HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 2012-13 SEASON Equity Principal Auditions - Huntington Theatre Company Auditions

Huntington Theatre Company 2012-13 Season

– Equity Principal Auditions

(Boston, MA) LORT B; $765/week minimum

Casting Director: Alaine Alldaffer,

Associate Casting Director: Lisa Donadio,

Casting Asst. Rachel Maran

Equity Principal Auditions

Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at the Actors’ Equity Audition Center

9:30 AM – 5:30 PM 165 West 46th Street, 2nd Fl.

Lunch 1-2 NYC

Prepare a brief monologue no longer than 2 minutes.

Bring picture and resume, stapled together.

Note: For any role listed as “CAST”, actors may be considered for possible replacements if necessary.

GOOD PEOPLE

By David Lindsay-Abaire

Director: Kate Whoriskey

First Reh 8/21/12. Runs: 9/14 - 10/14/12

Seeking:

MARGARET: About 50. Lives in the lower end of Southie. Feisty, biting humor. Takes motherhood seriously. Loyal. Can be needling, passive aggressive. Self-conscious about weight. Scrappy. Uncomfortable around money.

STEVIE:

Late 20s. Male. From Southie. Margaret’s manager at the Dollar store. Avid bingo-player. Good-hearted. Gives money to Margie. Dates a Thai woman.

MIKE:

About 50. Grew up in Old Harbor projects, now doctor living in Chestnut Hill. Attractive, family man. Upstanding. On the board of the Boys Club. Professional. Conflicted.

KATE:

African-American. Early 30s. Professor. Mike’s wife. Mother. Judicious. Considerate. Smart. Examining.

CAST:

DOTTIE:

CAST. Mid-60s. From Southie. Margaret’s landlady, who likes crafts and getting rent on time. Funny.

JEAN:

About 50. From Southie and an inhabitant. Margaret’s friend. Loyal. Can stir the pot. Funny. Protective. Resourceful.

NOW OR LATER

By Christopher Shinn

Director: Michael Wilson

First Reh: 9/4/12. Runs: 10/12 – 11/11/12, possible extension to 11/18

Time: Election night, 2008.
Place: Interior of a hotel room.

Seeking:

JOHN:

20. Son of John Sr. A Psychology major at an Ivy League University. Recently dumped by his boyfriend and desperately trying to stay positive and not think about how much pain he's in over the break-up. Good looking, articulate, and intelligent. Deeply understands the political issues he talks about on an intellectual level. He exudes confidence, and especially embraces this confidence when emotionally difficult issues start to come up. Has been educated since his earliest years at elite schools, and that polish and relaxed entitlement show through in a natural, unselfconscious way.

MATT:

20. John’s good friend. Political Science major at same Ivy League University. Thoughtful and empathetic in many ways, but style and temperament-wise he is very close to being a"hipster."

Has a certainty about his point of view that can border on arrogance at times. Comes from a working class/activist background that he idealizes, but he is much more entranced by the elite Beltway world he finds himself in than he lets on.

MARC:

30s. Advisor to John Sr. Professional and primarily concerned with John Sr.’s campaign/public image. As someone who works in communications in the campaign, he stands to have a very prominent role in an administration and would be dealing with any scandals or controversies aggressively as a point man. Attractive and masculine. Has put in years and years of around-the-clock work to reach this position, preventing him from finding the time for close relationships or a family.

JESSICA:

Early 50s. Married to John Sr. and Mother of John Jr. Someone who has sacrificed in extraordinary ways to support her husband's career and is deeply invested in his success, perhaps more than anything else in her life. At the same time she truly loves her son and cares for his well being. His growing autonomy from adolescence on has been painful for her but she has tried to accept and encourage it, at times going against her own instincts as a parent. Has had to contain her sexuality as required by her public persona, but is someone who feels real passion and longing. Remains profoundly traumatized by John's adolescent car accident.

TRACY:

40s. African-American. Works on John Sr.’s campaign in the highly important role of Campaign Manager and stands to have a major role in an administration. Part of a core group that has access to the candidate and decision making at the highest levels. Has worked extraordinarily hard to reach this level of success as an African-American woman. Despite an outgoing persona, is very guarded about her sexuality and private life, and has a more sophisticated understanding of people and situations than her persona communicates. Has used her charm and personable nature to get close to John in anticipation of needing to manage him at some point, but also genuinely cares about him.

JOHN SR.:

Mid-50s. Presidential candidate. Charismatic, ambitious, and powerful. Has been raised since birth to become President and has moved in elite circles for his entire life, both nationally and internationally. Has a profoundly sophisticated understanding of compromise, political realities, and especially the international situation. Has not only been"groomed" for this position but has worked incredibly hard to be prepared to achieve success in it. Is painfully aware of how Presidencies have stumbled out of the gate and what opportunities there are for success at a fraught time in world and American history. Has never had as much time with his son as he knows would be ideal and subsequently has always felt somewhat distant from him, despite loving him deeply. His son's sexuality remains a confusing and painful thing for him, despite surface acceptance and care. Like Jessica, remains profoundly traumatized by John's adolescent car accident.

BETRAYAL

By Harold Pinter

Director: Maria Aitken

First Reh: 10/16/12. Runs: 11/9 – 12/9/12

Time: 1977-1968. The play moves backward in time 9 years.

Place: Great Britain

Note: At the beginning of the play, which moves backward in time 9 years, Robert and Jerry are 40 and Emma is 38.

Seeking:

JERRY:

40 years old at the beginning of the play, which moves backward in time nine years. A writer. A dreamer and a romantic. His love of being in love leads him to initiate an affair with Emma, the wife of his best friend and publisher, Robert. Jerry’s naivete prevents him from seeing that he is in the midst of a cruel game.

EMMA:

38 years old at the beginning of the play, which moves backward in time nine years. Robert’s wife. Owns an art gallery. She rationalizes her affair with Jerry by believing her husband had been unfaithful to her in the first place. She has also had an affair with Roger Casey, a writer also published by Robert. Absolutely remorseless, she (perhaps willfully) doesn’t see the irony or consequences of her actions.

ROBERT:

40 years old at the beginning of the play, which moves backward in time nine years. A publisher. Married to Emma. Cool, logical, intellectual. Capable of cruelty and manipulation. Aware that his wife has been carrying on a year long affair with his best friend, he eventually uses this knowledge as a weapon to test Jerry, expose him as a fool and would Emma.

INVISIBLE MAN

By Ralph Ellison

Adapted by Oren Jacoby

Director: Christopher McElroen

Co-Production between the Huntington Theatre and The Studio Theatre

First Reh (at the Studio Theatre, Washington, DC): 8/6 or 8/13/12. Runs: 9/9 – 10/14/12 (possible extension to 11/11/12)

First reh (at the Huntington Theatre, Boston, MA): 12/18/12. Runs: 1/4/13 – 2/3/13

Seeking:

Ensemble: Casting an ensemble of well trained versatile actors who have the range to play multiple parts, ages and character types.

Track #1:

Male. African-American. Plays characters ranging in age from 40s – 60s. Big Presence. Commanding. Authoritative. Patrician. Plays the following roles: Preacher, Bledsoe, Big Halley, Old Man, Tall Man & Scofield

Track #3:

Male. African-American. Plays characters ranging in age from 20s – 30s. Powerful. Passionate. Charismatic. Intense. Solid Physique. Big Personality. Plays the following roles: Trueblood, Ras (West Indian Accent), 1st Man, Man in Crowd, Barrellhouse, Kid in Crowd, Brother Tobitt, & Looter.

Track #4:

Male. African-American. Plays characters ranging in age from 30s – 50s. Slightly used, but full of life. Streetwise with experience. This actor should be able to distinguish between a wide range of roles Plays the following roles: Grandfather, Burnside, Pushcart Man, Yam Man, Short Man, Ras’s Man, Black Policeman, & Dupree

Track #5:

Male. Caucasian. Plays characters ranging in age from 50s – 60s. A snifter-carrying Southern gentleman. Professional. Authoritative. Plays the following roles: Buchanan, Mr. Norton, 2nd Policeman, Marshall, Factory Director, & Brother Hambro

Track #6:

Male. Caucasian. Plays characters ranging in age from 30s – 40s. Intelligent, dynamic, passionate. Volatile with a short fuse. Plays the following roles: MC, 1st Policeman, Emerson Jr., Brother Jack

Track #8

Female. African-American. Plays characters ranging in age from 30s – 50s. Attractive, but a little weathered with a troubled spirit. Warm. Maternal. These women are slightly younger than the women in Track #7. Plays the following roles: Singer, Hester, Mary, West Indian Woman, & Old Lady

The following roles have been Cast:

Invisible Man:

African American male. Mid 30s. Charming and charismatic, yet frightening at times. IM speaks directly to the audience. As such, he must have the ability to hold the audience in the palm of his hand and lead them through a journey of his mind. He could be a sensitive, maybe even cerebral type. This is a memory play -- At times he is a young man who is innocent or even naive, at others a more mature and disillusioned man, reflecting on his younger self.

Track #2:

Male. African-American. Plays characters ranging in age from 20s – 30s. Charismatic. Handsome. Athletic. Articulate. Plays the following roles: Tatlock, Sylvester, Ralston, Man in Derby, Todd Clifton, Hipster & Barefoot Man

Track #7:

Female. African-American. Plays characters ranging in age from 30s – 50s. Attractive. Maternal. Warm. Plays the following roles: Woman, Edna, Old Women, Woman in Dress, Pretty Woman, & Sister Harris

Track #9

Female. Caucasian. 30s. Sexy, attractive leading lady. Plays the following roles: Stripper, Nurse, Secretary, Emma, White Woman, & The Woman

A RAISIN IN THE SUN

By Lorraine Hansberry

Director: Liesl Tommy

First Reh: 2/12/13. Runs: 3/8 – 4/7/13

Time: Sometime between the end of World War II and present day
Place: The interior of Mama’s house, in the South Side of Chicago

Seeking:

RUTH YOUNGER:

About 30. African-American. Wife of Walter Lee, Mother of Travis. We can see that she was a pretty girl, even exceptionally so, but now it is apparent that life has been little that she expected, and disappointment has already begun to hang in her face. In a few years, before thirty-five even, she will be known among her people as a “settled woman.”

WALTER LEE YOUNGER (BROTHER):

35. African-American. Husband of Ruth, Son of Lena. A lean, intense young man in his middle thirties, inclined to quick nervous movements and erratic speech habits—and always in his voice there is a quality of indictment. He is described as an elaborate neurotic. Bitter and unsatisfied with his job as the chauffeur of a wealthy white man, he hopes to start his own business. He drowns his sorrow and frustration at others’ indifference towards his ideas in drink, as he cannot get any of his big ideas considered by his family or others.

BENEATHA YOUNGER:

About 20. African-American. Mama’s daughter, Walter’s Sister. She is as slim and intense as her brother. She is not as pretty as her sister-in-law, but her lean, almost intellectual face has a handsomeness of its own. Her speech is a mixture of many things; it is different from the rest of the family’s insofar as education has permeated her sense of English—and perhaps the Midwest rather than the South has finally—at last—won out in her inflection; but not altogether, because over all of it is a soft slurring and transformed use of vowels which is the decided influence of the Southside. She attends college, studying to become a doctor. She is strong willed and stubborn in her ideals and is searching for her identity.

LENA YOUNGER (MAMA):

Early 60s. African-American. Full-bodied and strong. She is one of those women of a certain grace and beauty who wear it so unobtrusively that it takes a while to notice. She is a woman who has adjusted to many things in life and overcome many more; her face is full of strength. She has, we can see, wit and faith of a kind that keep her eyes lit and full of interest and expectancy. She is, in a word, a beautiful woman. Her bearing is perhaps most like the noble bearing of the women of the Hereros of Southwest Africa – rather as if she imagines that as she walks she still bears a basket or a vessel upon her head. Her speech, on the other hand, is as careless as her carriage is precise—she is inclined to slur everything—but her voice is perhaps not so much quiet as simply soft. The head of the family since her husband died months before. She aims high and does everything for her family.

JOSEPH ASAGAI:

20s. African. A handsome young man from Nigeria who goes to school with Beneatha. He is a Yoruba. Studied in Canada for the summer. An intellectual and sophisticate, an idealist. He has genuine charm and a soft sense of humor, at times playful and romantic.

GEORGE MURCHISON:

20s. African-American. A young college man from a wealthy family. Considers himself well-traveled and culturally informed. The sort to wear carefully casual tweed sports jacket over cashmere V-neck sweater over soft eyelet shirt and tie, and soft slacks, finished off with white buckskin shoes.

BOBO:

30s-40s. African-American. A very slight, little, pitiful man. He wears a not too prosperous business suit and has haunted frightened eyes.

KARL LINDNER:

40- 50s. Caucasian. A quiet-looking middle-aged man in a business suit with hat and briefcase. A member of Clybourne Park Improvement Association. He is a gentle man; thoughtful and somewhat labored in his manner.

M

Adapted by: Ryan Landry

Director: Caitlin Lowans

First Reh: 3/5/13. Runs: 3/29 – 4/28/13 (possible extension to 5/5/13)

A re-imagining of the 1931 Fritz Lang film, “M”.

Script is still in progress. We are seeking four actors with puppetry experience.

RAPTURE BLISTER BURN

By Gina Gionfriddo

Director: Peter DuBois

First Reh: 4/30/13. Runs: 5/24 – 6/23/13 (possible extension to 6/30)

Seeking:

CATHERINE:

37-41. Attractive highly successful academic grappling with old yearnings and new regrets. Ever poised and competent, a new vulnerability is peeking through. Smart, subtly sexy soft-spoken. This is a steady, successful overachiever finding herself unmoored at midlife by the prospects of love and loss.

GWEN:

37-41. Married to Don. Gwen has adopted a can-do, bright and positive cheerleader personality to stave off darkness, fear, and the wish to drink (she’s been sober for 15 years). A pretty and winning stay at home mom with reserves of anger and frustration she struggles to suppress.

DON:

37-41. Married to Gwen. A super smart, charismatic and sexy underachiever. An academic who could have achieved so much more, Don is a golden boy who just didn’t work hard enough. At 40, he’s cultivated a languid, mellow, “it’s all good” personality to mask frustration and disappointment.

ALICE:

70s. Catherine’s Mother. Sweet and gentle, Alice was a stay-at-home mother devoted to her daughter almost to the point of obsession. A dedicated homemaker who chose not to think too deeply and keep everything happy and nice. Now a widow facing her mortality, Alice is asking questions, examining her past for the first time and finding her discoveries exhilarating.

AVERY:

20. Cute, bright, energetic, and utterly confident, Avery has her future all figured out. On the brink of entering the adult world, she has the poise and vigor of one who hasn’t been disappointed yet. Aggressively striving to succeed and happy to argue down anyone who opposes her. A little bit of disappointment will soon soften her and reveal reserves of compassion underneath.