Barter Theatre 2024 Season - Abingdon, VA EPA
Barter Theatre | Abingdon, VA
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Barter Rehearsal Hall
201 Trigg Street
Abingdon, VA 24210
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Producing Artistic Director: Katy Brown
Head of Barter Casting: Barrett Guyton
Resident Music Director: Dishon Smith
See breakdown for production specificpersonnel.
See breakdown for production-specific dates,
OTHER
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.
Monday, December 4, 2023
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
There are two sessions for Acting/Singing
Auditions. Morning Session is 10am to
12:30pm Afternoon Sessions is 3:30pm to
6pm
Visit this link (
https://form.jotform.com/233066340778056 ) to sign up for an audition slot. Members without appointments seen as time permits.
LORT Rep
$776 weekly minimum (LORT D)
$807 weekly minimum (LORT D) (after July 1,
2024)
Equity actors for roles in Barter Theatre's 2024 season (see breakdown).
Anyone interested in the Resident Company or any musical is encouraged to attend the movement/dance auditions, even if you do not consider yourself to be a dancer.Barter Theatre believes that great stories belong to everyone. We welcome actors of all backgrounds, identities, ages, and ethnicities to audition. We encourage auditions from BIPOC actors for all roles.
Prepare either 1 or 2 contrasting monologues, no more than 1 ½ minutes each. If you are doing 2, then make sure they contrast in some way. If you sing, in addition to a monologue, prepare one verse and one chorus of a song (or 16 bars of a song). Have a contrasting piece ready if asked. Bring sheet music in correct key (no lead sheets or vocal only music); accompanist provided but will not transpose. No recorded accompaniment or a cappella singing. Please bring TWO (2) copies of your picture and resume.
Barter Theatre 2024 Season
Year-round, Resident Company Members: Most members of our resident company sing and dance; for these auditions, we highly encourage you to sing and attend the movement auditions in addition to acting if you are interested in becoming a member of the resident company. Also seeking Local and Non-Local Jobbers for roles for a single show or a single repertory, and actors for six readings and staged productions during the Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights.
Rehearsals for most plays begin approximately six – eight weeks before they open. Most Actors tend to participate in two productions during the same repertory.
NOTE: Seeking actors for the following productions and roles. Actors auditioning will also be considered for possible future replacements if needed. All of the following roles will be understudied.
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Smith Theatre
by Samm-Art Williams
Dates: February 17, 2024, to March 17, 2024
CEPHUS MILES - 40s, Black Southern farmer who moves to the North. Character is portrayed as a teenager, in his early twenties, age thirty-five, and age forty.
WOMAN ONE/PATTIE MAY WELLS - 30s-40s, Black Southern woman who is the girlfriend of Cephus Miles. Also portrays several characters with an age range from teens to forty.
WOMAN TWO - 30s-40s, Black female, doubles several characters ranging in age from teens to forty.
AS YOU LIKE IT
Smith Theatre
by William Shakespeare
Dates: April 2, 2024 to April 24, 2024
PHOEBE - 18+, a proud shepherdess
CELIA - 18+, Duke Frederick’s daughter and Rosalind’s cousin
ROSALIND - 18+, Duke Senior’s daughter
DUKE SENIOR/LEBEAU - 50s+, Duke Frederick’s older brother and Rosalind’s father AUDREY/AMIENS - 18+, a country girl
FREDERICK/JACQUES - 30s+, Duke Senior’s younger brother and his usurper/a discontented, melancholic lord
SILVIUS/CHARLES - 18+, a shepherd/a wrestler
OLIVER - 18+, the eldest son and heir
TOUCHSTONE - 18+, a court fool
ORLANDO - 18+, the youngest son of Sir Rowland de Boys
RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH
Gilliam Stage
Created by Richard Maltby, Jr., Conceived by William Meade
Dates: April 12, 2024, to May 11, 2024
TRENNA - Female vocalist F#3-F#5, doubling on acoustic guitar if possible
JASON - Male vocalist D2-Ab4, playing acoustic guitar if possible
DAVID - Male vocalist E2-B4, playing electric guitar, banjo, and fiddle if possible
EDDIE - Male vocalist E2-F4, playing acoustic and electric guitar, if possible
MARK - Male vocalist E2-G4, playing bass (preferably double bass but electric can be used) and various percussion, if possible
GRANDMA GATEWOOD TOOK A WALK
Smith Theatre
by Catherine Bush
Dates: May 11, 2024, to June 2, 2024
EMMA “GRANDMA” GATEWOOD - 50s-60s, an Appalachian farm woman who has seen much and endured.
MAN - 50s-60s, doubles multiple male roles, including P.C. Gatewood, Hugh Caldwell, and Dr. Monroe.
THE WIZARD OF OZ
Gilliam Stage
By Frank L. Baum, Music & Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg
Dates: May 26, 2024, to August 18, 2024
DOROTHY GALE - 18+ to play young girl, soprano, full of wonder and imagination.
AUNT EM/GLINDA - 30s+ female, soprano/alto.
MISS GULCH/WICKED WITCH - 30s+ female, wicked.
UNCLE HENRY/EMERALD CITY GUARD - 30s+ male.
PROFESSOR MARVEL/WIZARD OF OZ/ET AL - 40s+ male.
HUNK/SCARECROW - 18+, dancer and singer.
HICKORY/TIN MAN - 18+, dancer and singer.
ZEKE/COWARDLY LION - 18+, dancer and singer.
TWISTER/BABY/CROW/WINKIE/JITTERBUG/ET AL - 18+, dancer and singer, doubles multiple roles.
TWISTER/BABY/CROW/WINKIE/JITTERBUG/ET AL - 18+, dancer and singer, doubles multiple roles.
TWISTER/CITIZEN/JITTERBUG/ET AL - 18+, dancer and singer, doubles multiple roles.
NANNY/SNOW/ET AL - 18+, dancer and singer, doubles multiple roles.
NANNY/TREE/SNOW/ET AL - 18+, dancer and singer, doubles multiple roles.
NANNY/SNOW/NIKKO/ET AL - 18+, dancer and singer, doubles multiple roles.
TWISTER/CITY FATHER/SNOW KING/JITTERBUG/ET AL - 18+, dancer and singer, doubles multiple roles.
MAYOR/STYLIST/WINKIE GENERAL/ET AL - 18+, dancer and singer, doubles multiple roles.
BARRISTER/TREE/SNOW/JITTERBUG/ET AL - 18+, dancer and singer, doubles multiple roles.
CORONER/TREE/JITTERBUG/ET AL - 18+, dancer and singer, doubles multiple roles.
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
Gilliam Stage
Adapted for the stage by Owen O’Neill and Dave Johns
Dates: June 14, 2024 to August 17, 2024
ANDY DUFRESNE - 30s male, a fish out of water in Shawshank; quiet, very intelligent, softly-spoken man.
RED - 40s Black male, “the guy who could get things”, friend of Andy.
WARDEN STAMMAS - 40s-50s male, the warden of Shawshank, a coward, a bully, and a cheating hypocrite who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
HADLEY - 40s male, head prison guard at Shawshank.
BOGS - 30s-40s male, feared throughout the prison.
BROOKSIE - 60s-70s male, lived most of his life in Shawshank, the model prisoner in charge of the library trolley.
ENTWISTLE - 30s-40s male, follows in the scary shadow of his head guard Bryan Hadley.
ROOSTER - 20s-40s male, from Montgomery, Alabama.
DAWKINS - 30s-40s - has a short fuse and can be prone to violence, but could be described as an ordinary decent criminal.
RICO - 20s-40s male, grew up in Detroit.
PINKY/COOK/TOMMY WILLIAMS - 20s male, doubles as Tommy (the youngest con in Shawshank who learns from Andy), Pinky, and the Cook.
CRY IT OUT
Smith Theatre
by Molly Smith Metzler
Dates: June 21, 2024 to August 17, 2024
JESSIE - 30s female, recently relocated to Port from Manhattan to raise her family. Educated, articulate, lovely, and warm, but in private, bends towards anxiety. Worked 90-hour weeks in the city as a corporate lawyer until Allie was born; now she’s in yoga pants.
LINA - 20s-30s female from Long Beach, fun, funny, and refreshingly genuine. Works at St. Francis Hospital
MITCHELL - 30s-40s male, Adrienne’s husband, works in investment capital. A math nerd who is amazing with numbers, but not people. Serious, shrewd, and sensitive; becoming a father changed him.
ADRIENNE - 30s-40s female, Mitchell’s wife. Elegant, powerful, aloof, and slightly rock ‘n’ roll. Grew up in Central Park West, loyal and ferocious in both business and life.
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
Gilliam Stage
By Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields
Dates: August 31, 2024, to November 9, 2024
ANNIE - 20s-40s female, the company’s stage manager.
TREVOR - 20s-40s male, the company’s lighting and sound operator.
CHRIS - 20s-40s male, head of the drama society, director of the play and plays Inspector Carter (an esteemed local inspector).
JONATHAN - 20s-40s male, plays Charles Haversham (deceased).
ROBERT - 20s-40s male, plays Thomas Colleymoore (Charles’ old school friend).
DENNIS - 20s-40s male, plays Perkins (Charles’ butler)
MAX - 20s-50s male, plays Cecil Haversham (Charles’ brother) and Arthur (the gardener).
SANDRA - 20s-40s female, plays Florence Colleymoore (Charles’ finance and Thomas’ sister).
SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE CASE OF THE JERSEY LILY
Gilliam Stage
By Katie Forgette
Dates: September 14, 2024, to November 8, 2024
SHERLOCK HOLMES - 20s-40s, the infamous detective; cunning, brilliant, and eccentric. DR. WATSON/MAN 2 - 20s-40s, Sherlock’s right-hand-man.
MRS. LILLIE LANGTRY - 30s-50s female, a grand dame of theater.
OSCAR WILDE - 30s male, an influential playwright and socialite.
MRS. IRMA TORY/MRS. MCGLYNN - 40s-50s female, searching for a way up in the world.
JOHN SMYTHE/ABDUL KARIM/MAN 1 - 20s-30s male, Irma Tory’s relation / works for Her Majesty the Queen.
PROFESSOR MORIARTY - 20s-40s, Sherlock’s nemesis.
THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL
Smith Theatre
By Horton Foote
Dates: September 20, 2024 to November 2, 2024
CARRIE WATTS - 50s+ female, wants to take one last trip to her hometown before she dies LUDIE WATTS - 40s male, Carrie’s son and Jessie Mae’s husband
JESSIE MAE WATTS - 40s female, Ludie’s wife,
THELMA - 20s-40s female, a friendly stranger on Carrie’s journey
ROY/TRAVELER - 20s+ male
SHERIFF - 20s+ male, the local sheriff
HOUSTON TICKET MAN 1/TRAVELER - any age and gender identity, doubles multiple characters on Carrie’s journey.
HARRISON TICKET MAN/TRAVELER - any age and gender identity, doubles multiple characters on Carrie’s journey.
HOUSTON TICKET MAN 2/TRAVELER - any age and gender identity, doubles multiple characters on Carrie’s journey.
GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
Smith Theatre
by Catherine Bush, with vocal arrangements by Eugene Wolf
Dates: November 13, 2024, to December 22, 2024
MAN - any age, singer and storyteller.
WOMAN - any age, singer and storyteller
GUITARIST - any age and gender identity, plays acoustic guitar throughout the play.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Gilliam Stage
By Charles Dickens
Dates: November 20, 2024, to December 29, 2024
EBENEEZER SCROOGE - 50s+, a redemptive heart
FRED/DICK WILKINS/CHRISTMAS YET TO COME/ET AL - 30s+, doubles multiple characters.
JACOB MARLEY/MR. FEZZIWIG/NICHOLAS/WILL/ET AL - 40s+, doubles multiple characters.
BOB CRATCHIT/JOE/ET AL - 30s+, doubles multiple characters.
MR. DRAKE/CHARLES/PETER CRATCHIT/TOPPER/ET AL - 20s+, doubles multiple characters.
MR. DAWKINS/CHRISTMAS PRESENT/ET AL - 30s+, doubles multiple characters.
BELLE/ELIZABETH/MRS. DILBER/ET AL - 20s+, doubles multiple characters.
CHRISTMAS PAST/MARTHA CRATCHIT/ET AL - 20s+, doubles multiple characters.
MRS. CRATCHIT/CAROLINE/ET AL - 20s+, doubles multiple characters.
MRS. WEMMICK/MRS. FEZZIWIG/MADELINE/MRS. TETTERBY/ET AL - 30s+, doubles multiple characters.
MRS. DAWKINS/FAN/CLARA/KITTY/ET AL - 20s+, doubles multiple characters.
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