Pioneer Theatre Company Announces General Season Auditions for 2009 - 10 Season

Local Equity Principal Auditions (EPAs) for Pioneer Theatre Company's 2009-2010 Season will be held on Friday, June 12th, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. If these slots are 75% filled in advance, additional time will be made available.

Auditioners should prepare either two contrasting monologues or one monologue and an audition song. An accompanist will be provided; auditioners should bring sheet music as needed. Auditions will be held in Room 245 of the Roy W. and Elizabeth E. Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre, located at 300 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City.

AEA (Equity) members may reserve a time slot for auditioning. Non-Equity actors are also welcome and will be seen as time permits, but may not reserve an audition time in advance. Equity
members may call ElizaBeth Williamson at 801-585-5855, or may come into the theatre to sign up for an audition time. The sign-up sheet will be posted by noon on Friday, June 5th, 2009 in
Room 325 of the Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre. This sign-up is for Equity actors only.

Non-Equity actors may come to the theatre as early as 10:00 a.m. on Friday, June 12th, 2009, at which point a non-Equity waiting list will be started. Actors on the waiting list will be seen as time permits throughout the day.

CASTING AND PRODUCTION DATES:

A Chorus Line
Conceived and Originally Directed and Choreographed by Michael Bennett. Book by James Kirkwood & Nicholas Dante, Music by Marvin Hamlisch, Lyrics by Edward Kleban. Co-Choreographed by
Bob Avian. Rehearsals begin on August 31st, 2009. Performances run September 25 to October 10, 2009. Directed & Choreographed by Patti D'Beck The parts of Butch, Tricia, Mike, Larry, Kristine, Bebe, Don, Vicki, Frank, Roy & Lois are cast; all other roles are available.

Is He Dead?
By Mark Twain, adapted by David Ives Rehearsals begin on October 5th, 2009. Performances run
October 30 to November 14, 2009. Directed by Charles Morey All roles are currently available.

A Christmas Story
By Philip Grecian, based upon the motion picture A Christmas Story, written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark, and the book In God we Trust, All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd
Rehearsals begin on November 9th, 2009. Performances run December 12 to December 19, 2009.
Directed by Paul Mason Barnes All Roles Available

Touch(ed)
World Premiere by Bess Wohl

Rehearsals begin on December 14th, 2009. Performances run January 8 to January 23, 2010.
Directed by Charles Morey
All Roles Available
ROLES FOR TOUCH(ED):
KAY: Mid-late twenties. Kay's entire life revolves around her mentally ill older sister, Emma. Saddled with the burden of always being "the normal one," Kay struggles to define herself, to maintain her optimism, and to cope with her feelings of anger towards her situation.Through it all, she possesses a fierce love for her sister, and an unwillingness to settle for the conventional medical wisdom that says that her sister will never recover.
EMMA: Approaching her thirtieth birthday, Emma struggles with a severe and difficult to diagnose mental illness (most likely schizophrenia). She has spent much of the past decade in a variety of mental institutions, and has attempted suicide numerous times. She once showed great promise as a poet, and briefly attended Princeton. Somewhere in the fog of illness and medication that has
overtaken her life lurks an intensely imaginative, bright and funny young woman.
BILLY: Pushing forty, but acts younger. Billy is part literary genius, part total fraud, part "stray dog." He is a well-known writer who has just experienced his first taste of failure, and is now struggling with acute writer's block. He is fascinated by Emma and her unique take on the world, and thinks that perhaps she can provide the spark that might reignite his own creative fire. He is willing to do anything to reestablish himself as the literary giant he feels he truly is.
DOCTOR: Forties (could also be older). By-the-book. Professional. Kind, but slightly burnt-out from years working at a mental hospital among patients who have little to no hope of recovery. He is a realist, who believes that Kay can most help herself - and her sister - by keeping her expectations for recovery low, and yet he has a deep reserve of empathy for Kay, and a very personal connection to her struggle.

Twelve Angry Men
By Reginald Rose, Stage Version by Sherman S. Sergel
Rehearsals begin on January 18, 2010. Performances run February 12 to February 27, 2010.
Director TBA All Roles Available

Our Town
by Thornton Wilder
Rehearsals begin on February 15th, 2010. Performances run March 12 to March 27, 2010. Directed by Charles Morey All Roles Available

42nd Street
Music by Harry Warren, Lyrics by Al Dubin, Book by Michael Stewart & Mark Bramble. Based on the novel by Bradford Ropes. Rehearsals begin on March 29th, 2010. Performances run April 23 to May 8, 2010 (possible extension to May 15). Director TBA; Choreographer: Patti D'Beck All Roles Available