Hartford Stage 2018-19 Season - Hartford CT EPA
Hartford Stage Company Inc.
AUDITION DATE
Tue, Jun 05, 2018
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
Wed, Jun 06, 2018
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
APPOINTMENTS
Email auditions@hartfordstage.org up until 12 noon on Monday, June 4. After that, come in in person on Tuesday, June 5
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep $914/week
SEEKING
Equity actors and actor/singers for various roles in the upcoming season.
Stage managers are welcome to submit resumes to Production Manager Bryan Holcombe, Hartford Stage, 50 Church St, Hartford CT 06103.
Hartford Stage is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and equitable environment and strongly encourages applications from people of color and women. EOE.
PREPARATION
Prepare a brief contemporary or classical monologue. You may also prepare 16 bars of a song from either musical theatre or opera. Please bring sheet music; a piano accompanist will be provided.
Bring 2 copies of picture and resume, stapled together.
LOCATION
Hartford Stage Offices and Rehearsal Studios
942 Main St
Hartford, CT 06103
Enter under the red Residence Inn awning, take the elevator to the 2nd fl.
PERSONNEL
Artistic Associate, Rachel Alderman, will be present at the auditions.
OTHER DATES
Appointments will be given for 6/5 first. If filled, then appointments will be scheduled for 6/6. If all slots on the 5th are not taken, then the 6th will be cancelled
Season dates: 7 August to 16 June. Specific production dates included below with the character breakdowns.
OTHER
www.hartfordstage.org
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
MAKE BELIEVE
by Bess Wohl. Directed by Jackson Gay.
First rehearsal: 8/7/2018 Opening night: 9/14/2018 Closing night: 9/30/18
World Premiere. All roles available.
The play takes place in the children’s playroom. The children are in 1980, the adults in present day.
KATE
Female, 10; plays make believe with her siblings; takes academics and the rules seriously; impressive vocabulary
CHRIS
Male, 9; plays make believe with his siblings; throws soccer ball around the house when upset; looking for an escape; has seen his parents drink too much
ADDIE
Female, 7; plays make believe with her siblings; imaginative, and is often pulled into the worlds she creates; takes good, loving care of her dolls and is “Mom” to them
CARL
Male, 5; does not communicate verbally, possibly because he’s a make believe “Dog”
KATE
Female, 42; hospital administrator; not over her childhood trauma; rules matter to her; married to a traveling salesman and does not have children
CHRIS
Male, 22; mature for his age; works at Equinox but aspires to more; romantically interested in Addie; he is a friend of the others’ sibling Chris from Narcotics Anonymous
ADDIE
Female, 39; successful actress working long hours on a crime show; ambitious; coping with anxiety; wealthy; single mom
CARL
Male, 37; major Silicon Valley entrepreneur; brilliant but perhaps on the Autism spectrum; a little afraid of Kate; ambivalent about attending a family funeral
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HENRY V
by William Shakespeare. Directed by Elizabeth Williamson
First rehearsal: 9/11/18 Opening night: 10/19/18 Closing night: 11/11/18
All roles available
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL – A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS
Adapted by Michael Wilson. Directed by: Rachel Alderman.
First rehearsal: 11/9/18 Opening night: 11/30/18 Closing night: 12/29/18
All AEA roles are cast
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THE ENGAGEMENT PARTY
by Samuel Baum. Directed by Darko Tresnjak.
First rehearsal: 12/11/18 Opening night: 1/18/19 Closing night: 2/3/19
World Premiere. All roles available.
The play takes place during an intimate engagement dinner in an Upper East Side apartment one evening in early January, 2007.
KATHERINE
Female, 31; “classically beautiful” with a natural warmth about her; a doctor; fiancé of Josh, whom she met at Harvard; a “shiksa” who uses the term with ease; carefully arranged this dinner
JOSH
Male, 30; tall, charming, Jewish; has the confidence and charisma of a young, self-made millionaire; grew up poor in Canarsie and then went to Harvard; a hedge fund guy; fiancé of Katherine
CONRAD
Male, 60s to early 70s; polished, WASPy; wealthy Wall Street banker; has a briskness to his speech and manner; accustomed to getting what he wants; father of Katherine and husband of Gail
GAIL
Female, 60s; a Southern lady; graceful and upbeat, with a faint accent; exquisitely dressed; has an unexpected sense of humor; mother of Katherine and wife of Conrad, to whom she is loyal
HALEY
Female, 31; a doctor; free-spirited, hipster quality; brilliant but struggling, which she keeps private; Katherine’s best friend from Harvard; married to Kai, with whom she has a newborn;
KAI
Male, 30; Asian-American; masculine, often intense, but likeable; works at the same hedge fund as Josh, his good friend from Harvard; married to Haley, with whom he has a newborn;
ALAN
Male, 30; radical Left wing philosophy professor; short, funny; shabbily dressed; a friend from Harvard; has a very different value system from the others
JOHNNY
Male, 31; Italian-American; meaty, huge-hearted, funny, with a perceptiveness that was not cultivated in a classroom; in the Army; Josh’s childhood friend from Canarsie; cares deeply about him
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DETROIT ’67
by Dominique Morisseau. Directed by Jade King Carroll
In association with The McCarter Theatre Center
First rehearsal: 1/29/19 Opening night: 2/22/19 Closing night: 3/10/19
All roles available
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JEEVES AND WOOSTER IN “PERFECT NONSENSE”
by David and Robert Goodale. Directed by Sean Foley
First rehearsal: 2/19/19 Opening night: 3/29/19 Closing night: 4/20/19
All roles available
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THE FLAMINGO KID
by Robert L. Freedman and Scott Frankel. Directed by Darko Tresnjak.
World Premiere. All roles available
First rehearsal: 4/2/19 Opening night: 5/24/19 Closing night: 6/16/19
The show takes place in 1963 in Brooklyn and at the predominantly Jewish beach club on Long Island called the El Flamingo.
JEFFREY WINNICK (18)
Lived in Brooklyn his entire life. Has just graduated from high school. Bright, open, a little naïve, great at cards. Must have superb, high baritone/tenor voice (up to “A”), with pop inflections and “money notes.”
CARLA SAMUELS (19)
From California, has real depth and a sense of humor. A budding feminist. The Brodys’ niece, Jeffrey’s summer romance. Requires strong, period pop-sounding belt with mix.
ARTHUR WINNICK (40’s-50’s)
From Brooklyn, works with his hands, a plumber and proud of it. Wants what he thinks is best for his son, not necessarily what Jeffrey wants. Can be warm and affectionate, but has a short fuse. Must sing very well, a “character” baritone (up to F).
RUTH WINNICK (40’s-50’s)
A Brooklyn housewife, Jeffrey’s mother. Warm, loving, bright. She worries. Tries to keep peace in the house. Must sing very well (mix).
PHIL BRODY (40’s-50’s)
Successful Long Island foreign car dealer, behaves as if he’s the King of the beach club, which he is. Larger than life personality, a big charmer—of everyone but his wife, Phyllis. Dark underside. Needs a strong high baritone with lots of vocal swagger (i.e. Bobby Darin), up to a G.
PHYLLIS BRODY (40’s-50’s)
Upper-middle-class Long Island. Jaded, bored, cynical, a snob. This isn’t the life she imagined for herself. Needs to sell a lyric more than a vocal powerhouse; but should sing well (belt).
HAWK (19)
Formerly of Brooklyn, now of Long Island, thinks he’s cool and a charmer. Confident and brash. Skipped college to gamble. Requires strong vocal ability, high baritone/tenor.
STEVE (19)
Formerly of Brooklyn, now of Long Island. Not as bright as Jeffrey, not as obnoxious as Hawk. Dates Joyce Brody. Requires strong vocal ability, high baritone/tenor.
JOYCE BRODY (19)
Upper-middle class Long Island. Carla’s cousin. Bright, sarcastic. Dates Steve. Must be vocally confident.
FORTUNE (18 years old, African-American)
A parking attendant at the Flamingo Club who is saving money to pay for college. Bright and athletic. Strong, pop-style high baritone, to F/G.
MRS. BAKALEINIKOFF (40-45)
A Flamingo club member who takes a special interest in the cabana boys.
ALEJANDRO (30-40s)
A dance instructor at the Flamingo Beach Club who is popular with the ladies.
ENSEMBLE
Characters are late teens-Mid 50’s. Seeking strong singers/dancers to portray various roles, including card players, parents, teens and employees at the Flamingo Club and in the neighborhood of Brooklyn throughout the show.
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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