The Public Theatre 2011-12 Season
– Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT in ME
Lewiston, Maine SPT (approval/salary level pending; 2010-11 weekly minimum: $465). Housing/transportation paid.
Exec/Artistic Dir: Christopher Schario
Co-Artistic Dir: Janet Mitchko
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT:
Monday, August 8, 2011 The Public Theatre
12 Noon – 4 PM 31 Maple Street
Lewiston ME 04240
For an appointment, call 207/782-2211, M−F, 9–4. Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout the audition day, as time permits.
Please prepare a contemporary monologue, 2 minutes or less. Have a contrasting contemporary monologue ready, if asked.
Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.
All roles are available unless otherwise specified.
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS by Mark Brown. Dir: Janet Mitchko. Contract dates: 9/28 – 10/23/11.
Phileas Fogg:
Late 30s/40s. Stalwart and gentlemanly, a true example of Victorian grace. British, unflappable and precise, he rarely cracks a smile or expresses frustration in the face of typhoons, wild Indians or love.
Passepartout:
30s. French dialect. Fogg’s comedic, idealistic and enthusiastic manservant/sidekick; continually saves the day. Has the comic charm of Inspector Clouseau (he repeatedly calls his pocket watch a "time-piss"). Actor must also be an extraordinary physical comedian.
Two Men, One Woman:
Facile comic actors who disappear and re-appear, with quick changes, portraying multiple characters. Characters include British Men in a club, Priests at a Parsee temple, a Chinese Silk Merchant, a rough-and-tumble Cowboy and a blustering Ship's Captain. Two of these actors play a primary role in addition to their multiple characters.
Man #1: Characters are late 30s-50s. Primarily plays Detective Fix: A comic and inept
Sherlock Holmes. The perfect straight man for Passepartout.
Man #2: Characters are 30s-50s. Requires a brilliantly inventive comic actor with lots of dialects. Roles include Gauthier Ralph, British Consul, Director of Police, Priest, Sir Francis, Judge, an Indian Elephant Trainer, etc.
Woman: Characters are 30s. Primarily plays Aouda: Docile and endearing damsel in distress, rescued from her husband’s funeral pyre. Indian dialect.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Christopher Schario. Directed by the author. Contract dates: 11/28 – 12/11/11.
This adaptation features a small cast playing multiple roles, and one actor playing Scrooge. All actors perform narration of Dickens text, as well as scene work. Both British dialect and Standard American Speech are used in this adaptation. Show requires versatile actors who make playful choices and are good with language.
All AEA roles (Scrooge, Marley, Bob and Mrs. Cratchit) are CAST. Auditioning performers will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.
The Language Archive by Julia Cho. Dir TBA. Contract dates: 1/9 – 2/5/12.
George:
40s. Intelligent, passionate and obsessed with his work as a linguist; his emotional life is trapped in his intellect. Obtuse to the voice of his heart, he is confused by his growing isolation from his wife, utterly unaware that his pretty assistant is madly in love with him, and unable to find the right words to stop his wife from leaving him. Very smart and well-educated, he seems to have insight into everything but himself and his own life.
Mary:
40s. George’s wife. Desperate to reach her husband and frustrated and saddened by his distance, she tries everything she knows to reconnect with him and fails. Heart-centered and hopeful about herself and the world, she has grown sad and lonely in her marriage, and finally leaves her husband in hope of rekindling her happiness and passion for life.
Emma:
30s. George’s attractive, sweet and idealistic lab assistant. Madly infatuated with George, and wildly suffers the pangs of unrequited love. Loving, generous, capable and supportive, she is willing to love George for the rest of her life.
Alta / Others:
50+. Role for a comic character actress. Alta and her husband are the last speakers of a passionate and romantic language (dialect needed) in an obscure, old-world culture. Strong-willed, wildly passionate and opinionated about everything, including her husband. Her love for him is equaled only by her rage towards him. Actress also plays multiple comic roles, including a fanciful Language Instructor with a German dialect.
Resten / Others:
50+. Role for a comic character actor. Resten and his wife are the last speakers of a passionate and romantic language (dialect needed) in an obscure, old-world culture. Stubborn, proud and set in his ways. His love for his wife is equaled only by his frustration with her. Actor also plays multiple comic roles including the highly educated Inventor of the language of love.
Red by John Logan. Dir: Christopher Schario. Contract dates: 2/27 – 3/25/12.
Mark Rothko:
50s (or older). Famous American painter; has a huge personality, ego and passion that overfills the room. Dynamic, intelligent and mercurial, he can be belligerent and cruel in one instant, and thoughtful and insightful the next.
Ken:
20s-30s. Appealing, intelligent and seemingly respectful young painter who becomes Rothko’s assistant. Puts Rothko on a pedestal, and, over the course of the play, learns to challenge and hold his own with the force of nature that is Rothko.
ON GOLDEN POND by Ernest Thompson. Dir: Christopher Schario. Contract dates: 4/16 – 5/13/12.
Norman Thayer:
Actor must convincingly play 79 years old. Norman is a proud and intelligent curmudgeon. Retired Ivy League professor, flirting with senility and old age. His caustic wit is both infuriating and entertaining to everyone he meets. Uses his slicing sarcasm to keep his fears, his emotions and the people in his life under control.
Ethel Thayer:
Actress must convincingly play 69 years old. Ethel is Norman’s wife, and his opposite in many ways. If he fills the room, she fills the empty spaces. Has a fierce love and loyalty and a quiet inner strength that becomes fully apparent when Norman’s needs arise. Greatly disturbed that Norman is slowly giving up on life, but determined to see him through without letting him know the depth of her concern.
Chelsea:
Early 40s. Norman and Ethel’s divorced daughter. Attractive, intelligent and spunky, she uses her caustic sense of humor to mask her lingering self-esteem issues centered on her inability to please her father. In the course of the play, she works up the courage to push through her father’s coldness and tell him the truth of her feelings.
Bill Ray:
45. Attractive and practical-minded dentist. Chelsea’s determined and perceptive fiancé. Polite, but not a pushover, he earns Norman’s respect when he stands up to him. Tends to be serious, but has a good sense of humor, when he remembers to use it.
Charlie:
Early 40s. Kind and loving weather-beaten mailman. A good-natured Mainer (dialect needed) who is quick to laugh. In his rustic, simple, thoughtful way, he is actually quite charming. Chelsea’s old boyfriend; still has a crush on her.
Theatre’s statement: “The producers are open to non-traditional casting. Minorities are encouraged to audition.”
If unable to attend, submit photo/resume to The Public Theatre, 31 Maple St, Lewiston, ME 04240.
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