PEER GYNT Submission - Kansas City Repertory Auditions

LORT

PEER GYNT – Photo / Resume Request

Co-Producers: Kansas City Repertory Theatre (Kansas City, MO), La Jolla Playhouse (La Jolla, CA)

Contract/Salary: LORT: $710/week in MO; $765/week in CA

KC Rep Artistic Director: Eric Rosen

Director: David Schweizer

Writer: Henrik Ibsen. Adapted by David Schweizer

Casting: Stephanie Klapper Casting

1^st rehearsal in Kansas City: 3/29/11. Runs: 4/22 – 5/22/11

1^st rehearsal in La Jolla: 6/14/11. Runs: 6/28 – 7/24/11

NYC auditions will be held on February 7, 2011, by appointment only.

Seeking submissions from Actors' Equity Members only for these particular auditions.

Please mail picture and resume IMMEDIATE to:

Stephanie Klapper Casting

39 West 19th Street, 12th Floor

New York, NY 10011

Or you may email to:
klappercasting@gmail.com.

Hard copies of submissions preferred, if possible or timely.

Note: Please include a cover letter that states which role you are submitting yourself for.

In this brilliant adaptation of Ibsen’s famous play, 5 actors embark on a wild, hilarious, and surreal adventure. Based on a Norwegian folk tale with forty characters and five acts, Peer Gynt is one of Ibsen’s most influential and famous plays—although it is almost never staged. But now, world renowned director David Schweizer takes this “impossible to produce” play and turns it into a hilarious comic adventure that will delight audiences.

Central to this adaptation is the fact that only 5 actors take on all the roles and are constantly transforming themselves. The 3 male actors all portray Peer Gynt at different times and showcase the different aspects of his personality, thereby heightening the search for identity which lies at the root of this mythic piece of theater.

*SEEKING AN ETHNICALLY DIVERSE CAST. All actors must have a sense of humor, intelligence, an inventive spirit, spontaneity, and be able to create different characters.

Heropeer:

(25-45). Has a very open, charming, yet energized quality. Portrays the young, roguish Peer as well as Old, crusty Peer, a lunatic, a buttonmoulder, an American southern tycoon (Trumpetblast), a Cook and various other roles.

Conmanpeer:

(25-45). Innately funny, mysterious, and sly. A natural raconteur, huckster- Peer at his most manipulative. Also plays a thuggish blacksmith (Alsak), troll king, a demented troll child, a priest (The Thin Person) and others.

Crazypeer:

(25-45). Nervous, eccentric, and seemingly shy, with an explosive temperament underneath that can erupt. Portrays a sea captain, a stuttering romantic rival (Mads Moen), a sphinx, a scary Prussian/Germanic man (Eberkopf), A German madhouse owner (Begriffenfeldt),

Male Narrator, and a button molder/ devil among others. Helpful if he’s got some weight on him.

Older Woman:

(early 40s-50s) Ageless in her grace and warmth. Should have an aura of elegance about her. Must revel in portraying the sweet, pure young heroine (Solvieg) - and the dynamic, even terrifying mother-of-us-all, (Ase). With other choice roles in between, including a Strange Passanger, a Troll Princess, and Female Narrator.

Young Woman:

(20s, early 30s): Impulsive, romantic, and goofily dreamy. Portrays a spoiled mountain belle (Ingrid), a cash-oriented femme fatale belly dancer (Anitra), a French woman (Ballon), Hussein, and others with strong comic presence.