Buffalo Theatre Ensemble Days 2019-20 Season - Glen Ellyn EPA
Buffalo Theatre Ensemble
AUDITION DATES
Thu, May 02, 2019
9:00 am - 5:00 pm (CDT)
Lunch from 1-2:00pm
Fri, May 03, 2019
9:00 am - 5:00 pm (CDT)
Lunch from 1-2:00pm
Sat, May 04, 2019
9:00 am - 5:00 pm (CDT)
Lunch from 1-2:00pm
APPOINTMENTS
Amelia Barrett, ab@btechicago.com, AEA Members may schedule appointments through email anytime up to May 4 before 9 am EPA rules apply
CONTRACT
CAT CAT Tier 1 $259 per week minimum
SEEKING
AEA actors and understudies For 2019-20 Season
See Breakdown.
PREPARATION
Two contrasting pieces, no longer than three minutes total.
LOCATION
McAninch Arts Center
College of DuPage
425 Farwell Blvd.Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
McAnich Arts Center, College of DuPage, room MAC 192. Enter through door #10, east of the McAninch Arts Center loading dock and across from the Culinary gated lot. Free parking in lot off of Fawell Blvd. Please note, school is in session and lots may be crowded Thursday and Friday.
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director: Connie Canaday Howard
Associate Artistic Director: Amelia Barrett
Directors:
Holmes and Watson: Ron May
The Cake: Steve Scott
Naperville: Kurt Naebig
OTHER DATES
Holmes and Watson: September 6 - October 6, 2019
Rehearsals begin week of August 6, 2019
Preview: September 5, 2019
Thurs., Fri., Sat. 8pm Sun. 3pm curtain (Sun., Sept. 8, 1pm curtain)
The Cake: January 31 - March 1, 2020
Rehearsals begin week of December 31, 2019
Preview: January 30, 2020
Thurs, Fri., Sat. 8pm Sun. 3pm curtain
Naperville: May 1 - May 31, 2020
Rehearsals begin the week of March 31, 2020
Preview: April 30, 2020
Thurs, Fri., Sat. 8pm Sun. 3pm curtain
OTHER
EPA Procedures are in effect for audition.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of 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
Holmes and Watson: 6M, 1W
Watson: Male,65-70. Menacing; muttonchops; must have expertise in British Dialects. 60 - 70 (pre-cast)
Dr. Evans: Male, 40- 55 Silky, officious; intelligent and is divulged at the end of the play as being the true Dr. Watson; must have expertise in British Dialects.
Orderly/Moriarty/Inspector: Male, 40- 55. Physical power; mustache, sideburns; rough, abrupt; most likely a working class accent as orderly; also plays: Moriarty: 60s; tall, cold, menacing; at end or the story is reveled to be the real Sherlock Holmes; must have expertise in British Dialects.
Matron/The Woman: Female, 35 - 45. Prim, chilly and efficient; also plays: The Woman, a beautiful, tortured femme fatale; elevated British accent; at the end of the play is reveled to be Irene Adler, the love of Sherlock’s life; must have expertise in British Dialects. (pre-cast)
Holmes1 /The Client: Male, 40- 55. Acerbic and aggressive; quite insistent; he is divulged at the end to be a Captain in the navy, but makes and extremely convincing Holmes; also plays: The Client, a masked character; does not speak; must have expertise in British Dialects. (pre-cast)
Holmes 2: Male, 40- 55. Anxious; vulnerable at times as he believes he has committed a murder; in the end he is divulged to be an actor who is very convincing in playing Holmes; must have expertise in British Dialects.
Holmes 3/Senor Fonseca: Male, 40- 55. Cool, impenetrable; apparently suffering from hysterical deafness due to trauma. He is able to speak through hypnosis; later in the story it is revealed that he is only acting under the pretense of being deaf; he is not actually Holmes, but a distant cousin; also plays: Signor Fonseca, a masked character; must have expertise in British Dialects.
The Cake: 3W, 1M
Della - Female, 40s - 50s, pleasant, round, with a mass of big, curly hair. (pre-cast)
Tim - Male, 40’s-50s, her husband, a good ol’ boy. (pre-cast)
Jen - Female, early 30’s, with a wedding binder, who dreamt of her wedding day her whole life.(pre-cast)
Macy - Female, early 30’s, her reluctant fiancé, African American.
Naperville: 2W. 2M, 1 flexible Candice: Female, 50s, blind (pre-cast)
Howard: Male, 30s, Candice’s son (pre-cast)
Anne: Female, 30s, a high school classmate of Howard’s (pre-cast)
Roy: Male, 50s, a coffee shop regular (pre-cast)
TC: Any Gender, 20s to 30s, the manager of the coffee house
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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