SPEAKEASY STAGE 2012-13 DRAMAS Equity Principal Auditions - SpeakEasy Stage Company Auditions

Appointments:
For an Equity appointment, please e-mail
auditions@speakeasystage.com (preferred) or call (617) 482-3279. Please be sure to include a contact phone number and email, Equity status, and the hour during which you would like to be seen. You will receive an email or phone call confirming your audition time.

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Preparation:
Auditions will be in 5-minute slots. Actors may choose to read one or more scenes from the season’s plays, perform one or more monologues of their choice, or prepare a combination of scene(s) and monologues(s) from other sources. SpeakEasy suggests that actors not preparing scenes choose two contrasting monologues. Scripts are available for perusal at the StageSource office, 88 Tremont Street, Boston. See
www.stagesource.orgfor directions and office hours.

Please bring TWO copies of your stapled headshot /resume.

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2012-2013 Season Dramas with available roles:

THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT
By Stephen Adley Guirgis
Director: David R. Gammons
Dates: September 14 – October 13, 2012.

Jackie: Male, late 20s, Puerto Rican, A recovering alcoholic, recently released from prison, volatile and puppy-dog vulnerable, tough-talking bravado, self-destructive.

Cousin Julio: Male, late 20s, Puerto Rican, fastidious, effeminate, health nut, has a great body, great sense of humor.

Victoria: Female, late 20s-early 30s, attractive, complicated, lack of self esteem, feels unloved, sorry for herself, yet tough and assertive, smart, funny, needy.

Veronica: Female, late 20s, Puerto Rican, Foul-mouthed and tender-hearted, short fuse, ballsy, feisty, complex, sexy.

Ralph D: Male, late 20s-early 30s, African-American, wisecracking, slick talking, calculatingly charming, cocky, straightforward, overly self-confident, fast-talking scamster.




OTHER DESERT CITIES
By: Jon Robin Baitz
Director: Scott Edmiston
Dates: January 11 – February 9, 2013.

Brooke Wyeth: Female, 40's; any ethnicity, once-promising novelist. Attractive, intelligent, dry, fiercely independent.

Polly Wyeth: 60's; any ethnicity, old-guard California Republican. Elegant, stylish, smart. Speaks frankly, and intimidates those who show any form of weakness or resistance to her way of doing things. Brilliant, with a sharp tongue; she can be very cutting.

Lyman Wyeth: Male, late 60's; any ethnicity, Polly's husband and Brooke and Trip's father. Old-guard California Republican, and political protégé of Ronald Reagan. A former actor turned politician, he's a warm and charming man, attractive, smooth and self-confident, who holds true to his beliefs. Likes to see the good in people.

Silda Grauman: Female, 60's; any ethnicity, Polly's sister and former screenwriting partner. Recovering alcoholic; comes to terms with her disease using charm, sarcasm and a sharp sense of humor.

Trip Wyeth: Male, early 30's; any ethnicity, Lyman and Polly's youngest child, a successful television producer. Attractive, playful, with a good sense of humor. Projects a sense of optimism and a desire to lead an emotionally uncomplicated life.




CLYBOURNE PARK
By: Bruce Norris
Director: M. Bevin O’Gara
Dates: March 1- March 30, 2013.

Bev/Kathy: Female, 40’s, white; Act I: Housewife. Family and community are key to her. Mourning her son Kenneth. Can be a bit scattered, overly pleasant, and high strung. Act II: Lawyer working for Steve and Lindsey. Thinks well of herself. This role has been cast, actors may audition for possible replacement.

Francine/ Lena: Female, late 20’s/early 30’s, black; Act I: Domestic who works for Russ and Bev. Married to Albert. Mother of 3. Has patience and dignity. But pushed to her limit by the end of the act. Act II: Working mother of 3. She is well traveled and a member of the Homeowners Association. Opposed to demolishing the house. Married to Kevin.

Betsy Lindner/Lindsey: Female, late 20’s/30’s, white; Act I: Karl’s wife. Pregnant. Deaf. Lip reads. Able to speak some, but loud and not plainly. Pleasant. Signs and also writes notes. Act II: High earning professional, expecting a baby. Well traveled. Thinks she has a cosmopolitan outlook.

Russ Stoller/Dan: Male, late 40’s/early 50’s, white; Act I: Married to Bev. Mourning his son Kenneth. Has a temper and an axe to grind with the people in the neighborhood he is leaving. Dramatic and powerful. Act II: Builder at the home site where Act II takes place. Blue-Collar. Brusque. Role has already been cast. This role has been cast, actors may audition for possible replacement.

Albert/Kevin: Male, 30’s/early 40’s, black; Act I: Father of 3. Francine’s husband. Good natured. Wants to lend a hand. Act II: Lena’s husband. Father of 3. Professional. Well traveled. Member of Homeowner’s Association.

Jim/Tom Driscoll/Kenneth: Male, late 20’s to 30ish, white; Act I: Minister. Serves as “informal” community therapist” to his parish. Act II: Estate agent. Homosexual. He called the meeting of the new buyers, the neighborhood association reps, a lawyer, and a builder. Kenneth in flashback: depressed, lonely, suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Karl Lindner/Steve: Male, 30’s to 40ish, white; Act I: Rotarian and chair of community association. Married to Betsy (who is deaf). Expectant father. Uses American Sign Language(ASL) with wife. Act II: Professional. Plans to knock it down and rebuild. About to be a first time father. Well traveled. Not much of a sportsman.

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