THE LYRIC STAGE COMPANY OF BOSTON 2012-13 PLAYS Equity Principal Auditions - The Lyric Stage Company Auditions

The Lyric Stage Company 2012-2013 Plays

– Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT in Boston

Boston MA NEAT category 6

Spiro Veloudos, Producing Artistic Director

Sara S. Glidden, Managing Director

At the auditions: Spiro Veloudos, Producing Artistic Director; Nora Long, Producing Associate

Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT:

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 The Lyric Stage Company of Boston

10 AM – 6 PM 140 Clarendon Street

Lunch from 1 - 2. Boston, MA 02116

To schedule an appointment, please e-mail artistic@
lyricstage.com with the hour in which you would like to be seen and a contact phone number. You will receive an e-mail confirming your audition time. Performers without e-mail may call (617) 585-5684, Monday – Friday from 10 – 5 and leave a message with a contact phone number and the hour during which you would like to be seen. You will receive a phone call confirming your audition time.

Please prepare appropriate material of your choosing, which may be from one or more of the season’s shows. Scripts and a reader will be provided at the audition. During your five-minute audition appointment, you may audition for one or more roles in the season.

Scripts are available for review at StageSource, 88 Tremont Street, Suite 714, Boston, MA 02108.

Visit
www.lyricstage.com to learn more about the plays.

Please bring a headshot and resume, stapled together.

2012-2013 Season:

At this audition, the Theatre is seeking Equity performers for all roles in the following shows.

Note: No housing is available for out-of-area performers.

THE CHOSEN

Adapted from the novel by Chaim Potok by Aaron Posner and Chaim Potok. Directed by TBD

Rehearsals begin September 25, 2012. Plays October 19-November 18, 2012.

Seeking:

REUVEN MALTER and others: played by one man, mid-30s, a rabbi

YOUNG REUVEN MALTER: teenage boy, Jewish

REB SAUNDERS: Danny’s father, a rabbi,

DAVID MALTER: Reuven’s father, a scholar, he is not well but still energetic

DANNY SAUNDERS: teenage boy, Hasidic

CHINGLISH

by David Henry Hwang, Directed by TBD

Rehearsals begin November 6, 2012. Plays November 30-December 23, 2012.

Seeking:

DANIEL CAVANAUGH, 40s, male Caucasian American

PETER TIMMS, 40s, male Caucasian Englishman

MISS QIAN/ PROSECUTOR LI, female, Chinese

CAI GUOLIANG, 40-50, male, Chinese

XI YAN, 30-40, female, Chinese

BING/ JUDGE XU GEMING, 30-40, male, Chinese

ZHAO, female, Chinese

33 VARIATIONS

By Moises Kaufman Directed by Spiro Veloudos

Rehearsals begin December 11, 2012. Plays January 4-February 2, 2013.

Seeking:

CLARA BRANDT, female, Katherine’s adult daughter

ANTON SCHINDLER, male, Beethoven’s secretary

ANTON DIABELLI, male, a music publisher

MIKE CLARK, male, a nurse and Clara’s boyfriend

DR. GERTRUDE LADENBURGER, female, a librarian, German

The roles of Beethoven and Dr. Katherine Brandt have already been cast.

BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK

by Lynn Nottage Directed by TBD

Rehearsals begin March 5, 2013. Plays March 29 – April 27, 2013

Seeking:

VERA STARK: female, African American, 28 in Act I, early 60s in Act II, sings

GLORIA MITCHELL: female, “white” 28 in Act I, early 60s in Act II Hollywood starlet

LEROY BARKSDALE/HERB: male, African American,

LOTTIE/CARMEN LEVY-GREEN: female, 20s, pretty and heavy set, African American, sings

ANNA MAE/AFUA ASSATA EJOBO: female, “a very, very fair skinned African American woman,” a knockout

SLASVICK/ BRAD: 30s-50s, male, Caucasian

MAXIILLIAN VON OSTER./ PETER RHYS-DAVIES: 30s-50s, male, Caucasian

Auditions for the following musicals in the 2012-13 season will be held on Monday, May 21. See separate notice

THE MIKADO Music by Arthur Sullivan, Libretto by W.S. Gilbert, September 7– October 13, 2012.

ON THE TOWN Music by Leonard Bernstein Book and Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Based on an idea by Jerome Robbins, May 10-June 16, 2013.

It is the intention of the Lyric Stage Company that auditions/interviews shall be conducted in a manner that continues to promote fair consideration to ethnic minorities, women, seniors and performers with disabilities. The Lyric Stage Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Mailing Address: The Lyric Stage Company of Boston, 140 Clarendon Street, Boston, MA 02116