Company of Fools 2019-2020 Season - Portland EPA
Company of Fools
AUDITION DATE
Wed, Feb 27, 2019
9:00 am - 5:00 pm (PST)
Lunch: 12:30PM - 1:30PM
APPOINTMENTS
Please send headshot and resume to casting@sunvalleycenter.org for an appointment and more information.
CONTRACT
SPT SPT 5, 6 Minimums - $425/wk, $479/wk
SEEKING
Principal roles for the upcoming Company of Fools 2019-2020 Season.
PREPARATION
Sides will be provided
LOCATION
Vault Theater, The
350 E Main St
Hillsboro, OR 97123
PERSONNEL
Scott Palmer – Producing Artistic Director
OTHER DATES
CRIMES OF THE HEART: Rehearsals begin on or about June 3. Performances June 26-July 13, 2019.
CRY IT OUT: Rehearsals begin on or about September 2. Performances September 25-October 12, 2019.
MISS BENNET CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY: Rehearsals begin on or about November 18. Performances Dec. 11-29, 2019.
THE NICETIES: Rehearsals begin on or about January 27. Performances February 19-March 7, 2020
OTHER
https://sunvalleycenter.org
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
CRIMES OF THE HEART
The play takes place in the kitchen in the Magrath sisters’ house in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, a small southern town. The time is in the fall; five years after Hurricane Camille.
By Beth Henley
Directed by Scott Palmer
Lenny Magrath – (30) The oldest sister
Chick Boyle – (29) The sisters’ first cousin
Doc Porter – (30) Meg’s old boyfriend
Meg Magrath – (27) The middle sister
Babe Botrelle – (24) The youngest sister
Barnette Lloyd – (26), Babe’s lawyer
CRY IT OUT
Three new mothers, three different backgrounds, one shared struggle
By Molly Smith Metzler
Directed by Denise Simone
Jessie - (mid 30s) Female
Lina - (late 20s/early 30s) Female
Mitchell - (late 30s/early 40s or slightly older) Adrienne’s husband - Male
Adrienne - (mid/late 30s) Mitchell’s wife - Female
MISS BENNET CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY
A sequel to Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice set two years after the novel ends, Miss Bennet continues the story, only this time with bookish middle-sister Mary as its unlikely heroine. By Lauren Gunderson and Margo Melcon
Directed by Scott Palmer
Mary Bennet - (20) Female
Arthur de Bourgh - (25) Male
Elizabeth Darcy - (22) Female
Fitzwilliam Darcy - (30) Male
Jane Bingley - (24) Female
Charles Bingley - (25) Male
Lydia Wickham - (17) Female
Anne de Bourgh - (20s) Female
THE NICETIES
At an elite East Coast university, an ambitious young black student and her esteemed white professor meet to discuss a paper the college junior is writing about the American Revolution. By Eleanor Burgess
Directed by Scott Palmer
Janine Bosko: Female, white, early 60s. A college professor
Zoe Reed: Female, black, 20. A college student
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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