BOSTON MARRIAGE Equity Principal Audition - Hudson Stage Company Auditions

BOSTON MARRIAGE – Equity Principal Auditions

Hudson Stage Company Croton on Hudson NY SPT $230/week minimum + pension, health and NYC – Westchester transportation.

Producers: Denise Bessette, Olivia Sklar

Author: David Mamet

Director: Dan Foster

1st reh: 4/4/11. Rehearses in NYC. Runs 4/29-5/14 (weekends only/nine shows) at Pace University in Briarcliff, Westchester County NY.

Equity Principal Auditions:

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 Theatre Row Studios

10:30 AM – 6 PM 411 West 41st Street (between 9th and Dyer Aves.)

Lunch from 1 – 1:30 New York City

Ring bell for admittance to studios.

Sides will be provided at the audition. Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.

Classic comedy of manners takes us into the world of two “women of fashion” who have long lived together on the fringes of upper-class society in Victorian-era Boston. Anna, the older woman, fears losing Claire to a younger paramour -- and yet agrees to host Claire’s seduction of the girl. The seduction goes awry, and the women must face their losses and re-configure their lives. As they articulate their skewed perceptions of life, the language ignites into deliciously vicious banter as we witness their jealousy, fear and desperation for love.

Seeking (all roles are available (i.e. not yet offered and accepted)):

Theatre’s casting note: “All actors should have some classical experience and be expert with language, diction, comedic style.”

Anna:

40-50. Shrewd, calculating, attractive, upper-middle-class woman of fashion. Master of language and wicked banter. Will stop at nothing to hang on to her lover.

Claire:

30-40. Anna’s fickle, sexy companion; not quite ready to settle down. A combination of straight-back social refinement and predatory lust.

Catherine:

Scottish, mid 20s. The doltish yet resourceful, put-upon maid.