Wilbury Group Announces Auditions for 2016/16 Season

The Wilbury Theatre Group will hold auditions for its 2015-16 season on Saturday, May 30 from 10:00am-5:00pm, and on Sunday May 31 from 12:00pm-5:00pm. Audition slots are limited and are available on a first-come first-serve basis. Auditions will be held at the The Wilbury Theatre Group, 393 Broad Street, Providence RI.

The Wilbury Group is looking to cast various roles in the 2015-16 Season, which starts performances in mid-September and runs through early June.

Roles are list below and online at thewilburygroup.org/auditions.

2015-16 ROLES:

DRY LAND by Ruby Rae Speigel, directed by Josh Short
September-October, 2014 | NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE
ROLES
Amy, 17, has been cast
Ester, 17-18, has been cast
Reba, 17-18, the "cool" girl
Victor, 19-22, a "nice" guy
Janitor, 30's-40's

CAIN + ABEL by Ben Jolivet, directed by Susie Schutt
October-November, 2015 | WORLD PREMIERE
ROLES
Cain, 20s or 30s. A thinker who's insecurities and anxieties make him attractive, but hard to get close to.
Abel, Slightly younger. A confident philosophizer masking deep terror.
Lilith, 30's-40s. The first woman. A wise, funny, destroyer.
Mariah, 20s. Smart, torn, loving and angry. Abel's companion.
Traveller, Ageless. A lost, wandering creator.

PASSING STRANGE by Stew & Heidi Rodewald, directed by Brien Lang
November-December, 2015
ROLES
Narrator, Our narrator. Incredibly strong musician/actor/singer. Charismatic, funny and strong.
Youth,18-35. Exciting, an artist at heart.
Mother, 35-60. Strong, vulnerable, warm, maternal.
Edwina / Marianna / Sudabey, Multi-character role, female, 20-45. Sexy, irresistible, dangerous.
Mr. Franklin / Joop / Mr. Venus, Multi-character role, male, 20-45. Energetic, with an edge.
Terry / Christophe / Hugo, Multi-character role, male, 20-40. Younger, a sense of naïveté and sense of humor.
Sherry / Renata / Desi, Multi-character role, female, 20-35. Young, sexy, edgy, vibrant with a vulnerability and strength.

STUPID F**KING BIRD by Aaron Posner, sort of adapted from The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, director TBA
January-February 2016| RHODE ISLAND PREMIERE
ROLES
Conrad Arkadina,, 20s-30s. Fierce and fiery young author, poet, performance creator. In love with Nina.
Emma Arkadina, 40s-50s. Conrad's mother, a very famous actress of stage and screen.
Doyle Trigorin, 30s-50s. Famous author, very popular. Emma's lover.
Nina Zachery, 20s. Aspiring actress. Emma and Conrad's neighbor. Beloved of Conrad.
Dev Dylan, 20s-30s. Conrad's best childhood friend. Totally in love with Mash.
Dr. Sorne, 50s-60s. Close family friend of Emma's and Conrad's
Mash Amberson, 20s-30s. Conrad's cousin. In love w/Conrad.

MURDER BALLAD by Juliana Nash & Julia Jordan, directed by Wendy Overly
March-April 2016| NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE
ROLES
Sara, Mid 30s-early 40s. MUST SING - this is a sung-through rock musical. An Upper West Side mom who can't quite leave her rock n' roll wild-child past behind. Vital, sexy, and a little tough. A warm and funny mother and wife; unfussy. But she has a reckless streak, and a yearning for the excitement of her youth. A complicated woman.
Michael, Late 30s-early 40s. MUST SING - this is a sung-through rock musical. Michael is a kind man, a good dad, the one you marry. Handsome, content, a calming presence. Happy and proud of the life he and Sara have built together. The kind of guy who usually takes the high road, but when he's pushed off it, he is capable of explosive anger.
Narrator, Woman, 30s. A soulful, sometimes wry observer. A woman with a story to tell, and the charisma to draw us in. But there's a large and surprising well of passion beneath her affable demeanor.
Tom, Mid 30s - early 40s. Sexy, charismatic bar owner. 100% downtown. Not necessarily a bad guy, but certainly a bad boy. Lives life in the moment.

JERUSALEM by Jez Butterworth, directed by Josh Short
May-June 2016| NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE
ROLES
Johnny 'Rooster' Byron has been cast.
Ginger 15-30 - pathetic underdog of the group, he is older than the others who hang around with Johnny, never having grown out of the lifestyle. He aspires to be a DJ, but is in fact an unemployed plasterer
Professor 40-70- vague and whimsical, the elderly professor spouts philosophical nothings and unwittingly takes LSD
Davey 15-30- abattoir worker who is best friends with Lee, and visits Rooster regularly for free drugs and alcohol. He can't stand the idea of leaving Wiltshire
Troy Whitworth - local thug, the same age as Ginger; his stepdaughter, whom (it is strongly implied) he sexually abuses, goes missing in the play
Lee - 15-25, he enters the play having been hidden in the sofa asleep after about 15 minutes; he plans to emigrate to Australia the next day, despite having little money to take with him
Phaedra 15-29 - Troy's stepdaughter
Pea and Tanya 15-29- two local girls who like to party
Dawn 30-40- Johnny's ex-girlfriend and mother to his child, though she disapproves of his lifestyle; having spent some time with him she relapses and kisses him, but there is no reconciliation
Marky, 6-10, Johnny's young son
Wesley 40-60- the local pub landlord, he is involved in the festivities for St George's Day and has been roped in to doing the Morris Dancing
Linda Fawcett, 30's-40's, a county official
Luke Parsons, 30's-40's, a county official

Each performer will be allowed a maximum of 5 minutes to perform 1-2 contrasting monologues of their choice, or a monologue and song. Singers should be aware that an accompanist will not be available for this first audition, and are asked to accompany themselves or to sing a cappella. Callbacks for individual plays will be announced at a later date.

Please provide a copy of your headshot/resume at the time of your audition.

To schedule your audition, please email Artistic Director Josh Short at josh@thewilburygroup.org. In your email, please offer a time block of 2 hours on one of the days. We will reply with a specific slot. Digital copies of the scripts may be available by request.

Stage managers or designers working with The Wilbury Group's 2015/16 Season may send a resume to Production Manager Seth Finkle at seth@thewilburygroup.org.

ABOUT THE WILBURY THEATRE GROUP
Founded in 2010, The Wilbury Group is an ever-evolving collaboration of artists committed to presenting the public with the highest quality professional theatre. Founded on the belief that quality theatre should be an affordable and accessible means of enrichment to the community; The Wilburys present contemporary, experiential theatre that simultaneously engages, inspires, and provokes thought among audiences.

As the official resident theatre company in the historic Trinity Square Theater at the Southside Cultural Center, The Wilbury Theatre Group is committed to providing our diverse and evolving community with affordable access to the performing arts through our Education program, public outreach programs, and professional productions of cutting-edge theatre from around the world.

The Wilbury Group's 2014-15 season is supported in part by the The Avery Providence, The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Revival Brewing Company, and the City of Providence Dept. of Art, Culture, & Tourism.