Act II Playhouse 2011-12
– Equity Performer Auditions by APPOINTMENT in PA
Ambler PA SPT (approval/salary level pending. 2010-11 minimum weekly salary: $457).
Producing Artistic Dir: Frank A. "Bud" Martin
Assoc Artistic Dir: Harriet Power
Equity Performer Auditions (Principal/Chorus) by APPOINTMENT:
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 – Accompanist provided Act II Playhouse
Thursday, April 7, 2011 – No accompanist 56 E. Butler Avenue
10 AM - 6 PM both days. Ambler PA 19002
Lunch from 1 - 2. 4 blocks east of SEPTA “R5” stop. Public parking lot on Cavalier Dr.
For a five-minute appointment, e-mail
auditions@act2.org with preferred time(s). E-mailing is preferred. Those without access to e-mail may call 215/654-1011. Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout each audition day, as time permits.
Accompanist provided on April 5 only. If singing, please prepare EITHER 32 bars of a song and a one-minute monologue OR a brief song. Bring sheet music in the correct key; accompanist is provided, but may not transpose. If not singing, please prepare two contrasting monologues (approx. 90 seconds each).
Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.
All roles are available unless otherwise specified.
SYLVIA by A. R. Gurney. Dir: Harriet Power. 1st reh: 8//16/11. Runs 9/6-10/2. May extend by one week.
Greg, a burnt-out baby-boomer in midlife crisis, instead of choosing the stereotypical path of having an affair or buying a sports car, adopts a stray dog, a mutt named Sylvia (played by a female actor). Greg is happy. The dog is happy. But Greg's wife is most unhappy. She wants to travel, she wants to celebrate her newly empty nest, and she has no interest in having a dog or the responsibilities that come with it. A comedy and occasionally poignant drama that explores the complexities of conditional and unconditional love.
Greg:
Middle-aged (late 40s - early 60s). Middle-class. In midlife crisis. Married to Kate.
Kate:
Middle-aged. Direct, articulate. Involved in a new job, teaching middle-school Shakespeare. Married to Greg.
Sylvia:
20s-30s. The dog – played by a female actor. Enthusiastic, expressive. Actor must be able to embody a dog (flexibility, athleticism, movement skills necessary).
Tom / Phyllis / Leslie:
30s-40s. All played by one male actor. Vocal and physical range and humor important; must be able to play across gender.
THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP by Charles Ludlam. Dir: Harriet Power. 1st reh 10/4/11. Runs 10/25–11/20.
Lord Edgar of Mandacrest Mansion takes a new wife after his first wife meets her untimely demise in the jaws of a werewolf. But ... is his first wife really dead? What's the secret known only to the one-legged butler? And who is Irma Vep anyway? Charles Ludlam sends up Gothic melodrama and horror movies, yet asserts, "Our slant was actually to take things very seriously, especially focusing on those things held in low esteem by society and revaluing them, giving them new meaning, new worth, by changing their context."
Two Actors (either Two Men or One Man and One Woman):
These two actors play all eight characters. Essential: Supple, freewheeling physical and vocal skills, range, athleticism and sense of humor.
TIME StANDS STILL by Donald Margulies. Dir: Bud Martin. Co-production with Delaware Theatre Company (LORT, Wilmington DE). 1st reh (in DE): 12/27/11. Runs in DE 1/18/12 – 2/5/12. Runs at Act II 2/14/12 – 3/11/12.
Play follows Sarah and James, a photojournalist and a foreign correspondent, trying to find happiness in a world that seems to have gone crazy. Theirs is a partnership based on telling the toughest stories, and together, making a difference. But when their own story takes a sudden turn, the adventurous couple confronts the prospect of a more conventional life…and everything changes—in a flash.
Sarah Goodwin:
Late 30s - early 40s. Photojournalist. Commanding mixture of steely resolve and suppressed feeling.
James Dodd:
Late 30s - early 40s. Freelance journalist. Has the friendly mien of a human teddy bear, but beneath the surface lies frailty and bitterness.
Richard Ehrlick:
55. Photo editor, and the couple’s closest friend. Full of empathy and wry exasperation.
Mandy Bloom:
25. Affably daffy event planner.
my fair lady Music: Frederick Loewe. Book/Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner. Dir: Bud Martin. 1st reh: 4/3/12. Runs 4/24/12 – 7/1/12.
Eliza Doolittle:
Young cockney woman who sells flowers. Soprano with belt.
Freddy Eynsford-Hill:
Eliza’s suitor. Light baritone/tenor.
Col. Pickering:
Higgins’s friend; assists him in tutoring Eliza. Low C to high E.
Alfred P. Doolittle:
Eliza’s father, a poor dustman. Low A to high E.
Mrs. Pearce:
Higgins’s head of household. Soprano.
Mrs. Higgins:
Higgins’s socialite mother. Alto.
Ensemble:
Singer/dancers.
Henry Higgins:
CAST. Auditioning performers will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary. Professor of Phonetics. Teaches Eliza to speak “properly”.
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