MR DICKENS AND HIS CAROL Submission - Seattle Repertory Theatre Auditions

MR DICKENS AND HIS CAROL - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS

Seattle Repertory Theatre

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep $1008 weekly minimum (LORT B)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in MR DICKENS AND HIS CAROL by Samantha Silva and directed by Braden Abraham (see breakdown).

Actors of all ethnicities, genders, and abilities are encouraged to audition.

INSTRUCTIONS

Please submit your headshot/resume and one monologue in an RP dialect not exceeding one minute to https://www.dropbox.com/request/GSrOfsxuv7b76Wx9jlg4 . If you can be considered Seattle Local, please indicate on your resume. Deadline: Monday, February 28th at 10a PT. All materials should be labeled with your name and the year. For example: LastNameFirstName2022Headshot.jpg / LastNameFirstName2022Resume.pdf / LastNameFirstName2022Audition.mp4

Deadline: Mon, Feb 28, 2022

PERSONNEL

Viewing auditions:
Kaytlin McIntyre, Casting Director
Shawna Grajek, Casting Associate
Elliott Hartman, Directing and Casting Apprentice

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal: October 11, 2022.
Tech begins November 11, 2022.
First Preview: November 18, 2022.
Opening Night: November 23, 2022.
Closing: December 18, 2022.
Possible Extension: December 24, 2022.

OTHER

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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

All roles will be understudied.

CHARLES DICKENS – 30s-40s, the biggest celebrity artist of his time. Energetic, impulsive, mercurial. Charming, and generous, but also selfish and demanding. After his last book is a flop, he grudgingly begins working on a Christmas novel.

JOHN FORSTER – 40s-50s, warm and sophisticated solicitor, Dickens’ confidant.

CATHERINE DICKENS – 30s-40s, Dickens’ wife, she is a consummate hostess.

ELEANOR LOVEJOY – 30s-40s, a mysterious theatre seamstress.

EDWARD CHAPMAN / MACREADY / OTHERS – 40s, publisher / local actor.

WILLIAM HALL / CRATCHIT / OTHERS – 40s, publisher.

JOHN DICKENS / THACKERAY / OTHERS – late 50s-early 70s, Dickens’ verbose father / novelist, Dickens’ competition.

TOPPING / MR. BUMBLES / OTHERS – 35-45, steadfast groom / jolly toy store owner.

DOREEN / MARIA BEADNELL / OTHERS – 40s, no-nonsense maid / Dickens’ first attachment, she is an ostentatious gossip.

LEAD FAGIN BOY – 20s, mischievous street urchin.

KATEY / OTHERS – early teens, eldest Dickens daughter, she is the leader amongst her siblings.

WALTER / OTHERS – early teens, Dickens son, loves magic.

MAMIE / OTHERS – 8-12, younger Dickens daughter, loves to sing and play piano.

FRANK / TIMOTHY – 7-10, younger Dickens son, has a sweet tooth / mysterious ragged boy often seen sketching Dickens.

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.