The Vineyard Playhouse 2011
– Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT in MA
Martha’s Vineyard MA NEAT (approval/salary level pending; 2010 weekly minimum: $273).
Artistic Dir: MJ Bruder Munafo
Artistic Assoc: Joann Green Breuer
Resident SM: Kate Hancock
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT:
Thursday, April 28, 2011 Boston Playwrights Theater
10 AM - 6 PM 949 Commonwealth Avenue
Lunch from 1 - 2. Boston, MA
“T” Green Line “B” to Pleasant St. stop
and
Saturday, April 30, 2011 The Vineyard Playhouse
9 AM – 5 PM 24 Church Street
Lunch from 1 - 2. Vineyard Haven, MA 02568
For an appointment (or for travel information), call 508/693-1667 or e-mail
kate@vineyardplayhouse.org by April 25. Leave message w/name, phone #, Equity status and preferred date/time. Theatre will call back to confirm. Stage managers need not schedule an appointment. Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout each audition day, as time permits.
Five-minute appointments. Actors may present one or more scenes from the season and/or present one or more prepared monologues and/or readings from other sources. Perusal scripts of plays will be available at StageSource, 88 Tremont St., Boston. Sides will also be provided at the auditions.
Please bring TWO copies of your stapled-together photo/resume.
All dates below are in 2011. Dates are the contract dates (1st rehearsal through final performance) for each production. For pre-cast roles, auditioning performers will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary. Theatre states, “THERE WILL BE NO NEW YORK CITY AUDITIONS.”
TAPE by Stephen Belber. Dir: Claudia Weill. Contract dates: 5/16–6/18.
Vince:
CAST. Around 30. Lovable self-destructive type. Sells dope.
Jon:
CAST. Around 30. Film director with an indie film in a borderline film festival (i. e. not Cannes, which is what he was hoping for).
COMING2TERMS by Bill C. Davis. Directed by the author. Contract dates: 6/6–7/9.
Jeremy:
AVAILABLE ROLE. Pushing 40. Handsome. Smart, loyal, responsible, romantic almost to a fault. Insomniac.
Sara:
AVAILABLE ROLE. Pushing 40. Attractive. Intuitive. Loving. Knows how to talk friends off their ledges -- and she often finds herself on those same ledges.
Tennessee Williams: Original Acts by Tennessee Williams. Dir: Joann Green Breuer. Contract dates: 6/27–8/6.
Four actors play all characters.
Woman A:
AVAILABLE TRACK. Track’s characters are 20-30s.
Woman B:
AVAILABLE TRACK. Track’s characters are 30s-50s.
Man A:
AVAILABLE TRACK. Track’s characters are 20s-30s.
Man B:
AVAILABLE TRACK. Track’s characters are 20s-50s.
Theatre states that characters “will be assigned as age appropriate, as equally as possible, through collaboration between director and actors. All requests respectfully considered.”
THE DARK ROOM
Mrs. Pocciotti: Married. Determined. Suspicious of strangers.
Miss Morgan: Unmarried social worker. Determined.
INTERIOR: PANIC
Grace: Prototype of Stella in “A Streetcar Named Desire”.
Blanche Shannon: Prototype of Blanche.
Jack Kiefaber: Prototype of Stanley Kowalski
Bill Collector / George: Collector: Real and imaginary delivery person. George: Prototype of Harold (Mitch) Mitchell.
THE PRETTY TRAP
Laura Wingfield: Prototype of Laura in “The Glass Menagerie”.
Amanda Wingfield: Prototype of Amanda.
Tom Wingfield: Prototype of Tom.
Jim: Prototype of the Gentleman Caller.
I NEVER GET DRESSED UNTIL AFTER DARK ON SUNDAYS
Jane: Actress who cares about her role and her script.
Tye: Actor who cares about his role and his script.
Director: Trying to make the show work, anyway s/he can.
Playwright: Curious, naïve. Trying to make his/her show work anyway s/he can. Actor also
plays Tourists, Tour Guide.
5 MOJO SECRETS by Kathleen McGhee-Anderson. Dir TBA. Contract dates: 8/8-8/20 or 8/22-9/3.
New play.
Annabelle:
AVAILABLE ROLE. African American, 40-55. Professor of Women’s Literature.
Lawrence:
AVAILABLE ROLE. African American, 40-65. Energetic, physically fit obstetrician.
TWO OLD BLACK GUYS JUST SITTING AROUND TALKING by Gus Edwards. Dir TBA. Contract dates: 8/8-8/20 or 8/22-9/3.
New play.
Abe:
AVAILABLE ROLE. African American, 70s. Big man, somewhat on the heavy side.
Henry:
AVAILABLE ROLE. African American, 70s. Slim. Neatly dressed. Slightly younger than Abe.
If unable to attend, please mail picture and resume to The Vineyard Playhouse, PO Box 2452, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568 or e-mail to
info@vineyardplayhouse.org, with “CASTING” in the subject line.
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