Act II Playhouse 2018-19 Season - Ambler PA EPA
Act II Playhouse Ltd.
AUDITION DATES
Mon, May 28, 2018
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 2 to 3
Tue, May 29, 2018
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 2 to 3
APPOINTMENTS
Email Eric Baker production@act2.org. AEA members without
CONTRACT
SPT $601/week
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles in the upcoming season.
PREPARATION
A monologue in the style of the show you are auditioning for.
LOCATION
Act II Playhouse
56 E Butler Ave
Ambler, PA 19002-4526
PERSONNEL
In attendance at the EPA:
Artistic director(Tony Braithewaite), company manager(Eric Baker), accompanist(Dan Matarazzo)
OTHER
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
2018-19 Season
Performances are Tuesday 7pm, Wednesday-Friday 8pm, Saturday 2p & 8p, Sunday 2p
First rehearsal dates are still TBD
Tuesdays with Morrie
by Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom
directed by Matt Silva
July 10th-July 29th, 2018
TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE is the autobiographical story of Mitch Albom, an accomplished journalist driven solely by his career, and Morrie Schwartz, his former college professor. Sixteen years after graduation, Mitch happens to catch Morrie's appearance on a television news program and learns that his old professor is battling Lou Gehrig's Disease. Mitch is reunited with Morrie, and what starts as a simple visit turns into a weekly pilgrimage and a last class in the meaning of life.
*The roles of MITCH and MORRIE have been cast. Actors will be considered for replacements and understudies.
MITCH: Role CAST. Male, 30s, Morrie’s former student at Brandeis and the narrator of the play.*
MORRIE: Role CAST. Male, 50s-60s. Mitch’s favorite professor from Brandeis. He suffers from ALS.*
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Biloxi Blues
by Neil Simon
directed by Tony Braithwaite
August 28th-September 30th, 2018
When we last met Eugene Jerome, he was coping with adolescence in 1930's Brooklyn. Here, he is a young army recruit during WW II, going through basic training and learning about Life and Love with a capital 'L' along with some harsher lessons, while stationed at boot camp in Biloxi, Mississippi in 1943.
*The Roles of EUGENE, SERGEANT TOOMEY, and ROWENA have been cast.
ROY SELDRIDGE: Male, 18-20; A young soldier at boot camp
JOSEPH WYKOWSKI: Male, 18-20; A young soldier at boot camp
DONALD CARNEY: Male, 18-20; A young soldier at boot camp
EUGENE MORRIS JEROME: Role CAST. Male, 18-20; A young soldier at boot camp*
ARNOLD EPSTEIN: Male, 18-20; A young soldier at boot camp
SGT. TOOMEY: Role CAST. Male, 30s-40s; Sergeant at boot camp*
JAMES HENESSEY: Male, 20s; Another soldier
ROWENA: Role CAST. Female, 30s-40s, a prostitute*
DAISY HANNIGAN: Female, Early 20s, Eugene’s first love
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Collected Stories
By Donald Margulies
Director TBD
October 23rd-November 18th, 2018
Ruth Steiner is a teacher and respected short story writer. Her student and protégée is Lisa Morrison. Over the course of 6 years, Lisa journeys from insecure student to successful writer. After publishing a well-received collection of short stories, Lisa writes a novel based on Ruth's affair with the poet Delmore Schwartz. The women deal with the moral dilemma of whether a person's life events are suitable for another to use in their own creative process.
RUTH: Female, 30s-40s. A teacher and respected short story writer.
LISA: Female, 20s-30s. Her student and protegee. Lisa writes a novel based on Ruth’s affair with the poet Delmore Schwartz.
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This Wonderful Life
By Steve Murray
Director TBD
December 4– December 30, 2018
One actor inhabits every role in this hilariously touching stage adaptation of the iconic holiday film It's a Wonderful Life. George Bailey, Clarence, Mr. Potter, and the gang come to life as a single actor creates a heartwarming story about the effect one hardworking man's life has on the people around him.
*The role of NARRATOR already cast. Actors will be considered for replacements and understudies.
NARRATOR: Role CAST. Male, One Actor who plays Narrator and all the residents of Bedford Falls.*
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Becoming Dr. Ruth
By Mark St. Germain
Director TBD
January 22nd-February 17th, 2019
Everyone knows Dr. Ruth Westheimer from her career as a pioneering radio and television sex therapist. Few, however, know the incredible journey that preceded it. From fleeing the Nazis in the Kindertransport and joining the Haganah in Jerusalem as a sniper, to her struggle to succeed as a single mother newly-arrived in America, Mark St. Germain deftly illuminates this remarkable woman's untold story. BECOMING DR. RUTH is filled with the humor, honesty, and life-affirming spirit of Karola Ruth Siegel, the girl who became Dr. Ruth, America’s most famous sex therapist.
DR. RUTH K. WESTHEIMER: Female, 69 Years Old. The Narrator of the play who recounts her childhood fleeing the Nazis to her rise as America’s most famous sex therapist.
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Same Time, Next Year
By Bernard Slade
Director TBD
March 19 – April 20, 2019
One of the most popular romantic comedies of the century, Same Time, Next Year ran four years on Broadway, winning a Tony Award for lead actress Ellen Burstyn, who later recreated her role in the successful motion picture. It remains one of the world's most widely produced plays. The plot follows a love affair between two people, Doris and George, married to others, who rendezvous once a year. Twenty-five years of manners and morals are hilariously and touchingly played out by the lovers.
*The roles of Doris and George have been cast. Actors will be considered for replacements and understudies.
DORIS: Role CAST. Female, 30s-40s. Married, meets up with George once a year for their rendezvous.*
GEORGE: Role CAST. Male, 30s-40s. Married, meets up with Doris once a year for their rendezvous.*
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Café Puttanesca
Music and Lyrics by Michael Ogborn; Book by Michael Ogborn and Terrence J. Nolan
Director TBD
May 14th – June 16, 2019 (Possible Extension June 23rd)
It’s the fall of 1948. The Netherlands just crowned a new queen. The Dutch brought home medals in this year’s summer Olympics. People are happy. For the first time since the war, things are finally looking up. Inside Café Puttanesca, the booze is flowing, songs are being sung, and people are getting back to living life the way it should be lived.
THE OWNER: Male, 20s-40s. An American Ex-Patriot.
THE COOK: Female, 20s-40s. His Italian wife.
THE DUCHESS: Female, 20s-40. An English Prostitute.
THE BARONESS: Female, 20s-40s. A German Prostitute.
THE MARQUESA: Female, 20s-40s. A French Prostitute/Madame.
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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