Asolo Repertory Theatre 2024-25 Season - Sarasota, FL EPA Asolo Repertory Theatre | Sarasota, FL
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Asolo Repertory Theatre’s Koski Center
1009 Tallevast Road
Sarasota, FL 34243
Expected to attend:
Celine Rosenthal: Associate Artistic Director
Emma Bilderback: Dramaturgy and Casting
Apprentice
See breakdown for production specific
personnel.
See breakdown for production specific dates.
OTHER
http://www.asolorep.org/auditions
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.
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
To schedule an audition appointment please go to:
https://asolorep.wufoo.com/forms/m125jsvf0fglf1r/ . Equity members without appointments will be seen throughout any audition days, as time permits.
LORT Non-Rep
$1059 weekly minimum (LORT B)
Equity actors for roles in Asolo Repertory Theatre's 2024-25 Season (See breakdown). Asolo Repertory Theatre is committed an inclusive, anti-racist casting policy.
Asolo Rep is also seeking actors to fill understudy roles throughout the 2024-2025 season. All roles except bit parts are understudied.
Asolo Repertory Theatre is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Applicants from populations underrepresented in the theater field are strongly encouraged to apply. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, familial status, sexual orientation, national origin, ability, age, or veteran status.
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center 165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
Expected to attend:
Celine Rosenthal: Associate Artistic Director
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
See breakdown for production specific dates.
OTHER
http://www.asolorep.org/auditions
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided.
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.
Music and Lyrics by Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
Book by Douglas McGrath
Directed by Shelley Butler
Music Director: Angela Steiner
Choreographer: Banji Aborisade
First Rehearsal: October 8th, 2024
Opening: November 16th, 2024
Closing: January 5th, 2025
[CAROLE KING] Female-Presenting; 18+ to play ages 16-29; White; An aspiring singer/songwriter. A unique, appealing, funny and vulnerable girl from a Jewish family in Brooklyn. Talented, good natured, unassuming and often the peace maker in difficult situations. A reluctant star with no pretense and a passion for music. Has a powerful, distinctive voice. Piano skills preferred, but not required.
[GERRY GOFFIN] Male-Presenting; 18+ to play late teens-late 20s; White; Carole’s boyfriend, songwriting partner and eventual husband. He is smoldering, dark & handsome with a rebel vibe. Although sexy, he is innately sympathetic, wounded and tortured. An ambitious artist always striving for more. Sings well. Baritone/Tenor.
[CYNTHIA WEIL] Female-Presenting; 18+ to play late teens-late 20s; White; A songwriter who becomes romantically involved with Barry. Carole’s best friend. She is sophisticated, smart & chic with a quick wit. Although self-confident and sarcastic, she is also extremely likeable. Strong comic timing and sings extremely well. Belt.
[BARRY MANN] Male-Presenting; 18+ to play late teens-late 20s; White; A songwriter who becomes romantically involved with Cynthia. He is good natured, appealing & neurotic. Ambitious, but likeable. Comedic with a great voice. A strong high tenor comfortable with pop & rock style singing.
[DON KIRSCHNER] Male-Presenting; 30s-40s; Open Ethnicity; An influential music publisher and producer. He is a fast talking, energetic force of nature. Powerful, direct & sometimes intimidating, but he has a real affinity for his writers and artists. A hit maker. Non-singing role.
[MALE-PRESENTING ENSEMBLE #1] 20s-30s; White; Tenor. Doubles as multiple Ensemble role(s) including Neil Sedaka, Lou Adler, Bobby Vee and a Righteous Brother. Ensemble. This track will also cover the following principal role – [BARRY MANN]
[MALE-PRESENTING ENSEMBLE #2] 20s-30s; White; Baritone. Doubles as the role(s) of Nick and a Righteous Brother. Ensemble. This track will also cover the following principal role – [GERRY GOFFIN]
[MALE-PRESENTING ENSEMBLE #3 - #6/DRIFTERS (4)] 20s-30s; Black, Member of the doo-wop group The Drifters. Ensemble.
[FEMALE-PRESENTING ENSEMBLE #1 - #4/SHIRELLES (4)] 20s-30s; Black, Member of the pop group The Shirelles. Will play the role(s) of Lucille, Janelle Woods and Little Eva. Ensemble.
By Ken Ludwig
Directed by Peter Rothstein
First Rehearsal: December 17th, 2024
Opening: January 24th, 2025
Closing: February 8th, 2025
[LADY MOLLY]: Female-presenting, White, 25-35, a policewoman at Scotland Yard. Highly educated. Glamorous, fearless and funny. Physical comedy is essential.
[PEG]: Female-presenting, Any Race, 25-35. Molly's (more grounded) sidekick. A policewoman who wants to fly planes to help the RAF in the war effort. Physical comedy essential.
[WOMAN 1]: Female-presenting, White, 35-45. Doubles as Multiple Characters including: A Waitress, Rhonda, Ximena, Miss Grunecker, Betty Root, Gladys Claypole. All of the characters are British but from different regions and classes. Strong characters who are transformative and highly physical.
[MAN 1]: Male-presenting, White, 45-55. Doubles as Multiple Characters including: Winston Churchill, Coroner, Trilby, Professor Housman, Commander Denniston. A strong, transformational character, with physical comic chops. A variety of character voices, including Winston Churchill. All of these roles are British, but from various regions and classes.
[MAN 2]: Male-presenting, White, 25-35. Doubles as Multiple Characters Including: Professor Grey, Thug in the Study, Jock Colville, Professor Turing, and various Movie Voices/Styles. A nimble character with great physicality and vocal dexterity.
[MAN 3]: Male-presenting, Black, 25-35, Doubles as Multiple Characters Including: Inspector Victoria, Clement, Duke, Louis Armstrong. These characters are a combination of British and American. Able to replicate Louis Armstrong's singing voice would be a huge asset.
By Nilo Cruz
Directed by Marcela Lorca
First rehearsal: January 24th, 2025
Opening: February 21st, 2025
Closing: Mar 13th, 2025
[SANTIAGO]: Male-presenting, Cuban, late 50s, owner of a cigar factory. He has a problem with gambling that has driven a physical and emotional wedge between him and his wife.
[CHECHÉ]: Male-presenting, half-Cuban, half-American, early 40s. Santiago’s half-brother. He is from the North, and since he differs from the others in this way, he is often set against them in arguments. He advocates for mechanization and firing lectors, while the others see hand-rolling and lector-reading as the cornerstones of authentic cigar production. His wife, a Southern belle from Atlanta, left him for a different lector, so Cheché reviles all lectors and especially hates Juan Julian.
[OFELIA]: Female-presenting, Cuban, 50s, Santiago’s wife. Powerful and authoritative, plays a large role in running the factory when her husband’s gambling and drinking get in the way. Nonetheless, she is not at all a stern woman, but rather someone who enjoys fantasizing about a better life and indulging in romantic daydreaming.
[MARELA]: Female-presenting, Cuban, 22, Ofelia and Santiago’s youngest daughter. She is shown throughout the play to be totally consumed by her romantic fantasies as well as a certain youthful naïveté.
[CONCHITA]: Female-presenting, Cuban, 32, Ofelia and Santiago’s older daughter. She is married to Palomo, but she doesn't really spend much alone time with him outside of the factory, where they both work as cigar rollers. Though they dream of one day opening their own shop together, their marriage is on the rocks due to Palomo’s infidelity.
[PALOMO]: Male-presenting, Cuban, 41, Conchita’s husband, as well as a worker at the cigar factory. Though the beginning of the play sees his marriage with Conchita under growing strain, due to his infidelity, he eventually learns to love Conchita again through the jealousy inspired in him by Juan Julian.
[JUAN JULIAN]: Male-presenting, Cuban, 38, the handsome lector from Cuba that is hired to work for the factory. His choice to read the romantic and complex novel Anna Karenina at the factory for his debut, inspires a great degree of personal and interpersonal discord among the factory's workers.
[ELIADES]: Male-presenting, Cuban, 30s, local gamester, runs cockfights.
By Brian Friel
Directed by Joe Dowling
First Rehearsal: February 21st, 2025
Opening: Mar 21st, 2025
Closing: Apr 19th, 2025
[MICHAEL]: 30s/40s, male-presenting, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. The narrator through whom we see the events of this summer of 1936. Michael is strong, yet wistful. We see the Mundy family through his eyes. Michael has several multi-page monologues and answers as his younger self.
[KATE]: 40, female-presenting, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Kate is the eldest sister, tight and prim. She is a schoolteacher and contributes the most to the family income. Respected by her sisters, she is clearly the head of the family. She feels that she is the only one who can hold everything together when the world is falling apart, which makes her a much more terrified person than her sisters; that terror is evident in every move she makes.
[MAGGIE]: 38, female-presenting, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Second eldest and chief homemaker. While Kate works outside the home, Maggie takes care of everything inside the home. Fun-loving, with a serious side, Maggie carries the defusing jokes when things become tense.
[AGNES]: 35, female-presenting, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Third sister, the quiet one. Agnes is the main sister who looks after Rose. She and Rose take in knitting to help the family supplement their income. Agnes is patient and kind to Rose and is particularly suspicious of Chris’ beau, Gerry.
[ROSE]: 32, female-presenting, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. The fourth sister, Rose has a developmental disability as described in the script. Her main caretaker is Agnes with whom she is particularly close. Rose lives life with an openness that make her vulnerable and sees the world as she finds it. She helps Agnes with the knitting and is a delightful character.
[CHRISTINA]: 26, female-presenting, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. The youngest of the sisters, Chris has a child, Michael, out of wedlock. Her beau has a lust for adventure, quick money and travel and she is easily swept off her feet by his attentions. She is a good mother to young Michael, but her sisters often chide her carefree outlook. (Intimate moments required)
[GERRY]: 33, male-presenting, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Gerry is the wanderlust who breezes into the Mundy household between adventures. We see him several times during this summer of 1936 and each time he brings tales of his success, his plans for the future and the promise of a bike for young Michael. (Intimate moments required)
[JACK]: 53, male-presenting, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Uncle Jack, a priest, has spent most of his adult time at a mission in Abyssinia in Africa. Sent home because he could no longer distinguish Catholic ritual from native, he spends the last summer of his life with his five sisters re learning English and presenting a reason why the local priest no longer visits the family.
By Doug Wright
Directed by Peter Amster
First Rehearsal: March 7th, 2025
Opening: April 4th, 2025
Closing: April 26th, 2025
[BOB SARNOFF]: 40s/50s. male-presenting, White, nondisabled or disabled. The reigning president of NBC during television’s Golden Age.
[JACK PAAR]: 30s/40s, male-presenting, White, nondisabled or disabled. Bob Sarnoff’s contemporary, and America’s smoothest talker.
[JUNE LEVANT]: 30s/40s, female-presenting, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Attractive and gracious under pressure. Seemingly put-upon, she actually has a core of steel.
[ALVIN FINNEY]: 20s/30s, male-presenting, Black, nondisabled or disabled. A young medical orderly working in the mental ward at Mt. Sinai, with a droll sense of humor and serious ambition.
[MAX WEINBAUM]: 20s, male-presenting, any race/ethnicity, nondisabled or disabled. Jack Paar’s new production assistant. A young man whose ingratiating enthusiasm is matched only by his comic ineptitude.
[OSCAR LEVANT]: Just over 50, male-presenting Jewish, nondisabled or disabled. he’s got the face of a movie gangster, the posture of a sad sack, and enough scabrous wit for the whole Algonquin Round Table.
[GEORGE GERSHWIN]: 30s, male-presenting, Jewish, nondisabled or disabled. Charming and rakish. He’s got the tapered physique of an athlete, a winning grin, and the most celebrated career in American popular music.
Musicby Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Directed & Choreographed by Josh Rhodes
First Rehearsal: Apr 8th, 2025
Opening: May 17th, 2025
Closing: June 29th, 2025
[JESUS]: 30s, male-presenting, any race, nondisabled or disabled. Rock Tenor. Leader of the twelve Apostles, a man, called the Son of God and the King of the Jews.
[JUDAS]: 30s, male-presenting, any race, nondisabled or disabled. Rock Tenor. Arguably the antagonist of the show. One of the twelve apostles of Jesus; concerned for the poor and the consequences of Jesus' fame.
[MARY MAGDALENE]: 30s, female-presenting, any race, nondisabled or disabled. Belter. A female follower of Jesus who finds herself falling in love with him. Shows grace, stability, weakness and compassion.
[PILATE]: 30s to 40s, male-presenting, any race, nondisabled or disabled. Rock Baritone. Governor of Judea who foresees the events of Jesus' crucifixion from beginning to aftermath in a dream and finds himself being presented with that very situation.
[KING HEROD]: 30s-50s, male-presenting, any race, nondisabled or disabled. (Male) High Baritone. The King of Galilee; Jesus is brought to him for judgment after first being taken to Pilate.
[PETER]: 30s, male-presenting, any race, nondisabled or disabled. Tenor. One of Jesus' twelve apostles; denies Jesus three times upon the night of Jesus' arrest to save himself.
[SIMON]: 20s/30s, male-presenting, any race, nondisabled or disabled. High Baritone. One of Jesus' twelve apostles; urges Jesus to lead his followers into battle against the Romans.
[CAIAPHAS]: Any age, male-presenting, any race, nondisabled or disabled. Low Bass with Rocky Top. High priest who sees Jesus as a threat to the nation.
[ANNAS]: Any age, female-presenting, any race, nondisabled or disabled. Fellow priest at the side of Caiaphas who is persuaded by Caiaphas into seeing Jesus as a threat.
[MALE-PRESENTING ENSEMBLE]: Must be strong movers who have contemporary dance experience and good rock / pop sounds.
[FEMALE-PRESENTING ENSEMBLE]: Must be strong movers who have contemporary dance experience and good rock / pop sounds.
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