LANTERN THEATER COMPANY 2011-12 Equity Principal Audition - Lantern Theater Company Auditions

Lantern Theater Company 2011-12

- Equity Principal Auditions by Appointment in Philadelphia

Philadelphia PA SPT (approval/salary level pending; 2010-11 weekly minimum: $368).

Artistic Dir: Charles McMahon

Managing Dir: Anne Shuff

Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT:

Monday, May 2, 2011 Lantern Theater Company at St. Stephen’s Theater

Tuesday, May 3, 2011 10th & Ludlow Streets

10 AM - 6 PM both days. Philadelphia, PA

Lunch from 1 - 2.

For an appointment, call Ali Roy at 215/829-9002, x106 on Tuesday, 4/26 or Wednesday, 4/27 10:30 - 4:30 ONLY. Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout each audition day, as time permits.

Please prepare one monologue (up to three minutes long) or two contrasting monologues (totaling three minutes). There are no musicals in the season; no music, please.

Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.

All roles are available:

NEW JERUSALEM by David Ives. Dir: Charles McMahon. 1st reh: 9/13/11. Runs 10/6-10/30.

Full title: NEW JERUSALEM, THE INTERROGATION OF BARUCH DE SPINOZA AT TALMUD TORAH CONGREGATION: AMSTERDAM, JULY 27, 1656.

Abraham Van Valkenburgh:

45. A regent of Amsterdam. Powerful, smart, complex.

Saul Levi Mortera:

60+. Chief Rabbi of Amsterdam. Softer and introspective. Charismatic leader of his small community.

Gaspar Rodrigues ben Israel:

Perhaps 50. A parnas of Talmud Torah. Carpet-seller. Self-effacing and gently comic.

Baruch de Spinoza:

23. Merchant of Amsterdam. At once a dazzling genius and an amiable, modest young man. Based on a real person.

Simon de Vries:

23. A painter. Patient, youthful, clever, amiable, short-sighted.

Clara van den Enden:

20. Music teacher. Lovely, earnest, a bit anxious, deeply loyal.

Rebekah de Spinoza:

26. Baruch's half-sister. Comic character. Outspoken, capricious.

PRIVATE LIVES by Noel Coward. Dir: Kathryn MacMillan. 1st reh: 11/15/11. Runs 12/8-12/31.

Amanda Prynne:

Early 30s. Upper class. Charming, almost handsome, provocateur. Stage combat required.

Victor Prynne:

30s/40s. Amanda’s new husband. Straitlaced. A man’s man.

Elyot Chase:

Early - mid 30s. Upper class. Witty, often blasé, a bit delicate. Stage combat required.

Sibyl Chase:

20s. Elyot’s new wife. Pretty. Not as dumb as she projects, manipulative.

Louise:

French-speaking, 20s-40s. Maid. Clown and stage combat experience preferred.

ROMEO AND JULIET by Shakespeare. Dir: Charles McMahon. 1st reh: 1/31/12. Runs 3/1 - 4/1/12.

Romeo/Ensemble:

16. Son of the powerful Montagues. Handsome, smart, passionate. Stage combat required.

Juliet/Ensemble:

14-16. Daughter of the powerful Capulets. Beautiful, smart, wise beyond her years. Some stage combat required.

Mercutio/Ensemble:

Early 20s. Friend to Romeo. Impulsive, reckless, mercurial. Stage combat required.

Benvolio/Ensemble:

Late teens. Friend to Romeo. Loyal, good-natured, not as clever as his friends. Stage combat required.

Tybalt / Peter / Paris / Ensemble:

20s+. Stage combat required.

Friar Lawrence / Apothecary / Prince / Ensemble:

40s+. Some stage combat required.

Nurse / Montague / Ensemble:

40s-60s. Vulgar, verbose, sentimental, practical.

Lady Capulet/Ensemble:

30s-40s. Juliet’s mother. Distant, formal, elegant.

Capulet/Ensemble:

40s+. Juliet’s father. Stage combat required.

THE ISLAND by Athol Fugard, John Kani and Winston Ntshona. Dir TBA. 1st reh: 4/24/12. Runs 5/17 - 6/10/12.

John:

30s-50s. Prisoner at Robben Island. Serving a 10+-year sentence. Smart, idealistic natural leader.

Winston:

30s-50s. Lifer at Robben Island. More doubtful, cautious, with a flaring temper.

Theatre’s Mailing Address: Lantern Theater Company, PO Box 53428, Philadelphia, PA 19105-3428.

Directions:
www.lanterntheater.org/visit/