GHOSTS Equity Principal Auditions - Off The Wall Productions Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Monday, November 10, 2014
12 PM to 8 PM
Break from 3:30-4:30 PM

Contract
SPT
SPT 5 ($371/week AEA minimum)

Location
Off The Wall Performing Arts Center
25 West Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106

Seeking
Actors for 4 principal roles, 3 men and 1 woman.

See breakdown for info.

(the role of Helen Alving has been CAST)

Preparation
Please come prepared with a headshot and resume, stapled together.

Audition will consist of cold readings from the script. Visually impaired performers may request an advance copy of sides when making an audition appointment.

Other Dates
1st reh: 2/2/15. Runs 2/27 -3/14/15 (10 performances).

Meter parking available on the street, or in the lot across from the theater. No need to feed the parking meters after 4:30pm.

Other
AEA members without appointments seen as time permits.

Personnel
Producer: Hans Gruenert
Artistic Director: Virginia Wall Gruenert
By Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Virginia Wall Gruenert
Director: Simm Landres

· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Appointments
AEA members may email/call for an appointment at: info@insideoffthewall.com, 724-873-3576 between 10 AM and 5 PM, Mon-Fri.

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Breakdown

The sins of the past are at the heart of Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts. Mrs. Helen Alving has accepted her pastor’s counsel and endured her husband’s many infidelities in silence. Ten years after Alving’s death, she is to dedicate an orphanage in his memory. Her son Oswald, kept innocent of his father’s profligacy, returns home for the dedication. His attraction to the housemaid conjures up the ghost of his parents’ unhappy marriage. This disastrous romance, along with Oswald’s increasing symptoms of the venereal disease inherited from his father, force Mrs. Alving to confront her own “ghosts.”

Seeking:

Oswald Alving:
Male, mid 20’s-30’s. Mrs. Alving’s son, an artist.

Reverend Manders:
Male, 50’s-60’s. Pastor of the parish, Helen’s friend and confidant. Very concerned about propriety, morality, and self-image.

Jacob Engstrand:
Male, mid-40’s to 60’s. A carpenter and scheming drunkard, employee of Mrs. Alving.

Regina Engstrand:
Female, 20’s-30’s. Jacob’s daughter, a maid in Mrs. Alving’s service.

Mrs. Helen Alving:
Note: This role has been cast. Those auditioning will be considered for possible understudy.