WILDER SINS Equity Principal Auditions - Washington Stage Guild Auditions

WILDER SINS

– Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT in DC

Washington Stage Guild Washington DC SPT (approval/salary level pending; 2010-11 weekly minimum: $318).

Artistic Dir / Stage Dir: Bill Largess

Exec Dir: Ann Norton

Author: Thornton Wilder

Directed by Bill Largess

1st reh: 10/18/11. Runs 11/3-11/27. May extend to 12/5.

Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT:

Saturday, October 15, 2011 Undercroft Theatre of Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church

11 AM – 7 PM 900 Massachusetts Avenue, NW

Break from 3 – 4. Washington DC 20001

Use the side entrance, on Massachusetts Ave.

For an appointment, e-mail
info@stageguild.org (preferred) or call 240/582-0050 (M-F, 11-6). Please do not call the church. Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout the audition day, as time permits.

Please prepare a monologue of up to two minutes, preferably one that shows verbal facility.

Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back (do not e-mail materials).

Evening of four one-act plays: The Wreck on the 5:52, Bernice, In Shakespeare and The Bible, and Cement Hands.

Seeking (Notwithstanding the proximity of auditions to 1st rehearsal, Theatre states all roles are available):

Note: Each actor will appear in three of the four plays. All characters are relatively sympathetic, even as they misbehave, and the plays have a generous view of human failings reflected in each character’s flaws. These are sinners, but not “villains”.

Male 1:

Track age: 50s. Actor plays a disgraced businessman returning from prison, a hearty car salesman, and a whimsical uncle to a young woman marrying well.

Male 2:

Track age: 40s. Actor plays an efficient lawyer, a husband troubled by changes in his life, and a perfect waiter.

Male 3:

Track age: 20s. Actor plays an irate cab-driver, a young lawyer hoping to marry and put his past behind him, and a wealthy young man who finds it hard to give money away.

Female 1:

Track age: Late teens-20s. Actress plays a suburban teenager, a naïve young woman whose family has secrets she’d rather not know about, and the young fiancée of a wealthy man who gets a glimpse of her future life.

Female 2:

Track age: 40s-50s. Actress plays an efficient and straightforward housekeeper, a suburban wife worried about her husband’s behavior, and a grand, outspoken former madam who wants to get back into “good society”.

Theatre’s statement: “The Stage Guild is an equal-opportunity employer with a strong record of non-traditional casting; all actors are encouraged to audition for any role for which they feel suited.”
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