Berkshire Theatre Festival
AUDITION DATE
Mon, Mar 09, 2020
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EST)
Lunch 1 to 2
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep LORT “D” contract. $717.00/week plus housing and transportation.
SEEKING
Equity actors and singers for various roles in the upcoming 2020 Season. See breakdown.
All SM positions have been filled.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a short contemporary monologue and/or a contemporary Broadway/Pop song appropriate for GODSPELL or THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG. Total audition time not to exceed 2 minutes. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director-Kate Maguire.
Casting Director: Alan Filderman (in attendance.)
OTHER
EPA Procedures are in effect for 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
Berkshire Theatre Festival 2020
FITZPATRICK MAINSTAGE
LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL EVENT
Conceived by Michael Bello and Jessica Kahkoska. Director: Michael Bello. Musical Director: Patrick Sulken.
First rehearsal: June 1st
Opening: June 20th
Closing: July 18th
SEEKING: MAN 1: early 30s to 40s, African-American, contemporary bari-tenor. Leading man type with a warm singing voice and powerful speaking voice. Charismatic and able to play an array of roles including Jackie Robinson, a coal miner, and Abraham Lincoln. Must be able to rap.
WOMAN 1: early 30s and above, contemporary mix with legit soprano. Grounded and striking with a beautiful singing voice and powerful speaking voice. Full of warmth and gravitas to play an array of roles including Annie Oakley, Queen Elizabeth II and Ronald Reagan. Dialects a plus.
WOMAN 2: mid-20s to early 30s, person of color, high mix/belt. Ingénue with a clear, powerful singing voice and strong speaking voice. Youthful spirit with intelligence and wit to play an array of roles including a midwestern teen, WWII widow, and Amelia Earhart.
WOMAN 3: any age, African-American, warm contemporary belt. Strong character actress with clear sense of storytelling and comedic timing to play a variety of roles. Warm and powerful singing voice with resonant speaking voice. Rap experience a plus.
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GODSPELL
by Jon Michael Tebelak and Stephen Schwartz. Director: Alan Filderman. Choreographer: Gerry McIntyre. Musical Director: Andrew Baumer.
First rehearsal: June 29th
Opening: July 25th
Closing: August 29th
SEEKING :An ensemble of 10 principal singer/actor/movers of all ethnicities with bright, colorful, warm personalities and great comic chops.
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THE UNICORN STAGE
THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG
by Neil Simon, Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer-Sager. Director: Gregg Edelman. Choreographer: Gerry McIntyre
First rehearsal: May 18th
Opening: June 13th
Closing: July 4th
SEEKING: Vernon: late 30s-early 40s, an attractive musical theatre leading man with a comic edge. Baritone.
Sonia: late 20s-early 30s, person of color, attractive, quirky and very funny. Strong theatre belt.
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B.R.O.K.E.N code bird S.W.I.T.C.H.I.N.G
by Tara L. Wilson Noth. Directed by Rayna Campbell
First rehearsal: June 15th
First Preview: July 9th
Opening: July 11th
Closing: August 1st
SEEKING:
OLIVIA BENNETT late 20s-late 30s, African American , a Legal aid attorney.
MARK BENNETT 38, Olivia’s husband, Caucasian, a Corporate attorney.
OLEN PORTER late 20s-early 40s, African American male, has swagger and soul, must have an excellent New Orleans accent.
DESHAWN PAYNE Adult 18+ to play 15, African American male accused of murder. Angry and intelligent.
EVELYN PAYNE Late 30s-early 50s, African American, Deshawn’s mother
KATHERINE MORGAN late 20s-late 30s, Caucasian, smart, manipulative, sexy and confident.
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UNCLE VANYA
by Chekhov, Director: David Auburn
First rehearsal: July 13th
First Preview: August 6th
Opening: August 8th
Closing: August 29th
SEEKING: Sonia and Maria Vasilyevna
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AND A NIGHTINGALE SANG
by C.P. Taylor. Director: Eric Hill
First Rehearsal: Monday, August 31st
Opening: Saturday, September 26th
Closes: Sunday, October 18th
SEEKING: All actors must have excellent, fluid British accents.
Helen - A young woman, late 20s-early 30s. She is the play’s narrator, practical, not as youthfully attractive as her younger sister. But she is full of life and casts a loving eye over her family and their situation.
George: 50s-60s. The father of the family. A cynical communist who plays the piano and sings his way through tragedy. He has a comic edge and a political fanaticism that distinguishes him from his compulsively religious wife.
Eric: 20s, a romantic young British soldier in love with Joyce. Awkward and naive, he turns out to be a loyal suitor despite his many character flaws.
Norman: 20s, a young British soldier in love with Helen who, despite his devotion to her, turns out to be already married and leaves her heartbroken. He seems everything Eric is not, but the play’s main reversal is the two soldier’s true characters are revealed.
Andie: 70s. Mam’s father. An old anarchist.
Joyce - Younger sister of Helen. Cast.
Mam - The compulsively religious matriarch of the family. Cast.
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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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