Lantern Theater Company 2017-18 Season - Philadlephia EPA
Lantern Theater Company
AUDITION DATE
Mar 16, 2017
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EST)
Lunch 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Mar 23, 2017
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EST)
Lunch 1:00 - 2:00 pm
APPOINTMENTS
Email your preferred time range to agarcia@lanterntheater.org with “EPAs” in the subject line and you will receive a reply with your confirmed timeslot within one business day. If you do not have email to access, please call Alexis Garcia at 215.829.9002 x109 during regular business hours. Only AEA members may schedule advance appointments. AEA members without appointments will be seen as time permits. Non-union actors are not eligible for appointments.
CONTRACT
SPT
$684 per week (current through 6/4/17)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in 2017-18 season (see breakdown).
PREPARATION
Prepare one monologue OR two contrasting monologues – up to 3 minutes total. Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together. No accompanist will be provided.
LOCATION
Lantern Theatre
923 Ludlow St
Philadelphia, PA 19107-4236
PERSONNEL
Charles McMahon, Artistic Director
Stacy Maria Dutton, Executive Director
OTHER DATES
See breakdown for rehearsal and performance dates.
OTHER
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this 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 attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
RED VELVET
A Philadelphia Premiere by Lolita Chakrabarti
Directed by Peter DeLaurier
First Rehearsal: August 15, 2017
Performances: September 7 – October 8, 2017 / Possible Extension: October 15, 2017
SEEKING:
Ira Aldridge
Black male. At age 26: American actor, ambitious, keen, passionate, optimistic. At age 60: American leading actor, grand, impatient, ferocious, unwell. CAST. Actors will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.
Connie
Jamaican female, any age. Experienced, servant, older than her years and the voice of truth.
Ellen Tree
White female, late 20s. English, a leading actress, talented, motivated, classical but progressive.
Halina Wozneck / Betty Lovell / Margaret Aldridge
White female, 20s-30s. Halina Wozneck: Polish journalist, bright, ambitious, frustrated with her life. Betty Lovell: English actress, self- concerned, not clever but pleasant. Margaret Aldridge: English, wife of Ira Aldridge, plain, solid, trustworthy, Ira’s rock.
Casmir / Henry Forester
White male, 20s. Casmir: German speaking Polish stagehand, inexperienced, low status, likes Halina. Henry Forester: English actor, political, self -interested, ambitious, earnest.
Terence / Bernard Warde
White male, 50s. Terence: English, Ira Aldridge’s valet and dresser, loyal, hard working. Bernard Warde: English, actor, old school, a bit lazy, opinionated, insecure.
Charles Keane
White male, 30s. English actor (son of Edmund Kean), grand but without the talent to support it, suffers from being Edmund’s son.
Pierre LaPorte
White male, mid-30s. French, manager of the theatrer, gay, revolutionary, entrepreneurial.
THE CRAFTSMAN
A World Premiere by Bruce Graham
Directed by M. Craig Getting
First Rehearsal: October 17, 2017
Performances: November 9 – December 10, 2017 / Possible Extension: December 17, 2017
SEEKING:
Han Van Meegeren
Male, 50s. An artist and art dealer determined to prove his worth, now on trial for his life.
Johanna Van Meegeren
Female, 40s. An actress working to free her husband, still discovering her role in a post-war Netherlands.
Joseph Pillel
Male, 30s. A military captain hardened by the war, trying to rebuild his country and make examples out of collaborators.
Boll
Male. A Jewish prosecutor hired to methodically build the case against Han Van Meegeren.
Abraham Bredius
Male, 50s-70s. A distinguished art critic whose reviews tortured a young Van Meegeren, now contributing his expertise to the Van Meegeren trial.
Augustun / Rotke / Judge
Male. Augustun: Van Meegeren’s no-nonsense prison guard. Rotke: A cantankerous art restorer from Van Meegeren’s past. Judge: Presides over Van Meegeren’s trial and is eager to keep the proceedings from becoming a circus.
COPENHAGEN
By Michael Frayn
Directed by Kittson O’Neill
First Rehearsal: December 19, 2017
Performances: January 11 – February 11, 2018 / Possible Extension: February 18, 2018
SEEKING:
Werner Heisenberg
Male, 40s-50s. The German physicist. CAST. Actors will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.
Niels Bohr
Male, 40s-50s. Heisenberg’s Danish counterpart. CAST. Actors will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.
Margrethe Norlund Bohr
Female, 40s. Niels’ wife, an integral part of his life and work. CAST. Actors will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.
THE TEMPEST
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Charles McMahon
First Rehearsal: February 13, 2018
Performances: March 8 – April 15, 2018 / Possible Extension: April 22, 2018
SEEKING:
Prospero
Male. A magician and exiled Duke of Milan. CAST. Actors will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.
Miranda
Female, daughter to Prospero.
Ariel
Male or female. An airy spirit who serves Prospero.
Caliban / Gonzalo
Male. Caliban: A beast who serves Prospero. Gonzalo: An old counselor.
Sebastian / Trinculo
Male. Sebastian: Brother to Alonso, the usurping Duke of Milan. Trinculo: A jester.
Antonio / Stephano
Male. Antonio: Brother to Prospero. Stephano: A drunken butler.
Alonso
Male. King of Naples.
Ferdinand
Male. Son of Alonso.
DON’T DRESS FOR DINNER
A Philadelphia Premiere by Marc Camoletti
Adapted by Robin Hawdon
Directed by Kathryn MacMillan
First Rehearsal: May 1, 2018
Performances: May 24 – June 24, 2018 / Possible Extension: July 1, 2018
SEEKING:
Robert
Male. Bernard’s friend and Jacqueline’s lover.
Bernard
Male. Jacqueline’s husband.
Jacqueline
Female. Bernard’s wife and Robert’s lover.
Suzanne
Female. Bernard’s mistress.
George
Male. Suzette’s husband. CAST. Actors will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.
Suzette
Female. The cook.
Lantern Theater Company values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Actors of all ethnicities are encouraged to audition and will be given full consideration.
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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