LOVERS – Equity Principal Auditions
TACT/The Actors Company Theatre New York City LOA-NYC (approval/salary level pending; 2011-12 weekly minimum: $305; Theatre states that it expects to pay $350).
Author: Brian Friel
Dir: Drew Barr
1st reh: 8/21/12. Runs 9/18-10/20.
Equity Principal Auditions:
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 Actors' Equity Association Audition Center
9:30 AM – 5:30 PM 165 West 46th Street, 2nd Floor
Lunch from 1-2. New York City
Please prepare a language-driven monologue (2 minutes or less) from a contemporary drama. Please bring a photo and resume, stapled back-to-back.
Seeking:
Woman / Hanna Wilson Tracey:
One actress plays both. Woman: Late 40s/early 50s. Compassionate narrator. Irish accent. Hanna: Late 40s. Plain. Kind, but with a sharp tongue and a dark humor. Somewhat shy and reserved, Hanna resigned herself long ago to a spinster life under the thumb of her recently invalided Catholic mother. Hannah’s courtship with Andy Tracey unleashes ferocious feelings and a passion thatshe didn’t know she had. Irish accent.
Mag:
Seeking actress 18+ to play 17. Mag is spirited, not conventionally pretty, capricious and loving. Devoted to Joe. Her extravagant mood-swings signal her boundless enthusiasm for life. Mag is pregnant with Joe’s baby, and struggles to make sense of her simultaneous feelings of joy and trepidation for the future. Irish accent.
Mrs. Wilson:
Late 60s. Slight, white-haired, angelic. Hanna’s invalid mother. She wears a sweet, patient smile but rules the house with her soft, commanding voice. Very religious. Irish accent.
Cissy Cassidy:
Late 60s. Tiny, frail, pretentious. Pious and nosy. A next-door neighbor and long-time friend of Mrs. Wilson, she exudes insincerity. Irish accent.
Man / Andy Tracey:
One actor plays both. Man: 50s. Compassionate narrator. Irish accent. Andy: 50s. A joiner by trade. Sweet, sturdy, reliable. Though outwardly a slightly dull and simple man, we see how unexpected romance turns Andy into a bit of a philosopher, a bit of a poet and a bit of a revolutionary. Irish accent.
Joe:
Seeking actor 18+ to play 17. Joe is bookish, totally loves Mag. Earnest, but not without a playful side. He’s an excellent mimic. Joe’s dream of going to university and becoming a teacher is in jeopardy because he got Mag pregnant, and now needs to provide for her. Irish accent.
Company’s statement: “TACT/The Actors Company Theatre is an actor-driven, actor-run company … Although TACT casts initially from its company, it does regularly engage guest actors for specific roles throughout its season and is particularly interested in meeting classically trained, versatile, and imaginative actors who are skilled in character work and transformation.”
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