MERRIMACK REPERTORY THEATRE 2012-13 SEASON - Merrimack Repertory Theatre Auditions

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

Peter Crewe, Casting Director

Edgar Cyrus, General Manager

Equity Principal Auditions:

Friday, June 1, 2012                                           at the Boston Playwrights Theatre

11 AM – 6 PM                                                         949 Commonwealth Avenue

No scheduled lunch break                                          Boston, MA

                                                                                    B Train on the Green Line to Pleasant St. Stop.

Prepare one contemporary monologue under 2 minutes.

Bring picture and resume, stapled together.

For an appointment, call 978-654-7563 between 10am and 4pm or email auditions@merrimackrep.org.  AEA members without appointments will be seen as time permits.

Be sure to indicate in which city you are requesting an appointment.

No roles will be understudied

Homestead Crossing

By William Donnelly

Directed By: Kyle Fabel

The lives of two couples, one middle aged and married, the other young and just starting, intersect in a suburban living room in this fanciful, sometimes mysterious, comedy. (Being co-produced with Berkshire Theatre Festival and Portland Stage Company)

This show has been fully cast.

Memory House

By Kathleen Tolan

Directed By: Melia Bensussen

A poignant drama laced with recognizable family humor as a mother and her adopted Russian daughter fill out college application forms.

1st rehearsal:10/2/12. 1st Preview: 10/25/12. Opening: 10/28/12. Closing: 11/18/12

Maggie

Caucasian woman; In her 50s Was once a dancer, so she still has the grace and mobility associated with someone good with movement. Warm, funny, smart, with a dry wit. Is more resilient than would first appear, as she might be perceived as “soft” or “vulnerable” but she can hold her own when needs to. A good mom and a fundamentally self-less person, but not without edge and self-awareness.

Half n’ Half n’ Half

By John Kolvenbach

Directed by: Kyle Fabel

A zany comedy about a marriage between an actress and an actor working in a repertory theatre company, and how their off-stage lives infect and are reflected in the plays they are performing onstage.

1st rehearsal: 11/6/12. 1st Preview: 11/29/12. Opening: 12/2/12. Closing: 12/23/12

George

a middle aged actor at a repertory company, playing the following roles in two different shows: 

?       Dodik – a character in a Russian melodrama in the style of The Philosopher’s Concubine

?       Mr. Dundleworthy – a character in an American comedy in the style of Kaufman and Hart similar to Stalemate.

Frances

the daughter of George & Loretta also acts in the Rep company playing the following roles in the

              two shows:

Fanya – A character in Russian melodrama in the style of The Philosopher’s Concubine

              Dorthy – a character in an American comedy in the style of Kaufman and Hart similar to

              Stalemate.

Michael

A young actor in the Rep company, plays the following roles in two shows:

Nikolai

A character in Russian melodrama in the style of The Philosopher’s Concubine

Stanley

a character in an American comedy in the style of Kaufman and Hart similar to Stalemate., The Assistant to Mrs. Dundleworthy

Shakespeare’s Will

By Vern Thiessen

Directed By: Miles Potter

A one-woman show about Shakespeare’s widow, Anne Hathaway, who tells a fascinating tale of life, love and loss.

This show is fully CAST

Red

By John Logan

Directed By: Charles Towers

This show is fully CAST

PROOF

By David Auburn

Directed by: TBD

1st rehearsal: 2/26/13. 1st Preview: 3/21/13. Opening: 3/24/13. Closing: 4/14/13

Robert – 50s

Catherine – 25 

Claire – 29

Hal – 28

Glengarry Glen Ross

By David Mamet

Directed by: Charles Towers

1st rehearsal: 3/2/13. 1st Preview: 4/25/13. Opening: 4/28/13. Close: 5/19/13

Baylen – male 40s

Roma – male 40s

Levene - male 50s