PLAYING MOLIERE Equity Principal Auditions - New York Classical Theatre Auditions

PLAYING MOLIERE – Equity Principal Auditions

New York Classical Theatre Transition Contract $145/week minimum + pension/health. AEA actors working over 20 hours/week are paid $7.25 for each additional hour.

Playwright: Moliere

Translation: Albert Bermel

Dir: Stephen Burdman

Casting: Stephanie Klapper Casting

1st reh: 1/31/12. Rehearses Tu-F (4-9) and Sa-Su (1-9). Monday off. Runs 2/21-3/11(Monday off) at World Financial Center.

Equity Principal Auditions:

Thursday, January 5, 2012 Actors’ Equity Association Audition Center

9:30 AM - 5:30 PM 165 West 46th Street, 2nd Floor

Lunch from 1 – 2. New York City

Please prepare a Moliere piece (or a piece by a Moliere contemporary, or a Shakespeare speech in verse).

Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.

Using New York Classical Theatre’s signature performance style, Panoramic Theatre, this unique production of Moliere’s shorter comedies hearkens back to the 17th century playwright’s roots in the commedia dell’arte. The characters of Playing Molière, including cuckolded husbands, sneaky servants, demanding fathers and quick-witted lovers, have inspired an entire generation of physical comedians such as Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and the Marx Brothers.

Seeking (all roles are available):

Casting directors’ note: “Please note that we are seeking a very ethnically diverse cast. This production will be cast as if all the actors were members of Moliere’s traveling company, each playing multiple roles.”

Note from Equity: The plays involved are abbreviated in the character descriptions thus:

SGANARELLE, OR THE IMAGINARY CUCKOLD (SIC)

THE FORCED MARRIAGE (FM)

THE FLYING DOCTOR (FD)

TWO PRECIOUS MAIDENS RIDICULED (TPMR)

Moliere:

Man, 40s-50s. Characters in this track also include Sganarelle (SIC), a jealous, feisty husband; Sganarelle (FM), a reluctant groom; Sganarelle (FD), a wily valet; and La Grange (TPMR), a rebuffed wooer.

Armande:

Woman, early 20s. “Young Female Lover” track includes Célie (SIC), the furtive daughter; Dorimène (FM), the conniving daughter; Lucile (FD), witty and self-absorbed; and Magdelon (TPMR), a cultural snob.

Joseph:

Man, early 20s. “Young Male Lover” track includes Lélie (SIC), the young lover; Lycaste (FM), romantic; Valère (FD), intelligent and crafty; and Jodelet (TPMR), a valet disguised as a nobleman.

Du Parc:

Man, 20s-30s. “Witty Character Male” track includes Gros-rené (SIC), a lazy servant; Alcidas / Pancrace (FM), hot-tempered brother / self-absorbed philosopher; Gros-rené (FD), a dim-witted valet; and Mascarille (TPMR), a fop.

Du Croisy:

Man, 60s. “Character Male” track includes Gorgibus / Dorante (SIC), controlling father / direct; Alcantor / Géronimo (FM), matter-of-fact / credulous citizen; Gorgibus (FD), respectable; and Gorgibus (TPMR), old-fashioned.

Madeline:

Woman, early - mid 20s. “Character Female” track includes Lisette (SIC), a protective chaperone; Gypsy (FM); Sabine (FD), supportive and trustworthy; and Cathos (TPMR), precious, and a follower of fashion.

Hubert:

Man, 30s-40s. “Character Male” track includes Martine / Villebrequin (SIC), Sganarelle’s overbearing wife (in drag) / wealthy merchant; Marphurius (FM), an obtuse philosopher; Lawyer (FD), pompous; and Almanzor / Marotte (TPMR), rejected lover / practical servant.

Non-Speaking Male:

Track age: Early 20s. Plays Servant (SIC); Boy (FM); and Porter (TPMR).