NATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE 2012 - Eugene O'Neill Theatre Auditions

– Equity Pricipal Auditions

Eugene O’Neill Theater (Waterford, CT)                            LORT; $453/week

National Playwrights Conference Artistic Director - Wendy C. Goldberg

Eugene O'Neill Theater Center Executive Director - Preston Whiteway

Eugene O'Neill Theater Center General Manager - Jill A. Anderson

Equity Principal Auditions:

Monday, May 7, 2012                                           at Pearl Studios 500

9:30 AM — 5:30 PM                                          500 Eighth Avenue, 4th Floor

Lunch from 1 - 2.                                                        New York, NY

Prepare a brief monologue under 2 minutes.

Bring picture and resume, stapled together.

Seeking Actors or all races and ethnicities for the 2012 Playwrights Conference.

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center presents staged readings of new plays during the  National Playwrights Conference.  Each play is in residence for one week between June 29, 2012, and July 29, 2012.

ALLIGATOR

BY: Hillary Bettis

3-4(F), 3-4(M)

REX:  An actor in an alligator mask. Any age, ethnicity, or gender.

EMERALD: Part Seminole Indian. Tomboy. 19. Female.

TY/SASHA:  Part Seminole Indian. Emerald’s twin. 19. Male.

LUCY:  A stray. 16. Female.

DIANNE:  The new girl from Orlando. 18. Female.

MERICK:  Loves Dungeons and Dragons. 19. Male.

DANNY:  Quarterback for the Florida ‘Gators. 19. Male.

TWO LAKES TWO RIVERS

BY: Laura Jacqmin

5(F), 3(M)

DODIE: late 50’s or early 60’s. PETER’s father. Midwestern born and raised. Raised PETER by himself. Probably has the kind of job where he works with his hands. A kind man, which doesn’t excuse him from missing a lot, on a regular basis.

PETER: 22 years old. A senior in college. Dead. Not the easiest guy to love – or even like. PETER’s meanness is the quiet kind, which makes it that much uglier when it comes out. Handsome, in a classical way. Magnetic, the way boys like this always are. Tall, blonde, all of that.

BONNIE: 20 years old. A junior in college. PETER’s ex-girlfriend. More of a tomboy. Should be small: shorter than an average person, and just small all around. She probably doesn’t have many female friends. Not into the kinds of things most girls are into.

NICK: 21 years old. A senior in college. PETER’s sometimes-best friend and BONNIE’s current best friend. A quieter guy than PETER was – NICK just always sort of went along with everything. Which is both a strength and a weakness, when you think about it. NICK might be even more handsome than PETER, but in a different way – a more unique way.

CHRISTINE CARR: 40’s. A middle-aged female private investigator of sorts, down from Hackalatchee County – or at least, that’s where she says she came from. There’s something a bit supernatural about her, but she shouldn’t come across as anything but normal. Overly normal, in fact.

THE MOMS (3): 40’s-50’s. They’re the Moms of the boys who’ve drowned. They’re strange.

OFFICER GARRETTY: a police officer. Emotional. (Played by one of THE MOMS)

EUGENIA TATE: a witness. No-nonsense. (Played by one of THE MOMS)

BETSY BOBST: a cable access news program host. (Played by one of THE MOMS)

THE TALL GIRLS

BY: Meg Miroshnik

5(F), 1 (M)

JEAN, 15 ½, the strong forward.  Cool-headed and decisive. A natural strategist. New to the sport.

ALMEDA, 14, the shooting guard. Scrappy, muscular, and temperamental; most likely to intentionally foul.

INEZ, 17, the captain.  Very little natural athletic skill, but a nurturing presence.

LURLENE, 16, the center. Tall and lazy. Unlikely to practice or rebound. A boy-crazy liar.

PUPPY, 18, the point guard. Small—very, very small. A little lady in the making, but a fast, nimble ball handler.

HAUNT JOHNNY.  Handsome and much, much older.

HYPE HERO (King Patch)

BY: Dominic Taylor

5(F) 5(M)

WILLIAM A. MOORE - Black Man

SARAH - Black Woman

MAYOR - (A Woman) Black Woman

RICK - Black Man

LEAH - Latina Woman

INSPECTOR 1(Male) - East Asian Man

INSPECTOR 2(Female)-  South Asian Woman

CITIZEN 1(Male) - White Man

CITIZEN 2(Female)-  White Woman

CITIZEN 3(Male) - White Man

Ages are not as significant.

PROVENANCE

BY: Anne Garcia-Romero

3 (F), 2(M)

Ramona Martinez, 28

Grace Martinez, 35, her sister

Mike Gonzalez, 35, her brother-in-law, Grace’s husband

Cindy Jacobs, 25, an art school student

Alberto Perez, 40, Martinez family lawyer

RECLAMATION

BY: Ken Weitzman

1(F) 2(M)

Leland:  Male, white, early 60s.  Suit and cowboy boots.

Zachary:  Male, white, mid to late 20s. His nephew. Good-looking.

Winona:  Female, ethnicity inscrutable. Age too. Perhaps she’s 40s, or 50s. Captivating.

ORANGE JULIUS

BY: Basil Kreimendahl

Characters

3(F) 2(M)

Nut: A woman in her mid-twenties, not feminine.  

Julius: Her father, a man in his late fifties

France: Nut’s mother, a woman in her early sixties.

Crimp: Nut’s sister, a woman in her mid-thirties.

Ol Boy: A young man in his early twenties.