THE ACTING COMPANY 2012-13 SEASON Equity Principal Auditions - The Acting Company Auditions

Preparation:
Actors should prepare two contrasting monologues, one written by William Shakespeare and one written by a major linguist of the 20th Century (think Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, and Lillian Hellman). Both pieces should feature an actors’ ability with heightened language and cumulatively does not exceed two minutes in length. Please bring a photo and resume, stapled back-to-back.


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2012-13 Rep:

Of Mice and Men, By John Steinbeck, directed by Ian Belknap
As You Like It, By William Shakespeare, directed by Dan Rothenberg

Of Mice and Men, 1st Rehearsal: September 17th, 2012
Fall Tour: October 17th-Mid-December
As You Like It Rehearsal: Mid-December-January, Opening at the Guthrie Theater, in Minneapolis, MN.
Both shows play in rotating repertory from January-May.
Tour Concludes in Early May, 2013


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Theatre states,"The Acting Company only employs actors with strong language skills, who have been trained properly and/or have performed the works of Shakespeare and other playwrights that use heightened language."

The two plays below will be cast and performed in repertory.


Of Mice and Men , by John Steinbeck, directed by Ian Belknap

Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winner John Steinbeck’s tale of two drifters is one of the most widely read stories in America. Written as both a novella and a script for a play, Of Mice and Men tells the tragic story of two California migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression. George and Lennie have delusions of making enough money to buy their own place. Lennie, a man-child, is a little boy in the body of a man. George is ever cautious of his gentle giant friend, dangerously powerful yet in need of constant reassurance.

Although Steinbeck emphasizes dreams throughout this work, his characters are often powerless, due to intellectual, economic and social realities. Fate is felt most heavily as George is left to face the question of how to deal with Lennie who, although in great danger, dreams only of their future, of their farm—as the sound of destiny bounces off the mountains.

1. George/As Cast: 20s-40s; a migrant farm worker, short, scrappy, practical, caring

2. Lennie/As Cast: 20s-40s; a migrant farm worker; a Giant of a Man; dog-like, sensitive

3. Candy/As Cast: 40s-60s; a worn out farm worker, who is missing his right hand; hopeful, gentle and honest

4.The Boss/As Cast: 40-60s; the boss of the farm; gruff and assertive

5.Curley/As Cast: 20s: the Boss’ son, short temper, jealous, insecure

6.Curley’s Wife/As Cast 20s: a beautiful 40s movie star, naïve, lonely

7. Slim: 20-40s/As Cast: a tall and slim man. The best skinner on the farm; quiet and stealthy

8.Carlson: 20-40s/As Cast: a powerful, muscular, brute of farmer worker

9. Whit/As Cast: 20s-40s/As Cast: a soft spoken farm-worker

10. Crooks/As Cast: African-American; 30s-50s; the stable buck, mischievous; lined with pain




As You Like It, By William Shakespeare, directed by Dan Rothenberg

When Rosalind and Orlando fall in love, they are unable to act on their feelings. Forced to flee for their lives into the Forest of Arden, they find themselves entangled in a beguiling game of love, lust, and mistaken identity in one of Shakespeare’s great comedies. Will the forest heal the family feud?

1. Orlando/As Cast: 20-30s; handsome, youthful, romantic, could be wiry

2. Rosalind/As Cast: 20-30s intelligent, quick witted, sometimes commanding, sometimes fainting

3. Celia/As Cast: 20s-30s; clever, loyal, resourceful, and fun

4. Touchstone/As Cast: 20’s-40’s, witty; irritating, but charming

5. Jacques/As Cast: 20’s-50’s. Has gravitas, melancholy with abandon

6. Audrey/As Cast: 20’s simple, earthy and innocent

7. Phoebe/As Cast: 20’s, crass, loud; a lover at heart

8. Duke Fredrick/Senior/As Cast: 40’s-50’s, hot tempered villain/ kind, peaceful, grounded, plain

9 Adam/Corin/As Cast: 30s-50s; Old, Warm servant/earthly shepherd

10. Silvius/As Cast: 20’s Young shepherd, poet at heart, not too bright, love struck

11. Oliver/As Cast: 20’s-30’s, oily, insecure, angry

12. Sir Oliver Martext/As Cast: 20s-40s; an old stuffed shirt!

13. William/As Cast: 20’s country bumpkin, simple, abject