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Call Type
Equity Principal
Date of Audition
4/4/2011
Location
Actors' Equity Building
557 W. Randolph St.
Chicago, IL 60661
Time(s)
Monday, April 4th - NON-MUSICAL
Tuesday, April 5th - MUSICAL
10 AM-4 PM each day
Appointments
will be taken by the Equity office beginning Monday, March 28th at 9:30 AM. Call 312-641-0406 9:30 AM-12:30 PM and 3:00-4:30 PM only.
> EPA Rules are in effect.
> A monitor will be provided.
Personnel
Associate Artistic Director Seth Gordon will attend with casting authority.
Breakdown
RED by John Logan; Steve Woolf, director.
1st rehearsal August 9th; runs September 7-October 2 in St. Louis
Transfer to Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, 1st rehearsal October 11, runs October 15-November 12
Mark Rothko, 50s
Ken, 20s
GOD OF CARNAGE by Yazmina Reza; Edward Stern, director.
1st rehearsal at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park August 9, runs September 3-October 1
1st rehearsal in St. Louis October 8, runs October 12-November 6
Michael, Veronica, Alan, Annette, all upper middle class Brits in their late 40s.
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER by Laura Eason, Adapted from the novel by Mark Twain; Jeremy Cohen, director.
1st rehearsal at Actors’ Theatre of Louisville September 8, runs October 6-29.
First rehearsal in St. Louis November 26, runs November 30-December 23. Transfer to Kansas City Rep, 1st rehearsal January 12 2012, runs January 27-February 19
Tom Sawyer, young man to be played by actor in his 20s
Becky Thatcher, young woman to be played by actress in her 20s
Huckleberry Finn, young man to be played by actor in his 20s
Joe Harper, young man to be played by actor in his 20s or 30s
Sid Sawyer, young man to be played by actor in his 20s or 30s
Aunt Polly, to be played by actress in her 30s or 40s
Injun Joe, to be played by actor in his 30s or 40s
Muff Potter, young man to be played by actor in his 20s.
Ensemble piece in which all actors will play multiple roles and will be "as cast."
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by James Lapine; Rob Ruggiero, director.
1st rehearsal December 6, runs January 4-29.
George, an artist.
Dot, his mistress/Marie, his grandmother
An Old Lady/Blair Daniels, an art critic
Her Nurse/Harriet Pawling, a patron of the arts
Franz, a servant/Dennis, a technician
A young man sitting on the bank/Frieda, a cook/Betty, an artist (to be cast with a woman)
A man lying on the bank/Louis, a baker/Billy Webster, Harriet Pawling's friend
Jules, another artist/Bob Greenberg, a museum director
Yvonne, Jules' wife/Naomi Eisen, a composer
A boatman/Charles Redmond, a visiting curator
Celeste #1/A waitress
Celeste #2/Elaine
A soldier/Alex, an artist
A man with a bicycle/A museum assistant
A woman with a baby carriage/A photographer
Lee Randolph, a museum publicist
RACE by David Mamet; Timothy Near, director
1st rehearsal January 17, runs February 8-March 4.
Jack Lawson, white man in his 40s
Charles Strickland, white man in his 40s
Henry Brown, black man in his 40s
Susan, black woman in her 20s
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS by William Shakespeare; Paul Mason Barnes, director.
Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
1st rehearsal February 14, runs March 14-April 8.
Egeon, a merchant of Syracuse, father of the Antipholus twins
Antipholus of Ephesus
Antipholus of Syracuse
Adriana, wife of Antipholus of Ephesus
Luciana, her sister
Luce/Nell/Agador, Adriana's house boy
Angelo, a goldsmith
Balthesar, a merchant
A courtesan
Doctor Pinch, schoolmaster and excorsist
Merchant of Ephesus, a friend of Antipholus of Syracuse
Second Merchant, Angelo's creditor
Emilia, an abbess of Ephesus
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Contract
LORT Non-Rep
Tier B & D; Actor min. $832 & $566/wk
Seeking
Male & Female Actors, 18+, for RED; GOD OF CARNAGE; THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER; SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE; RACE; and THE COMEDY OF ERRORS.
This will be a joint audition with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; see separate notice.
Breakdown
A breakdown has been added for this notice. See below.
Preparation
Bring headshot and resume.
Please prepare any combination of the following: a monologue from a contemporary play and a monologue from a Shakespeare play (Verse please), and if you wish, one song from a musical not to exceed 48 bars. Bring sheet music in your key; an accompanist will be provided.
Other
This is an Equity Performer Audition. Chorus Singers will also be seen. EPA Rules apply.
To be considered for both musical and non-musical, you must audition on Tuesday.
Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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