Barrington Stage Company 2023 Season - NYC EPA (Plays)
Barrington Stage Company | Pittsfield, MA
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
LOA
$772 weekly minimum (Ref. COST)
Equity actors for roles in Barrington Stage Company's 2023 Season (Plays) (See breakdown).
For plays, please prepare a 2-minute contemporary monologue or two 1-minute contrasting monologues. Also, please bring you headshot and resume stapled together.
Pearl Studios (500)
500 8th Ave
New York, NY 10018-6504
Holding room Studio 302
Artistic Director: Alan Paul
Expected to attend:
Artistic Producer: Branden Huldeen
See breakdown for production personnel.
THE HAPPIEST MAN ON EARTH: April 25- June 17, 2023
CABARET: May 16-July 8, 2023
TINY FATHER: May 30-July 23, 2023 (BSC), August 1-August 17, 2023 (CTC)
BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY: June 20-August 5, 2023
FAITH HEALER: July 11-August 27, 2023
A NEW BRAIN: July 18-September 9, 2023
OTHER
www.barringtonstageco.org
EPA Musical auditions will take place on 3/2/23
ECC auditions will take place on 3/3/23
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity Monitor will be provided.
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 attend every audition. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
Equity encourages everyone participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical
mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas
are not recommended. Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.
Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the
extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and
dressing rooms.
Holding/Audition room information:
The maximum capacity in the holding room is: 25
The maximum capacity in the audition room is: 21
By Mark St. Germain
Director: TBA
SYNOPSIS: Eddie Jaku had countless harrowing experiences while he was in or trying to escape
multiple Nazi concentration camps. In spite of all of his grief and tragic losses, Eddie declared himself
“The Happiest Man on Earth” and is ready to tell the story of his first 100 years.
By Mike Lew
Producers: Barrington Stage Company, Pittsfield, MA and Chautauqua Theater Co., Chautauqua, NY
Artistic Director: Alan Paul (BSC) and Jade King Carroll (CTC)
Director: Moritz von Stuelpnagel
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SYNOPSIS: Daniel never planned on being a father, at least not in the near future, until he finds
himself in the NICU gazing at his daughter born at just 26 weeks. With the humor, heart and help of
the night nurse, Daniel has barely 3 months to step up and figure out what it means to be ‘Dad’.
DANIEL: CAST - male identifying, 30s, African American; a happily unsettled down man who
discovers his friend-with-benefits is pregnant and just had their baby. He is not ready to grow-up, yet
alone be a father, but his clock is ticking to get ready for both. Sense of humor but also a bit adrift in
the world.
CAROLINE: female identifying, 30s, Asian American: a hard-working NICU nurse who genuinely cares
for the wellbeing of babies, almost as much as she cares for following the rules. A bit of a nerd hiding a
big heart. Doesn’t take shit but stuck in a hospital system that’s against her. Reconciling being back at
work with her kids at home. Acerbic sense of humor.
By Pearl Cleage
Director: Candis C. Jones
SYNOPSIS: The Harlem Renaissance fills the streets with jazz, gin and opportunity, but not for singer
Angel and her chosen family of artists and activists who navigate the cultural and social changes in
their neighborhood.
GUY JACOBS: 30s Black man; Openly gay Costume designer at The Cotton Club and past designer
for Josephine Baker; He is living out a life filled with love for his friends and his community. But he
longs for the wire from Paris to join Josephine.
DELIA PATTERSON: 20s Black woman; trying to open a family planning clinic in the neighborhood.
She is committed to her job and her friends but has really lived.
LELAND CUNNINGHAM: 20 to 30 years old; Black man. He is a southern gentleman from Alabama
who has just arrived in Harlem. His traditional southern, religious roots come to odds with the more
liberal mindset of Harlem.
ANGEL ALLEN: 30 to 40 years old, Black woman. A singer very recently fired from The Cotton Club
who is looking for the next great gig. Self-centered but very caring, especially when she knows what she wants. Able to sing.
SAM THOMAS: 30s-Early 40s, Black man. A Harlem doctor who is not afraid to dance the night away
with his friends.
By Brian Friel
Director: Julianne Boyd
SYNOPSIS: Across the remote countryside of Scotland and Wales, a faith healer travels from village
to village performing “miracles” for the most desperate. The healer, his wife, and his manager are at
odds when it is no longer clear if they are part of a scam or witnessing true miraculous healing.
FRANK HARDY - CAST - mid to late 50s. A charismatic Irish faith healer who travels through small
villages in Wales and Scotland, hoping to heal people. Sometimes he's successful but most of the time
he isn't. His lack of success haunts him - does he have the gift or not? He is capable of being
charming (when he's successful) and nasty when he's not. This constant questioning of his talent
leads to excessive drinking and erratic behavior toward his wife and manager, who travel with him.
GRACE - CAST - late 40s-early 50s. Trained as a solicitor, Grace comes from a well-to-do Northern
Irish home. She met Frank as she was beginning her career and gave up everything to travel to
country villages and support him. When we meet her, she is in a distraught mental state, trying to
regain her mental equilibrium, having witnessed Frank's death.
TEDDY - CAST - 50s. Cockney - has the verve and buoyant personality of a showman. He has left his
world of dogs and pigeons who do tricks to be the manager and front man for Frank Hardy, the Faith
Healer. In love with both Frank and Grace and will do anything for them.
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