Flat Rock Playhouse 2023 Season - NYC EPA
Flat Rock Playhouse | Flat Rock, NC
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Break: 1:00 - 2:00pm
CORST
$940 weekly minimum (CORST Z)
Equity actors for principal roles in Flat Rock Playhouse's 2023 Season (see breakdown). Flat Rock Playhouse is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion. We are actively seeking a diverse cast of actors for the full 2023 season. All auditions shall be conducted in a manner that promotes fair consideration to persons of all races, ethnicities, national origins, genders, gender identities, sexual orientations, ages, ability statuses, and body types. For more information about Flat Rock Playhouse, please visit our website www.flatrockplayhouse.org.
Please prepare a brief cut of a song and monologue OR two contrasting songs.
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
Expected to attend:
Lisa K. Bryant, Artistic Director/Casting.
Matthew Glover, Artistic Associate, and Choreographer.
Ethan Andersen, Music Director
See production dates in breakdown.
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All must be vaccinated. EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.An Equity Monitor will be provided.
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.
Equity encourages everyone participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical
mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas
are not recommended. Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.
Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the
extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and
dressing rooms.
Holding/Audition room information:
The audition room can accommodate no more than 28 individuals at a time.
The holding room can accommodate no more than 40 individuals at a time.
By: Richard Maltby, Jr. Conceived by: Bill Meade
Director: Ben Hope
Musical
Seeking:
TRENNA - Female identifying vocalist, doubling on acoustic guitar if possible.
JASON - *JOHNNY CASH role. Male identifying vocalist playing acoustic guitar.
DAVE - Male identifying vocalist playing electric guitar, banjo and fiddle.
EDDIE - Male identifying vocalist playing acoustic and electric guitar.
MARK - Male identifying vocalist playing bass (preferably double bass but electric bass can be used)
and various percussion.
***The small cast version of RING OF FIRE, is intended for five cast members who also play the
instruments.
By: Robert Harling
Director: TBD
Dramady
Seeking:
Truvy Jones: Female identifying. 35-45. Owns the beauty shop. Vivacious. Dispenses advise with lots
of hairspray.
Annelle Dupuy-Desoto: Female identifying. 18-25. Newly hired assistant. Moves from unsure to wild to
religious.
Clairee Belcher: Female identifying. 55-60’s identifying. Widow of former mayor. Grand dame. Elegant,
sophisticated, a true beauty.
Shelby Eatenton-Laterie: Female identifying. 19. Prettiest girl in town. Loves pink. Strong willed,
passionate.
M’Lynn Eatenton: Female identifying. 40-50’s. Shelby’s mother. Always knows what’s best, strong,
stubborn, the heart of the piece.
Ousier (Pronounced Weezer) Bourdreaux: Female identifying. 55-60’s. Wealthy curmudgeon. Tough,
eccentric character.
Music by Richard Rodgers
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Adapted for the stage by Tom Briggs
Director: TBD
Associate Director: Matthew Glover
Choreographer: Matthew Glover
Musical
Seeking:
Cinderella: 20's, any ethnictiy. Kindhearted beauty with an infectious generosity of spirit. Has the
purest heart living in a cruel world.
Fairy Godmother: Ageless, any ethnicity. An enchanting motherly figure.
Stepmother: 35+, any ethnicity. Cinderella's selfish stepmother. A vain and tyrannical climber. Deeply
concerned with status and image and entirely dismissive of her stepdaughter. Comic timing.
Grace: Cinderella’s awkward stepsister
Joy: Cinderella’s sullen stepsister
Christopher: a charming young prince
Lionel: his royal steward
Queen Constantina: his mother
King Maximillian: his father
Villagers, Merchants, Maidens, and Palace Guests
INCLUSION STATEMENT: In this show, the race of the characters is not pivotal to the plot. All types
are encouraged to audition.
By: Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban, James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante.
Director: Lisa K. Bryant
Choreographer: J. Taylor Wright
Musical
Seeking:
Zach, 30’s-40’s the imperious, successful director running the audition.
Larry, 30’s their assistant.
Don Kerr, 20’s-30’s a married man who once worked in a strip club.
Maggie Winslow, 20’s a sweet woman who grew up in a broken home.
Mike Costa, 20’s an aggressive dancer who learned to tap at an early age.
Connie Wong, 20’s a petite Chinese American who seems ageless.
Greg Gardner, 30’s a sassy Jewish gay man who divulges his first experience with a woman.
Cassie Ferguson, 30’s a once successful solo dancer down on her luck and former love of Zach's.
Sheila Bryant, 30’s a sassy, sexy, aging dancer who tells of her unhappy childhood.
Bobby Mills, 30’s Sheila's best friend who jokes about his conservative upbringing in Buffalo, New
York.
Bebe Benzenheimer, 20’s a young dancer who only feels beautiful when she dances.
Judy Turner, 20’s a tall, gawky, and quirky dancer.
Richie Walters, 20’s an enthusiastic black man who once planned to be a kindergarten teacher.
Al DeLuca, 20’s-30’s an Italian American who takes care of his wife.
Kristine Urich (DeLuca), 20’s Al's scatter-brained wife who can't sing.
Val Clark, 20’s a foul-mouthed but excellent dancer who couldn't get performing jobs because of her
looks until she had plastic surgery.
Mark Anthony, 19-20 the youngest dancer who recounts the time he told his priest he thought he had
gonorrhea.
Paul San Marco, 20’s a gay Puerto Rican who dropped out of high school and survived a troubled
childhood.
Diana Morales: 20’s Paul's friend, another Puerto Rican who was underestimated by her teachers.
By: Rachel Wagstaff, Duncan Abel, Paula Hawkins
Director: Lisa K. Bryant
THRILLER/MYSTERY
Seeking:
Casting requirements: Playing ages are approximate. The script allows substantial flexibility providing
the age works for the character and for the relationship with the other characters.
Rachel Watson: 25-40. Very large role. On stage all the time. She is the ‘Girl on the Train’
Tom Watson: 25-40. Medium role. Divorced from Rachel and currently married to Anna.
Anna Watson: 20- 35 Medium role. Tom’s current wife.
Megan Hipwell: 20-30 Medium role. The girl who disappears.
Scott Hipwell: 20-35 Medium role. Megan’s Husband.
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Kamal Abdic: 25 - 35 Smaller role. A psychotherapist ideally of “Asian heritage”
D.I. Gaskill: 40 - 60 Large role. Police Inspector. Any gender.
William Shakespeare
Director: Lisa K. Bryant
TRAGEDY
Seeking:
Please note that actors will play multiple roles.
DUNCAN, King of Scotland
MACBETH, Thane of Glamis and Cawdor, a general in the King's army
LADY MACBETH, his wife
MACDUFF, Thane of Fife, a nobleman of Scotland
LADY MACDUFF, his wife
MALCOLM, elder son of Duncan
DONALBAIN, younger son of Duncan
BANQUO, Thane of Lochaber, a general in the King's army
FLEANCE, his son
LENNOX, nobleman of Scotland
ROSS, nobleman of Scotland
MENTEITH nobleman of Scotland
ANGUS, nobleman of Scotland
CAITHNESS, nobleman of Scotland
SIWARD, Earl of Northumberland, general of the English forces
YOUNG SIWARD, his son
SEYTON, attendant to Macbeth
HECATE, Queen of the Witches
The Three Witches
Ensemble
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