Florida Repertory Theatre 2012-13
– Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT in FL
Fort Myers FL LOA (approval/salary level pending; 2011-12 weekly minimum: $513). Housing provided for out-of-town performers.
Producing Artistic Dir: Robert Cacioppo
Managing Dir.: John Martin
Associate Dir: Jason Parrish
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT:
Sunday, June 3, 2012
2 PM – 6 PM
Florida Repertory Theatre
and 2267 First Street
Fort Myers, FL 33901
Monday, June 4, 2012
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. If you are singing, please prepare one monologue and one song that showcases your voice and as in the style of THE FANTASTICKS. An accompanist will be provided each day. 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.
LEND ME A TENOR by Ken Ludwig. Dir: Chris Clavelli. 1st reh: 10/2/12. Runs 10/23–11/17. In the Historic Arcade Theatre.
Seeking:
Max:
Mid 30s. Max is the hapless and bespectacled assistant to the Cleveland Grand Opera’s General Manager, and is about to have the worst night of his life. He is not well suited to stressful situations. Max is an aspiring opera singer, and the actor must be able to believably sing the scripted tenor arias. Auditioning performers may be asked to sing at the audition, and should come prepared.
Maggie:
Late 20s. Pretty and quirky. Maggie is a strong young woman who’s grown up around the opera and opera singers. She is enamored with Tito Merelli.
Bellhop:
20s-30s. An over-eager hotel employee who fancies himself an opera singer. A great role to showcase a character actor. Must be a great physical comedian and be able to sing opera convincingly. Auditioning performers may be asked to sing.
Julia:
60s. Chairman of the Opera Guild. Older, matronly, eccentric. Tonight she wears a gown that resembles the Chrysler Building.
The following roles have been CAST. Actors auditioning will be considered for possible replacements if needed.
Diana:
CAST. 30s-40s. The Cleveland Opera’s leading soprano. Beautiful and very sexy. To say she is a bit oversexed is an understatement.
Saunders:
CAST. Mid 50s. Saunders is the authoritarian General Manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera. Loud. Often angry. Easily excitable. Desperate to put his opera company on the map at any cost.
Tito Merelli:
CAST. 40s-50s. Italian. An imposing and larger-than-life world-famous tenor. In Cleveland for a one-night-only command performance. Has a big appetite for food and for women. Suffers from indigestion.
Maria:
CAST. 40s-50s. A formidable Italian woman. A Sophia Loren type. Busty. Proud. Excitable and Jealous. Very jealous.
CAMPING WITH HENRY & TOM by Mark St. Germain. Dir: Robert Cacioppo. 1st reh: 10/09/12. Runs 10/31–11/25. In Florida Rep’s Studio Theatre.
Seeking:
Colonel Edmund Starling:
30s. A Secret Service agent. Lean, exacting, starched, mustached and perfectly groomed.
The following roles have been CAST. Actors auditioning will be considered for possible replacements if needed.
Henry Ford:
CAST. 58. An industrialist. Founder of the Ford Motor Company, introduced American factories to the assembly line and mass production.
President Warren G. Harding:
CAST. 56. The 29th President of the United States. A newly elected and much loved head of state.
Thomas Alva Edison:
CAST. 74. Scientist, inventor of the incandescent light bulb and the phonograph…among other life changing innovations.
TALLEY’S FOLLY by Lanford Wilson. Dir: Maureen Heffernan. 1st reh: 11/06/12. Runs 11/27–12/16. In the Historic Arcade Theatre.
Seeking:
Sally Talley:
31. Sally is thin and slight and attractive, though is in no way glamorous. She is a strong, straightforward young woman, though has emotional scars and a vulnerable side that she hides. Speaks with a pronounced Ozark dialect.
The following role has been CAST. Actors auditioning will be considered for possible replacements if needed.
Matt Friedman:
CAST. 42. Large of stature and dark of complexion. A warm and unhurried man. Poetic and loving. Speaks with a trace of a German Jewish accent.
THE SANTALAND DIARIES by David Sedaris. Adapted by Joe Mantello. Dir: Chris Clavelli.
1st reh: TBA. Runs 12/19–12/30. In Florida Rep’s Studio Theatre.
The following role has been CAST. Actors auditioning will be considered for possible replacements if needed.
David:
CAST. 30s. Out-of-work writer/humorist. Spent one holiday season as a Macy’s Santaland “elf”. This is his story. Razor wit.
THE LITTLE FOXES by Lillian Hellman. Dir: Maureen Heffernan. 1st reh: 12/11/12. Runs 1/1/13–1/26/13. In the Historic Arcade Theatre.
Note: This play takes place in the American South at the turn of the 20th century. Dialects will be used.
Alexandra Giddens
17. Their daughter. Pretty and delicate. She is her father’s daughter. An innocent who comes to learn of her family’s treachery, and is faced with the decision to accept it or rail against it. Alexandra finds that she is strong.
Seeking:
Horace Giddens:
CAST. Mid 40s-50s. He was once a good-looking man, but has descended into illness and fatigue. He suffers from a severe heart condition. He is a wealthy man who worked hard for his money; he is a good man and moral – a rarity in this family.
Leo Hubbard:
20. Birdie and Benjamin’s son. A weak but good-looking young man. He is on his way to following in his father’s footsteps. He gets caught up in his family’s treacherous ways.
Addie:
50s. African American. A tall and good-natured woman. She is the Giddens’ trusted maid and housekeeper. She is like a mother to Alexandra.
Cal:
Middle aged. African American. A servant in the Giddens household. Will do what is asked of him.
William Marshall:
40s. A businessman and industrialist from Chicago visiting the South to transact a deal with the Hubbard family.
The following roles have been CAST. Actors auditioning will be considered for possible replacements if needed.
Regina Giddens:
CAST. 40s. His wife. A strong-willed and driven woman. Ambitious. Greedy. Ruthless. She is not a woman to be trifled with, and her brothers underestimate her.
Oscar Hubbard:
CAST. Late 40s-50s. Regina’s older brother. A business man. Scheming. Greedy. Malicious. Easy to anger. A brute.
Birdie Hubbard:
CAST. 40s. Oscar’s wife. Birdie was once beautiful, and there are still traces. Her nature is delicate and cheerful, but years of being trapped in a verbally and physically abusive marriage have turned her into a nervous and timid woman. She is a wounded bird.
Benjamin Hubbard:
CAST. Mid 50s. Regina’s oldest brother. He is a large man, outwardly jovial, kindly and well-bred. He is graceful and well-dressed, but beneath is a greedy and malicious man who is caught in the midst spinning the ultimate web of familial deceit.
TIME STANDS STILL by Donald Margulies (rights pending). Dir: Robert Chris Clavelli. 1st reh: 01/01/13. Runs 1/23 – 2/16. In the Florida Rep Studio Theatre.
Seeking:
Sarah Goodwin:
Late 30s – early 40s. A photojournalist who was injured while working on assignment during the Iraq war. Fiercely independent. Complicated. Thrives on conflict. She is looking for happiness in a world she no longer knows.
James Dodd:
Late 30s – early 40s. Her partner. A free-lance journalist and author. Sensitive and kind. James wants to make a life with Sarah, and live a ‘normal’ existence. He harbors some guilt about her being injured and some jealousy of her success and his inability to find it. A good man at a trying crossroads.
Mandy Bloom:
25. Richard’s new girlfriend. A kind, big-hearted, effervescent young woman. She is an event planner. She is not dumb or uneducated, but has a much less complex worldview than Sarah does.
The following roles have been CAST. Actors auditioning will be considered for possible replacements if needed.
Richard Ehrlich:
CAST. 55. Their friend. A high-powered photo editor and publisher. He was Sarah’s mentor and former lover. He is in a new relationship with a woman much younger than he is.
MIRACLE ON SOUTH DIVISION STREET by Tom Dudzick. Dir: Robert Cacioppo. 1st reh: 1/15/13. Runs 2/5–3/2. In the Historic Arcade Theatre.
Seeking:
Beverly Nowak:
Late 30s. Clara’s oldest daughter. Loud, outspoken, opinionated. Her mother’s daughter. An avid bowler and product of her urban Buffalo environment. Like all of Clara’s children, she is wickedly and bitingly funny and sarcastic – but Beverly’s tongue is the sharpest.
Ruth Nowak:
Mid 30s. Clara’s middle daughter. A bit gangly and awkward. She is not the type men throw themselves at, but has a very appealing energy and spark about her. She is an actress and wants to move to New York City.
The following roles have been CAST. Actors auditioning will be considered for possible replacements if needed.
Clara Nowak:
CAST. Late 60s. Lovably forward and direct. No-nonsense and says what is on her mind. She was born in Poland and brought to Buffalo as an infant. She was raised in – and still lives in – the same urban Buffalo neighborhood. There is a charmingly naïve ‘Old World Peasant Air’ about her.
Jimmy Nowak:
CAST. 30ish. The baby. Jimmy is a simple but witty guy. Works as garbage man, and is happy living in Buffalo.
OTHER DESERT CITIES by Jon Robin Baitz. Dir: Robert Cacioppo. 1st reh: 2/19/13. Runs 3/12–4/6. In the Historic Arcade Theatre.
Brooke Wyeth:
30s. An attractive and dry woman. She has a history of depression and mental issues, but is quite smart and very much aware of herself. She is a writer and is about to publish a damaging memoir that reveals her family’s long kept secrets.
Trip Wyeth:
Brooke’s brother – a decade her junior. Trip is good looking, bright and very funny. The epitome of privileged southern California youth. A young reality television producer.
The following roles have been CAST. Actors auditioning will be considered for possible replacements if needed.
Polly Wyeth:
CAST. 50s-60s. Brooke’s mother. Elegant, forthright and whip-smart. She is the picture of wealth and late middle-aged vigor. You get the impression that she was not an easy woman to grow up with. Iron-willed. Has a secret that she will protect at all costs.
Lyman Wyeth:
CAST. Brooke’s father. Oak-like, sturdy, Californian. A power player in California politics who has had a very successful career as a Republican. Was a friend to Ron & Nancy (Reagan). He is kind and good-hearted, but can be a force of nature. He too has a secret.
Silda Grauman:
CAST. Brooke’s aunt. An aging Hollywood star with an acid-tongue. An alcoholic. Bitter and resentful. There is no love lost between her and her sister, Polly.
THE FANTASTICKS Book & Lyrics by Tom Jones. Music by Harvey Schmidt. Dir: Jason Parrish. 1st reh: 2/26/13. Runs 3/20–4/13. In Florida Rep’s Studio Theatre.
Seeking:
El Gallo:
The Narrator. A rakish handsome gallant. Baritone. A flat – High G.
Luisa:
The Girl. A romantic young idealist. Soprano. B – High B.
Matt:
The Boy. An innocent and handsome young man. Baritone/tenor. A – High G.
Henry:
The Actor. Very old. An aging and over-the-top Thespian. Non-singing.
Mortimer:
The Man Who Dies. Henry’s goofy little sidekick. Age unimportant, but must be a strong physical comedian and character actor.
The following roles have been CAST. Actors auditioning will be considered for possible replacements if needed.
Hucklebee:
CAST. The Boy’s Father. A Former navy man and a meticulous gardener. Bartione. A – High F sharp.
Bellomy:
CAST. The Girl’s Father. A merchant and also a picky gardener. A – High F sharp.
The Mute:
CAST. Male or female. A speechless presence who watches the action, acts as the wall and other objects. This actor, though an important part of the play, should take up very little physical and metaphysical space. Must be a comfortable with a lot of physicality and movement.
EDUCATING RITA by Willy Russell. Dir: Chris Clavelli. 1st reh: 3/26/13. Runs 4/16– 5/5. In the Historic Arcade Theatre.
Note: This play takes place in London, 1980. Dialects will be used.
Seeking:
Rita:
26. A very blunt, outspoken, brash, attractive young woman. She is a hairdresser out to change her humble circumstances with an education – and winds up changing her life as well as Frank’s.
The following roles have been CAST. Actors auditioning will be considered for possible replacements if needed.
Frank:
CAST. 50s. A disillusioned English professor. A career academic, he finds solace in drinking and hides behind books. But with Rita’s help, Frank finds a new lease on life and a new sense of his self – but it isn’t easy.
Theatre’s mailing address: Florida Repertory Theatre, PO Box 2483, Fort Myers, FL 33902.
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