FLORIDA REPERTORY THEATRE 2011-12 Equity Principal Audition - Florida Repertory Theatre Auditions

Florida Repertory Theatre 2011-12

– Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT in FL

Fort Myers FL LOA (approval/salary level pending; 2010-11 weekly minimum: $503). Housing provided for out-of-town performers.

Producing Artistic Dir: Robert Cacioppo

Managing Dir: John Martin

Assoc Dir: Jason Parrish

Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT:

Monday, May 16, 2011

2 PM – 6 PM

Florida Repertory Theatre

and 2267 First Street

Fort Myers, FL 33901

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

10 AM – 2 PM

For a five-minute appointment, call 239/332-4665, x30. Leave name, number, Equity status and choice of audition times and date. You will be called back w/confirmation. Equity Members w/o appointments will be seen throughout each audition session, as time permits.

Please prepare two brief contrasting monologues. Please bring a picture & resume, stapled together.

Callbacks will be held at a later date.

All roles are available unless otherwise specified. For pre-cast roles, auditioning performers will be considered as possible (emergency) replacements, should any become necessary.

RUMORS by Neil Simon. Dir: Robert Cacioppo. 1st reh: 10/4/11. Runs 10/25–11/19.

Chris Gorman:

Woman, mid 30s. Attractive, elegant, dry. As the evening progresses, she drinks a bit too much vodka.

Ken Gorman

40ish. Easily excitable. Not good under pressure, though he tries to be. A bit out of his element in a farce.

Claire Ganz:

Middle aged. Another attractive and elegant woman. This one, though, revels in being a member of high society. A bit of a gossip.

Lenny Ganz:

Middle aged. High-power lawyer; lots of money, new BMW, razor wit and a stiff neck. Has an active sense of humor and a vivid imagination – and that will come back to haunt him.

Ernie Cusak:

50s. Doctor. Has a good nature, and is not really equipped for crisis.

Cookie Cusak:

Woman, 50s. Loud, eccentric. Has a back problem. Wears a hideous dress that she thinks is lovely.

Glenn Cooper:

50s. Politician. Handsome. In the midst of a domestic dispute.

Cassie Cooper:

Younger than Glenn. Gorgeous and a bit sassy. They fight really well together. She is a believer in the healing and metaphysical power of quartz crystals.

Officer Welch:

Middle aged. Big, strong, loud New York cop.

Officer Pudney:

Woman, 20s. Tough. The perfect counterpoint to Welch.

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY by Joe Landry. Dir: Robert Cacioppo. 1st reh: 11/8/11. Runs 11/29–12/18.

Note: All actors play multiple roles in a “live 1940s radio broadcast” of the holiday classic. All must be strong character actors.

Freddie Filmore:

Middle aged or older. Jolly older character actor. Plays many of the older men, including the iconic Mr. Potter (the bad guy) and Uncle Billy, and is the WBFR announcer. Must have an impeccable 1940s “announcer” voice.

Jake Laurents:

20s-30s. Young, handsome. Idealistic-looking Jimmy Stewart type. This actor plays George Bailey.

Sally Applewhite:

20s-30s. Young and sweetly beautiful. Recently crowned Miss Ohio. Plays Mary Hatch Bailey, George’s wife.

Lana Sherwood:

30s-40s. Glamorous older character actress. Must be able to play the small town siren with relish, while at the same time playing the various matronly characters.

Harry “Jazzbo” Heywood:

30s-40s. Likeable and lovable. Another strong character actor who must capture the iconic charm of Clarence, the Angel who saves George’s life on Christmas Eve.

the santaland diaries by David Sedaris. Adapted by Joe Mantello. Dir: Chris Clavelli.

1st reh: TBA. Runs 12/14–12/31 in the Studio Theatre.

David:

CAST. 30s. Out-of-work writer/humorist. Spent one holiday season as a Macy’s Santaland “elf”. This is his story. Razor wit.

GoD OF CARNAGE by Yasmina Reza (rights pending). Translation: Christopher Hampton. Dir TBA. 1st reh: 12/13/11. Runs 1/3 – 1/22/12.

Alan Raleigh:

40s-50s. Executive pharmaceutical lawyer – a bit of a shark – who believes there is an animal in all of us.

Annette Raleigh:

40s-50s. Alan’s wife. Wealth manager. Prone to nervousness and nausea.

Michael Novak:

40s-50s. Wholesaler. Working class-type guy. You get the sense he’s worked his way to where he is.

Veronica Novak:

40s-50s. Writer. High-minded. Sophisticated. Interested in art. Expert on African culture. Drinks too much.

THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING by Joan Didion. Dir TBA. 1st reh: TBA. Runs 1/11 – 2/4/12 in the Studio Theatre.

Joan Didion:

CAST. 60s. Best-selling author who, late in life, suffers the loss of her grown daughter and her husband of 39 years. In this adaptation of Didion’s memoir, she retells her story of loss, grief and ultimate journey toward hope.

BEDroom Farce by Alan Ayckbourn. Dir: Robert Cacioppo. 1st reh: 1/10/12. Runs 1/31 – 2/25/12.

Ernest:

60s or older. Bird-like and bumbling. The first half of a very proper British couple. He and his wife are on their way out to celebrate their anniversary.

Delia:

50s-60s. Ernest’s wife. Neither bird-like nor bumbling – she leaves that to her husband. Well-dressed, well-made up and well-spoken. Unapologetically so. Opinionated.

Nick:

30s. in bed with a wrenched back. Ill-suited to being an invalid. This evening, Nick is at his worst, and spends most of Act I on the floor of his bedroom after having fallen out of bed.

Jan:

30s. Nick’s wife. Very canny and conniving. Used to carry on with Trevor – for whom she still has an odd fascination. That will come back to haunt her – and everyone involved.

Malcolm:

30s. Newly wedded to Kate, and newly moved into a fixer-upper. He and his wife are throwing a housewarming party, and get entangled in their friends’ marital unrest.

Kate:

30s. Newly wedded to Malcolm. In the aftermath of a doomed party – caused by their friends’ nuptial woes – Kate discovers that she is dissatisfied with her new husband. Chaos, naturally, ensues.

Trevor:

30s. In a rocky marriage to Susannah. Not gifted with the greatest intelligence. Very much self-involved, and imagines that the world – and all of its inhabitants – are conspiring against him.

Susannah:

30s. Also very self-involved – which makes for a bad match with Trevor. Attractive but neurotic, and not very self-confident. Talks too much.

TRU by Jay Presson Allen. Dir: Jason Parrish. 1st reh: TBA. Runs 2/15 – 3/11/12 in the Studio Theatre.

Truman Capote:

CAST. 50s. Eccentric. Colorful. Conflicted. Best-selling author whose celebrity – left over from the mid 1960s – is beginning to wane. Shunned by his social circle, the author greets the audience in his New York apartment.

RED by John Logan (rights pending). Dir: Chris Clavelli. 1st reh: 2/14/12. Runs 3/6 – 3/25/12.

Mark Rothko:

American painter, 50s or older.

Ken:

Rothko’s new assistant, 20s.

Black Tie by A.R. Gurney. Dir: Robert Cacioppo. 1st reh: 3/13/12. Runs 4/3 – 4/22/12.

Curtis:

Middle aged WASP. Father of the groom. Caught in a generational clash between the time-honored traditions of his past and the way of the future.

Father:

Curtis’s father. Older. A true product of his generation, and an outspoken representative of those time-honored traditions.

Mimi:

Curtis’s wife. Also middle aged. Dry but amiable. Though she comes from the same upbringing, she is a bit more forward-thinking.

Elsie:

20s. Curtis and Mimi’s daughter. Bright young girl.

Teddy:

20s. Curtis and Mimi’s son. Much more liberal-minded than his parents. A freer spirit, and will do what he wants when he wants. Has no time for “traditions”.

THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP by Charles Ludlam. Dir: Chris Clavelli. 1st reh: 4/10/12. Runs 5/1 – 5/20/12.

Note: This play is a full-length quick-change act. All roles are played by two performers. Both actors must be comfortable with broad, melodramatic characterizations of multiple characters and both genders.

Actor #1:

Plays Jane Twisden (the maid), Lord Edgar Hillcrest (the lord of the manor) and an Intruder.

Actor #2:

Plays Nicodemus (the suspicious groundskeeper), Lady Enid (the new lady of the house) and an Egyptian Mummy.

Theatre’s mailing address: Florida Repertory Theatre, PO Box 2483, Fort Myers, FL 33902.