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Breakdown
For any role that has been CAST, actors will be seen for possible replacements if needed.
CONSTELLATIONS
By: Nick Payne
Dir: Matt Pfeiffer
1st reh: 9/13. Perfs: 10/6 - 10/30
The following roles have been CAST:
MARIANNE
Female, 30s, any ethnicity. Quirky, charismatic in that librarian way. Needs full gamut of comedic abilities, from physical comedy to dry British irony. Genuinely open-hearted, smart and sharp, with warmth. ROLE CAST.
ROLAND
Male, 30s, any ethnicity. Professional beekeeper. Markedly off-beat. Grounded, honest to a fault. Guy who wouldn’t know how to be duplicitous if you paid him. Wears heart on his sleeve. ROLE CAST.
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MY FAIR LADY
Dir: Kristen Coury
Music Director: Jeffrey Lodin
1st reh: 10/11. Perfs: 11/10 - 12/18
Seeking:
ACTOR #1
Eliza Doolittle – Early to late 20s, soprano (A3-G5). Sharp-witted cockney flower girl who is subject of bet between Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering. Must be able to speak in cockney & RP accents.
ACTOR #2
Henry Higgins – 40s to 50s. Baritone. Precise, direct, no nonsense master of dialects who bets Pickering he can turn Eliza Doolittle into a lady by changing the way she speaks. Must speak RP excellently. ROLE CAST.
ACTOR #3
Colonel Pickering and ensemble – 50+, baritone (C3-D4). Thoughtful & gentlemanly retired British officer; a linguist. ROLE CAST.
ACTOR #4
Male – 40-50, baritone. Plays Alfred Doolittle, Eliza Doolittle’s father – cunning lower class inebriate, lover of life, a warm scammer, dragged into the middle class against his wishes. Also plays Lord Boxington, Cockney, and others.
ACTOR #5
Male – Mid 20s to early 30s, tenor. Plays Freddy Eynsford-Hill, well-to-do romantic (falls in love with Eliza), George the Bartender, Cockney, and others.
ACTOR #6
Male – Any age, tenor. Plays Harry, one of Alfred’s rapscallion buddies, Cockney, Mr. Tarrington, Servant, & others.
ACTOR #7
Male – Any age, bass, as cast. Plays Jamie, one of Alfred’s rapscallion buddies, Zolton Karpathy, a scheming Hungarian protégé of Higgins, Butler, Servant, & others.
ACTOR #8
Female, 40+, mezzo-soprano. Mrs. Pearce, loyal and warm mistress of the Higgin’s house who balances his gruff demeanor, Mrs. Eynsford-Hill, The Queen, and others. ROLE CAST.
ACTOR #9
Female - 50+, soprano/alto, as cast. Plays Mrs. Higgins, Henry Higgins’ wealthy, genteel, cunning mother, Mrs. Tarrington, Maid, & others.
ACTOR #10
Female - Any age, soprano/alto. Play Mrs. Hopkins, cockney busybody of Tottenham Court, Angry Woman, Maid, Mrs. Stephanos, & others.
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DO THIS
Playwright: Sarah Siff Exkorn
Director: Sheryl Kaller
1st reh: 12/13. Perfs: 1/5 - 1/29/17
Seeking:
MOM
Any age. Mother of toddler who shows signs of autism and her journey to reach him. Warm, strong, intelligent, driven. Must have excellent comic timing, have emotional depth and immediate likeability, endurance, and be able to adeptly step into and out of multiple characters throughout the play.
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HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Adapted by Steven Canny and John Nicholson
Dir: Andrew Paul
1st reh: 1/10/17. Perfs: 2/9 - 3/12/17
Seeking three actors to play multiple roles. Must possess impeccable comic timing as well as skill in physical comedy. We are looking for the following:
ACTOR #1
(Holmes, Stapleton, Cecille Stapleton, Mr Barrymore, Mrs Barrymore, Yokel 3) – Male. 30’s-40’s. Holmes is the world’s greatest detective, brilliant and arrogant, also the villain and his sister, a fiery Latina Cecile, Mr. and Mrs. Barrymore, and a yokel.
ACTOR #2
(Watson, Yokel 1) – Male – 30’s-40’s. Any age. Primarily plays Holmes’ faithful companion, also narrates the story. Earnest, a bit slow compared to Holmes but by no means stupid, forthright, loyal.
ACTOR #3
(Sir Charles Baskerville, Sir Henry Baskerville, Mortimer, Cabbie, Yokel 2, Wise Yokel.) – Male – 20s-40s. Sir Charles is a North American transplant to Baskerville Hall – falling in love with Latina Cecile and out of his depth in the Moors. Also plays Sir Charles (his Uncle who is murdered), Dr. Mortimer, cabbie, and many yokels.
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MERCHANT OF VENICE
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Dir: Kristen Coury
1st reh: 2/28/17. Perfs: 3/23 - 4/15/17
This is a fast moving eight-person version of the play. All actors must have physical endurance, excellent language skills, and experience in performing verse.
NOTE ON CASTING: Any ethnicity. Actors must have comic and dramatic range and be able to step quickly into numerous characters throughout the production. Roles are AS CAST, but below are the current breakdown for the main roles each actor will be playing.
ACTOR #1
Male, 40s-50ish – Plays Antonio, merchant and friend of Bassanio who’s debt with Shylock is to be paid with a pound of his own flesh. Loyal, loving, intelligent, with a dark side. THIS ROLE IS CAST.
ACTOR #2
Male, 40s-50s – Plays Salanio/Salarino and others – Merchant friend(s) of Antonio. Will also play the clown Launcelot Gobbo, and others.
ACTOR #3
Male, 20s-early 30s – Plays Bassanio and others. Warm, charming, and handsome friend of Antonio who’s overspent his means and seeks to woo Portia in order to gain her dowry but ends up falling in love with her.
ACTOR #4
Male, 30s-40s – Gratiano and others – Brash, funny friend of Antonio and Bassanio. Partier. With an edge.
ACTOR #5
Male, 50s and up – Shylock – Jewish moneylender who demands a pound of flesh to satisfy the debt of Antonio, a wealthy merchant fallen on hard times who has scorned him. Intelligent, devout, shrewd, subtle - an outsider with an agenda; a father and widower in a society that has ostracized and rejected him.
ACTOR #6
Male, 20s – Lorenzo and others – In love with Jessica. Young, handsome, impetuous. Smart but innocent.
ACTOR #7
Female, 30s – Portia – Smart, funny, complex, and beautiful inheritor of her father’s substantial wealth – with a catch. Falls in love with Bassanio and takes on the persona of a young male lawyer to save his friend Antonio.
ACTOR #8
Female, 30s-50s – Nerissa and others – Portia’s clever maid – a match for her mistress in wit and humor. Falls in love with Gratiano.
ACTOR #9
Female early 20s – Jessica and others – Shylock’s daughter – desperately in love with Lorenzo and as desperate to get away from her father’s house. Smart but innocent, sweet and light but with an undercurrent of melancholy.
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THE CHRISTIANS
Playwright: Lucas Hnath
Dir: TBA
1st reh: 4/4/17. Perfs: 4/27- 5/21/17
SEEKING:
PAUL
Male, 40s-50s. Charismatic leader of a Christian church. Excellent sermon-giver, thoughtful, spiritual man with deep, strong personal beliefs. Caught in crisis of faith. Confident, magnetic, with the ability to convey strong convictions without broadcasting arrogance. THIS ROLE IS CAST.
ELIZABETH
Female, 40s-50s. Paul’s wife. Deeply spiritual with strong faith, smart and unyielding in her convictions. A bedrock wife, no pushover. Disturbed by Paul’s change of faith and how it’s affecting their family. THIS ROLE IS CAST.
JOSHUA
Male, Mid 20s to mid 30s. Former lost soul who found a spiritual home in Paul’s church, now associate pastor. Man of integrity, zeal, and honesty. Challenging what he feels is wrong without being abrasive or completely off putting.
JAY
Male, 40+. Church elder. Respects Paul but with an eye on the operational needs of the Church and what Paul is doing to it. Tries to maintain neutrality in the conflict that ensues.
JENNY
Female, Late 20s to 30s. Working class congregant and struggling single mother. Her concern for the direction Paul is taking pushes her to challenge her pastor about his sermon, the timing of it, and the repercussions his changing ideas will bring about to the church and their community.
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