CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN THEATRE FESTIVAL 2011 SEASON Submission - Contemporary American Theatre Festival Auditions
Contemporary American Theatre Festival
LORT
Contemporary American Theatre Festival 2011 Season
– Photo / Resume Request
(Shepherdstown, WV) LORT D; $566/week minimum
Artistic Director: Ed Herendeen
Casting Director: Pat McCorkle
Casting Associates: Carter Niles, Joe Lopick
1st rehearsal: 6/7/1. Runs: 7/6 – 7/31/11
NYC auditions will be held the week of April 11th, by appointment only.
Seeking submissions from Actors' Equity Members only for these particular auditions.
For consideration, email picture and resume to:
SUBMISSION.MCCORKLECASTING@GMAIL.COM.
Indicate in the subject line: CATF NYC appointments / AEA Self Submission”
Seeking a cast of versatile actors to play multiple roles in this rotating repertory season. Please note: characters will probably be doubled as detailed below, but these pairings are subject to change.
2011 REPERTORY:
THE INSURGENTS (World Premiere)
by Lucy Thurber
Director: Lear deBessonet
AGES OF THE MOON
by Sam Shepard
Director: Ed Herendeen
RACE
by David Mamet
Director: Ed Herendeen
WE ARE HERE
by Tracy Thorne
Director: Lucie Tiberghien
Note: This is a play with music (not a musical). Actors auditioning for characters who play instruments in this production will not be asked to play the instruments at these particular auditions
FROM PRAGUE (World Premiere)
by Kyle Bradstreet
Director: Ed Herendeen
SEEKING:
Actor 1:
John Brown, THE INSURGENTS: Late 50s. White. A frontiersman. A soldier. Passionate, intelligent. A revolutionary/Bryon, AGES OF THE MOON: Mid 60s. Strong. Physically fit. Good sense of humor. Passionate. A friend.
Actor 2:
Nat Turner, THE INSURGENTS: 31 years old. African American. A farmer. A soldier. A slave. A revolutionary. Passionate and poetic. Strong voice.
Actor 3:
Harriet Tubman, THE INSURGENTS: Late 30s. African American. Dark skin. A soldier. A spy. Escaped slave. Violent. Passionate and poetic. A woman of action/Shawn, WE ARE HERE: 31-36 years old. African American. Dark skin. The smartest one in the family. Angry. Not as pretty as her sister.*Plays guitar and sings.
Actor 4:
Timothy McVeigh, THE INSURGENTS: Mid-late 20s. White. A soldier. A veteran. A revolutionary. A terrorist. A small town boy/Hal, WE ARE HERE: 30s. White. Billie’s husband. Charming with a good sense of humor. Passionate, romantic. A truly decent guy.
Actor 5:
Sally, THE INSURGENTS: Mid 20s. White. A country girl. Middle-class. Southern. Strong willed. Tough.
Actor 6:
Jack, RACE: Late 40s-late 50s. White. A lawyer. Well dressed. Intelligent. Aggressive. Strong. Quick with language/AMES, AGES OF THE MOON: 60s. White. Strong. Physically fit. Charming, violent. He has a temper.
Actor 7:
Henry, RACE: Late 40s-late 50s. African American. A lawyer. Well dressed. Intelligent. Powerful voice…deep voice. Strong. Quick with language. Aggressive.
Actor 8:
Charles, RACE: Late 40s-50s. White. Wealthy tycoon, an executive. Elite education. Well known. Arrogant, spoiled. Frightened and desperate/Everett, WE ARE HERE: Early 60’s. White. “A boring white guy with a soul.” A father. Educated and wealthy. *Plays piano.
Actor 9:
Susan, RACE: Late 20s-30s. African American. Attractive and sexy. Strong-willed. Intelligent. Dangerous/Billie, WE ARE HERE: Late 20s-30s. Mixed-race. Light-skin. Alluring and smart. Always sure of herself. *Plays piano and sings.
Actor 10:
Samuel, FROM PRAGUE: Mid 50s-60s. White. College professor. Worn. Weathered, Drinks. Unkempt. Passion and guilty. Appreciates beauty in language…loves words…poetic. Raised Catholic. A disgraced academic.
Actor 11:
Charles, FROM PRAGUE: 30s-mid 30s. White. Sloppy in appearance. A beer drinker…lots! Intelligent. Devout Catholic. Like his father he is good with language…poetic. He still lives at home.
Actor 12:
Anna, FROM PRAGUE: 20s-30. White. Sexually attractive and aware of it. Raised Catholic but now an ardent atheist. A lover of words…poetic. An ex-patriot living in Prague. Rebellious.
Actor 13:
Vera, WE ARE HERE: Late 50s. African American. Billie and Shawn’s mother. She has an unusually affirmative; “take no prisoners” point of view on everyone and everything. Strong and intelligent. * She sings.
Actor 14:
Eli, WE ARE HERE: 18 or older to look 13. African American. He has a little kid’s body with a young-man’s rowdy mind. * He sings like a choir boy…a beautiful, heartbreaking voice.
Shepherdstown, WV is located approximately 40 miles west of Washington, DC
