Long Wharf Theatre Holds 2010-11 Season Auditions, 7/30-31

Long Wharf Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein and Managing Director Ray Cullom, will be hosting Equity and Non-Equity auditions for its 2010-2011 season.

Auditions for Equity actors will be held Friday, July 30, 2010, from 12:00PM to 8:00PM (dinner break will be 4:00PM to 5:00PM). Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout the day as time permits. Non-Equity actors will be seen Saturday, July 31, 2010, from 10:00PM to 6:00PM (lunch 2:00PM to 3:00PM). Auditions will be held on Long Wharf Theatre's mainstage, located at 222 Sargent Drive, New Haven, CT.

Auditioners are required to prepare a brief contemporary monologue; a second contrasting monologue may be requested at the auditioner's discretion.

To reserve an audition time, call 203-787-4282. For more information about auditions, visit www.longwharf.org, or contact Eric Ting at 203-772-8267.

2010/2011 Season includes *:

ELLA. By Jeffrey Hatcher and Rob Ruggiero. Director: Rob Ruggiero
Runs: September 22, 2010 - October 17, 2010

ALL ROLES CAST

THE TRAIN DRIVER. By Athol Fugard. Director: Gordon Edelstein
1st rehearsal: September 28, 2010. Runs: October 27, 2010 - November 21, 2010
Seeking:

SIMON (ANDILE) HANABE: An old black South African man. A gravedigger.
ROELF (RUDOLF) VISAGIE: A white South African man in his late thirties. A train driver.

SHIRLEY VALENTINE. By Willy Russell. Director: Gordon Edelstein
1st rehearsal: November 2, 2010. Runs: December 2, 2010 - January 2, 2011

ALL ROLES CAST

THE OLD MASTERS. By Simon Gray. Director: Michael Rudman
1st rehearsal: December 14, 2010. Runs: January 19, 2011 - February 13, 2011
Seeking:

NICKY MARIANO: British woman, early 50s, Bernard Berenson's secretary.
EDWARD FOWLES: British man, 50s, Joseph Duveen's assistant.

AGNES UNDER THE BIG TOP. By Aditi Brennan Kapil. Director: Eric Ting
1st rehearsal: February 1, 2011. Runs: March 2, 2011 - April 3, 2011
Seeking:

ELLA: American, white, female. A rheumatoid, bedridden woman. She is deformed and wooden, her fingers trapped in claws. Prematurely aged.
AGNES: Liberian immigrant, female, 30s, Ella's home care worker. Tough and funny.
ROZA: Bulgarian immigrant, female, 40s, speaks Bulgarian, Ella's home care worker. Silent except when addressing birds.
SHIPKOV: Bulgarian immigrant, male, 40s, Roza's husband, drives a subway train. Former ringmaster.
HAPPY: Indian, male, 20s, recently immigrated con artist, training as subway driver. Smiles a lot.
BUSKER: Plays an instrument on the subway platform, is all other voices/voiceovers, moves freely through time and space

ITALIAN AMERICAN RECONCILIATION. By John Patrick Shanley. Director: Eric Ting
1st rehearsal: March 29, 2011. Runs: April 27, 2011 - May 22, 2011
Seeking:

ALDO SCALICKI: An intense Italian guy, about 30 years old. All his life he's lived in Little Italy, in New York.
HUEY MAXIMILIAN BONFIGLIANO: Aldo's best friend since childhood. Huey is more obviously vulnerable.
AUNT MAY: A handsome Italian woman in her middle years.

TERESA: A big striking Italian girl in her late twenties.
JANICE: An angular, patrician Italian woman with strawberry blond hair and austere good looks. She's in her thirties.

* subject to change

Long Wharf Theatre as an Equal Opportunity Employer recognizes the need for expanding the participation of ethnic minorities (African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic-American and Native American), women Actors and Actors with disabilities in their artistic process and will make an effort to cast these individuals in roles where race, ethnicity, gender, or the presence or absence of a disability is not germane.

Long Wharf Theatre as a general rule does not employ understudies.

Theatre address: 222 Sargent Drive, New Haven, CT 06511.

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