POTOMAC THEATRE PROJECT 2011 SEASON Equity Principal Audition - Potomac Theatre Project Auditions

PTP/NYC (Potomac Theatre Project) 2011

– Equity Principal Auditions / Replacements

NYC LOA $285/week minimum. VT housing provided; transportation costs reimbursed.

Co-Artistic Dirs: Cheryl Faraone, Richard Romagnoli, Jim Petosa.

1st reh (Middlebury VT): 6/14/11. 1st reh (NYC): 6/29. Shows run in rep (12 perfs each) in NYC 7/5-7/31.

Equity Principal Auditions:

Monday, June 13, 2011 Chelsea Studios

10 AM - 6 PM 151 West 26th Street, 5th Floor

Lunch from 1:30 – 2:30. New York City

Please prepare a brief contemporary monologue. Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.

Important note: All roles in the Theatre’s 2011 rep season are CAST. Auditioning performers will be considered as possible (emergency) replacements, should any become necessary.

Victory by Howard Barker. Dir: Richard Romagnoli.

Play takes place in 1660, shortly after the fall of Cromwell and the restoration of the monarchy.

Bradshaw:

CAST. Woman. Widow of John Bradshaw. Stern. Undergoes transformation as she seeks her husband’s body.

Charles II of England / Others:

CAST. Recently returned to the throne. Impetuous, powerful.

Ball / Others:

CAST. Man. Cavalier, violent, sentimental. Becomes obsessed with Bradshaw.

Clegg / Others:

CAST. Court poet, King’s man.

Hambro / Others:

CAST. Man. Architect of Republican downfall. Astute politician; becomes entangled in court intrigue.

Brighton / Others:

CAST. Woman. Landowner, loyal to the King

Territories by Steve Dykes. Dir: Cheryl Faraone.

Two one-acts. Examination of personal relationships and their disintegration under totalitarian governments.

a light gathering of dust

Note: Characters appear in the play in both their mid 20s and late 30s.

Female 1:

CAST. Rebels against governmental tyranny.

Female 2:

CAST. Prefers the status quo. Married to Male.

Male:

CAST. Torn between the two women. Equivocal about the governmental situation.

The Spoils

Shilling:

CAST. Man. Translator assigned to interview women of a toppled regime.

Loti:

CAST. Woman. Head of the secretarial corps, loyal to the regime. Has no doubts.

Spatter Pattern by Neal Bell. Dir: Jim Petosa.

Psychological mystery. Screenwriter becomes obsessed with an accused murderer.

Dunn:

CAST. Man. Screenwriter mourning the death of his lover. At loose ends.

Tate:

CAST. Man. University professor accused of murdering a student. Violent and enigmatic.