Marvell Rep Spring 2011 Repertory Equity Principal Audition - Marevell Repertory Auditions

Marvell Rep Spring 2011 Repertory

– Equity Principal Auditions

New York City LOA (approval/salary level pending; Theatre expects salary to be approx. $350/week).

Artistic Dir / Stage Dir (all shows): Lenny Leibowitz

Managing Dir: Amy Estes

1st season reh: 12/28/10 (beginning with the double-bill cast). Shows open on a staggered schedule from 2/18/11 through mid-March. Rotating rep season closes 4/3.

Equity Principal Auditions:

Monday, October 25, 2010 Actors' Equity Association Audition Center

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 165 West 46th Street, 2nd Floor

Thursday, October 28, 2010 New York City

9:30 AM - 5:30 PM all three days.

Lunch from 1 - 2.

Please prepare EITHER a brief monologue (preferably two minutes or less) OR two 1-minute monologues. Monologues should be from the standard repertoire; monologues from the season’s plays are welcome.

Please bring a resume & a picture (of yourself), stapled back-to-back.

2011 Spring Rotating Repertory (inaugural) Season (three productions, one of which is a double-bill). All roles are available (i.e. not yet offered and accepted). Theatre states that it seeks a “versatile, multi-ethnic 22-member company”. Notes: THE DYBBUK and BLOOD WEDDING will (more or less) share the same cast. The same will be true of the two plays in the double-bill evening.

THE DYBBUK by S. Ansky.

Chonnen:

Man, early 20s. Intense, brilliant, penniless young kabbalist, always on the verge of mystic rapture.

Leah:

Jewish woman, early 20s. Dark-haired beauty. Attuned to otherworldly forces.

Azriel:

Man, 50s. Hasidic sage. Commanding and compassionate. Gripped by moral ambivalence.

Sender:

Man, 40s-50s. Leah’s doting, worrying father. Respected community leader. Blinded by greed.

The Messenger:

Male, 30s-50s. Enigmatic traveler between the real and spiritual world. Prodding, pithy voice of conscience.

Frade:

Woman, 60s. Leah’s aged, devoted, fretful nurse.

Hennakh:

Man, 20s. Chonnen’s friend, a rational-minded Yeshiva student and voice of caution.

Meyer:

Man, 30-60. Gentle synagogue caretaker.

Rabbi Shimshon:

Man, 50s-60s. Spiritual leader. Humble but forceful pursuer of justice.

Menasche:

Man, 20s. Leah’s young groom. Slight, timorous and wholly bewildered.

Bassia:

Woman, 18. Leah’s friend. Eager and impressionable.

Gittel:

Woman, 18. Leah’s friend. Spirited, watchful and slightly bossy.

Elderly Woman:

60s. Makes impassioned appeals for heavenly intercession on behalf of her sick daughter.

Ensemble:

Male and female characters, 20-60. Seeking versatile performers to play Yeshiva students, judges, beggars, wedding guests and a variety of speaking roles. Movement ability helpful but not required

BLOOD WEDDING by Federico García Lorca.

The Mother:

40s-50s. Domineering and stoic. Draws her emotions from the red earth.

The Bridegroom:

20s. Her dutiful son. Innocent and mild, until his honor is wronged.

The Bride:

20. Restless and sensual beauty. Maintains a core inner strength and adamant purity, even when gripped by irrepressible desire.

Leonardo:

20s. Smoldering, soulful and hot-headed; consumed with passion for the Bride.

The Wife:

20s. Leonardo’s hapless wife. Cautious and perceptive.

The Servant:

Woman, 50s-60s. Devoted, lusty and worldly-wise. Natural mover/singer.

Mother-in-Law:

40s-50s. Candid, resilient and intuitive. Natural singer.

The Father:

40s-50s. Exudes a quiet strength and natural restraint.

Ensemble:

Male and female characters, 20s. Seeking versatile performers with natural movement ability to play woodcutters, wedding guests, and a variety of speaking and singing roles; flamenco experience helpful but not required.

NORA and IN THE SHADOW OF THE GLEN (double bill).

NORA by Ingmar Bergman.

Nora:

Late 20s. Impulsive and vivacious; stirred by anarchic longings.

Torvald:

Man, late 20s-early 30s. Nora’s earnest, charming and boyishly egotistical husband.

Mrs. Linde:

Early 30s. Nora’s former schoolmate. Weary with years of self-sacrifice, searching for a fresh start.

Dr. Rank:

Man, 50s. Nora’s death-marked confidant. Self-effacing, sympathetic and secretly besotted.

Krogstad:

Man, 30s-40s. Nora’s dogged tormentor. Suffers as much anguish as he causes.

IN THE SHADOW OF THE GLEN by J. M. Synge.

Nora:

Irish, 30s. Lonely wife. Her clear-eyed practicality is offset by a rebellious yearning to escape her loveless marriage.

Dan:

Irish, 60s. Querulous, cantankerous old conniver.

Tramp:

Irish man, 40s. Perpetual wanderer. Wise, sharp-witted and earthy, with an affinity for poetry and whiskey.

Michael:

Irish man, 20s-30s. Boastful yet timid young herd. His desire for wealth outweighs any romantic notions.

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