FOUR 2012-13 STUDIO THEATRE SHOWS Equity Principal Auditions - The Studio Theatre Auditions

Roles are available unless otherwise specified.


Dirt (Lab Series – not a Subscription Series show)
World Premiere
By Bryony Lavery
Directed by David Muse
1st Rehearsal 9/17/12
1st Performance 10/17/12
4-week Run 11/11/12
4-week Extension 12/9/12

ROLES:

Harriet: The role of Harriet is cast. Auditioning performers will be considered as possible (emergency) replacements, should any become necessary.
•Urban professional 30-4
•Single by sexually involved with Matt
•Neurotic about aging and dirt
•Always late

Matt:
•An urban professional. 30-40.
•Single but sexually involved with Harriet.
•Physically attractive
•Uptight

Ellie:
•Waitress/Actress. Talented. Classically trained and can do many accents. 20s.
•Attractive. Flirtatious, sexual.
•Surprisingly informed.




Aliens – Part of Subscription Series
By Annie Baker
1st Rehearsal 10/15/12
1st Performance 11/14/12
6-week Run 12/23/12
4-week Extension 1/20/13

ROLES:

Jasper:
•An aging hipster stoner, 31
•Flashes of literary brilliance: would-be novelist
•Quiet intensity and charisma
•Emotionally damaged, “simmers with quiet rage.” Suicidal?
•Given to long silences

KJ:
•Sweet, classic slacker. 30. Unkempt, college-dropout, still lives with him mom
•Has a history of mild psychological problems.
•A loveable outsider with a soft spirit and a troubled mind.
•Gleefully childlike
•Plays guitar and sing (not necessarily very well)

Evan Shelmerdin:
•Nerdy, socially awkward, scrawny, painfully self-conscious 17-year-old.
•He’s mildly awed and honored to be part of something, anything.
•Adorable




Mother Fucker with the Hat– Part of Subscription Series
By Stephen Adly Guirgis
Directed by Serge Seiden
1st Rehearsal 1/1/13
1st Performance 1/29/13
6-week Run 3/10/13
4-week Extension 4/7/13

ROLES:

Jackie:
•Nuyorican. Late 30s. Former drug dealer with a heart of gold. A follower. A victim.
•Ex-Con on parole, former addict.
•Anxious, jealous, volatile
•Wants a better life.

Veronica:
•Nuyorican. Late 30s. From the Bronx. Jackie’s girlfriend.
•She looks good and she knows it
•An addict: destructive and insecure
•A whole lot of mouth, not a lot of sense. Volatile and impulsive.

Ralph D:
•Ethnicity Open. Mid 40s. AA Sponsor ex-addict. Deeply deluded.
•Charming, smooth, manipulative and self-satisfied
•Capable of violence. New-age, Self-help veneer.

Cousin Julio:
•Nuyorican. Late 30s.
•Fastidious, effeminate, has a great body
•Street savvy and capable of violence
•Intensely loyal. Very direct and up-front.


Victoria:
•Ethnicity Open. Late 30s. Former wall street junior trader.
•Attractive, complicated, lack of self-esteem, feels unloved, needy
•Smart, funny, tough and assertive




The Real Thing– Part of Subscription Series
By Tom Stoppard
Directed by David Muse
1st Rehearsal 4/22/13
1st Performance 5/31/13
6-week Run 6/30/13
4-week Extension 8/4/13

ROLES:

Henry:
•British playwright. Mid 30s-late 40s.
•Stoppard stand-in: brilliant, witty, proud, romantic, needy.
•Married to Charlotte, having an affair with Annie
•Lead role

Charlotte:
•Talented British actress. Mid-30s.
•Mature
•Witty, self-sufficient, willful
•Married to Henry

Annie:
•British actress. 30s. Younger than Charlotte.
•Has a youthful vitality. Charismatic, alive.
•Unapologetic, in charge.
•Can behave badly and enjoy it.
•Desperately needs someone to love her, but hates being needed.
•Politically well-intentioned but naïve, radical chic
•Married to Max, having an affair with Henry.
•Lead role

Max:
•British actor. Mid 30s to late 40s.
•Painfully broken by Annie’s infidelity.
•“Doesn’t have to be physically impressive, but you wouldn’t want him as an enemy.”
•Nice, seldom assertive, conciliatory.

Billy:
•British actor. Ingénue. 20s.
•Immature, enthusiastic, honest.
•Romantically involved with Annie.

Debbie:
•Henry and Annie’s 17-year-old daughter.
•Mature for her age, self-sufficient, straightforward, brilliant.

Brodie:
•A Scottish anti-nuclear activist. Mid-20s.
•Loutish philistine, former military, working class.