MERRIMACK REPERTORY THEATRE 2011-12 Equity Principal Audition - Merrimack Repertory Theatre Auditions

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Merrimack Repertory Theatre 2011-12 Season

– Equity Principal Auditions

(Lowell, MA) LORT D; $566/week minimum

Associate Director: Kyle Fabel

Casting Director: Peter Crewe

General Manager: Edgar Cyrus

Equity Principal Auditions:

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011 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 one contemporary monologue. Bring picture and resume, stapled together.

THE PERSIAN QUARTER

By Kathleen Cahill

Directed By: Kyle Fabel

1st rehearsal: 8/23/11. 1st preview: 9/15/11. Opening: 9/18/11. Closing: 10/9/11

In a land rich with history, two women are thrown together by a diplomatic crisis. Thirty years later, a chance encounter by their daughters leads to revelations of a shared past. An invigorating drama about the power words have to reveal truths as well as hide them, and ultimately to bridge a cultural divide.

Seeking:

Actor 1:

To play:

Jelaluddin Rumi: 13th century Persian Poet

Iranian Pool Attendant

A Persian Man

Actor 2:

To play:

Mike: An American, early 30s. An Adventurer Smoker, very masculine, built like a bull.

Kermit Roosevelt: 30s, a man of the 1950’s

Actor 3:

To play:

Ann Gillies: An American, 30s. Unsentimental, athletic, smart

Emily Gillies: Ann’s daughter, 27. Hip, ambitious

Actor 4:

To play:

Shirin: Iranian, 30s. Sophisticated, naïve, driven

Azadeh: Shirin’s daughter, 30s. Brave, demanding.

THIS VERSE BUSINESS

By A.M. Dolan

Directed By: Gus Kaikkonen

This is a one-man show based on the life of Robert Frost.

This show has been CAST.

The Reduced Shakespeare Company’s New Holiday Show (Abridged)

By The Reduced Shakespeare Company

This show has been fully CAST.

THE VOICE OF THE TURTLE

By John van Druten

Directed By: Carl Forsman

1st rehearsal: 12/13/11. 1st Preview: 1/5/12. Opening: 1/8/12. Closing: 1/29/12

A moving, 1943 romantic comedy.

Seeking:

Sally Middleton: early 20s, small, direct, naïve and very pretty

Olive Lashbrooke: late 20s, smart and attractive, without being good looking, and rather gay

Bill Page: early 30s, adult, quiet and attractive, military officer

DADDY LONG LEGS

Based on the novel by Jean Webster. Book by John Caird. Music and Lyrics by Paul Gordon

Directed By: John Caird

A musical romance set in New England in the early 20th century.

This production has been fully CAST.

MRS. WHITNEY

By John Kolvenbach

Directed By: Kyle Fabel

1st rehearsal: 2/21/12. 1st Preview: 3/15/12. Opening: 3/18/12, Closing: 4/8/12

A candid portrait of a 60-year-old woman with an idiosyncratic sense of romance. Mrs. Whitney seeks a cure for loneliness by tracking down her ne’er-do-well ex-husband, an irresponsible mess she kicked out over 20 years ago, sending her on an odyssey of surprising and sharply-funny encounters.

Seeking:

Margaret Whitney: 60s

Francis: 60’s (male).

Louisa: 40s

Fin: 20s

Tom Whitney: 60s

GHOST-WRITER

By Michael Hollinger

Directed by: Charles Towers

1st rehearsal: 3/27/12. 1st Preview: 4/19/12. Opening: 4/22/12. Close: 5/13/12

When a famous novelist dies before finishing his masterwork, his devoted secretary completes the story on her own. Is she perpetrating a fraud, or does her insistent claim that she continues to receive his dictation after his passing hold some truth?

Seeking:

Myra Babbage: late 30s early 40s

Franklin Woolsey: late 50s early 60s

Vivian Woolsey: same age as Woolsey, or slightly younger

Stage Management:

Merrimack Repertory Theatre currently has no open stage management positions for the 2011/12 season.