THE WITCH OF EDMONTON Equity Principal Audition - Red Bull Theatre Auditions

THE WITCH OF EDMONTON

– Equity Principal Auditions

Red Bull Theater LOA-NYC $300/week minimum (+ pension/health).

Artistic Dir/Stage Dir: Jesse Berger

Authors: Middleton, Ford, Rowley

GM: Renee Blinkwolt

Casting: SH Entertainment

1st reh: 12/28/10. Runs 1/25/11 – 2/13/11 at Theater at St. Clement’s. Likely to extend to 2/20.

Equity Principal Auditions:

Thursday, October 21, 2010 Actors' Equity Association Audition Center

9:30 AM - 5:30 PM 165 West 46th Street, 2nd Floor

Lunch from 1 - 2. New York City

Please prepare a brief verse monologue from any Elizabethan or Jacobean play.

Please bring a resume & a picture (of yourself), stapled back-to-back.

Seeking (all roles are available (i.e. not yet offered and accepted) unless otherwise specified):

Notes from casting personnel:

• ALL ACTORS AUDITIONING FOR THIS PROJECT MUST HAVE SERIOUS CLASSICAL TRAINING AND/OR EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WITH CLASSICAL LANGUAGE AND STAGE COMBAT.
• ALL ACTORS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE PRODUCTION IS CONCEIVED AS AN ENSEMBLE/COMPANY-CREATED EVENT – ALL ACTORS WILL BE ON STAGE MOST OF THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE PLAY.
• ALL ACTORS MAY BE ASKED TO PLAY “AS CAST” AND/OR UNDERSTUDY ASSIGNMENTS.

Frank Thorney:

30. Charming. Handsome. Basically good guy who is forced into bad dealing by the corrupt nature of the world in which he lives. Requires a serious actor who must also be able to handle comedy. LEADING ROLE.

Old Thorney:

Man, 40s-50s. Nervous, heartfelt, stressed, feeling the financial pinch. SUPPORTING.

Susan Carter:

20s. Witty, sincere, sharp. Reminiscent of Beatrice in MUCH ADO or Kate in TAMING OF THE SHREW. Turns out to be incredibly sweet, almost to the point of saccharine. LEADING ROLE.

Katherine Carter:

20s. Strong, smart, open-hearted, wise beyond her years. Charming, very attractive. SUPPORTING.

Warbeck:

Man, 20s-early 30s. Tall. Drinks too much. Cocky, handsome, and short-tempered. Good-looking in a pugnacious kind of way. GOOD SUPPORTING ROLE.

Somerton:

Man, 20s-30s. Sincere. Romantic. Honest. Handsome. GOOD SUPPORTING ROLE.

Mother Elizabeth Sawyer:

Late 50s-early 70s. Poor woman. Tough as nails. Lives on the streets. Actress must be physically able to be “beaten” and fight back, move with facility. TITLE ROLE.

Old Banks:

Male, 50s-60s. Crotchety, irascible, irrational. Hard-scrabble, hard-working, embittered, starting to get down-on-his-luck farmer. SUPPORTING.

Justice:

Man, 40s-60s. Tall, imposing, big-voiced man of authority. SMALL ROLE (may start rehearsal 1 week later than the rest of the cast, on 1/4/11).

Old Ratcliffe:

Man, 50s-60s. Old farmer. Pitchfork-wielding fire & brimstone type. Real lynch-mob leader. SMALL ROLE (may start rehearsal 1 week later than the rest of the cast, on 1/4/11).

Anne Ratcliffe:

50s-60s. Bonkers. Funny. Heart-breaking. SMALL ROLE (may start rehearsal 1 week later than the rest of the cast, on 1/4/11).

The following five roles are cast. Auditioning performers will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.

Dog:

CAST. Male, 30s-40s. The Devil. Totally seductive, often funny, and occasionally very terrifying. Actor must be physically very flexible and vocally adept. Must be willing to be in an intense costume/make-up situation. It probably won’t go as far as LION KING, but the actor must be willing to collaborate to make an amazing creature. LEADING ROLE.

Winifred:

CAST. 20s. Damsel in distress who learns to be strong. LEADING ROLE.

Sir Arthur Clarington:

CAST. 40s-50s. Malicious; the real Devil of the play. MAJOR SUPPORTING ROLE.

Old Carter:

CAST. Man, 50s-60s. Jolly, gregarious. Loves life, loves people. MAJOR SUPPORTING ROLE.

Young Cuddy Banks:

CAST. Man, 20s-30s. The Clown. Sweet-hearted, but completely inept. Totally innocent. Great comic timing; a young Art Carney. LEADING ROLE.

Statement of casting personnel: “ALL ROLES ARE AVAILABLE TO ACTORS OF ANY ETHNICITY. PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO AUDITION.”