Greater Boston Stage Company 2023-24 Season (Plays) - Stoneham, MA EPA
Greater Boston Stage Company | Stoneham, MA
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (E)
Lunch: 1:00-2:00pm
To sign up for a five-minute appointment use link:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0944A5AE29A4F4C34-equity2 .
Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout the audition day, as time permits. Non-Equity and EMC actors will be seen on a walk-in basis as time permits.
NEAT
$613 weekly minimum
Equity actors for roles in Greater Boston Stage Company's 2023-24 Season's plays (see breakdown).
GBSC encourages participation by performers of all races and ethnicities.
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 monologue(s) within the confines of the time allotted. A reader will be provided for those who wish to read from scripts.
Link to scripts:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/7b6t965xpawzm4zwq1tf6/h?dl=0&rlkey=h6zntuxhj946fh2xaeee1fpgw .
Digital headshots and resumes are preferred. Please email to auditions@greaterbostonstage.org.
WE HAD A GIRL BEFORE YOU by Trevor Schmidt
Greater Boston Stage Company
395 Main St
Stoneham, MA 02180-3514
Please enter through the door marked “Greater Boston Stage Company”, which is two doors to the right of the main Theatre entrance.
Expected to attend:
Weylin Symes, Producing Artistic Director Tyler Rosati, Director of Education
See production dates in
OTHER
Auditions for musicals AND plays on Wednesday, June 14, 2023 / Thursday, June 15, 2023 (see separate notices).
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.
Director: Weylin Symes
1st rehearsal: September 26, 2023
Runs October 20 – November 5, 2023
We Had a Girl Before You is written as a solo play.
Seeking:
Edwina “Weenie” Trout, (30s-50s, any ethnicity) Our (unreliable) narrator, who also portrays several other characters. Weenie tells a story of travelling to a decrepit mansion where evil seems to lurk around every corner. Full of classic gothic melodrama and horror tropes, it is unclear if her story is true or the workings of a broken mind.
With musical arrangements by Erick Lichte & Timothy C. Takach
Director: TBD
1st rehearsal: November 21, 2023
Runs December 8-23, 2023
Please note: As this is a remount of an earlier production, all roles are cast.
Seeking:
Ensemble: ALL ROLES CAST. 10 singers, all male identifying, of various ages, races, and vocal ranges will play a multitude of roles.
Music by Mark Siano
Director: TBD
1st Rehearsal February 6, 2024
Runs March 1-17, 2024
10 singers, of all genders, various ages, races, and vocal ranges will play the roles listed below and others with many doublings.
Seeking:
BROCK LOVETT, international treasure hunter. In it for all the wrong reasons.
LEWIS BODINE, Brock’s right-hand man. Proud of how many buffalo wings he can eat in a single sitting.
OLD ROSE, Problematic and doesn’t give a f#!*.
ROSE DEWITT BUCATER, Kate Winslet.
CALEDON HOCKLEY, An arrogant, snooty, chauvinistic scion. And those are his good traits. CAPTAIN SMITH, stoic seaman three days from retirement. Knows everything about the sea. WILLIAM MCMASTERS MURDOCH, First Mate. Young and eager. Knows everything about the ship. FREDERICK FLEET, Most of Frederick’s ideas are well-intentioned. Poorly executed. REGINALD LEE, Most of Reginald’s ideas are poorly intentioned. Also poorly executed. JOHN J. ASTOR, Titan of industry. And a highly functioning alcoholic.
MOLLY BROWN, A convenient plot device from Texas.
JACK DAWSON, Lives for the moment, without a care in the world.
FABRIZIO BOYARDEE, As Italian as they come.
BETTY, Fancy 1st Class Passenger. Life Vest denier.
BABS, Fancy 1st Class Passenger. Life Boat skeptic.
LOVEJOY, no love or joy, silent henchman
Director: TBD
1st rehearsal: March 12, 2024
Runs April 5-20, 2024
Where We Stand is written as a solo play.
Seeking:
MAN, African-American of any age and gender identity. Role includes singing but need not be a trained “singer.”
Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the original by Frederick Knott
Director: Weylin Symes
Rehearsals start April 9, 2024
Runs May 3-19, 2024
Seeking:
MARGOT WENDICE, English (30s, 40s), Tony’s wife, former lover of Maxine MAXINE HADLEY, American (30s, 40s), a writer of murder mysteries
TONY WENDICE, English (30s, 40s), Margot’s husband
LESGATE, English (30s, 40s), former classmate of Tony’s who’s also a convicted criminal INSPECTOR HUBBARD, English (40s, 50s)
Book by Abe Burrows & Jo Swerling
Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Director: TBD
Rehearsals start May 14, 2024
Runs June 7-30, 2024
Seeking:
NICELY-NICELY JOHNSON, B5-D4, 30-45: Just like his name suggests, he is the nicest and cheeriest of the gambling crooks. High-spirited and a bit naïve, but sincere and genuine. Nathan’s loyal friend and lackey.
BENNY SOUTHSTREET, G5-D4, 30-45: Nathan’s right-hand man and a gambler himself. Smart, slick, always moving and shaking, but with what he thinks are Nathan’s best interest at heart.
SARAH BROWN, G5-B3, 20-30: A pretty, bright-eyed woman who serves as Sergeant of the local Mission. Idealistic, sheltered, and straightlaced, she is passionate about her cause and wishes to convert the gambling sinners to saints. Falls unexpectedly in love with gambler Sky Masterson along the way.
ARVIDE ABERNATHY, Strong Baritone, 50+: He is the older, wiser leader of the Salvation Army in Times Square. He is a reasoned old man with a warm heart.
HARRY THE HORSE, G5-F3, 35-55: A crook and gambler. He is a tough guy with dollar signs as his bottom line.
LT. BRANNIGAN, Male, 40-55: A New York police officer who is on to Nathan’s illegal craps games and is dead-set on catching him. A tough, no-nonsense character.
NATHAN DETROIT, Male, F5-D4, 35-45: A good-hearted gambler and craps game organizer who could never hit the bigtime. He loves Adelaide, but cannot quit his gambling ways.
MISS ADELAIDE, Female, F5 – A3, 25-35: Nathan’s fiancé and a lead performer at the Hot Box nightclub. She loves Nathan more than anything in the world and desperately wants to get married. Pretty, outspoken, stubborn.
SKY MASTERSON, Male, E5-B3, 30-45: A high-stakes gambler whose luck never seems to run out, and a wild card who surprises himself when he falls in love with missionary Sarah Brown. Suave, smart, handsome.
BIG JULE, Male, G5-F3, 30-50: A big time craps player from Chicago who uses a gun and his own pair of rigged dice to bully his way into never losing. Tough looking. A bit of an oaf.
ENSEMBLE (male & female, various ages, should sing and dance well): Sightseers, Mission Band (Agatha, Calvin, Martha), Crap Shooters (Liver Lips Louie, Angie The Ox, Rusty Charlie), Hot Box Girls, Waiters, Cuban Dancers
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