Penobscot Theatre Company
AUDITION DATE
Sat, Jul 23, 2022
10:30 am - 6:30 pm (EST)
(Lunch break from 1:00-1:30 pm)
Sun, Jul 24, 2022
10:00 am - 2:15 pm (EST)
APPOINTMENTS
Send request for audition appointment to Rachael at casting@penobscottheatre.org. Include your name, phone number and date and time preference. Phone: (207) 947-6618 x110 Mon - Fri 10a-6pm.
CONTRACT
SPT $523 weekly minimum (SPT 6 - Clarkston, Matt & Ben) $549 weekly minimum (SPT 6 - Queen/Ironbound) $608 weekly minimum (SPT 7- Trapped/Mary Poppins), $657 weekly minimum (SPT 8 - Peter & The Starcatcher
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in Penobscot Theatre Company 2022-23 Season (see breakdown).
PREPARATION
Please come prepared at your appointment time with your headshot & resume and either two 90-second contrasting contemporary monologues or a two-minute contemporary monologue & 32 bars of music from a song of your choice.
LOCATION
Bangor Opera House
131 Main St
Bangor, ME 04401-6309
2nd Floor Rehearsal Room
PERSONNEL
Expected to attend:
Jonathan Berry, Artistic Director (Director for Clarkston & Ironbound)
Jen Shepard, Executive Director
Rachael Bechtel, Operations Manager / Auditions Coordinator
Larrance Fingerhut, Music Director & Composer for Trapped!
OTHER DATES
See production dates in breakdown.
OTHER
www.penobscottheatre.org
Those unable to attend the in-person Equity auditions may submit a video audition submission (see separate notice).
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of audition.
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 attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
CLARKSTON (SPT 6)
by Samual D. Hunter
Directed By: Jonathan Berry
1st rehearsal - August 23, 2022
Opens - September 15, 2022
Closes - October 02, 2022
Performance Schedule
Wednesdays - Saturdays @ 7pm
Sundays @ 3pm
**Saturday 10/22 @ 5:00pm
*Additional matinee performance on 9/24 @ 2:00p
Description: In a dying town, in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark, two young men toil away in the stockroom of a big box store, stocking shelves, making jokes, and complaining about management. They cling to the hope of a beautiful future while navigating a deeply uncertain present. Playwright Samuel D. Hunter captures, perfectly, these lives of quiet desperation who yearn for a better life and a place to call home.
JAKE - early to mid-twenties, male-presenting
CHRIS - early to mid-twenties, male-presenting
TRISHA - late thirties to early forties, female-presenting. Mother to Chris
MATT & BEN (SPT 6)
by Mindy Kaling & Brenda Withers
1st rehearsal - September 27, 2022
Opens - October 20, 2022
Closes - November 06, 2022
Performance Schedule
Wednesdays - Saturdays @ 7pm
Sundays @ 3pm
**Saturday 10/22 @ 5:00pm
*Additional matinee performance on 10/29 @ 2:00pm
Description: Matt Damon & Ben Affleck have been friends since 8th grade. Everybody knows that. They were friends before fame, Benifer, or the Oscars and friends stick together no matter what. Everybody knows that! When a script falls from the sky into their laps is it their destiny or a test from a higher power? These Hollywood golden boys have to explore their shared past, their darkest ambitions and brightest dreams to get to the heart of why Good Will Hunting fell into their laps. How do you like them apples?!
*Both of these characters are men. The concept for this production is that the male characters are played by feminine-presenting performers.
MATT - Matt Damon. The brains of the operation.
BEN - Ben Affleck. Friendly, outgoing… a complete moron.
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (SPT 8)
A Play by Rick Elice. Based on the Novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. Music by Wayne Barker
1st rehearsal - November 08, 2022
Opens - December 01, 2022
Closes - December 29, 2022
Performance Schedule
Wednesdays - Saturdays @ 7pm
Sundays @ 3pm (no performance on 12/25)
**Saturday 12/03 @ 5:00pm
*Additional matinee performance on 12/10 @ 2:00p, 12/24 @ 12:00pm
*Special Student performances on 12/08, 12/13, 12/15, 12/20 @ 10:00am
Description: In Queen Victoria’s Britain, 3 orphans find themselves in service aboard the good ship Neverland on its journey across the sea. Also on board is Molly, a young Starcatcher in training, who has a secret mission of her own. A soaring and swashbuckling adventure awaits featuring pirates and mermaids, Fighting Prawns and crocodiles told in a wildly theatrical style that will ignite the imagination. Peter and the Starcatcher is the story of how friendship and hope (and a little bit of Star stuff) transform a nameless and forgotten orphan into the beloved and unforgettable Peter Pan.
BOY (PETER): Orphan. A boy who doesn't miss much. Nameless, homeless, and friendless at the beginning of the play and a hero by the end. A survivor. More than anything in the world, he wants a home and a family. If he could grow up, he'd fall for Molly in a big way. But it'll never happen.
PRENTISS : Orphan. Ambitious, hyper-articulate, logical; yearns to be a leader, even as he knows in his heart that he never shall be one. A bit of a blowhard with just the teeny-tiniest touch of cowardice.
TED: Orphan. Obsessed with food: the eating of, the fighting over, the dreaming about. A natural actor, an easy wit, perhaps a future poet. Called Tubby by Prentiss, though not due to girth, of which orphans, given their meager diets, have very little indeed.
LORD LEONARD ASTER: The very model of a Victorian English gentleman, loyal subject to the Queen, devoted father, faithful friend. Also, and not irrelevant to our story, Lord Aster is a Starcatcher — dedicated to protecting the Earth and all who dwell thereon from the awesome power of starstuff.
MOLLY ASTER: A true leader at a time when girls are mostly followers. Will risk everything for the sake of Doing Right. Curious, intelligent, beginning to feel things she doesn't yet understand — romantic longings that revert to childish tantrums under pressure — because, after all, she's a thirteen-year-old kid.
MRS. BUMBRAKE: Molly's nanny. British to the bone. Still has enough of her girlish charm to turn a sailor's head and leaven his dreams. Stiff in the lip, loose in the hip, fun on a ship.
CAPTAIN ROBERT FALCON SCOTT: Captain of the Britain's fastest frigate, the Wasp. Years later, he would lead an expeditionary team to the South Pole, freeze to death, and become the iconic British hero, Scott of the Antarctic.
GREMPKIN: The mean and malodorous schoolmaster of St. Norbert's Orphanage for Lost Boys. Likes to keep his boys in the dark, as sunlight is known to feed rebellious notions, and on account of the preference in certain quarters for lads that are white and pasty.
BILL SLANK: The Neverland's vicious captain, without the skill or quality to lead anyone but himself — and always into disaster. A greedy bastard who'd sell his own mother for a ship to command and send boys to their doom for the favor of those who would use starstuff for personal gain, global domination, or worse. An orphan, too.
ALF: An old sea dog. Something about him appeals to the feminine sensibility — might be his bow legs, his saucy gait, or his kind heart.
MACK: A very bad sailor who wants to be anywhere but under the thumb of Bill Slank.
BLACK STACHE: Long after everyone else got out of the pirate business, Black Stache continues to terrorize the seven seas in search of a hero worthy of his villainy. Famous for his face foliage, he started shaving at age ten, had a bushy handlebar by eleven, and the blood of twenty crews on his hands by twelve. Heartless and hirsute, suspiciously well read, partial to the poetical and theatrical, and given to a ferocity from which no good shall ever spring.
SMEE: First mate to Black Stache. Single-mindedly dedicated to his captain's every whim. His motto: 'Tis good to be busy.
SÁNCHEZ : A hard-working Spanish pirate with an identity crisis.
FIGHTING PRAWN : King of the Mollusks, son of Jumbo Prawn and Littleneck Clam. Kidnapped by British sailors and brought in chains to England, he served as sous-chef in a country estate in Derbyshire, where, for no good reason, he learned Italian wines and mastered Italian cuisine. Since returning to his island kingdom, he vengefully murders any English with the temerity to land on his Mollusk Isle domain.
HAWKING CLAM: Son of Fighting Prawn and Sweet'n'sour Shrimp. One day, he will ascend the Clam throne as head of the Royal Clam Clan.
TEACHER: Formerly a salmon; now an ancient, knowledgeable mermaid.
TRAPPED! The Musical, A Lobster Tale (SPT 7)
by Andy Eninger & Larrance Fingerhut
1 st rehearsal - January 17, 2023
Opens - February 09, 2023
Closes - March 05, 2023
Performance Schedule
Wednesdays - Saturdays @ 7pm
Sundays @ 3pm
**Saturday 2/11 @ 5:00pm
*Additional matinee performance on 2/18 @ 2:00p
Description: A Lobster Tale! Welcome to Crusty Isle where the lobster are plentiful, women are rugged, and the coast is gorgeous. Local hero, Harry Krabbe, loves his simple life but his world is turned upside down by visiting scientist Izzy Mundt and developer Billy Divagio. Will Crusty Isle become a tourist trap? Will they ever catch a giant Super Lobster? Change is on the horizon which could spell trouble for this small coastal community. Will they be trapped or will they escape? A World Premiere.
HARRY KRABBE : A lobsterman.
ISABELLA MUNDT (IZZY): A brilliant Marine biologist.
KITTY KRABBE: Harry’s younger sister.
CAROLINE KRABBE: Harry and Kitty’s mother
BUTCH: Izzy’s assistant
BILLY DIVAGIO: A wealthy developer
SETH: Your average lobsterman-next-door, best friend to Harry and Harry’s father before him.
QUEEN (SPT 6)
by Madhuri Shekar
1st rehearsal - March 7, 2023
Opens - March 30, 2023
Closes - April 16, 2023
Performance Schedule
Wednesdays - Saturdays @ 7pm
Sundays @ 3pm
**Saturday 3/01 @ 5:00pm
*Additional matinee performance on 4/8 @ 2:00p
Description: To bee or not to bee? That is the question. A dramatic comedy about friendship, love, truth, and data. Sanam and Ariel are best friends and fellow researchers. They’re on a mission to save the bees and the world. Just days before the team’s groundbreaking scientific presentation, a discovery suddenly threatens years of their work. Should they let a little thing like the truth get in their way?
SANAM SHAH: (29-30) Female-presenting. Indian (from India - accented speech.) An applied mathematician about to graduate from a Ph.D. program in ecology.
ARIEL SPIEGEL: (33-34) Female-presenting. White. A Ph. D. ecology researcher and single mom.
ARVIND PATEL: (Late 30s) Male-presenting. Indian-American. A financier from New York. A potential suitor for Sanam.
DR. PHILIP HAYES: (Late 40s - Early 50s) Male-presenting. White. Ariel and Sanam’s supervising professor.
IRONBOUND (SPT 6)
By Martyna Majok
Directed by: Jonathan Berry
1st rehearsal - April 11, 2023
Opens -May 04, 2023
Closes - May 21, 2023
Performance Schedule
Wednesdays - Saturdays @ 7pm
Sundays @ 3pm
**Saturday 5/06 @ 5:00pm
*Additional matinee performance on 5/13 @ 2:00p
Description: Twenty-two years, three relationships, and one New Jersey bus stop tell the story of Darja’s attempt to grab ahold of the American Dream. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok’s Ironbound navigates the complicated terrain of one young immigrant’s experience with heartbreak, humor and hope.
DARJA: 30s or 40s
TOMMY: 30s or 40s
MAX: 30s or 40s
VIC: Appears teenage / early 20s
MARY POPPINS (SPT 7)
Original Music & Lyrics by Richard M Sherman & Robert B Sherman | Book by Julian Fellowes
New Songs & Additional Music & Lyrics by George Stiles & Anthony Drewe | Co-Created Book by Cameron Mackintosh
1st rehearsal - May 23, 2023
Opens - June 15, 2023
Closes - July 16, 2023
Performance Schedule
Wednesdays - Saturdays @ 7pm
Sundays @ 3pm
**Saturday 6/17 @ 5:00pm
*Additional matinee performances on 6/24 & 7/8 @ 2:00p
Description: A musical inspired by the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney film, this uplifting and high energy musical is sure to delight all ages. The Banks family needs a bit of magic, cue a strong wind that delivers to their doorstep the amazing and ever delightful Mary Poppins!
MARY POPPINS: (20’s) Jane and Michael Banks's new nanny. She is extraordinary and strange, neat and tidy,
delightfully vain yet particular, and sometimes a little frightening but always exciting. She is practically perfect in every way and always means what she says. A mezzo soprano with strong top notes, she should be able to move well. She can have a more traditional soprano sound, but precision and diction is the key.
Vocal range top: C6
Vocal range bottom: Gb3
BERT: (30-35) The narrator of the story is a good friend to Mary Poppins. An everyman, Bert has many occupations, including hurdy-gurdy player, sidewalk artist and chimney sweep. Bert watches over the children as well as the goings on in Cherry Tree Lane. He has charm, speaks with a Cockney accent and is a song-and-dance man.
Vocal range top: F#4
Vocal range bottom: B2
GEORGE BANKS: (40-45)The father to Jane and Michael Banks, is a banker to the very fiber of his being. Demanding precision and order in his household, he is a pipe-and-slippers man who doesn't have much to do with his children and believes that he had the perfect upbringing by his nanny, the cruel Miss Andrew. His emotional armor, however, conceals a sensitive soul. A baritone, George may speak-sing as necessary.
Vocal range top: Eb4
Vocal range bottom: Bb2
WINIFRED BANKS: (30-35) George's wife and Jane and Michael's mother. A former actress, she is loving and
distracted homemaker who is busy trying to live up to her husband's desire to only associate with the best people as well as be the model wife and mother. She suffers from the conflicting feelings that she's not up to the job of being Mrs. Banks, yet, she is, and more. She has great warmth and simplicity to her tone.
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: A3
JANE: (11-12) The high-spirited daughter of Mr. and Mr. Banks, is bright and precocious but can be willful and inclined to snobbishness.
Vocal range top: F#5
Vocal range bottom: A3
MICHAEL: (9-10) The cute and cheeky son of Mr. and Mrs. Banks. Excitable and naughty, he adores his father and tries to be like him. Both he and Jane misbehave in order to get the attention of their parents.
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: A3
KATIE NANNA: (Early 30’s) Jane and Micahel's nanny at the beginning of the show. Overwhelmed and upset, she has absolutely had her fill of the Banks children.
POLICEMAN: (30-40) A neighborhood fixture who is respected by and observant of households on his beat.
MISS LARK: (30-35) The haughty next-door neighbor of the Banks family who treats her dog, Willoughby, as if she were a child.
ADMIRAL BOOM: (50’s) A retired Royal Navy man and neighbor of the Banks family. A physically large man with a loud and booming voice, he speaks in Navy jargon and has a soft spot for his neighbor, Miss Lark. Can be any vocal range as needed. If Admiral Bloom doubles as the Banks Chairman, he can be a baritone.
MRS. BRILL: (50’s) The housekeeper and cook for the Banks family. Overworked and harrassed, she's always
complaining that the house is understaffed. Her intimidating exterior is a cover for the warmth underneath. Mrs. Brill doesn't have a high opinion of nannies in general and Mary Poppins in particular. She does not have to be a strong singer.
Vocal range top: D#5
Vocal range bottom: F#3
ROBERTSON AY: (20’s) The houseboy to the Banks family. Lazy, sleepy and grumbling, he never gets things right and believes himself to be useless. He doesn't do a lot of singing, but his Spoonful solo can be a fun surprise.
Vocal range top: G#4
Vocal range bottom: F3
BANK CHAIRMAN: (50 -60) The head of the bank where Mr. Banks is employed, is an Edwardian stuffed-shirt. He can speak/sing his lines if necessary.
Vocal range top: D4
Vocal range bottom: C3
BIRD WOMAN: (50’s) Covered in a patchwork of old shawls, and her pockets are stuffed with bags of crumbs for the birds. She tries to sell her crumbs for the birds. She tries to sell her crumbs to passersby, who ignore her as if she doesn't exist. Sings Feed the Birds. There can be a gruff, folksy quality to her voice that reflects the hardness of her life.
Vocal range top: C5
Vocal range bottom: Gb3
MISS ANDREW: (40’s) George's overbearing and scary nanny. With her bottle of nasty-tasting brimstone and treacle to keep naughty children in line, she is a bully who only knows one way of doing things - her way. A soprano with an alto belt, there can be some heaviness to her voice along with range.
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: Gb3
PARK KEEPER: (40’s) Uniformed and officious, he makes sure no one breaks park regulations. His life is defined by rules, but he secretly hankers after his childhood.
NELEUS: (16) The statue of a young boy posed with a dolphin in the park. Neleus was separated from his father, Poseidon, and misses him very much. A small and lonely being, he is very happy to befriend Jane and Michael. This role is a wonderful opportunity to feature one of the strong dancers in your ensemble.
QUEEN VICTORIA: (40) A statue in the park.
MISS SYMTHE: (40’s) The Bank Chairman's humorless secretary.
ENSEMBLE: Annie, Fannie, Valentine, Teddy Bear, Mr. Punch, Doll, Chimney Sweeps, Toys, Parkgoers.
VON HUSSLER: (30’s) A businessman seeking a loan from the bank for a shady business deal. He speaks with a
German accent.
JOHN NORTHBROOK: (30) An honest businessman seeking a loan to build a factory for his community. He speaks
with an accent from Northern England.
MRS. CORRY: (40’s) Owns a magical gingerbread shop. She is a mysterious woman of great age who speaks with a Caribbean accent (or any accent that would make her seem exotic).
Requirement for proof of vaccination/negative test.
Everyone entering the audition venue (i.e., venue employees, Equity members, non[1]members,
casting personnel, creatives, producers, musicians, COVID Safety Managers, etc.) will be required to
undergo a symptom check and provide one of the following prior to entry into the venue:
Proof of full vaccination. “Fully vaccinated,” as defined by the CDC, is more than 14 calendar days
following receipt of a final dose of an FDA or World Health Organization authorized or approved
vaccine.
(OR)
Proof of a negative PCR test result taken no earlier than 48 hours prior to entry into the audition venue.
(OR)
Proof of two negative antigen test results (e.g., the first taken the night before and the second taken no
less than 2 hours) prior to entry into the venue. Results of non-proctored at-home antigen tests will not
be accepted.
Two-ply cloth face masks, surgical masks, singer’s masks and respirators (N95, KN95 or KF94) will be
allowed for face coverings. Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas are not acceptable face coverings.
Everyone in the holding room and audition room will always wear a face covering as described above, except
for the actor when they are actively auditioning. The time spent unmasked should be as minimal as possible. Face coverings must be worn correctly (covering the nose and mouth). Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.
If the risk level for Penobscot County is trending upwards and may rise to High (Red) we will contact
members with appointments at least 24 hours before the first audition appointment time to let them know there is a chance that the auditions may need to be postponed or cancelled. All members with appointments will be notified if the auditions must be postponed or cancelled.
We encourage members to prepare for their audition at home, to the extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and dressing rooms. Additional information required in
notice:
Holding/Audition room information:
The audition room can accommodate no more than 25 individuals at a time.
The holding room can accommodate no more than 10 individuals at a time.
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 audition.
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