody, spiky, dreamy.
IRINA PROZOROVA: 20-year-old woman. The youngest sister -- the only one capable of anything that comes close to optimism. Unfortunately, she is also capable of true despair and a wildly childish sense of entitlement.
ANDREY PROZOROVA: 30-year-old man. The three sisters' brother. Skilled in violin-playing and science. At once ambitious and self- defeating.
NATALIA IVANOVNA (NATASHA): 28-year-old woman. Andrey's love interest and later, his wife. At first well-intentioned, if a bit uncouth; later, manipulative and conniving. Desperately insecure.
FYODOR ILYICH KULYGIN: A man in his late 30’s. Masha's husband. Latin teacher at the high school. A sweet soul. Maddeningly officious. Desperately in love with his wife.
ALEXANDER IGNATYCH VERSHININ: 44-year-old man. Lieutenant-colonel of the artillery battery. Married, with two little girls. Loves philosophizing. Loves hating his life. Loves Masha.
CAPTAIN VASSILY VASILYEVICH SOLYONY: A man in his 30’s. A captain in the army. So deeply socially awkward that he comes across as aggressive. Also in love with Irina.
IVAN ROMANICH CHEBUTYKIN: 60-year-old man. An army doctor. Long-standing friend of the family. Still in love with the three sisters' dead mother. Tries to fill the hole left by her death by flirting with Irina. A hopeless drunk.
ANFISA: 81-year-old woman. The three sisters' former nanny, now a servant in their home. Very sweet. Very tired.
FERAPONT: A man in his 80’s. Door-keeper at the city council offices. Hard of hearing. Knows a lot of trivia.
UNAVAILABLE ROLES:
OLGA PROZOROVA: 28-year-old woman. The oldest sister. A school teacher. Unmarried. An intelligent, old soul. Ferociously loving. Reliably self-pitying. (Role CAST)
BARON NIKOLAI LVOVICH TUZENBACH: A man in his 30’s. A lieutenant in the army. Profoundly lacking in charisma. In love with Irina. (Role CAST)
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ACTUALLY
By Anna Ziegler
Director: Lileana Blain-Cruz
Contract: AEA / CORST special contract ($637/week)
Venue: Nikos Stage
1st reh Williamstown: July 18, 2017. 1st perf: August 9, 2017
Opening: August 12, 2017. Scheduled Closing: August 20, 2017
AVAILABLE ROLES:
AMBER: Jewish woman in her mid-20’s. High-strung, talkative, charmingly neurotic.
TOM: African-American man in his early-20’s. Appealing and confident with some swagger, though a sensitive soul.
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 audition.
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