Huntington Theatre Company
**Updated Submission Instructions**
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep $1008 weekly minimum (LORT B)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in 2021-22 season (see breakdown). All roles will not be understudied.
We will not be conducting any auditions in-person. We will be accepting video audition submissions. If you attended the EPA in March 2020, you do not need to audition again, but please send us an email stating that you are still interested in being considered. If you did not attend or have since relocated to the Boston area, please submit a video audition. If you cannot submit a video, please contact us and we can make arrangements accordingly.
EMC and non-union actors, please submit only your headshot/resume (preferably as a combined PDF) at this time.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Please prepare either two contrasting monologues from a play of your choice or perform two sides from any of the available roles. Please email Rosalind Bevan at casting@huntingtontheatre.org with your headshot/resume attached (preferably as a combined PDF), and if you’d like to prepare a side. Total audition video should not exceed five minutes.
Deadline to submit is May 7, 2021 at 6:00pm EDT.
SUBMIT TO
PERSONNEL
Reviewing video submissions:
Rebecca Bradshaw (Associate Producer)
Rosalind Bevan (Casting & Producing Assistant)
See breakdown for production-specific personnel.
OTHER DATES
See breakdown for production dates.
Due to COVID-19, for remote audience access and to allow for social distancing during live performances, Huntington Theatre Company plans to record each production and make a recording available for ticket-buyers in accordance with the LORT-Equity Extended Media Side Letter.
OTHER
If you have any questions, and prefer calling, you can reach Rosalind Bevan at 617-273-1543.
For the 2021-22 season, all performances will be produced in the Virginia Wimberly Theatre (LORT B).
The Huntington Theatre Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages actors of all backgrounds and abilities to 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 submit.
BREAKDOWN
HURRICANE DIANE
Playwright: Madeleine George
Director: Jenny Koons
Location: Virginia Wimberly Theatre, LORT B
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Tech Begins: Saturday, August 21, 2021
First Preview: Friday, August 27, 2021
Opening: Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Closing: Sunday, September 26, 2021
Director’s Note: Our process will include daily group warm-ups and generative world/character-building exercises. All performers will share leadership of exercises and contribute to an ensemble-based practice rooted in play, with emphasis on physicality and generative movement. It may or may not include: dancing to Rihanna, creating silent sketches of how characters clean their kitchens, choreographing comedic bits with household appliances, or learning social dances from TikTok.
SEEKING THE FOLLOWING:
DIANE - character’s pronouns: she/her, 30s-40s, any race/ethnicity. A demigod—a modern-day Dionysus with tons of confidence. Diane is a charm factory, with that combination of swagger and stillness. She moves easily, casually. Diane, disguised as a landscaper, is on a mission to heal the Earth and restore it to its natural abundance.
CAROL FLEISCHER - character’s pronouns: she/her, 39, white. A neat and tidy woman who likes things crisp, clean, organized, and exactly as they should be. Lover of shiny gardening magazines and the status quo. Stubborn and persistent. She’s the most skeptical of and resistant to Diane’s persuasions.
PAM ANNUNZIATA - character’s pronouns: she/her, 40s, white. A “full blood Italian, both sides” Protective and loyal to her family and neighbors. Blunt and forthright. She’s bold and an open book, but she has an intuitive side that makes her cautious of Diane.
RENEE SHAPIRO-EPPS - character’s pronouns: she/her, 40s, Black, Indigenous, Person of Color. Confident, self-assured, and very knowledgeable about plants and gardening. Used to live on a permaculture commune where she grew her own food, but now finds herself unfulfilled by her successful career and suburban life. Tends to casually name-drop her one and only college lesbian relationship.
BETH WANN - character’s pronouns: she/her, 30s, white. A gentle, kind, and sincere woman who has an untapped wildness tucked deep inside her. Unfulfilled, vulnerable, and a little lost after her husband has recently left her. Beth is looking for connection with her neighbors. She gives over willingly to Diane.
**For HURRICANE DIANE, although pronouns are defined in the text, we welcome actors of any gender expression to audition.
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WITCH
Playwright: Jen Silverman
Director: Rebecca Bradshaw
Location: Virginia Wimberly Theatre, LORT B
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Tech Begins: Saturday, October 9, 2021
First Preview: Friday, October 15, 2021
Opening: Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Closing: Sunday, November 14, 2021
SEEKING THE FOLLOWING:
ELIZABETH SAWYER - character’s pronouns: she/her, 40s-60s, any race/ethnicity. An outcast. People believe she’s a witch and therefore shun her and treat her poorly. Skeptical of Scratch. Isn’t quick to let people in. Smart and quick wit. Elizabeth has hope that the world could be better if we just burn it all down and start over.
SCRATCH - character’s pronouns: he/him, 25-35, any race/ethnicity. The devil. Charming and a great conversationalist. Persistent. Artfully manipulative. Scratch is more adept at negotiating with Cuddy and Frank than with Elizabeth. He has chosen to embody the form of a young man because he believes “young men will generally succeed.”
SIR ARTHUR BANKS - character’s pronouns: he/him, 50s-60s, any race/ethnicity. A wealthy and powerful man looking for a suitable heir to continue his legacy. Commanding. Has taken a liking to Frank as a possible heir. He secretly worries about his son, Cuddy, and how to guide him. His softer, more vulnerable side emerges when he talks to the portrait of his late wife.
CUDDY BANKS - character’s pronouns: he/him, 25-35, any race/ethnicity. Sir Arthur’s son, painfully shy, a morris-dancer. He is secretly in love with Frank (and also in hate.) Tends to perform his masculinity in front of his father and Frank. Easily swayed by Scratch.
FRANK - character’s pronouns: he/him, 25-35, any race/ethnicity. A confident and successful young man, charming and ruthless. He’s secretly married to Winnifred but will leave her if it means inheriting Sir Arthur’s inheritance. His ambition knows no bounds.
WINNIFRED - character’s pronouns: she/her, 25-35, any race/ethnicity. Resigned and pragmatic, secretly married to Frank. Became Sir Arthur’s servant to be in closer proximity to Frank. Must keep her composure when catering to Sir Arthur as Frank schmoozes with Sir Arthur. Frank, who she deeply loves, is also a ticket to a life outside of servitude. She needs Frank to stop playing games.
**For WITCH, although pronouns are defined in the text, we welcome actors of any gender expression to audition. This production also contains hand-to-hand violence and intimacy. There will be an intimacy coach and fight choreographer on the production.
TEENAGE DICK
by Mike Lew
Director: Moritz von Stuelpnagel
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, August 24, 2021
ALL ROLES CAST.
THE BLUEST EYE
Novel by Toni Morrison
By Lydia R. Diamond
Director: Awoye Timpo
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, December 28, 2021
ALL ROLES CAST.
OUR DAUGHTERS, LIKE PILLARS
by Kirsten Greenidge
Director: Kimberly Senior
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, March 15, 2022
ALL ROLES CAST.
COMMON GROUND REVISITED
Conceived by: Kirsten Greenidge & Melia Bensussen
Adapted by: Kirsten Greenidge
Director: Melia Bensussen
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, April 26, 2022
ALL ROLES 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 submit.
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