Marvell Rep Spring 2011 Repertory
– Equity Principal Auditions
New York City LOA (approval/salary level pending; Theatre expects salary to be approx. $350/week).
Artistic Dir / Stage Dir (all shows): Lenny Leibowitz
Managing Dir: Amy Estes
1st season reh: 12/28/10 (beginning with the double-bill cast). Shows open on a staggered schedule from 2/18/11 through mid-March. Rotating rep season closes 4/3.
Equity Principal Auditions:
Monday, October 25, 2010 Actors' Equity Association Audition Center
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 165 West 46th Street, 2nd Floor
Thursday, October 28, 2010 New York City
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM all three days.
Lunch from 1 - 2.
Please prepare EITHER a brief monologue (preferably two minutes or less) OR two 1-minute monologues. Monologues should be from the standard repertoire; monologues from the season’s plays are welcome.
Please bring a resume & a picture (of yourself), stapled back-to-back.
2011 Spring Rotating Repertory (inaugural) Season (three productions, one of which is a double-bill). All roles are available (i.e. not yet offered and accepted). Theatre states that it seeks a “versatile, multi-ethnic 22-member company”. Notes: THE DYBBUK and BLOOD WEDDING will (more or less) share the same cast. The same will be true of the two plays in the double-bill evening.
THE DYBBUK by S. Ansky.
Chonnen:
Man, early 20s. Intense, brilliant, penniless young kabbalist, always on the verge of mystic rapture.
Leah:
Jewish woman, early 20s. Dark-haired beauty. Attuned to otherworldly forces.
Azriel:
Man, 50s. Hasidic sage. Commanding and compassionate. Gripped by moral ambivalence.
Sender:
Man, 40s-50s. Leah’s doting, worrying father. Respected community leader. Blinded by greed.
The Messenger:
Male, 30s-50s. Enigmatic traveler between the real and spiritual world. Prodding, pithy voice of conscience.
Frade:
Woman, 60s. Leah’s aged, devoted, fretful nurse.
Hennakh:
Man, 20s. Chonnen’s friend, a rational-minded Yeshiva student and voice of caution.
Meyer:
Man, 30-60. Gentle synagogue caretaker.
Rabbi Shimshon:
Man, 50s-60s. Spiritual leader. Humble but forceful pursuer of justice.
Menasche:
Man, 20s. Leah’s young groom. Slight, timorous and wholly bewildered.
Bassia:
Woman, 18. Leah’s friend. Eager and impressionable.
Gittel:
Woman, 18. Leah’s friend. Spirited, watchful and slightly bossy.
Elderly Woman:
60s. Makes impassioned appeals for heavenly intercession on behalf of her sick daughter.
Ensemble:
Male and female characters, 20-60. Seeking versatile performers to play Yeshiva students, judges, beggars, wedding guests and a variety of speaking roles. Movement ability helpful but not required
BLOOD WEDDING by Federico García Lorca.
The Mother:
40s-50s. Domineering and stoic. Draws her emotions from the red earth.
The Bridegroom:
20s. Her dutiful son. Innocent and mild, until his honor is wronged.
The Bride:
20. Restless and sensual beauty. Maintains a core inner strength and adamant purity, even when gripped by irrepressible desire.
Leonardo:
20s. Smoldering, soulful and hot-headed; consumed with passion for the Bride.
The Wife:
20s. Leonardo’s hapless wife. Cautious and perceptive.
The Servant:
Woman, 50s-60s. Devoted, lusty and worldly-wise. Natural mover/singer.
Mother-in-Law:
40s-50s. Candid, resilient and intuitive. Natural singer.
The Father:
40s-50s. Exudes a quiet strength and natural restraint.
Ensemble:
Male and female characters, 20s. Seeking versatile performers with natural movement ability to play woodcutters, wedding guests, and a variety of speaking and singing roles; flamenco experience helpful but not required.
NORA and IN THE SHADOW OF THE GLEN (double bill).
NORA by Ingmar Bergman.
Nora:
Late 20s. Impulsive and vivacious; stirred by anarchic longings.
Torvald:
Man, late 20s-early 30s. Nora’s earnest, charming and boyishly egotistical husband.
Mrs. Linde:
Early 30s. Nora’s former schoolmate. Weary with years of self-sacrifice, searching for a fresh start.
Dr. Rank:
Man, 50s. Nora’s death-marked confidant. Self-effacing, sympathetic and secretly besotted.
Krogstad:
Man, 30s-40s. Nora’s dogged tormentor. Suffers as much anguish as he causes.
IN THE SHADOW OF THE GLEN by J. M. Synge.
Nora:
Irish, 30s. Lonely wife. Her clear-eyed practicality is offset by a rebellious yearning to escape her loveless marriage.
Dan:
Irish, 60s. Querulous, cantankerous old conniver.
Tramp:
Irish man, 40s. Perpetual wanderer. Wise, sharp-witted and earthy, with an affinity for poetry and whiskey.
Michael:
Irish man, 20s-30s. Boastful yet timid young herd. His desire for wealth outweighs any romantic notions.
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