freeFall Theatre 2017-18 Season - St. Petersburg FL EPA
freeFall Theatre Company
AUDITION DATE
Aug 07, 2017 **WITH ACCOMPANIST
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 2pm to 3pm
Aug 08, 2017 (NO Accompanist)
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 2 to 3
APPOINTMENTS
AEA members email Susan Haldeman at auditions@freefalltheatre.com. Indicate preferred audition date, approximate time, your union status (Equity, EMC, non-union), your phone number and email address. If you do not have access to a computer, please call 727-498-5205 ext. 3 and ask for Susan Haldeman or leave a message with preferred date and time. Appointments may be made Wed-Sat, 12pm – 5pm EST beginning July 10th. Deadline to request an audition time is close of business on August 1st
CONTRACT
SPT Tier 8 Contract $550/wk AEA minimum (pending approval)
SEEKING
Equity actors and singers for various roles in the upcoming season.
PREPARATION
Prepare up two contrasting selections – a brief monologue and a 16-32 bar song selection (not to exceed 3 minutes total), OR IF YOU ARE ATTENDING THE NON-MUSICAL AUDITIONS OR NOT SINGING, prepare 2 brief, contrasting monologues (not to exceed 3 minutes total).
If singing, bring additional music in case we want to hear more from you. Performing material from the shows is acceptable. Please make your audition specific to our season. Bring a picture and resume, stapled together. Bring sheet music in the correct key.
ACCOMPANIST PROVIDED ON 8/7 ONLY but may not transpose
LOCATION
freeFall Theatre
6099 Central Ave
St. Petersburg, FL 33710
PERSONNEL
Eric Davis, Artistic Director
Susan Haldeman, Company/Operations Manager
Michael Raabe, Musical Director
OTHER
freefalltheatre.com
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this 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
WHITE FANG (world premiere)
Book by Jethro Compton based on the novel by Jack London
Artistic Director: Eric Davis
Director: Jethro Compton
Rehearses: 9/05/2017 - 9/29/2017
Runs: 9/30/2017-10/22/2017 (possible extension through October 29th)
seeking:
Lyzbet Scott:
Female. Actor 18+ to play ages 15-25. Aboriginal Canadian/First Nations. Strong. Fearsome.
Weedon Scott:
Male. 50-70. Caucasian. Tough. Commanding. A traditional patriarch.
Beauty Smith:
Male. 40-60. Caucasian. Charming. Powerful. Two-faced.
Tom Vincent:
Male. 20-30. Any Ethnicity. Low Status. Falsely confident. Believes in his own ability. (Doubles as Primary Puppeteer)
Curly:
Female. 15-25. Caucasian. Funny. Confident. Passionate. (Doubles as Secondary Puppeteer) ROLE IS CAST
Henry Griffiths:
Male. 20-30. Any Ethnicity. Rough. Unpleasant. Violent. (Doubles as Primary Puppeteer) ROLE IS CAST
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THE LITTLE PRINCE
By Rick Cummins and John Scoullar
Based on the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Director: Eric Davis
Rehearses: October 31, 2017 – November 24, 2017
Runs: November 24, 2017 – December 24, 2017 (possible extension through December 31st)
seeking
Aviator:
Male, 40s, Any Ethnicity, An explorer and the narrator of the story. He is a human being disillusioned by the adult world, who after crashing in the desert finds himself on a spiritual quest. Lonely and secret, he discovers that he yearns to go back to the childhood pleasures that he gave up to do more important grown-up things.
The Little Prince:
a small child, 8-12 (role may be cast with a child or young man) Imaginative, curious, playful, and sincere. Seeking to find answers to the many questions he has, he decides to travel around the galaxy “where he encounters different and strange characters “ to find a friend that will help him with his quest. He misses the Rose that he left behind on a planet far away and longs to return home. Must embody childhood innocence.
Rose/Snake:
attractive, off-beat female, 20’s, Rose is a coy and flirtatious flower who has trouble expressing her love to The Little Prince and resorts to telling dramatic lies to get his attention. Off-beat and naive, with flexibility and charm. The snake is very seductive and self-aware of her great power. A constant enigma evoking the serpent from the Bible, she is a personification of death and ultimately sends the prince back to the heavens by biting him.
Men on the Planet/Fox:
Versatile character man. Men: 30s-40s. The paradoxes of the universe bewilder and fascinate him, as he is stuck in the perpetual cycle of: search (for a chicken), run, hide. He is the voice of reason for The Little Prince. From him, he learns that the essential is invisible to the eyes. Also plays a range of other playful characters within the Aviator and The Little Prince’s imaginations. Fox: Fox is skittish about human hunters, yet wise to the fact that they raise chickens.
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THE GLASS MENAGERIE
By Tennessee Williams
Director: Eric Davis
Rehearses: January 2, 2018 – January 26, 2018
Runs: January 26, 2018 – February 18, 2018 (possible extension through February 25th)
seeking
Amanda Wingfield (The Mother)
Female, any ethnicity, 46-60, an iron butterfly; a proud woman fiercely devoted to her children; still holds onto the ideals of her genteel southern upbringing; girlish and grotesque; narcissistic and loving; sensitive and harsh; a realist while living in the reveries of a life-long vanished; charming and manipulative; a survivor.
Tom Wingfield (The Son)
Male, any ethnicity. 30-ish in the present, 21 in the memory; narrator of the play; a poet who works in a warehouse; caught between responsibility to his family and following his dreams; explosive, mercurial, lonely, and caring; deeply devoted to his sister; a suffocating dreamer.
Laura Wingfield (The Daughter)
Female, any ethnicity, 23; sensitive; painfully shy; a childhood illness has left her physically impaired; retreats from reality through her collection of glass animals; loves her mother and brother; always puts others before herself; particularly interested in actresses with a disability.
Jim O’Connor (The Gentleman Caller)
Male, any ethnicity, 23; Tom's lone friend at the warehouse and former classmate of Laura's; a nice guy; pleasant in appearance and demeanor; peaked in high school; he is the outside world.
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DADDY LONG LEGS
Book By John Caird
Music & Lyrics By Paul Gordon
Based on the novel by Jean Webster
Director: Eric Davis
Musical Director: Michael Raabe
Rehearses: February 27th, 2018 – March 16th
Runs: March 16th, 2018 – April 8, 2018 (possible extension through April 15th)
seeking
Jerusha Abbott
Female, ages from 18 years old through 22 years. a poor girl, brought up in an orphanage. A clever, original thinker; wise beyond her years and lit up from inside by her wicked humor and natural warmth. Very adept at comedy. Excellent alto/mezzo with a contemporary feel.
Jervis Pendleton
Male, 28 - 35. a philanthropist; an East Coast aristocrat; highly educated, shy, likeable and witty but with a dark, lonely side to his character. Must be tall and reasonably good looking with a keen sense of irony; excellent high baritone/tenor.
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THE MACHINE STOPS
Adaptation by Eric Davis from the novel by EM Forster
Director: Eric Davis
Rehearses: April 17, 2018 – May 4, 2018
Runs: May 4, 2018 – May 27, 2018 (possible extension through June 3rd)
seeking
Kuno: 20’s – 40’s Any Ethnicity, Male
Vashti: 40’s – 60’s Any Ethnicity, Female
Male Utility Player: 40’s – 60’s Any Ethnicity. Plays various other male roles
Female Utility Player: Early to late 20’s, Any Ethnicity Plays various other female roles
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THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS THE MUSICAL!
Book by Eric Rockwell & Joanne Bogart
Music by Eric Rockwell
Lyrics by Joanne Bogart
Director: Eric Davis
Musical Director: Michael Raabe
Rehearses: June 5, 2018 – June 22, 2018
Runs: June 22, 2018 – July 15, 2018 (possible extension through July 22nd)
Breakdown:
June: The Ingenue, Female, 20’s
Abby: The Matron, Female, 40’s – 60’s
Jitter: The Villain, Male, 30’s – 50’s ROLE IS CAST
Billy: The Hero ROLE IS CAST
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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