GOOD PEOPLE and INVISIBLE MAN Equity Principal Auditions - The Huntington Theatre Company Auditions
The Huntington Theatre Company
Huntington Theatre Company– Equity Principal Auditions by Appointment
The Huntington Theatre Company (Boston, MA) LORT B; $765/week
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Friday, April 6, 2012 Deane Hall at the Calderwood Pavilion
10 AM – 6 PM Boston Center for the Arts
Lunch 1 – 2 539 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
Slots will be given in 5-minute increments; please prepare either: 1) TWO contrasting monologues or 2) A side from the play. If you plan on doing a side from the play, when submitting please indicate which character you would like to read for and we will email you a side. A reader will be provided for you.
Equity performers may schedule an appointment by contacting: Rebecca Bradshaw at 617 273-1543 or
rbradshaw@huntingtontheatre.bu.edu. Leave a message with your name, primary contact number and your preferred audition time period.
Equity walk-ins are welcome and will be seen from 10am to 12pm.
Seeking Equity actors for the following 2 shows in the season
GOOD PEOPLE
Writer: David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by Kate Whoriskey
1st rehearsal: August 21, 2012
1st Preview: Sept. 14, 2012
Opens: Sept. 19, 2012
Closing: Oct. 14, 2012
Time: Present
Place: The play is set in South Boston's Lower End and in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
SEEKING:
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:
Early 30s. African-American. Professor. Mike’s wife. Mother. Judicious. Considerate. Smart. Examining.
INVISIBLE MAN
Adapted for the stage by Oren Jacoby, Based on the novel by Ralph Ellison, Directed by Christopher McElroen
Is a co-production with the Studio Theatre in Washington D.C.
In DC-
First rehearsal: August 6th (or August 13th), 2012
Press opening: Sept. 9th, 2012
Closing: October 16th, 2012
Possible Extension: Thru November 11th, 2012
In Boston-
1st rehearsal: December 18, 2012
1st Preview: January 4, 2013
Opens: January 9, 2013
Closing: February 3, 2012
Ensemble: Casting an ensemble of well train versatile actors that have the range to play multiple parts, ages and character types.
Track #1: African American male characters ranging in age from 40’s – 60’s. Roles: Preacher, Bledsoe, Big Halley, Old Man, Tall Man & Scofield.
Track #2: African American Male characters ranging in age from 20’s – 30’s. Handsome and athletic, charismatic. Roles: Tatlock, Sylvester, Ralston, Man in Derby, Todd Clifton, Hipster & Barefoot Man.
Track #3: African American Male characters ranging in age from 20’s – 30’s. Roles: Trueblood, Ras (West Indian Accent), 1st Man, Man in Crowd, Barrellhouse, Kid in Crowd, Brother Tobitt, & Looter.
Track #4: African American Male characters ranging in age from 30’s – 50’s. Slightly used, streetwise with experience, full of life. Roles: Grandfather, Burnside, Pushcart Man, Yam Man, Short Man, Ras’s Man, Black Policeman, & Dupree.
Track #5: Caucasian male characters ranging in age from 50’s – 60’s. Roles: Buchanan, Mr. Norton, 2nd Policeman, Marshall, Factory Director, & Brother Hambro.
Track #6: Caucasian Male characters ranging in age from 30’s – 40’s. Roles: MC, 1st Policeman, Emerson Jr., Brother Jack.
Track #7: African American Female characters ranging in age from 30’s – 50’s. Roles: Woman, Edna, Old Women, Woman in Dress, Pretty Woman, & Sister Harris
Track #8: African American Female characters ranging in age from 30’s – 50’s. Motherly. Roles: Singer, Hester, Mary, West Indian Woman, & Old Lady.
Track #9: Caucasian Female characters, 30’s. Attractive, leading lady type, sexy. Roles: Stripper, Nurse, Secretary, Emma, White Woman, & The Woman.
