Gretna Theatre 2018 Season - NYC EPA
Gretna Productions Inc.
AUDITION DATE
Mon, Mar 05, 2018
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EST)
Lunch 1 to 2
CONTRACT
LOA $515/week minimum
SEEKING
Gretna Theatre is seeking actors, singers, and actor/musicians for roles in their 2018 Summer Season, which performs in Mt. Gretna, PA from June - August. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a comedic monologue, OR 2 contrasting 16/32 bar musical selections, OR a combination of 1 monologue and 1 short musical cut. An accompanist will be provided. Please also bring a picture and resume.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
PERSONNEL
Brian Kurtas - Executive Producer
Thomas Cote - Artistic Director
OTHER
www.gretnatheatre.org
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.
BREAKDOWN
2018 Season
HANK WILLIAMS : LOST HIGHWAY
1st Rehearsal - On or around June 7 2018
Performances - June 22 - June 24, 2018
Seeking:
HANK WILLIAMS - 29 years old - Described in the script as a south Alabama hillbilly singer, thin and black-eyed. He dresses in high-priced western suits and always wears a Stetson. Exceptional country singer and actor. Must play the guitar.
TEE-TOT - Any age - Black south Alabama street singer.
WAITRESS - The keeper of an all-night diner somewhere in the south. A cheerful, lonely person.
MAMA LILLY - 40s+. Character Woman. Hank’s mother. A “Marjorie Main”—strong and somewhat overbearing
HOSS - 20/30s. In Hank’s band. A big, boyish man. Plays upright (“goghouse”) bass.
JIMMY (Burrhead) - 20/30s. In Hank’s band, plays lead electric guitar. From Oklahoma, especially so in his speech.
LEON (Loudmouth) - 20/30s. In Hank's band and a skillful musician on many instruments, featured on the fiddle.
FRED ROSE (Pap) - A founder and executive of a Nashville music publishing company. Character man, 40s.
AUDREY WILLIAMS - 20/30s. Hank's first wife, later a professional widow. Quintessential southern debutante.
SHAG - The pedal steel guitarist.
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VANYA & SONIA & MASHA & SPIKE
1st Rehearsal - On or around June 18 2018
Performances - June 28 - July 1 2018
Seeking:
VANYA - Late 40s-50. Living in Bucks County. Resigned to his unremarkable life living with his adopted sister. Dry but comedic.
SONIA - His adopted sister, late 40s-50. Discontent, regretful, plain, and a glass half-empty attitude.
MASHA - His sister, late 40s-50. Glamorous and successful actress who goes galivanting around the world acting younger than her age.
SPIKE - late 20s male. Sexy self-absorbed, Masha's new companion. Impressive physique (role requires partial nudity/underwear.)
NINA - 20s young woman. lovely, sincere would be actress. Visiting her aunt and uncle next door. Energetic.
CASSANDRA - All ages and ethnicities. Cleaning lady and soothsayer. Big personality with some sass.
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SHE LOVES ME
1st Rehearsal - On or about June 21 2018
Performance July 12 - July 24 2018
Seeking:
ARPAD - young juvenile appears late teens early 20s. Delivery boy at the parfumerie. He is exuberant and ambitious. Tenor.
AMALIA - Legit Soprano - 20-30s. Lead. New employee and a skilled saleswoman, but easily intimidated. Must be excellent singer and actor.
ILONA - Belter/Mezzo - 20s-30s. Comedic . She is sexy and learned in the ways of romance, but longing for something more. A strong mover.
STEVEN KODALY - 30s - Bari-tenor. Lead. A handsome ladies man. Well respected at work and though he is considered dapper and charming, he is more of a shallow womanizer.
GEORG - 30s - Baritone. A hopeless romantic. Soft-spoken, well read and respected. Strong mover.
MR. MARACZEK - Baritone 40s+ character man. Owner of the parfumerie with a comanding presence. A disciplined business man.
LADISLAV SIPOS - 40+ baritone. A family man/huggable father type stuck in a dull existence. Not the brightest employee. Georg's confidant.
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THE 39 STEPS
First Rehearsal - On or about July 20 2018
Performances August 2 - August 5 2018
Seeking:
RICHARD HANNAY - late 30s-40 handsome upper-class English leading man.
WOMAN - late 20s-30s. One actress will play all the female roles - from the beautiful and intelligent romantic lead PAMELA, to the Russian mystery ANNABELLA, to the innocent Scottish farmwive MARGARET. An excellent transformative actress who can handle many dialects.
CLOWNS 1&2 - Two men - Any age any ethnicities. Superb comedic character actors who will fearlessly play 150 different roles ranging from teens - 70s. Cleaver and great with dialects.
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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