The Wilbury Theatre Group
CONTRACT
SPT $279 weekly minimum (Category 1)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in The Wilbury Theatre Group 2022 Season to include ANTIGONX, GOD TALKS TO AN AGNOSTIC, and NATASHA, PIERRE, AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 (see breakdown).
The Wilbury Theatre Group encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, body types and ages. Non-binary and Trans actors will be seen and considered for all roles.
INSTRUCTIONS
SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS IN BREAKDOWN. Please send your recorded audition pieces along with a headshot and resume through email. Please indicate in the email subject heading your status as either an Equity member, Equity Membership Candidate or non-member. For example: SUBJECT: Wilbury audition submission- non-union or SUBJECT: Wilbury audition submission – AEA .
Deadline: Thu, Dec 30, 2021
SUBMIT TO
PERSONNEL
Viewing auditions:
Artistic Director, Josh Short
Music Director, Milly Massey
OTHER DATES
ANTIGONX
Rehearsals begin February 22, 2022. Runs March 24 - April 10, 2022
GOD TALKS TO AN AGNOSTIC
Recording dates TBD. Episodes air weekly Spring - Summer 2022
NATASHA, PIERRE, AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812
Rehearsals begin April 19, 2022. Runs May 19 - June 12, 2022
OTHER
No phone calls please. Any questions or concerns should be addressed to auditions@thewilburygroup.org .
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to submit.
BREAKDOWN
PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:
As with in-person auditions, each performer will be allotted a minimum of 3 minutes and a maximum of 5 minutes.
We suggest that all performers prepare at least a 1–2-minute monologue of their choice.
To be considered for Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, we encourage you to include a song of your choice that is in the style of the show. Actors who play instruments are highly encouraged to accompany themselves and list their instruments and experience in their audition submission.
If you would like to sing from the show, you certainly may, but it is not required. Piano accompaniment from the Prologue is available for use at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YY7ZfPbz9kZikSg9jz6X-y4-l7DKh7vz/view . Actors should pick any 16 bars from the song that suit their vocal range. Piano/vocal score for the production available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/10bR3z3oazs31Rax5BWBzWIQBaFSqtuLS/view
The Wilbury Theatre Group is looking to cast roles in the following plays of the 2021/22 Season:
ANTIGONX by Shey Rivera Ríos, directed by TBD
A diverse group of actors to play an ensemble of roles below:
AntigonX: Daughter of Oedipus, niece of King Creon. The role of AntigonX has already been cast.
Ismene: Sister of Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, niece of King Creon.
Teiresias: Ancient blind seer & prophet.
GOD TALKS TO AN AGNOSTIC an audioplay by Don Mays, directed by TBD
A diverse group of actors for the ensemble in season 2 of ‘God Talks to An Agnostic’, presented by Wilbury Theatre Group in collaboration with AFRI Productions, The Public’s Radio, and Brown Arts Institute.
New Characters:
Goppy: Grandfather of Agnostic.
Medicine Woman: Wise woman of the RainForest Tribe, 50’s.
Mason: Brother of Robyn Baxter, 19yo, (now deceased, flashback).
Jasmine/Jazz: Best friend of Bobyn Baxter.
NATASHA, PIERRE, AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 by Dave Mallow, directed by TBD
A diverse group of actors and vocalists. Playing instruments is a plus, please indicate in your audition submission what instruments you play.
Natasha: The ingénue. Profoundly, lethally romantic, innocent, and doughy-eyed. She loves Andrey with all her heart. Very impetuous and impulsive. Range: Soprano, G3-F5.
Pierre: Dear, bewildered, and awkward. Unhappily married to Helene. A man who is searching for some, any, meaning in and for his life. A melancholy outsider, despite his great wealth. Gruff, pessimistic and detached. Range: Bari-Tenor, Ab2-Ab4.
Sonya: Natasha's cousin, dear friend and confidante. She has lived with Natasha's family like a daughter since childhood. Passionate, selfless, loyal, and devoted to her friend. Range: Mezzo-Soprano, B3-C5.
Anatole: Aristocrat. Power and Rake-ishness incarnate. Seductive hedonist. He spends his money on women and wine. An attractive, self-centered, player, seducer, and Rockstar. Range: Tenor, B2-C#5.
Helene: Strong, self-absorbed (like her brother, Anatol), likes to stir things up and cause problems for people for her own enjoyment. Enjoys a somewhat incest-y relationship with her brother and having an affair with Dolokhov, all while married to poor Pierre. Range: Alto, G3-F5.
Marya: The grande dame of Moscow, a mother figure, old fashioned and chatty but deeply kind. Strong sense of humor, self-awareness. Glamorous. Natasha's Godmother, strict yet kind. A domineering, doting and protective guardian. Range: Alto, G3-B4.
Dolokhov: A fierce officer in the military. Anatole's closest friend, and co-conspirator. Having an affair with Pierre's wife and a crazy good shot when in a duel. Hedonistic and a bit of a sociopath. Droll sense of humor. Fiercely intelligent. Range: Baritone, E3-F4.
Mary: Lonely, plain, spinster daughter of a wealthy price. She is cut off from the world in her father's grand old house and resigned to his cruelty. Andrey's put-upon sister. Track includes the lead opera singer and a domestic serf. Should also have command of extended vocal techniques (e.g. glottal yodeling, ululation). Mezzo-Soprano, G3-B4.
Prince Andrey/Old Prince Bolkonsky: Andrey is the romantic love of Natasha's life and her fiance. The finest catch in all of Russia. He is off to fight Napoleon and isn't here. Old Bolkonsky is crazy old and beyond cranky, verging on crazy. Conservative, old-fashioned aristocrat. Range: Baritone, F2-Eb3.
Balaga: A crazy Russian troika driver who drives a troika like a maniac race car driver. Can drink incredible amounts. Lower class. Bold. Dripping with energy. Ragged and raw but warm. Also plays the lead opera singer and several domestic serfs. Range: Baritone, A2-E4.
Ensemble: Russian society, from rustic villagers to aristocratic opera attendees; excellent singers and movers, and comfortable with audience interaction.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to submit.
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