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Call Type
Non-Required Principal
Time(s)
OPEN Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Sunday, October 6, 2013
9:30 AM to 10:30 PM
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Contract
Special Appearance
Level II; $324/week
Location
Signature Theatre (VA)
4200 Campbell Avenue
Arlington, VA 22206
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Seeking
Equity and non-Equity actors, men and women, for the 2014 season.
See breakdown for details.
Preparation
One or more (but no more than three):
a) One and a half minute contemporary monologue.
b) 16 bars of a musical theatre piece.
c) A one minute composition on an instrument you play.
d) A one minute demonstration of 'special talents.'
Skilled performers only.
Other
www.signature-theatre.org/getting-here
Personnel
Farrell Parker, Casting Associate
· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
To schedule an audition, please e-mail your headshot and resume to
casting@norulestheatre.org by Thursday, October 3rd.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
LATE: A COWBOY SONG
By Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Rex Daugherty
Seeking:
MARY (mid 20s – mid 30s): A woman. Keeps her journal locked. Feels the passage of time. She doesn’t know a lot, but wants to. Curious. Unwilling to force a gender on her baby. Has been Crick’s girlfriend since they were 8 years old.
CRICK (mid 20s – mid 30s): A man. Charming, fragile, and childlike. He talks fast and thinks fast. Lover of modern art and holidays. Nostalgic, volatile. Likes things a certain way. Has been Mary’s girlfriend since they were 8 years old.
RED CAST
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THE NO RULES SHOW
Created by Joshua Morgan & Brian Sutow
Directed by Brian Sutow
Synopsis: Half Revue. Half Talk Show. All No Rules. Different entertaining guests join host Joshua Morgan every night in this wild and crazy madcap variety show. From stage stars to politicians you never know who might show up or what might happen.
Seeking: A variety of skilled performers. Jugglers, dancers, contortionists, magicians, acrobats, comedians, slam-poets, psychics...
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BOEING-BOEING
By Marc Camoletti
Directed by Matt Cowart
Seeking actors who are adept at both physical and verbal comedy:
BERNARD (25-45): A Parisian bachelor and ladies man. Good at what he does and knows it. Thinks he has it all figured out.
ROBERT (25-45): Bernard’s dear old friend. Likes things simple and calm. Fish out of water in Bernard’s flat.
BERTHA (35+): Bernard’s long-suffering housekeeper. He needs her and she knows it.
JANET (25-35): An American air hostess. Flighty, upbeat, romantic, bossy. Likes money.
JACQUELINE (25-35): A French air hostess. Easygoing and sensual. Gets along well with Bertha. (Accent required.)
JUDITH (25-35): A German air hostess. Aggressive and solid. (Accent required.)
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SEVEN GUITARS
By August Wilson
Directed by Michele Shay
Seeking:
FLOYD BARTON (35): Blues singer/guitarist with big aspirations and big flaws. Passionate, hopeful. Knows how to do the right thing for a little while, but then that little while runs out. In love with his ambition and with Vera.
HEDLEY (59): Keeps, butchers, and sells chickens. He suffers from tuberculosis and possible dementia. Desirous and disturbed. No one really knows his story, but we know he’s been through a lot. Lives mentally in a past and future fantasy; lives physically with Louise. Needs Ruby.
LOUISE (48): The matriarch. Doesn’t rock the boat, but issues wise warnings. Knows what it is to be used up and left. A realist, uninterested in love, fed up with life and death.
VERA (27): Faithful. Described as a true woman in character and physicality. She has been given the run-around by Floyd, but continues to fall for him.
RED CARTER (30s): Floyd’s friend and drummer. Superstitious. Simpler, steadier, from Alabama. Red likes to have a good time, but is in the middle of 7 years bad luck because he broke a mirror.
RUBY (25): Louise’s niece. Stubborn, young, and fatally attractive. She won’t belong to anyone, but needs someone to take care of her unborn child.
CANEWELL (30s): Floyd’s friend and harmonica player. Tired of playing second fiddle to Floyd. Edgy, wary, and dissatisfied. Thinks he knows best. In love with Vera.
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SUNNYSIDE SINGERS
Written by Joshua Morgan & Brian Sutow
Directed by Brian Sutow
Synopsis: Under the musical direction of Bill Hampton, an unlikely - and often unruly - cast of characters rehearses to get their Christian community a capella group to Broadway.
Seeking: Strong actor/singers, 14-65.
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YOURS : A new outreach initiative of No Rules Theatre Company.
Seeking:
A variety of musicians to make up a rotating group of performers for special events. Singer/songwriters, solo instrumentalists and composers, jazz and folk musicians, cover-artists, plus those with arranging experience are encouraged to audition.
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