HARVEY Equity Principal Auditions - Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Monday, October 27, 2014
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Lunch break 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Lunch break 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Contract
LORT Non-Rep
LORT D Minimum $600/wk

Location
Arvada Center
6901 Wadsworth Boulevard
Arvada, CO 80003

Seeking
Experienced performers with strong acting abilities are needed.

Preparation
Please prepare a one minute dramatic monlogue appropriate to the style of show. A current headshot and résumé are required.

Other Dates
REHEARSALS: Begin on: Tuesday, January 6, 2015
OPENING: Tuesday, January 27, 2015
CLOSING: Sunday, February 22, 2015

Other
There are no stage managament positions currently available.


www.arvadacenter.org/auditions

Personnel
Rod A. Lansberry - Artistic Producer
Gavin Mayer - Director

· EPA Rules are in effect.

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

Appointments
Auditions are by appointment only and can be scheduled by calling Arvada Center Box Office
(720) 898-7200. Do not contact the production staff.

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

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Breakdown

If you are unable to attend this audition, Actors and Stage Managers may submit photo and/or resume to:

Lisa Hoffman
Artistic Associate
6901 Wadsworth Blvd.
Arvada, CO 80003


Breakdown:
Ethel Chauvenet
Mrs. Chauvenet is a good friend of the family. She is a member of the town’s social circle that Veta desperately wants Myrtle to break into.

Betty Chumley
Dr. Chumley’s wife. She is very sweet and thoughtful.

Dr. William B. Chumley
Chumley is the head of “Chumley’s Rest” and a well-respected psychiatrist. The doctor is very protective of the reputation of his hospital and will do whatever it takes to protect it. Is more vulnerable than he would admit.

Elwood P. Dowd
Elwood is friendly, thoughtful man. Elwood is Veta’s older brother. The central character of the show, his closest friend is a 6-foot tall invisible rabbit named Harvey.

Judge Omar Gaffney
The judge is an old family friend of the Dowds and, the family’s lawyer.

Ruth Kelly
Nurse Kelly is a sympathetic character who seems to have some sort of love/hate relationship with Dr. Sanderson.

E. J. Lofgren
E.J. Lofgren is a cab driver who possesses a great deal of insight about the hospital and its patients.

Dr. Lyman Sanderson
Dr. Sanderson is young, highly qualified and vain psychiatrist, handpicked by Chumley. His talent is only surpassed by his vanity. He is as infatuated with Nurse Kelly.

Myrtle Mae Simmons
Myrtle is Veta’s Daughter (Elwood’s Niece). Both Veta and Myrtle are desperate to find a husband for Myrtle. She is extremely self-centered.

Veta Louise Simmons
Elwood’s younger sister, Veta has returned to the family home after the death of her mother and is very concerned about fitting into society and all that entails. She also loves her older brother Elwood, the relationship that drives the action of the play.

Wilson
The man Chumley hires to physically motivate the patients to obey. He has eyes for Myrtle the moment he meets her.