TheatreWorks-Silicon Valley 2016-17 Season - Redwood City EPA
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
AUDITION DATE
Sep 26, 2016
12:00 pm - 7:00 pm (PDT)
Sep 27, 2016
12:00 pm - 7:00 pm (PDT)
APPOINTMENTS
www.theatreworks.org/about/employment/auditions, ending 9/20/16 at 4 pm. For more information: opencall@theaterworks.org
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep
LORT B, C Minimums - $861, $799/wk
SEEKING
Actors and Singers for remaining titles in TheatreWorks 2016/2017 Season of dramas, musicals, comedies and premiere, as well as projects in our New Works Initiative and Education programs Season includes CALLIGRAPHY by Velina Hasu Houston and RAGS by Charles Strouse, Stephen Schwartz and Joseph Stein.
PREPARATION
Total of 3 minutes: Either one song and one monologue, or two monologues. Bring sheet music in the key you plan to sing, headshot and resume.
LOCATION
TheatreWorks
350 Twin Dolphin Drive
Suite 127
Redwood City, CA 94065
Rehearsal Halls. Please enter from south side of the building. Parking available.
PERSONNEL
Casting by Associate Artistic Director Leslie Martinson
OTHER
www.theatreworks.org
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
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 attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
CALLIGRAPHY
Rehearses 2/14/17 to 3/10/17, performs 3/11/17 to 4/2/17, Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto
Directed by Leslie Martinson
ROLES:
Hiromi Jameson, Female, mid 40’s, Multiethnic American, Charismatic, controlled, a dreamer. Daughter of Noriko and Eamon. (role is cast)
Noriko Matsuda Jameson, Female, late 60’s, Japanese, Expatriate caught between countries and cultures and the Real and the Surreal, gentle, poetic
Eamon Jameson, Male, 30’s, African-American, Essence. Hopeful, altruistic. Noriko’s husband in flashback, and other characters in present.
Sayuri Matsuda, Female, early 40’s, Japanese, Quirky, chaotic, adventurous. Hiromi’s cousin. Natsuko Matsuda, Female, late 60’s, Japanese, Emboldened, independent, hungry. Noriko’s sister.
RAGS
Rehearses 3/7/17 to 4/7/17, performs 4/8/17 to 4/20/17, Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. Directed by Robert Kelley, Musical Direction by William Liberatore
ROLES include:
Rebecca Hershkowitz (30s, Female, soprano) a recent Jewish immigrant to America from Eastern Europe. Brave and loving.
David Hershkowitz (10 years old, her son) Cheerfully enters into the adventure of their new life.
Saul (30s, high bari) An American union organizer in love with Rebecca, Jewish. Smart, fired-up, aching to make a difference.
Bella Cohen (17, female, mezzo belter) A recent Jewish immigrant from Eastern Europe, works at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. Caught between two worlds.
Avram Cohen (40-50, male) Bella's father, trying to hold onto his traditional ways.
Nathan Hershkowitz (40, male, baritone) Rebecca’s husband, Jewish, assimilated quickly to American Tammany politics.
Ben Levitowitz (20s, male, tenor) in love with Bella, Jewish. Young and enthusiastic
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