TWELFTH NIGHT Equity Principal Audition - Westport Country Playhouse Auditions
Westport Country Playhouse
TWELFTH NIGHT – Equity Principal Auditions
Westport Country Playhouse WCP Agreement $667/week minimum.
Artistic Dir/Stage Dir: Mark Lamos
Author: Shakespeare
CD: Janet Foster
1st reh: 9/13/11. Runs 10/11-11/5.
Equity Principal Auditions:
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 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 classical monologue, 2 minutes or less.
Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.
Seeking (all roles are available unless otherwise specified):
Note: All actors must be skilled in verse-speaking technique.
Viola (Cesario):
Reads in her early 20s. Young woman, twin sister to Sebastian. Passionate, clever and likably earnest. Slim, boyish figure preferred.
Orsino:
Early 30s. Young, proud, lovesick duke. Handsome and dynamic, with an appealing air. Dashing leading man-type, but requires an actor with a strong understanding of comic technique.
Olivia:
Beautiful young countess, in mourning. Proud, and unaware of her real feelings, she falls head-over-heels in love with a woman whom she thinks is a boy.
Malvolio:
30s-50s. Steward in Olivia’s house. Dour and puritanical nature. Pompous and overbearing. Requires an actor of great comic skill.
Maria:
20s-50s. Olivia’s gentlewoman. Clever, saucy, cynical and mischievous.
Sir Andrew Aguecheek:
20s-30. Sir Toby’s companion. Simple and slightly dim gentleman of leisure. Easily led and manipulated, prone to acting without fully thinking a situation through. Great comic skills required.
Feste/Fabian:
30s-50s. Playful and outwardly frivolous in nature, but possesses a dark and mysterious inner life. Clown skills and some dance, juggling and singing necessary.
Valentine / As Cast and Curio / As Cast:
Young men, 20s.
Sebastian:
20s. Viola’s twin brother. Noble young man. Handsome. Excellent verse-speaking technique a must.
Antonio / As Cast:
Late 20s-40. Loving, passionate; a man of powerful feelings. In love with Sebastian.
Captain / Priest / As Cast:
Male, 40s-60s.
CAST. Auditioning performers will be considered as possible (emergency) replacements, should any become necessary. 40s-60s. A pure force of vitality and noisy good cheer. Role for a character actor capable of playing a range of vulgarity and some melancholy.
Note from casting personnel: “Actors of all races and ethnicities are encouraged to audition for each role, with the goal of creating a diverse company.”
