2013-14 SEASON GENERAL EPA'S
Purple Rose Theatre Co. | Chelsea, MI
Date of Audition:
4/22/2013
Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Monday, April 22nd from 10a-5p
Tuesday, April 23rd from 10a-5p
Contract
SPT
Tier 8; actor minimum $449/wk
Location
Purple Rose Theatre
137 Park Street
Chelsea, MI 48118
Please enter through the lobby entrance off of Park
Street.
Seeking
Male and Female Actors. Please see Breakdown.
Preparation
Please prepare one-minute comedic monlogue. Bring headshot and resume. Actors may be asked to perform an additional monologue.
Other Dates
THE VAST DIFFERENCE
1st reh.: 8/20
1st preview: 9/19
Runs: 9/27-12/28
REDWOOD CURTAIN
1st reh.: 12/10
1st preview: 1/16/14
Runs: 1/24-3/15/14
Other
2 A.Z
1st reh: 3/4/14
Preview: 4/3/14
Runs: 4/11/14-5/24/14
THE LAST ROMANCE
1st reh.: 5/13/14
Prev: 6/12/14
Runs: 6/20-8/30/14
Titles and specific roles are TBA.
Personnel
Artistic Director Guy Sanville will attend with casting authority.
A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
To schedule audition appointments call the administration line at (734) 433-7782 between
10:00 am - 5:00 pm, Monday - Friday, starting April 1, 2013.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend. Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
Breakdown
THE VAST DIFFERENCE by Jeff Daniels: George Noonan: a flight attendant, thirties Rita Noonan:George's wife, thirties
Earl Noonan: George's father at age forty-two
Dr. Howard: a urologist, forties
Assorted male roles (played by four actors)
REDWOOD CURTAIN by Lanford Wilson:
Lyman Fellers: male, thirty-eight, veteran of the Vietnam War
Geri Riordan: female, seventeen, Asian-American
Geneva Simonson: female, mid-forties
2 A. Z. by Michael Brian Ogden (World Premiere)
Samantha Riley: 40s-60s Once congresswoman, now President of what remains of the United
States of America.
Kelly Paxton: 20s-30s Tough, edgy, difficult to get close to.
Rachel Mogilny: 20s-40 A nurse. Strong willed but generous of spirit. Brian Channing: 30s-40s Delta Force operator. Level headed,decisive.
Jeff Rylance: 30s-40s Former English teacher. A kind man and loving father. Protective.
Jacob Shanks: Late 30s-50 Delta Force operator. No nonsense. Gruff, but with a squishy candy middle. Channing's second in command.
Kristina Rylance: 9-16 Jeff's daughter. Somewhat precocious. Into firearms.
John Sanford: 40s-70s A genetic botanist. Somewhat eccentric. Not quite suited to survival in a zombie-littered landscape.
Billy: 40s-50s A coalition slaver. Cunning, dangerous, patriotic in his own way. James: Any age A flunky of Billy.
Charlie: Any age Another flunky of Billy's.
Zombie Chorus: Any age Should be strong movers with decent flexibility. Dancing background an asset but not required.
THE LAST ROMANCE by Joe Dipietro
Ralph Bellini: eighty-years old, Vigorous and full of life.
Carol Reynolds: seventies. Attractive, proper and very well-dressed. Rose Tagliatelle: seventies.
The Young Man: early twenties. Baby-faced with a beautiful singing voice.
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