ADIRONDACK THEATRE FESTIVAL 2012 SEASON Equity Principal Auditions - Adirondack Theatre Festival Auditions
Adirondack Theatre Festival
Adirondack Theatre Festival 2012 Dramas
– Equity Principal Auditions
Glens Falls NY SPT (approval/salary level pending; 2011 weekly minimum: $350).
Producing Artistic Dir: Mark Fleischer
CD: Stephanie Klapper Casting
Equity Principal Auditions:
Thursday, February 23, 2012 Actors' Equity Association Audition Center
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM 165 West 46th Street, 2nd Floor
Lunch from 1 - 2. New York City
Please prepare monologue, 2 minutes or less. Please bring a picture and resume, stapled back-to-back.
All dates are in 2012. All listed roles are available.
BLACK TIE by A. R. Gurney. Dir: Terry Rabine. 1st reh: 6/11. Runs 6/26-6/30.
Groom’s dad Curtis simply wants to make a memorable toast. But before he can raise his glass, he must defend the time-honored ways of his past, including his attire. Gurney again provides insight into the world of the white Anglo-Saxon Protestant.
Curtis:
50s. Family man, devoted to wife & children. Charming, intelligent, generous-spirited, very much his dad’s son, anxiously trying to enter the modern world while still embodying customs/behavior he inherited from his dad. Adores his kids & does his best to respond to, if not embrace, the very different customs they have acquired. Caught between 2 worlds—the old-fashioned one of manners, decorum & tradition, and the modern world of acceptance, understanding & all things casual. The world is changing all around him, and he must adapt or be left behind. Idealizes his now-dead dad, along w/all the old-world civility he represents. Eventually, he decides to adapt, as his family’s happiness is more important to him than his sense of propriety.
Curtis’s Father:
Character should read 80s. Classy gent. Vigorous, cantankerous, very much an emissary from an old/obsolete world. Patrician, snobbish, discriminating, out of touch, but in one sense an admirable example of his breed, since he’s infinitely polite, thoughtful & well educated. A ghost; can only be seen by Curtis. Relic of the past, when men were gentlemen & women were ladies. Wants to help his son by providing wise, useful advice. Unfortunately, much of his advice has outlived its usefulness. In his day, he was extremely charming/well-put-together. Thinks he knows everything, and is somewhat shocked by how different the world is now. Good-natured at heart. Truly wants his family to be happy.
Mimi:
50s (perhaps 1-2 years younger than husband Curtis). Attractive, well-put-together. Very much the modern, liberated woman. Well educated, aggressively liberal, socially conscious, able to ignore or poke fun at her husband's obsolete responses even as her own more traditional values occasionally surface. Loves Curtis, but is annoyed by his penchant for clinging to tradition & his reverence for his dad. Never got along with Curtis’s dad; this is a source of contention for them. Loves her kids, wants the best for them. More easygoing than Curtis, more willing to abandon formality in favor of fun.
Teddy:
Mid 20s. Curtis & Mimi’s son. Serious, dedicated college grad, eager to green up the earth. Not a tree-hugger, but a focused, passionate student of acid rain and its effect on the Adirondack trout he once fished for. In spite of his tough-mindedness, he’s totally in love w/his free-spirited, multi-ethnic, sexually liberated fiancée, who has introduced him to a wild, wonderful new life in NYC and in bed. But he, too, gets caught in the pull of the past. Having doubts on the eve of his rehearsal dinner, questioning his love for his bride-to-be. Also struggling w/tradition vs. modernity; comes out in favor of the latter. Realizes that the way his fiancée fails to see eye-to-eye w/his parents could become a problem later, but chooses to overlook it, as he is truly in love. Has a good relationship w/his family; respects their opinions.
Elsie:
20s. Teddy’s younger sister. Bright, athletic. Easygoing in her relationship w/her live-in partner, irritatingly know-it-all to Teddy, who calls her “Little Hitler”. Very much on top of things, shifting back & forth between the values of her contemporaries and those of her parents, who count on her constantly as interpreter/ambassador. Deals w/her anxieties by running whenever possible. The family peacemaker, trying to hold everything together as Teddy’s rehearsal dinner erupts in chaos. Annoyed that she is constantly the messenger who must go between family members, but does it anyway. Happily living w/a boyfriend whom she has no intentions of marrying anytime soon, much to Curtis’s confusion—she’s less conventional than he’d like.
FILMING O’KEEFE by Eric Lane. Dir: Martha Banta. 1st reh: 7/17. Rehearses in NYC. Perfs in Glens Falls: 7/21-7/22.
New play reading. Contemporary story inspired by artists Georgia O'Keeffe & Alfred Stieglitz. Set on Lake George at the site of the Stieglitz estate; set in motion when a grandfather shows up unexpectedly. Mom and son clash as the teen uncovers his parents’ hidden past in this emotional, lyrical, funny play.
Max:
17. Bright, creative, sensitive, yearning. Trying to make sense of his body, thoughts, feelings, the world around him. At an awkward stage: no longer a boy, not yet a man.
Melissa:
40s-50s. Attractive, down to earth, articulate, used to getting things done herself. Loves son Max; can be fiercely protective.
Lily:
17. Has her own unique style. Smart, rebellious, somewhat angry, w/genuine warmth & vulnerability underneath.
Martin:
60s-70s. Aging businessman. Had to fight for all he has gotten; can be relentless. Friendly, but beneath is a sense of loneliness & someone who has been through a lot.
NYC EPA/Musicals: 2/24/12. Watch for separate notice.
The Adirondack Theatre Festival is located in Glens Falls near Lake George, north of Albany, 20 minutes from Saratoga.
