ARENA STAGE 2011-12 SEASON Equity Principal Audition - Arena Stage Auditions

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Arena Stage 2011-12 Season — Equity Principal Auditions

Artistic Director: Molly Smith

Casting by Daniel Pruksarnukul

Equity Principal Auditions:

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at the Actors' Equity Audition Center

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

Lunch from 1 - 2. New York, NY

Prepare: 1) a brief monologue, 2) a brief song, or 3) a one-minute monologue and 16 bars of a song. If singing, bring sheet music in correct key; accompanist provided but may not transpose.

Bring picture and resume, stapled together.

LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE

Music and Lyrics: Lila Downs and Paul Cohen. Book: Quiara Alegria Hudes

based on the book by Laura Esquivel

Co-Directors: Ted Sperling, Jonathan Butterell

1^st rehearsal: August 2, 2011. Runs: September 9 – October 31, 2011

Synopsis: Based on the international best-selling novel , Like Water for Chocolate is a simmering, spicy tale, ripe with romance and recipes for love and life and longing. Young Tita, powerless to marry the man she loves as he is betrothed to her eldest sister, infuses all the De La Garza family’s traditional meals with her unexpressed passions. Award-winning writer Quiara Alegría Hudes (In the Heights) joins Mexican singer-songwriter Lila Downs and Paul Cohen to create a romantic musical that boils over with passion.

NOTE: At the present time, this is still in development and character breakdown is TBA.

All roles currently available.

BOOK CLUB PLAY:

By Karen Zacarias. Director: Molly Smith

1^st Rehearsal: September 6, 2011. Runs: October 7-November 6, 2011

Synopsis: Ana is a Type A personality living in a letter-perfect world: a husband who adores her, the perfect job, and her greatest passion, Book Club. But when bizarre circumstances put her ideal book club under a magnifying glass, things begin to heat up and more truths are told than anyone bargained for. Resident playwright Karen Zacarías (Legacy of Light) brings Arena Stage the latest chapter of her “delightful, fresh comedy” (TalkinBroadway.com) about life, love, literature and the side-splitting results when friends start reading between the lines.

Seeking:

Ana: Mid to late 30s woman

Rob: Mid to late 30s man. Ana’s handsome husband, former Quarterback

Lily: Mid to late 20s African American woman.

Alex: White, Latino, Jewish, Asian, Southeast Asian, or other ethnicity male
Will: Mid to late 30s man.

Jen: Pretty, shy woman

EQUIVOCATION:

By Bill Cain, Directed by Bill Rauch

In association with Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Runs: Nov 18,2011 – Jan 1, 2011

NOTE: This is a transfer, and casting will be handled by Oregon Shakespeare Festival

YOU, NERO:

By Amy Freed. Director TBA

1^st rehearsal: October 25, 2011. Runs: November 25 - January 1, 2012

Synopsis: As Rome collapses beneath Nero’s outrageous narcissism, a forgotten playwright tries to restore order through the art of theater in this “gloriously funny” (New York Times) farce. Amid the chaos of crime, lust and politics, convincing the world’s most famous debaucher to choose virtue over vice proves to be a Herculean task. Pulitzer Prize finalist Amy Freed’s wild romp questions whether well-crafted drama and intellect are any match for decadence and good old-fashioned bloodshed.

Seeking:

Nero: Emperor of Rome, Male

Scribonius of Carthage: Author of plays, Male

Agrippina: Mother of Nero, Female

Poppaea: Nero’s Mistress, Female

Burrus: Nero’s advisor, Older Male. Also plays Beppo and Bathos

Seneca: Nero’s tutor, Male. Also plays Zippo and Pathos

Fabiolo: An Entertainer, Male

RED:

By John Logan. Director: Robert Falls

In association with The Goodman Theater

Runs: January 20 – March 4, 2012

NOTE: This is a transfer, and casting will be handled by The Goodman Theater

AH WILDERNESS!

By Eugene O’Neill Director TBA

1^st rehearsal: February 7^th, 2012 Runs: March 9 - April 8, 2012

Seeking:

Nat Miller: late fifties, Male

Essie: 50, mother of four, Female

Arthur: 19 years, football player, Male

Richard: 17 years, Male.

Mildred: 15 years, attractive and vivacious. Female

Tommy: 11 years , bursting with energy, Male

Sid Davis: 45 years, a gambler and an alcoholic, Male.

Lily Miller: 42 years, a schoolteacher, Female.

David McComber: thin, dried-up, Male

Muriel McComber: almost 16, pretty, Female

Wint Selby: 19 years, Male

Belle: 20 years, pretty, peroxide-blonde prostitute, Female

Nora: Irish maid, Female

Bartender: Male

Salesman: Male

LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT

By Eugene O’Neill. Director: Robin Phillips

1^st rehearsal: March 6, 2012. Runs: March 30 – May 13, 2012

Seeking:

James Tyrone: 65 years, Male

Mary Cavan Tyrone: 54 years, Female

James Tyrone Jr. 33 years, Male.

Edmund Tyrone: 23 years, Male

Cathleen: early 20s, pretty, Female

THE MUSIC MAN:

Book, Music and Lyrics by Meredith Wilson. Director: Molly Smith

1^st rehearsal: April 10, 2012. Runs: May 11 – July 22, 2012

Seeking:

Professor Harold Hill: Male

Marian Paroo: Female

Marcellus Washburn :Male

Mayor George Shinn :Male

Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn : Female

Mrs. Paroo :Female

Winthrop Paroo :Male

The following are chorus/featured ensemble parts, but actors auditioning at these EPAs may also be considered for these parts:

The School board (Barbershop Quartet) — four bickering businessmen , Males

Pickalittle Ladies : Eulalie's four gossipy friends, Females

Tommy Djilas :Young Male

Zaneeta Shinn :Young Female

Charlie Cowell :Male

Constable Locke :Male

Amaryllis :Young Female

Gracie Shinn :Young Female

MARY T. AND LIZZY K.

By / Director: Tazewell Thompson

1^st rehearsal: May 1, 2012. Runs June 1-July 22, 2012

Synopsis:

Writer-director Tazewell Thompson (dir. M. Butterfly) stitches together an insider's look at the unlikely friendship between First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln and her talented seamstress, the successful freed slave Elizabeth Keckly. Old wounds and new recriminations explode in this riveting drama about loss, love and the importance of promises, both kept and broken.

Seeking:

Mary Todd Lincoln: White Woman, attractive, middle aged

Elizabeth Keckly : African American Woman, Attractive, imposing, late 40s

Ivy : Caribbean Woman, beautiful

Abraham Lincoln: White Man, tall, worn, weathered face

TROUBLE IN MIND

By Alice Childress. Director: Irene Lewis

1^st rehearsal: May 8,2012. Runs: June 8-July 22, 2012

Wiletta Mayer: African American, Female

Henry: White Male
John Nevins: African American, Male

Millie Davis : African American, Female

Sheldon Forrester : African American, Male
Judy Sears : White, Female
Al Manners: White, Male
Eddie Fenton : White, Male
Bill O'Wray : White, Male

If you cannot attend the auditions, pictures and resumes may be mailed to:

Arena Stage, ATTN: Casting Office, 1101 Sixth Street SW, Washington DC, 20024