Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Monday, March 24, 2014
10 AM to 6 PM
lunch 1 to 2
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Contract
SPT
Tier 6; $417/week AEA minimum (as of 6/2/14)
Location
Lantern Theater Company
923 Ludlow Street
(10th and Ludlow)
Philadelphia, PA 19105
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Seeking
Equity actors, men and women, for the 1st two shows of the season:
ARCADIA
and
DOUBT
see breakdown
Preparation
Please prepare one monologue up to three minutes long or two contrasting monologues equaling three minutes. There are no musicals; no music, please.
Please bring ONE copy of your headshot and resume, stapled together.
Other Dates
A 2nd EPA for the remaining 2 shows in the season will be held after the remaining shows have been announced. That date has still not been determined.
For directions:
www.lanterntheater.org/visit/
Other
MAILING ADDRESS:
Attn: Casting Department, Lantern Theater Company, PO Box 53428, Philadelphia, PA 19105-3428. DO NOT WRITE “do not bend/fold” on your envelope.
Personnel
Artistic Director: Charles McMahon
Managing Director: Anne Shuff
Associate Artistic Director: Kathryn MacMillan
· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
Call Lauren Tuvell at 215.829.9002 x106 on Wed 3/12 11am-5pm & Thur 3/13 2pm-5pm ONLY. AEA Members without appointments seen as time permits.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
ARCADIA
by Tom Stoppard
directed by Kathryn MacMillan.
First Rehearsal: 9/2/14. Run: 9/25/14-11/9/14.
Seeking:
Thomasina Coverly
(female, age 13, later 16): effervescent, brilliant
Septimus Hodge
(male, age 22, later 25): Thomasina's tutor; clever, dashing, a bit rakish
Jellaby
(male, middle aged): a butler, self-contained, dignified
Ezra Chater
(male, age 31): poet, a foolish cuckold
Richard Noakes
(male, middle aged): a landscape architect, intimidated by the aristocracy
Lady Croom
(female, mid-30s): aristocrat, haughty
Capt Brice
(male, middle aged): brusque, strapping, full of bluster
Hannah Jarvis
(female, late 30s): an author, smart, no-nonsense, competing in a man's world
Chloe Coverly
(female, age 18): aristocratic, street-smart
Bernard Nightingale
(male, late 30s/early 40s): a don, impetuous, exuberant
Valentine Coverly
(male, age 25-30): effortlessly artistocratic, passionate about his work
Gus/Augustus
(male, age 15): actor plays teenagers in 1809 and present
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DOUBT
by John Patrick Shanley
directed by Kathryn MacMillan.
First Rehearsal: 12/23/14. Run: 1/15/15-2/22/15.
Seeking:
Sister Aloysius Beauvier
(female, middle aged): The head nun and principal of St. Nicholas School; rigid and cynical. CAST. Actors will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.
Father Brendan Flynn
(male, 30s): a priest; articulate and personable. CAST. Actors will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.
Sister James
(female, 20s): a young nun; an enthusiastic but inexperienced teacher; seeks the best in those around her
Mrs. Muller
(female, 30s-40s): the mother of Donald, a boy at the school; she is circumspect and private
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