PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
– Equity Principal Auditions
Broadway/Production Contract $1,703/week minimum.
Producer: 321 Theatrical Management
Playwright: Rick Elice
Dirs: Roger Rees & Alex Timbers
Casting: Jim Carnahan
1st reh: 2/20/12. 1st preview: 3/18. Opens 4/15. Brooks Atkinson Theatre.
Equity Principal Auditions:
Thursday, February 2, 2012 Ripley-Grier Studios
10 AM - 6 PM 520 Eighth Avenue, 10th Floor
Lunch from 1:30 – 2:30. New York City
and
Friday, February 3, 2012 Ripley-Grier Studios
10 AM – 6 PM 520 Eighth Avenue, 16th Floor
Lunch from 1:30 – 2:30. New York City
and
Sunday, February 5, 2012 Chelsea Studios
10 AM - 6 PM 151 West 26th Street, 5th Floor
Lunch from 1:30 – 2:30. New York City
Sides will be provided at the audition. Please bring a photo and resume, stapled back-to-back.
Seeking:
Note (posted 2/1/12): Roles in the Broadway production were offered to actors who participated in a previous Off-Broadway production of the piece. On 2/1/12, Equity was notified that several of these offers have been accepted. Those accepted roles are now considered CAST (see character descriptions below). Three roles remain AVAILABLE (see character descriptions below). In addition, understudy positions are AVAILABLE for all roles (see below), and auditioning performers will be considered as possible future replacements as well.
Teen Characters:
IMPORTANT NOTE: Prentiss, Peter, Molly and Ted are in their early – mid teens, but must be played by adult actors who appear to be in their early – mid 20s.
Prentiss:
ROLE STILL AVAILABLE as of 2/1/12. Also seeking Understudy (AVAILABLE POSITION; see below) and possible future replacement. See IMPORTANT NOTE re: age, above. A bit older than Peter. Ambitious, hyper-articulate, logical. Yearns to be a leader even as he knows he never shall be one, on account of the fact that the boys wouldn’t follow him no matter what, and also just the teeny-tiniest touch of cowardice.
Understudy for Peter / Prentiss / Ted:
AVAILABLE POSITION. See IMPORTANT note re: age, above.
Peter:
Update, posted 2/1/12: Role previously listed as available has now been CAST. Seeking Understudy (AVAILABLE POSITION; see above) and possible future replacement. See IMPORTANT NOTE re: age, above. A boy who doesn’t miss much. Nameless, homeless and friendless at the beginning of the play, and a hero by the end. Feral, brave, competitive; the boy the others will come to look up to. A survivor. More than anything in the world, he wants a home and a family. He will stare at adult life from a distance, but will never understand it or enjoy it, because he will be forever held back in childhood. If he could grow up, he’d fall for Molly in a big way, but it’ll never happen.
Molly Aster:
Update, posted 2/1/12: Role previously listed as available has now been CAST. Also seeking Understudy (AVAILABLE POSITION) and possible future replacement. See IMPORTANT NOTE re: age, above. Raised to believe females can do anything males can. A natural leader at a time when girls are mostly followers. Fearless, passionate. Devoted to her father, her country and her Queen. Willing to 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, for the moment, she’s still a 13-year-old kid. She’ll be one hell of a woman one day. Must have an excellent British accent.
Ted:
Update, posted 2/1/12: Role previously listed as available has now been CAST. Seeking Understudy (AVAILABLE POSITION; see above) and possible future replacement. See IMPORTANT NOTE re: age, above. Obsessed with food: the finding of, the eating of, the fighting over, the dreaming about. The most talented of the boys, a natural actor, and easy wit, maybe even a poet. Called “Tubby” by Prentiss, though not due to girth (of which orphans, given their meager diets, have very little indeed). Fed up with Prentiss, but hungry for companionship.
Adult Characters / Understudy Positions:
Lord Leonard Aster:
ROLE STILL AVAILABLE as of 2/1/12. Late 30s - early 40s. The very model of a Victorian English gentleman, loyal subject to the Queen, devoted father, faithful friend. Also, and not irrelevant to the story, Lord Aster is a Starcatcher – dedicated to protecting the Earth and all who dwell there from the awesome power of Starstuff. Must have an excellent British accent. Also seeking Understudy (AVAILABLE POSITION; see below) and possible future replacement.
Captain Robert Falcon Scott:
ROLE STILL AVAILABLE as of 2/1/12. Late 30s - early 40s. Captain of the sports teams at Trinity School; now commander of the Wasp, the fastest ship in Victoria’s fleet. If you don’t ask, he won’t tell about his schoolboy crush on Leonard Aster, also a student at Trinity. Years later, Scott would lead an expeditionary team to the South Pole, freeze to death, and become an iconic British hero: Scott of the Antarctic. Must have an excellent British accent. Also seeking Understudy (AVAILABLE POSITION; see below) and possible future replacement.
Understudy for Lord Leonard Aster / Bill Slank / Capt. Scott / Alf:
AVAILABLE POSITION. Understudy track age: Late 30s – early 40s.
Understudy for The Black Stache / Fighting Prawn / Mrs. Bumbrake / Smee:
AVAILABLE POSITION. Understudy track age: Early – mid 30s.
The Black Stache:
Update, posted 2/1/12: Role previously listed as available has now been CAST. Seeking Understudy (AVAILABLE POSITION; see above) and possible future replacement. Character’s age: Early - late 30s. Long after most everyone else had gotten out of the pirate business, The Black Stache continues to terrorize the seven seas. Started shaving at age 10, had the blood of twenty frigate crews on his hands by 12. Ruthless, peerless, heartless and hirsute, suspiciously well read, partial to the poetical and theatrical, and married to his piratical career with a ferocity from which no good shall ever spring. Must have an excellent British accent. Also seeking Understudy (see above).
Mrs. Bumbrake / Teacher:
Update, posted 2/1/12: Role previously listed as available has now been CAST. Seeking Understudy (AVAILABLE POSITION; see above) and possible future replacement. Two-character FEMALE track to be played by a MALE actor. Mrs. Bumbrake: Late 30s - early 40s. Molly’s nanny. British through and through; not afraid of anything … including her husband, who is no longer alive. A no-nonsense, good-time gal, who liked a rough shag and a quick drag, too, back in the day. Still has enough of her girlish charm intact to turn a sailor’s head and leaven his dreams. Stiff in the lip, loose in the hip, fun on a ship. Teacher: Formerly a salmon, now an ancient, knowledgeable mermaid. Must have excellent British and Scottish accents. Also seeking Understudy (see above).
Grempkin / Mack / Fighting Prawn:
Update, posted 2/1/12: Role previously listed as available has now been CAST. Seeking Understudy (AVAILABLE POSITION; see above) and possible future replacement. Three-character track for one actor. Grempkin: Early - mid 30s. The mean and malodorous schoolmaster from St. Norbert’s Orphanage for Lost Boys. Known as “The Angel of Anguish”, he keeps his boys in the dark, as sunlight is known to feed rebellious notions. Mack: A very bad sailor who wants to be anywhere else but under the thumb of Bill Slank. Fighting Prawn: King of the Mollusk natives, son of Jumbo Prawn and Littleneck Clam. Kidnapped by British sailors and brought in chains to England, he served as sous-chef below stairs 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 has vengefully murdered any English with the temerity to land on his Mollusk Isle domain. Must have an excellent British accent. Also seeking Understudy (see above).
Smee:
Update, posted 2/1/12: Role previously listed as available has now been CAST. Seeking Understudy (AVAILABLE POSITION; see above) and possible future replacement. Smee’s age: Early - mid 30s. First mate to The Black Stache. Simple-minded, but single-mindedly dedicated to his Captain’s every whim. No first name, and, from the day he was out of diapers, packed off somewhere to be subservient to somebody. His motto: “’Tis good to be busy.” Must have an excellent British accent. Seeking Understudy (see above).
Bill Slank / Hawking Clam:
Update, posted 2/1/12: Role previously listed as available has now been CAST. Seeking Understudy (AVAILABLE POSITION; see above) and possible future replacement. Two-character track for one actor. Slank: Late 30s - early 40s. A vicious captain without the skill or quality to lead anyone but himself, and always into disaster. Would sell his own mother for a ship to command, would kill his best friend for a leg-up from the stinking hole he calls home. Cheerfully aids the awful machinations of those who would use Starstuff for personal gain, global domination or worse. An orphan, too. Hawking Clam: Son of Fighting Prawn, the issue of a night of love mere moments before Fighting Prawn was torn from the nuptial bed he shared with Princess Sweetnsour Prawn, and whisked into a British kitchen half a world away. Hawking understands his father’s hatred for the British, but, as often happens with younger generations, he will gladly bend such strictures when -- one day -- he ascends to the Clam throne as head of the Royal Clam Clan. Must have an excellent British accent.
Alf:
Update, posted 2/1/12: Role previously listed as available has now been CAST. Seeking Understudy (AVAILABLE POSITION; see above) and possible future replacement. Alf’s age: 30s - early 40s. An old seadog who’s prouder of achieving the rank of “Mister” than he should be, given the state of the competition. A white knight in search of a damsel, any damsel. Something about him appeals to the feminine sensibility; might be his bow legs, his saucy gait, or his kind heart. Must have an excellent British accent.
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