Asolo Repertory Theatre 2023-24 Season - Sarasota, FL EPA Asolo Theatre Company | Sarasota, FL
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Thursday, April 13, 2023
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
To schedule an audition appointment please fill out the form at:
https://asolorep.wufoo.com/forms/zyjwwbc1b4 bs16/ . Equity members without appointments will be seen throughout any audition days, as time permits.
LORT Non-Rep
$1008 weekly minimum (LORT B)
Equity actors for roles in Asolo Repertory Theatre's 2023-24 Season (See breakdown).
All roles except bit parts will be understudied.
Asolo Repertory Theatre is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Applicants from populations underrepresented in the theater field are strongly encouraged to apply. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, familial status, sexual orientation, national origin, ability, age, or veteran status.
For Dramatic Auditions please prepare two monologues, no more than two minutes total. For Musical Auditions please prepare either two short contrasting cuts, or 16 bars of a song and a one-minute contemporary monologue. An accompanist will be provided. Please bring a copy of your headshot and résumé stapled together.
Asolo Repertory Theatre’s Koski Center 1009 Tallevast Road
Sarasota, FL 34243
Expected to attend:
Celine Rosenthal: Associate Artistic Director Meredith Bartmon: Dramaturgy and Casting Apprentice
See breakdown for production specific personnel
See breakdown for production specific dates. OTHER
http://www.asolorep.org/auditions
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.
Equity encourages everyone participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas are not recommended. Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.
Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and dressing rooms.
Holding/Audition room information:
The maximum capacity in the holding room is: 40
The maximum capacity in the audition room is: 120
2023-24 Season - Mertz Theatre (LORT B):
Music by George Gershwin
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Book by Ken Ludwig
Directed and Choreographed by Josh Rhodes
First Rehearsal: October 10th, 2023
Opening: November 18th, 2023
Closing: January 4th, 2024
[BOBBY CHILD]: 20s-30s, male-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. A young man in love with musical theatre. Charismatic leading man and strong physical comedian. He impersonates Bela Zangler in order to impress Polly and save the theatre. (Strong dancer, tap and partnering, moments of intimacy required, Baritone - A3 to F4.)
[BELA ZANGLER]: 30s-40s, male-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Has an accent. Cultured, European, Ziegfeld-like Impresario. (Exceptional physical comedian, moments of intimacy required. Baritone - C3 to F4.)
[POLLY BAKER]: 20s-30s, female-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. The Post Mistress of Deadrock, Nevada. Can hold her own as the only woman in a town full of men. (Strong dancer, tap and partnering, moments of intimacy required, Mezzo - G#4/Ab4 to D#5/Eb5.)
[LOTTIE CHILD/PATRICIA FODOR]: 50s+, female-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. [LOTTIE CHILD]: Bobby’s business oriented and controlling mother. [PATRICIA FODOR]: Intrepid British tourist and adventurer. She hikes into town with her husband and encourages everyone to keep a stiff upper lip. (Soprano - D#4/Eb4 to F5.)
[LANK HAWKINS]: 30s, male-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Gruff, rough hewn saloon proprietor. The only person in town who isn’t impressed with the new arrivals. (Moments of intimacy required, Baritone - E3 to G3.)
[EVERETT BAKER]: 50s+, male-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Polly’s kindly father and owner of the Gaiety Theatre. (Baritone)
[IRENE ROTH]: 20s-30s, female-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Demanding society debutante who is engaged to marry Bobby. (Strong mover, moments of intimacy required, Mezzo - G#4/Ab4 to A♯5/B♭5.)
[TESS/FOLLIES PERFORMER]: 20s-30s, female-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Dance captain of the Follies girls. A confident leader. In a rocky relationship with Bela. (Strong dancer and tapper, moments of intimacy required, Mezzo or Alto.)
[PATSY/FOLLIES PERFORMER]: 20s-30s, female-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. A somewhat ditzy follies girl. Her heart is in the right place. (Strong dancer and tapper, moments of intimacy required, Soprano or Mezzo.)
[MOOSE/CITIZEN OF DEADROCK]: 20s-40s, male-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Part of the cowfolk trio who sings in tight harmony. Moose’s physical stature matches his name. (Please be prepared to demonstrate any proficient ability with an instrument. Moose plays bass. Some members of this ensemble will have moments of fight choreography with guns and stunts.)
[MINGO/CITIZEN OF DEADROCK]: 20s-40s, male-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Part of the cowfolk trio who sings in tight harmony. (Please be prepared to demonstrate any proficient ability with an instrument. Some members of this ensemble will have moments of fight choreography with guns and stunts.)
[SAM/CITIZEN OF DEADROCK]: 20s-40s, male-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Part of the cowfolk trio who sing in tight harmony. (Please be prepared to demonstrate any proficient ability with an instrument. Some members of this ensemble will have moments of fight choreography with guns and stunts.)
[EUGENE FODOR/DEADROCK CITIZEN]: 40s+, male-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. EUGENE FODOR: Intrepid British tourist and adventurer. He hikes into town with his wife and encourages everyone to keep a stiff upper lip. (Baritone - D3 to F4). [CITIZEN OF DEADROCK]: Strong dancer, tapper, singer, and comedian. One of the country boys who learns how to put on a show in order to save the town.
[FOLLIES PERFORMERS]: 20s-40s, female-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Strong dancers, tappers, singers, and comedians. Follies dancers from the city.
[DEADROCK CITIZENS]: 20s-40s, male-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Strong dancers, tappers, singers, and comedians. Country boys who learn how to put on a show in order to save the town. (Some members of this ensemble will have moments of fight choreography with guns and stunts.)
By Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee
Directed by Peter Rothstein
First Rehearsal: December 19th, 2023
Opening: January 19th, 2024
Closing: February 24th, 2024
[HENRY DRUMMOND]: 50s+, male-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. A famous defense attorney from Chicago sent to defend Cates; Drummond is a believer of evolution, progress, and freedom of thought; he is a self-proclaimed atheist.
[MATTHEW HARRISON BRADY]: 50s+, male-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Renowned lawyer, orator and former U.S. Presidential candidate who believes in Biblical literalism. Travels to Hillsboro to prosecute a high school science teacher for teaching evolution in violation of state law.
[E.K. HORNBECK]: 20s-40s, male-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Cynical, wisecracking atheist who covers the trial for The Baltimore Herald.
[MAYOR]: 40s-50s, male-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Hillsboro's top elected official. Excited by the arrival of Brady.
[REV. JEREMIAH BROWN]: 40s-50s, male-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Pastor and figure of religious authority in Hillsboro. Preaches fear of God and the punishment of sinners. Father to Rachel.
[MEEKER]: 30s-40s, male-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. The bailiff at the Hillsboro courthouse. Good-natured and friendly towards the defendant.
[MR. GOODFELLOW/ JUDGE]: 40s-60s, male-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Mr. Goodfellow is a storekeeper. The Judge is a Hillsboro county court judge who presides over the trial. While the judge conducts the trial mostly impartially, he sympathizes with the anti evolution views of most Hillsboro townspeople.
[BERTRAM CATES]: 20s-30s, male-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. A young science teacher and the defendant in the trial; Cates has been arrested for teaching his students Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, which is against state law; he is a kind and soft-spoken man, and is secretly Rachel Brown’s beau.
[ELIJAH/ TOM DAVENPORT]: 20s-40s, male-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Elijah is a wild mountain man who sells Bibles. Davenport is the local district attorney who assists Brady with the prosecution.
[SILLERS & OTHERS]: 20s-50s, male-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Sillers is a member of the jury. The Hawker sells hotdogs to the crowd arriving into town for the trial.
[BANNISTER & OTHERS]: 20s-50s, male-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. A member of the jury; Bannister has read neither Darwin nor the Bible because he is illiterate.
[DUNLAP & OTHERS]: 20s+, male-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Dunlap is a farmer and cabinetmaker who stands as a potential juror, but Drummond dismisses him because of his enthusiastic support of Brady.
[MRS. SARAH BRADY]: 40s-50s, female-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. The polished wife of a politician. She is concerned about her husband's health; she monitors his actions and cautions him frequently.
[MRS. BLAIR/ RUETERS WOMAN]: 30s-40s, female-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Mrs. Blair is the mother of Cates’ student. The Reuter’s woman is a British reporter.
[RACHEL BROWN]: 20s, female-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. The daughter of Reverend Brown who teaches second grade at the same school as her secret beau, Bertram Cates. Rachel has grown up without a mother and in a home that fears God.
[MRS. KREBBS/ HARRIET ESTERBROOK]: 20s-50s, female-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Mrs. Krebbs is an outspoken Hillsboro resident. Esterbrook broadcasts the announcement of the verdict and Cates’s sentencing on the radio.
[MRS. LOOMIS/ ORGAN GRINDER]: 20s-40S, female-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Mrs. Loomis is the mother of Melinda. The organ grinder performs with a monkey for the arriving crowds.
[MRS. BOLLINGER]: 20s+, female-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Ensemble.
[MRS. McCLAIN]: 20s+, female-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Ensemble. Sells fans.
Written by Liz Duffy Adams
Directed by Rob Melrose
First rehearsal: January 23rd, 2024
Opening: February 9th, 2024
Closing: Mar 29th, 2024
[KIT]: This role has been cast. Seeking understudies. Late 20s/Early 30s, male-identifying, any race/ethnicity, non-disabled or disabled. Kit Marlowe. Wildly charismatic, beautifully dressed.
[WILL]: This role has been cast. Seeking understudies. Late 20s/Early 30s, male-identifying, any race/ethnicity, non-disabled or disabled. William Shakespeare. Wildly charismatic, a bit shabby.
By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Austene Van
First Rehearsal: January 26th, 2024
Opening: Mar 1st, 2024
Closing: Apr 18th, 2024
[ESTHER]: 30s, female-identifying, Black, nondisabled or disabled. A driven and passionate seamstress in New York who specializes in delicate lingerie. She is a confidante to everyone. She dreams of opening her own beauty parlor for Black women. Her desire to be loved clouds her judgement. (Intimate moments required.)
[MRS. DICKSON]: 50s, female-identifying, Black, nondisabled or disabled. An energetic widow who runs the rooming house where Esther lives. She has known Esther for nearly 20 years and feels a deep maternal fondness for her. She can be as harsh as she is compassionate.
[MRS. VAN BUREN]: 30s, female-identifying, white, nondisabled or disabled. A wealthy white woman for whom Esther sews lingerie. Mrs. Van Buren is a part of New York high society and is mostly successful at disguising her Southern roots. She hopes lingerie will revive her failing marriage but she mostly just longs to be noticed and touched. (Intimate moments required.)
[MR. MARKS]: 30s, male-identifying, Jewish, nondisabled or disabled. Has an Eastern European accent. Mr. Marks is a gentle and passionate fabric seller. Despite their differences, he and Esther feel strongly drawn to each other. They share a sensuous pleasure in beautiful fabrics.
[MAYME]: 30s, female-identifying, Black, nondisabled or disabled. Mayme is a sex worker who initially moved to New York in the hope of playing ragtime piano in fancy clubs. She and Esther confide in each other. (Intimate moments required.)
[GEORGE]: 30s, male-identifying, Black Barbadian, nondisabled or disabled. Has a Barbadian accent. A laborer from Barbados who initiates written correspondence with Esther. George seems romantic and charming in his letters but, once they are married, he and Esther don’t live up to each other’s fantasies. (Intimate moments required.)
Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher
From the original by Frederick Knott
Directed by Celine Rosenthal
First Rehearsal: February 23rd, 2024
Opening: Mar 22nd, 2024
Closing: Apr 27th, 2024
[MARGOT WENDICE]: 30s-40s, female-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Has an English accent. Tony's wealthy wife. She has been having an affair with Maxine for a year. After she kills her would be murderer, her life is thrown into chaos. (Moments of violence and intimacy required.)
[MAXINE HADLEY]: 30s-40s, female-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. A New York murder mystery writer who loves Margot, expressing her love in letters that Tony discovers and uses to blackmail his wife. Maxine is determined to exonerate Margot when she receives the death sentence for murdering Lesgate. (Moments of intimacy required.)
[TONY WENDICE]: 30s-40s, male-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Has an English accent. A self-assured and jealous schemer who thinks he's plotted the perfect crime.
[LESGATE]: 30s-40s, male-identifying, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Has an English accent. Lesgate is a shady character who has many aliases. He attended school with Tony some years ago and is convinced by him to murder Margot. The plot fails, and Lesgate is killed instead. (Moments of violence required.)
[INSPECTOR HUBBARD]: 40s-50s, any gender identity, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Has an English accent. The intelligent police detective who solves the crime with the help of Maxine.
Adapted from the play by Reginald Rose
Music and Lyrics by Michael Holland
Book by David Simpatico
Directed by Peter Rothstein
First Rehearsal: Apr 12th, 2024
Opening: May 11th, 2024
Closing: Jun 9th, 2024
[FOREMAN]: 30s, male-identifying, white, nondisabled or disabled. Solid, working man; high school assistant football coach in Queens; takes his duties seriously, wants to do a good job.
[JUROR 2]: 20s-30s, male-identifying, white, nondisabled or disabled. Bank teller. Excited about the jury process.
[JUROR 3]: 40s-50s, male-identifying, white, nondisabled or disabled. Bullish, gruff, passionate; a bulwark of a man; owns a messenger service; very excitable; high voice/short fuse.
[JUROR 4]: 40s, male-identifying, white, nondisabled or disabled. Stockbroker, analytical to a fault, rational, buttoned up, does not sweat.
[JUROR 5]: 20s, male-identifying, Korean-American, nondisabled or disabled. Nurse, on the shy side; lives and works in Harlem.
[JUROR 6]: 30s, male-identifying, Mexican-American, nondisabled or disabled. Blue collar; house painter; plain-spoken, genuine; respects his elders.
[JUROR 7]: 20s, male-identifying, Black, nondisabled or disabled. Marmalade salesman; snappy, sporty guy; always ready with a joke; big Yankees fan, has tickets to a game tonight.
[JUROR 8]: 30s, male-identifying, Black, nondisabled or disabled. Architect, rational, empathetic, compassionate and unsatisfied with the evidence. A brand new daddy of a six-month-old baby boy.
[JUROR 9]: 68, male-identifying, Black, nondisabled or disabled. Retired; congenial, inquisitive; 20-20 vision; does not suffer fools gladly.
[JUROR 10]: 40s-50s, male-identifying, white, nondisabled or disabled. Course, belligerent, entertaining. Owns several commercial garages. Has a bad summer cold and a bad opinion of anyone different from himself.
[JUROR 11]: 40s, male-identifying, white, nondisabled or disabled. Soft-spoken, keen mind, polite. A watchmaker from middle Europe. A post-war immigrant.
[JUROR 12]: 30s, male-identifying, Black or mixed race, nondisabled or disabled. Bright-eyed ad man; talks in slogans; amiable; his opinion flip-flops with the force of argument.
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