BERKSHIRE THEATRE FESTIVAL 2012 SEASON Equity Principal Auditions - Berkshire Theatre Festival Auditions

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Berkshire Theatre Festival 2012 Season – Equity Principal Auditions

(Stockbridge and Pittsfield, MA) LORT B; $765/week minimum

Artistic Director: Kate Maguire

NY Casting Director: Alan Filderman

Equity Principal Auditions

Thursday, March 29, 2012 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 either a contemporary monologue, a Broadway song, or 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.

Seeking:

Equity male and female actors for Berkshire Theatre Festival’s 2012 Summer Season which includes:

A CHORUS LINE

Director: Eric Hill

Choreographer: Gerry McIntyre

6/11-7/2-7/21

All roles available.

A THOUSAND CLOWNS

by Herb Gardner

Director: TBA

6/25-7/16-7/28

All roles available.

EDITH

by Kelly Masterson

Director: TBA

7/9-7/31-8/11

Edmund Starling:

late 20s - Secret Service Agent

Cary Grayson:

40s, Physician to the President

Joseph Tumulty:

mid-late 30s, Secretary to the President

Margaret Wilson:

mid 20s, daughter of the President

Henry Cabot Lodge:

60s, Leader of the Republican Majority in the Senate

The following roles have been CAST. Actors may be considered for possible replacements.

Edith Wilson:

CAST. Mid-late 40s. First Lady of the United States

Woodrow Wilson:

CAST early 60s. 28th President of the United States

Thomas Marshall:

CAST 50s - Vice President of the United States

BRACE YOURSELF

by David Epstein

Director: James Naughton

7/23-8/14-8/25

Milt:

50s. He’s a professional mediator used to the rough and tumble of NYC labor negotiations, but he’s on his summer vacation now just looking to fish and for some peace and quiet. Milt radiates a wise, balanced manliness.

Sunny:

50s, Milt’s wife, a strong-willed handsome woman who expects it to be done her way. She’s a well-educated, socially responsible mother of two, quick to anger, slow to forgive. Beneath the tough skin beats a loyal and passionate heart.

Jeanette:

50s, Sunny’s gravel-voiced friend and politically involved neighbor. She has her sticky fingers in every available social pie.

Andy:

20s, a recent college graduate who projects a slacker image while working hard to find his place in the world. He has strong anti-establishment attitudes but is discovering a new, expanding capacity for love.

Kitty:

20s, Andy’s good-looking girlfriend. She has an intelligent self-awareness coupled with a sturdy inner resolve. Her offbeat, on-my-own attitude covers a vulnerable young woman.

The following role has been CAST. Actors will be considered for possible replacements.

Nina:

CAST. 30ish. She’s an attractive, hard-driving advertising copywriter about to have a big wedding. She makes a family-rattling decision to become a woman first, and a daughter second.

THE PUPPETMASTER OF LODZ

by Gilles Segal, translated by Sara O’Connor

Director: Brian Roff

5/28-6/21-7/7

Finkelbaum:

50s, Jewish, a survivor of the camps, puppeteer skills helpful.

The Concierge:

40s, female, pragmatic

Popov/ Spencer/ Weissfeld/ Dr. Weissman: 40s, character man

Schwartzkopf:

40s, warm and humane

HOMESTEAD CROSSING

by William Donnelly

Director: Kyle Fabel

7/16-8/7-8/1

Co-production with Merrimack Repertory Theatre - First Preview Sept. 6, closes Sept. 30
Portland Stage Company - contract restarts - Oct.22, First Preview Oct. 30, Closes Nov. 18

Noel:

late 40s-early 50s. He is smart, quiet, and melancholic but has not lost his charisma nor his good looks. Upper Middle Class, suburban. Tidy and conservative. Has a dry wit and can effortlessly speak with great poeticism. Not so much dissatisfied with his marriage as passive in it.

Anne:

His wife, late 40s-early 50s. She also remains attractive and has a strong sense of humor, though hers is less dry and can be provocative. Restless, drifting towards neurotic. Her desire to revive the marriage is more palpable than Noel's.

Claudia:

early 20s. Smart, but not necessarily book-smart. She's volatile and somewhat unrefined, and her flashes of intellect are jarring. Grew up in foster homes. A natural sex appeal. Language skills and smart comic timing are vital, as she drives much of the play's action.

Tobin:

Cool. Sexy. Pot-smoker. Somewhat adrift and ineffectual, but means well. Not dumb, but not Claudia's equal intellectually.