GOOD PEOPLE and INVISIBLE MAN Equity Principal Auditions - Huntington Theatre Company Auditions

GOOD PEOPLE and INVISIBLE MAN - EPAs

Huntington Theatre Company

Casting Director: Alaine Alldaffer, Associate Casting Director: Lisa Donadio,

Casting Asst. Rachel Maran

Equity Principal Auditions:

Monday, April 23, 2012 at the Actors' Equity Audition Center

9:30 AM — 5:30 PM 165 West 46th Street, 2nd Floor

Lunch from 1 - 2. New York, NY

Prepare a brief monologue under 2 minutes.

Bring picture and resume, stapled together.

GOOD PEOPLE

by David Lindsay-Abaire

Director: Kate Whoriskey

Rehearses: August 21, 2012

1st Preview: September 14, 2012

Opening: September 19, 2012

Closing: October 14, 2012

Time: Present
Place: The play is set in South Boston's Lower End and in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

ROLES:

Margaret:

About 50. Lives in the lower end of Southie. Feisty, biting humor. Takes motherhood seriously. Loyal. Can be needling, passive aggressive. Self-conscious about weight. Scrappy. Uncomfortable around money.

Stevie:

Late 20s. Male. From Southie. Margaret’s manager at the Dollar store. Avid bingo-player. Good-hearted. Gives money to Margie. Dates a Thai woman.

Dottie:

Mid-sixties. From Southie. Margaret’s landlady, who likes crafts and getting rent on time. Funny.

Jean:

About 50. From Southie and an inhabitant. Margaret’s friend. Loyal. Can stir the pot. Funny. Protective. Resourceful.

Mike:

About 50. Grew up in Old Harbor projects, now doctor living in Chestnut Hill. Attractive, family man. Upstanding. On the board of the Boys Club. Professional. Conflicted.

Kate:

African-American. Early 30s. Professor. Mike’s wife. Mother. Judicious. Considerate. Smart. Examining.

INVISIBLE MAN

by Ralph Ellison

Director: Christopher McElroen

Co-Production with the Huntington Theatre and The Studio Theatre

THE STUDIO THEATRE

Washington, DC

Rehearses: August 6, 2012 or August 13, 2012

1st Preview: September 5, 2012

Opening: September 9, 2012

Closing: October 16, 2012 (with possible extension through November 11, 2012

HUNTINGTON THEATRE

Boston, Massachusetts

Rehearses: December 18, 2012

1st Preview: January 4, 2013

Opening: January 9, 2013

Closing: February 3, 2013

Seeking:

Ensemble: Casting an ensemble of well trained versatile actors who have the range to play multiple parts, ages and character types.

Track #1: Male. African-American. Plays characters ranging in age from 40’s – 60’s.

Big Presence. Commanding. Authoritative. Patrician.

Plays the following roles: Preacher, Bledsoe, Big Halley, Old Man, Tall Man & Scofield

Track #2: Male. African-American. Plays characters ranging in age from 20’s – 30’s.

Charismatic. Handsome. Athletic. Articulate.

Plays the following roles: Tatlock, Sylvester, Ralston, Man in Derby, Todd Clifton, Hipster & Barefoot Man

Track #3: Male. African-American. Plays characters ranging in age from 20’s – 30’s.

Powerful. Passionate. Charismatic. Intense. Solid Physique. Big Personality.

Plays the following roles: Trueblood, Ras (West Indian Accent), 1st Man, Man in Crowd, Barrellhouse, Kid in Crowd, Brother Tobitt, & Looter.

Track #4: Male. African-American. Plays characters ranging in age from 30’s – 50’s. Slightly used, but full of life. Streetwise with experience. This actor should be able to distinguish between a wide range of roles

Plays the following roles: Grandfather, Burnside, Pushcart Man, Yam Man, Short Man, Ras’s Man, Black Policeman, & Dupree

Track #5: Male. Caucasian. Plays characters ranging in age from 50’s – 60’s.

A snifter-carrying Southern gentleman. Professional. Authoritative.

Plays the following roles: Buchanan, Mr. Norton, 2nd Policeman, Marshall, Factory Director, & Brother Hambro

Track #6: Male. Caucasian. Plays characters ranging in age from 30’s – 40’s.

Intelligent, dynamic, passionate. Volatile with a short fuse.

Plays the following roles: MC, 1st Policeman, Emerson Jr., Brother Jack

Track #7: Female. African-American. Plays characters ranging in age from 30’s – 50’s.

Attractive. Maternal. Warm.

Plays the following roles: Woman, Edna, Old Women, Woman in Dress, Pretty Woman, & Sister Harris

Track #8 Female. African-American. Plays characters ranging in age from 30’s – 50’s.

Attractive, but a little weathered with a troubled spirit. Warm. Maternal. These women are slightly younger than the women in Track #7.

Plays the following roles: Singer, Hester, Mary, West Indian Woman, & Old Lady

Track #9 Female. Caucasian. 30’s. Sexy, attractive leading lady.

Plays the following roles: Stripper, Nurse, Secretary, Emma, White Woman, & The Woman

The following role has been CAST. Actors auditioning will be considered for possible replacement if needed.

Invisible Man:

CAST. African American male. Mid 30s. Charming and charismatic, yet frightening at times. IM speaks directly to the audience. As such, he must have the ability to hold the audience in the palm of his hand and lead them through a journey of his mind. He could be a sensitive, maybe even cerebral type. This is a memory play -- At times he is a young man who is innocent or even naive, at others a more mature and disillusioned man, reflecting on his younger self.