Metropolitan Playhouse 2010-11 Season Equity Principal Audition - Metropolitan Playhouse Auditions

Metropolitan Playhouse – Equity Principal Auditions

Seasonal Showcase Project stipend: $425.

Artistic Dir: Alex Roe

Equity Principal Auditions:

Friday, October 1, 2010 Metropolitan Playhouse

Saturday, October 2, 2010 220 E 4th Street (between Avenues A and B)

10 AM - 6 PM both days. New York City

Lunch from 1:30 – 2:30.

Please prepare two contrasting 1-minute monologues, at least one of which should be either classical or from one of the three plays in the season. Please bring a picture & resume, stapled together.

Theatre presents works that explore American identity through its theatrical heritage.

All listed roles are available (i.e. not yet offered and accepted):

Uncle Tom’s Cabin by George Aiken after Harriet Beecher Stowe. Dir: Alex Roe. 1st reh: 10/15/10. Runs 11/13-12/12.

The most famous adaptation of Stowe’s abolitionist novel about the conditions and hypocrisies of slavery in America.

Actors in the company play multiple roles, notably:

Men:

Uncle Tom:

50+, African American. Powerful and self-sacrificing; devoted to what he sees as a higher good.

Legree:

50+, Caucasian. Arrogant, merciless slaveholder. Converted by goodness, when it’s too late.

Shelby:

40+, Caucasian. Kindly within his own world, but oblivious to the bigger picture.

George Harris:

30s, African American. Quick-witted, poised, defiant and kind.

Phineas Fletcher:

30s, Caucasian. Fearless, sardonic, independent and open spirit.

Harry:

Teens – 20s, African American. Animated, optimistic boy.

Women:

Chloe:

50s+, African American. Caretaking and long resigned to her fate.

Eliza:

20s-30s, African American. Strong and courageous; devoted to her family and her freedom.

Marie:

30s, Caucasian. Proper and poised. Generous within the constraints of her circumstance.

Topsy:

Teens - 20s, African American. Incorrigibly defiant, cunning and joyous free spirit.

Eva:

Teens-20s, Caucasian. Angelic and open girl, full of life.

The Great Divide by William Vaughn Moody. Dir: Melissa Maxwell. 1st reh: 2/1/11. Runs 3/5-4/3.

A lyrical play on the divide between Eastern and Western sensibilities and the true foundations of love.

Men:

Stephen Gent:

30s - early 40s. Rough, spirited, dashing and constant.

Phil Jordan:

34. Pragmatic man of the frontier.

Winthrop Newbury:

30s. Civil gentleman with a romantic bent.

Dr. Newbury:

50–60s.

Lon Anderson:

50s. Sardonic miner.

Dutch, Shorty and Burt:

20s-30s. Cowboys.

Women:

Ruth Jordan:

20. Determined and intrepid.

Polly Jordan:

20s. Protected and gentle.

Mrs. Jordan:

50s. Mother to Ruth and Paul.

One Third of a Nation Dir TBA. 1st reh: 3/23/11. Runs 4/23–5/22.

Living Newspaper from 1938 about poverty in America.

Five Men and Five Women:

Each plays multiple roles, all ethnicities. Character ages: 20 – 60.

East Village Theater Festival Dirs TBA. 1st reh: 5/6/11. Runs 6/6–6/25.

Six new solo performances and eight new short plays, inspired by the life and lore of the East Village.

Eight Men and Eight Women:

Each plays multiple roles, all ethnicities. Character ages: 20 – 60.