Alley Theatre
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep $1008 weekly minimum (LORT B)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in Alley Theatre's 2022-23 Season (see breakdown).
INSTRUCTIONS
SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS IN BREAKDOWN. Please submit your headshot/resume along with your video submission. All auditions will be reviewed if received by the deadline.
Deadline: Fri, Apr 29, 2022
SUBMIT TO
PERSONNEL
Associate Producer & Casting Director - Brandon Weinbrenner (viewing auditions)
OTHER DATES
See production dates in breakdown.
OTHER
www.alleytheatre.org
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to submit.
BREAKDOWN
PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Total audition time should not exceed 3 minutes.
Please tape 2 contrasting monologues or 1 monologue and 1 song. You may also use the accompaniment and sheet music provided below.
Baritone: https://alleytheatreorg-my.sharepoint.com/personal/brandonw_alleytheatre_org1/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fbrandonw%5Falleytheatre%5Forg1%2FDocuments%2FSeason%2076%20EPAs%2FBaritone%2FBari%20Audition%2EAll%20That%27s%20Known&ga=1
Tenor: https://alleytheatreorg-my.sharepoint.com/personal/brandonw_alleytheatre_org1/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fbrandonw%5Falleytheatre%5Forg1%2FDocuments%2FSeason%2076%20EPAs%2FTenor%2FTenor%20Audition&ga=
Alto: https://alleytheatreorg-my.sharepoint.com/personal/brandonw_alleytheatre_org1/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fbrandonw%5Falleytheatre%5Forg1%2FDocuments%2FSeason%2076%20EPAs%2FAlto&ga=1
Soprano: https://alleytheatreorg-my.sharepoint.com/personal/brandonw_alleytheatre_org1/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fbrandonw%5Falleytheatre%5Forg1%2FDocuments%2FSeason%2076%20EPAs%2FSoprano%2FSop%20Audition&ga=
CLUE
Based on the Screenplay by Jonathan Lynn
Written by Sandy Rustin
Additional Material by Hunter Foster and Eric Price
Based on the Paramount Pictures Motion Picture
Based on the Hasbro Board Game Clue
Original Music by Michael Holland
Directed by Brandon Weinbrenner
Hubbard Theatre (LORT B)
DATES:
First Rehearsal June 21, 2022.
Performances July 22 to August 28, 2022.
SEEKING:
ALL ROLES ARE CAST AT THIS TIME.
Ken Ludwig’s LEND ME A SOPRANO
Directed by Eleanor Holdridge
Hubbard Theatre (LORT B)
DATES:
First Rehearsal August 16, 2022
Performances September 16 to October 9, 2022.
SEEKING:
The most important quality of all characters in this play is that they are extremely adept at comedy. The humor comes first, always.
MRS. WYLIE - 40s-60s, General Manager of the Cleveland Opera Company. A businesswoman in the 1930s, with confidence, style, and big energy. She’s extravagant, outspoken, and doesn’t like taking no for an answer. Any ethnicity.
JO - 20s-30s, Mrs. Wylie’s assistant. Scruffy, rough around the edges, but good at her job, willing to do whatever it takes to make things work. Sings opera. Any ethnicity.
JERRY - 20s-30s, Mrs. Wylie’s son. He is a true opera lover. Good looking and good intentioned, he is easy to like and trust. Any ethnicity.
ELENA FIRENZI - 30s-50s, an Italian, world-famous Soprano. Gorgeous, magnificent, a real Diva. She’s a force of nature, with highs and lows aplenty, but always ready to perform. She may have thick skin, but underneath she is quite empathetic. Speaks with an Italian accent. Sings Opera.
PASQUALE FIRENZI - 30s-50s, Italian. While handsome and impressive himself, he can’t help but be jealous of all of Elena’s male admirers. Fiery and temperamental. Speaks with an Italian accent.
BEVERLY - 20s-40s, a bellhop. Star struck by Elena and willing to do whatever it takes to get noticed by her. Physical comedy and singing skills encouraged. Any ethnicity.
LEO - 20s-30s, a gorgeous Dutch tenor. Sexy and self-confident with a beautiful smile and great warmth. Cares about his singing, his body, and little else. Speaks with a Dutch accent. Does not need to sing.
JULIA - 50s-70s, Chairwoman of the Opera Guild. Elegant and glamorous and needing the evening to go perfectly. She is in Mrs. Wylie’s business any chance she gets. Any ethnicity.
Edward Albee’s SEASCAPE
Directed by Nathan Winkelstein
Neuhaus Theatre (LORT C)
DATES:
First rehearsal September 13, 2022
Performances October 14 to November 13, 2022.
SEEKING:
CHARLIE
ALL OTHER ROLES ARE CAST AT THIS TIME.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL adapted by Rob Melrose, from the novella by Charles Dickens
Directed by Rob Melrose
Hubbard Theatre (LORT B)
DATES:
First rehearsal October 4, 2022
Performances November 18 to December 30, 2022.
SEEKING:
YOUNG ADULT SCROOGE/ TOPPER/ GENTLEMAN 2/ THIRD MAN/ RALPH
FIDDLER - An ensemble member. Any age, ethnicity, or gender. Proficient at playing the violin.
ENSEMBLE - Members of the company, any ethnicities, ages (18+), and any genders. Various roles in the play as well as understudies for the named characters. Will sing Christmas carols.
(2) SWINGS - Male-identifying and female-identifying. Will understudy the ensemble members.
ALL OTHER ROLES ARE CAST AT THIS TIME.
WHAT-A-CHRISTMAS! by Isaac Gómez
Directed by KJ Sanchez
Neuhaus Theatre (LORT C)
DATES:
First rehearsal November 8, 2022
Performances December 2 to December 24, 2022.
SEEKING:
ALL ROLES ARE CAST AT THIS TIME.
COWBOY BOB created by Molly Beach Murphy, Jeanna Phillips & Annie Tippe
Music & Lyrics by Jeanna Phillips
Book & Additional Lyrics by Molly Beach Murphy
Additional Music by Alex Thrailkill
Directed by Annie Tippe
Hubbard Theatre (LORT B)
DATES:
First rehearsal January 31, 2023
Performances March 3 to March 26, 2023.
SEEKING:
We welcome performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, body types, and exceptionalities. Actors of diverse cultural and racial backgrounds are encouraged to apply. We are looking for singers with authentic musicality who feel at home in country, blues, folk, and rock idioms.
PEGGY JO TALLAS, Alto. (F#3-C#5). Late 30s-50s. Bank robber who eluded law enforcement for many years disguised as a man. Otherwise unsuspecting, she works at a hotel chain and lives at home with her mother. Dry sense of humor. She holds her cards close to her chest and has developed a certain gruffness, or hardened veneer with time. In moments of music, she is physically energetic to the point of near anarchy. Alto with a strong belt and keen harmonic ear; equally facile with soaring folk and rock melodies and restrained punk-talk recitative. Patti Smith meets Bonnie Raitt.
RENA, Alto/Mezzo. (F#3-D#5). Late 20s/Early 30s. Tenured employee at the Chili’s in Peggy Jo’s home town. Has dreams of something bigger for herself, and uses Peggy Jo’s story to help break the negative cycles in her life. Speaks mostly in humorous and ruthlessly candid direct address to the audience. Strong performative chops as a front woman. Has a strong folk/rock sensibility, she knows her voice well and has a wide dynamic range; she can growl, punk-talk, and croon folk-rock.
JERRY “MA” TALLAS, Low Alto. (F#3-A4). 60-80s. Peggy’s Mother. Shares Peggy Jo’s dry sense of humor, but without any illusions of grandeur. Recent ill health has taken away her ability to see. Has as much vocal ease as vocal power, able to bring language to life in song. She brings down the house with an 11 o’clock number.
STAN, High Tenor. (F3-A4 with optional falsetto up to C#5). 40s-50s. Perpetually down on his luck. Has an unusual sense of optimism. Has known the Tallas family since he was in third grade. Loyal to his friendships above all else.
KATHY, Alto/Mezzo/Soprano. (A#3-C#5). 40’s-50s. Peggy Jo’s sister. Very well-adjusted and over-scheduled. Enjoys her little bubble of Texas suburbia. Humor helps her cope with a life that is not as shiny as it appears.
TANYA, Alto/Mezzo. (C#4-D#5). Late 20s/Early 30s. Rena's co-worker at Chili's. Vivacious, full of energy, with a mischievous bent. Her optimism is spiked with a middle finger towards the establishment.
COP BILLY, Baritone/tenor. ( F#3 - G4). Late 20s to 50s. Policeman in Dallas, endlessly chasing his tail. Wild confidence without any follow-through. A cclown who can turn to violence on a dime.
COP ROY, Baritone/tenor. (F#3 - G4). Late 20s to 50s. Policeman in Dallas, endlessly chasing his tail. Has the smarts of the two, but with a short fuse. Desperate for a promotion, and the promise of greatness. A clown who can turn to violence on a dime.
MANAGER BILL, Bass/baritone. (F#2 - C4). 30s to 50s. Manager at Chili’s. The kinda guy who gives his staff rides to work, but has not yet learned the HR definition of “boundaries”.
THE ODYSSEY by Derek Walcott, based on the story by Homer
Directed by Christopher Windom
Neuhaus Theatre (LORT C)
DATES:
First rehearsal February 21, 2023
Performances March 24 to April 23, 2023.
SEEKING:
ODYSSEUS
BLIND BILLY
PENELOPE
TELEMACHUS
EURYCLEIA
ALL OTHER ROLES ARE CAST AT THIS TIME.
SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE CASE OF THE JERSEY LILY by Katie Forgette
Directed by Brandon Weinbrenner
Hubbard Theatre (LORT B)
DATES:
First rehearsal March 14, 2023
Performances April 14 to May 7, 2023.
SEEKING:
DR WATSON/ MAN 2
MRS LILLIE LANGTRY
JOHN SMYTHE/ ABDUL KARIM/ MAN 1
PROFESSOR MORIARTY
ALL OTHER ROLES ARE CAST AT THIS TIME
TORERA by Monet Hurst-Mendoza
Directed by Tatiana Pandiani
LORT contract pending
DATES:
First rehearsal April 11, 2023
Performances May 12 to June 11, 2023.
SEEKING:
All characters are Latinx, most likely Mexican or of Mexican descent.
ELENA MARIA RAMÍREZ - (18+ to play 12 and 20s) A free-spirited, confident, unusually perceptive young girl who dreams of becoming a famous bullfighter and a grown version of her younger self, a great matadora. Possesses strong physical skills.
TANOK CÁRDENAS - (18+ to play 12 and 20s) Slightly arrogant, privileged, but sweet-natured boy training to become a famous bullfighter and a grown version of his younger self, a great rejoneador. Possesses strong physical skills.
PASTORA RAMÍREZ - (early 40s-50s) Wise, loving, dutiful; mother to Elena, nanny/ housekeeper to the Cárdenas family.
DON RAFAEL CÁRDENAS - (late 40s-50s) A great bullfighter-turned-trainer in retirement; a taskmaster, dripping with machismo. The type of older aristocratic man with a love of the game you’d see in an old Mexican film about caballeros.
GROOMS/CIRUJANO TAURINO/TOREROS - (18+) 2 male toreros in the bullring and stable helpers in the Picadero. Cirujano Taurino has the confidence to stand up to Don Rafael. Possesses strong physical acting skills.
THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS translated, adapted, and directed by Rob Melrose
Hubbard Theatre (LORT B)
DATES:
First Rehearsal: May 9, 2023
Performances: June 9 to July 2, 2023.
SEEKING:
SERVANT OF THE INN
SERVANT OF PANTALONE
MUSICIAN - A mandolin player.
MUSICIAN - An accordion player.
ALL OTHER ROLES ARE CAST AT THIS TIME.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to submit.
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