New Theatre 2011-12 Season
– Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT in FL
Coral Gables, FL SPT (approval/salary level pending. 2010-11 weekly minimum: $293).
Artistic Dir: Ricky J. Martinez
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT:
Monday, June 13, 2011
12 Noon - 8 PM
Break from 4 – 5.
New Theatre
and 4120 Laguna Street
Coral Gables, FL
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
10 AM - 6 PM
Lunch from 2 – 3.
For a five-minute appointment, call 305/443-5373 x305 and leave a message; audition time will be confirmed. Please be patient to hear back. Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout the audition day, as time permits.
Please prepare two contrasting monologues (contemporary/classical) totaling three minutes. Professional attire is strongly recommended. Play scripts are available for perusal, by appointment, at the Theatre (but cannot leave the Theatre).
Please bring a current picture and resume, stapled together. Note any foreseeable conflicts in attachment to resume.
Notes: All roles are available. No housing is available to out-of-area performers.
HENRY V by Shakesepare. Dir: Ron Mangravite. 1st reh: 8/2/11. Runs 8/26-9/11.
Seeking actors with extensive experience with poetic text. Stage combat experience a real plus. All cast members will play multiple characters; names listed are their main roles.
Actor 1:
Henry V plus Ensemble. The classic warrior-king, with great presence and intelligence. Facility with classical text a must.
Actor 2:
Pistol plus Ensemble. Strutting braggart. Comedic role, requiring inventiveness and great timing.
Actor 3:
Exeter plus Ensemble. King Henry’s uncle and chief advisor. Battle-hardened and commanding.
Actor 4:
Fluellen plus Ensemble. Loquacious, comedic Welsh army captain.
Actor 5:
Gower plus Ensemble. Solid, good-hearted English army captain.
Actor 6:
Katherine plus Ensemble. Engaging, intelligent French princess.
Actor 7:
Alice plus Ensemble. Witty French lady-in-waiting.
Actor 8:
Westmoreland plus Ensemble. Henry’s younger cousin.
EDITH CAN SHOOT THINGS AND HIT THEM by Rey Pamatmat. Dir: Ricky J. Martinez. 1st reh: 9/20/11. Runs 10/14-10/30.
National New Play Network “rolling world premiere”. Time: The early 90s. Location: A remote non-working farm outside of a remote town in remotest Middle America. Sixteen-year-old Kenny and his little sister Edith are all but abandoned on a remote farm in Middle America. But when Kenny’s friend Benji starts encroaching on their makeshift family—and Edith shoots something she really shouldn’t shoot—the outside world comes barging in. Edith takes aim at growing up, staying young, falling in love and facing the consequences… then fires away.
For all roles, young-looking adult actors (18+) are sought.
Edith:
Seeking actress 18+ to play age 12. Edith is Filipino American. Kenny’s sister.
Kenny:
Seeking actor 18+ to play age 16. Kenny is Filipino American. Edith’s brother.
Benji:
Seeking actor 18+ to play age 16. Any ethnicity. A friend.
TWAIN & SHAW DO LUNCH by Chambers Stevens. Dir: Steven Chambers. 1st reh: 11/8/11. Runs 12/2–12/18.
World premiere. Place: Shaw’s house- 10 Adelphi Terrace, London, England. Mark Twain. George Bernard Shaw. In 1907, the world’s two greatest living writers had lunch together. This, their first and last meeting, was monumental. Twain, nearing the end of his life, had just traveled the world, paying off his massive debts with a spectacular series of speaking engagements. Shaw, on the verge of becoming the greatest playwright since Shakespeare, invited his hero to his house for lunch. These two incredible men seem to have so much in common. Brilliant storytellers. Razor sharp wit. Successful writers. Vanity. It would be Mrs. Shaw’s job to make sure they didn’t destroy each other.
Mark Twain:
71; as history describes him.
George Bernard Shaw:
51; as history describes him.
Charlotte Shaw:
51. Shaw’s wife. Spunky homemaker. Wittier than both men.
WINTER by Robert Caisley. Dir: Ricky J. Martinez. 1st reh: 1/3/12. Runs 1/27 – 2/12/12.
World premiere. Setting: Three isolated spots around the globe; Winter family property in London.
Fraternal twins Peter and Christina Winter are busy people. She’s in pharmaceuticals. He’s a professor trying to finish a book. What begins as a scheduling “headache” -- arranging for the funeral of their recently deceased mother -- devolves into an all-out blood feud between the siblings and their mother’s mysterious, young live-in assistant. But what is everyone really fighting over? Mother’s considerable fortune? The Greek amphora containing her ashes? Or the total obliteration of the past and misappropriation of their mother’s memory? Dark comedy about pettiness and neglect: the childish pettiness that can turn us into heartless adults, and the cruel and unusual neglect of the people we should love the most.
Peter Winter:
35. Fraternal twin of Christina. A professor trying to finish a book. Busy.
Christina Winter:
35. Fraternal twin of Peter. In pharmaceuticals. Busy.
Elinor Winter:
Late 50s – mid 60s. Elegant.
Sophie:
Not quite 30, any race.
PROPERTY LINE by Juan C. Sanchez. Dir: Ricky J. Martinez. 1st reh: 2/28/12. Runs 3/23–4/8/12.
World premiere. Setting: Miami. What if you’re a home/land owner and your next-door neighbor wants a piece of your land? What if that neighbor is your best friend? How far would you go to protect what is yours? Where would you draw the line? Play about neighbors at war over 50 feet of green grass on waterfront property, real estate and the territorial instinct that lives in all of us.
Marjorie:
“Anglo” American, 50s. Liberal artist-type.
Charlie:
“Anglo” American, 50s. Laid-back, handsome dude.
Blanca:
Hispanic American, 30s-40s. Recently widowed, wealthy homemaker.
Michael:
Hispanic American, 16/17. Blanca’s son. Gay. Jock.
Joseph:
Native American descent, 30s–40s. More on the “Anglo”-looking side.
Theatre’s statement: “We uphold color-blind, accent-deaf casting practices unless noted specifically in character breakdown.”
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