Chester Theatre Company 2024 Season - NYC EPA Chester Theatre Company | Chester, MA
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Friday, February 16, 2024
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
SPT
$576 weekly minimum (SPT 6)
Equity actors for roles in Chester Theatre Company's 2024 Season (See breakdown).
Please prepare a brief contemporary monologue in the style of the show you’d like to be considered for. Bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center 165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
Expected to attend:
Co-Producing Artistic Directors: James Barry and Tara Franklin
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
See breakdown for production specific dates. OTHER
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.
Written by Lucas Hnath
Directed by Gabrielle Farrah
1st Rehearsal: May 28
Opening: June 21
Closing: June 30
SYNOPSIS: The Thin Place is the story of two women, Hilda and Linda. Linda communicates, professionally, with the dead, who are still here, just in a different part of here, in the thin place. She can make those who believe hear them, offering them peace and closure and meaning. Originally from rural England, she’s reestablished herself in the U.S.—birthplace of spiritualism—where she has continued to build a career out of her gift. Hilda, a keen listener and observer who’s grappling with loss, takes a great interest in Linda’s abilities. She befriends the veteran medium, seeking answers that lie across the fragile boundary between our world and the other one.
HILDA - female identifying, 30s- 40s, any ethnicity.
LINDA - female identifying, 60s, any ethnicity, English accent.
JERRY - male identifying, 30s - 50s, any ethnicity.
SYLVIA - is CAST - seeking potential replacement - female identifying, 40s-50s, any ethnicity.
Written by Mark Basquill and Jay Sefton
Directed by James Barry
1st Rehearsal: June 11
Opening: July 4
Closing: July 14
SYNOPSIS: The true story of an adolescent actor cast as Jesus in a play directed by a pedophile priest. The story chronicles a survivor’s journey as he confronts his past and discovers the courage to use his voice and redefine what reconciliation means.
Jay - is CAST - seeking potential replacement - male identifying, 40s-50s to play working class Irish American Philadelphian and numerous other roles ranging in age and gender.
WILL SACRIFICE (World Premiere)
Written by Julie McKee
Directed by Keira Naughton
1st Rehearsal: July 2
Opening: July 25
Closing: August 4
SYNOPSIS: Bridget’s fraught marriage to Nigel, a cramped NYC apartment and her stagnant career convince her to search for a country escape in the post 9/11 real estate gold rush up in the Lower Catskill Mountains. Armed with a limited budget and plenty of nervous enthusiasm, she enlists the aid of Mr. Sunshine to help her realize her dream. A comedy.
Nigel - male identifying, 60s-70s, an out of work actor, native New Yorker of Jewish heritage. Bridget - female identifying, 50s, any ethnicity, poet who emigrated to the U.S. as a young person.
Dr. Sunshine/Dentist - male identifying, 50s, any ethnicity, a charismatic real estate agent and a friendly dentist.
Written by Tom Wells
Directed by James Warwick
1st Rehearsal: July 16
Opening: August 9
Closing: August 18
SYNOPSIS: Kilnsea, East Yorkshire. Angie and Lauren are closing up the café for another winter; the birds have gone south and taken the tourists with them. The last visitor is Lauren’s dad Dennis, stopping by for his pasty and beans. But there's another arrival - one that's unforeseen and life changing for them all. Big Big Sky is a beautifully tender play by Tom Wells, who was originally from Kilnsea. The play explores nature's influence on love, friendship and family - the belief that anyone who's lost can be found, even in the remotest of places.
ANGIE - is CAST - seeking potential replacement - female identifying, 40s, Yorkshire accent. DENNIS - is CAST - seeking potential replacement - male identifying, 40s, Yorkshire accent. LAUREN - 20s, female identifying, any ethnicity, guitar & singing skills, Yorkshire accent. ED - 20s, male identifying, any ethnicity, English or other accent.
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