Greater Boston Stage Company 2018-19 - Stoneham MA EPA
Greater Boston Stage Company
AUDITION DATE
Tue, Mar 27, 2018
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EST)
Lunch 2 to 3
APPOINTMENTS
Please e-mail tyler@greaterbostonstage.org for a five-minute appointment. Give your name, e-mail address, the best phone number by which to reach you and, if applicable, the hour in which you prefer to be seen. You will receive an e-mail that confirms your audition time. Performers without e-mail access may call (781)279-7885x124 Monday through Wednesday, 10am-6pm, for an appointment. Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout the audition day, as time permits.
CONTRACT
NEAT(weekly minimum approximately $435 – exact amount TBD pending negotiation)
SEEKING
Equity actors and actor/singers for various roles in the upcoming season.
PREPARATION
Non-musical auditioners: actors may choose to perform one or more monologues of their choice, read one or more scenes from the season’s plays, or a combination of scene(s) and monologues(s) within the confines of the time allotted.
Musical auditioners: In addition to preparing a brief song, actors may choose to perform one or more monologues of their choice, read one or more scenes from the season’s plays, or a combination of song(s), scene(s) and monologues(s) within the confines of the time allotted. Bring sheet music; an accompanist will be available all day.
A reader will be provided for those who wish to read from scripts. Copies of the scripts are available at StageSource (15 Channel Center Street, Suite 103, Boston) for review prior to the audition, and will be available at the audition.
Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.
LOCATION
Greater Boston Stage Company
395 Main St
Stoneham, MA 02180-3514
Downstairs Rehearsal Space Stoneham, MA (Please enter through the door marked “Greater Boston Stage Company”, which is two doors to the right of the main Theatre entrance)
PERSONNEL
In attendance: Weylin Symes, Producing Artistic Director, Ilyse Robbins, Associate Artistic Director, and Tyler Rosati, Artistic Associate.
OTHER DATES
Greater Boston Stage Company will also be attending the AEA Stagesource Auditions. For more information, please visit www.stagesource.org.
OTHER
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
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.
BREAKDOWN
2018-2019 Main Stage Season:
BEING EARNEST
A New Musical
Book and Lyrics by Paul Gordon
Music by Paul Gordon and Jay Gruska
From the Play by Oscar Wilde
Director: Ilyse Robbins
Music Director: TBD
1st rehearsal: August 28, 2018. Runs September 13 – October 7, 2018.
Ages, gender, and race are all fluid.
ALGERNON MONCRIEFF, Late 20s to early 30s. A poser and bored by convention, he is always looking for excitement. Unlike Jack, he is not serious, out for his own gratification, and a bit of a pompous ass.
LANE/MERRIMAN, 30-65. Servants in the households or Algernon and Jack, they save their employers from embarrassment and support their easy-going lifestyle.
JOHN “Jack” WORTHING (AKA ERNEST), Late 20s to early 30s. In the city he goes by the name Ernest, a fun-loving bachelor, and in the country he is Jack, land-owner and guardian to Cecily. In love with Gwendolyn and friend to Algernon.
REV. CHASUBLE, 50-65. Local vicar and source of moral judgment, though easy-going and kind.
GWENDOLEN FAIRFAX, 20s. Lady Bracknell’s daughter and the apple that falls from the tree. Believes in style over all else. Romantic and opinionated. In love with Ernest.
LADY BRACKNELL, 50-65. The stereotypical Victorian matriarch - believes in style over substance and the necessity for social and class barriers. Strongly opinionated and a true bully. Mother to Gwendolyn.
CECILY CARDEW, 18. Jack Worthing’s ward, grand-daughter of Jack’s adopted father, Sir Thomas Cardew. Romantic and imaginative, men will do anything for her.
MISS PRISM, 50-65. Cecily’s governess. Educating Cecily to have no imagination nor sensationalism in her life. An outward symbol of Victorian refinement, Miss Prism holds her own secrets.
Note: The same actor/actress plays Chasuble, Lane, and Merriman.
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THE SALONNIÉRES
by Liz Duffy Adams
Director: Weylin Symes
1st rehearsal: October 9, 2018. Runs October 25 – November 11, 2018.
FRANÇOISE, a young woman
MADELEINE DE SAUVETERRE, a girl in her late teens
HENRIETTE, THE COMTESSE DE MARÉ, a woman in her 30s
GABRIELLE, THE MARQUISE D’AULNEY, a woman in her 30s or older
CLAUDE, THE DUC DE LA BEAUCHENE, a man in his 30s or older, he is very sure of, and quite full of, himself
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IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Adapted from Frank Capra’s original screenplay by Weylin Symes
Director: TBD
1st rehearsal: November 13, 2017. Runs November 29 - December 23, 2018.
Some roles will be doubled.
GEORGE BAILEY, The everyman of Bedford Falls
CLARENCE ODDBODY, A-S-2 (Angel Second Class)
MR. GOWER, Proprietor of the corner drugstore
YOUNG GEORGE, Age 12
HARRY BAILEY, George’s younger brother
MOTHER BAILEY, Very kind and understanding woman
AUNT TILLY, Uncle Billy’s wife
VIOLET PETERSON, Proprietor of a beauty salon
BERT, Patrolman
ERNIE, Mail carrier
UNCLE BILLY, George’s Uncle and business partner
MARY HATCH, George’s loving wife
HENRY F. POTTER, Owns practically the entire town
MRS. HATCH, Mary’s mother
SAM WAINWRIGHT, Financially successful young man. Suitor to Mary
MR. MARTINI, Proprietor of a bar
MRS. MARTINI, His wife
PETE BAILEY, Age 12. George’s son
TOMMY BAILEY, Age 10. George’s son
ZUZU BAILEY, Age 7. George’s daughter
JANIE BAILEY, Age 9. George’s daughter
The role of CLARENCE has been cast.
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TINY TIM’S CHRISTMAS CAROL
Written by Ken Ludwig and Jack Ludwig
Director: TBD
1st Rehearsal: November 20, 2018. Runs December 8-23, 2018.
TINY TIM, Age 15, the Tiny Tim from the story but a few years older
SCROOGE, 50s-60s, grumpy old miser
CHARLOTTE, Age 14, Tiny Tim’s friend
PUPPET SELLER, any age or gender
PIE SELLER, any age or gender
BOOK SELLER, any age or gender
Note: SELLERS play many of the characters from the original Dickens’ story.
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ONEGIN
Based on the Poem by Pushkin & the Opera by Tchaikovsky
by Amiel Gladstone and Veda Hille
Director: Weylin Symes
1st Rehearsal: February 19, 2019. Runs March 14 – April 7, 2019.
Some roles are doubled.
VLADIMIR LENSKY, a poet, a romantic, a dreamer
EVGENI ONEGIN, gorgeous and rich and knows it, but is still, somehow, charming
TATYANA LARIN, a naïf with a spine of steel and an equally strong moral compass, regal
OLGA LARIN, Tatyana's simpleminded, coquettish younger sister
MADAME LARIN, Tatyana and Olga’s mother
TRIQUET, a French singer who thinks very highly of himself
PRINCE GREMIN, 50s-60s, eventual husband to Tatyana
ENSEMBLE, GOSSIPS, PARTY GOERS, ETC.
The roles of TATYANA and TRIQUET have been cast.
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MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET
By Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott
Two Act version revised by Hunter Foster
Director: TBD
Music Director: TBD
1st rehearsal: April 2, 2019. Runs April 25 - May 19, 2019.
ELVIS, Male, 20-29, Elvis at the beginning of his career. Must be familiar with his music and able to play guitar.
JERRY LEE LEWIS, Male, 20-29, rock & roll’s legendary piano prodigy and celebrated “Last Man Standing.” Must be a superb piano player, able to play like Jerry Lee Lewis; fun, energetic; comic skills a plus.
CARL PERKINS, Male, 18-29, American pioneer of rockabilly music and best known for his song “Blue Suede Shoes.” Must be an excellent lead guitarist.
JOHNNY CASH, Male, 18-29, Johnny cash at the dawn of his epic career. Must be familiar with his music and able to play guitar.
SAM PHILLIPS, Male, 30-40, “Father of Rock’n’Roll” and founder of Sun Records. A towering and charismatic figure in American music.
DYANNE, Female, 18-29 an aspiring singer and Elvis’s girlfriend
FLUKE, Male, 18-64 - Excellent drummer. Some singing a plus.
JAY PERKINS, Male, 30-39, Carl Perkin’s older brother; excellent bass player.
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THE THREE MUSKETEERS
Co-produced with The Front Porch Arts Collective
Written by Catherine Bush
Adapted from the Novel by Alexandre Dumas
Director: Dawn M. Simmons
1st rehearsal: May 14, 2019. Runs June 6-30, 2019.
Note: it is the Producer’s intent to cast the majority of roles as people of color. Many roles will be doubled. We may also switch the gender of some roles.
LOUIS, King of France
ANNE OF AUSTRIA, Louis’ wife, the Queen
CARDINAL RICHELIEU, second most powerful man in France
ROCHEFORT, Richelieu’s spy
MILADY (LADY DE WINTER), Richelieu’s spy and Rochefort’s lover
CONSTANCE BONACIEUX, the Queen’s maid
MONSIEUR BONACIEUX, her father, D’Artagnan’s landlord
MONSIEUR DE TREVILLE, Captain of the King’s Musketeers
LORD BUCKINGHAM, the English Prime Minister, in love with Anne of Austria
PLANCHET, Treville’s servant
KITTY, Milady’s servant and Planchet’s lover
BRADDOCK, Buckingham’s butler
BEGGAR, a beggar on the streets
MYSTERY WOMAN, Athos’s wife
ABBESS, the head of the Carmelite Convent at Bethune
ATHOS, one of the Three Musketeers, cynical
PORTHOS, one of the Three Musketeers, a vain dandy
ARAMIS, one of the Three Musketeers, priest-like
D’ARTAGNAN, a young man yearning to be a musketeer
CRIMINAL, a convicted thief
FELTON, Buckingham’s assassin
VARIOUS SPIES, CITIZENS, GUARDS SOLDIERS, ETC.
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 audition.
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