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Breakdown
Additional Preparation Notation:
The score to OCTOBER SKY pulls from Appalachian folk and bluegrass, Copeland-esque Americana, and late '50's rock and roll.
Prepare a brief selection in style of the show showing range. Also interested in performers who can accompany self on folk/bluegrass instrument.
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2016-17 SEASON
DR. SEUSS’ HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS!
Book/Lyrics Timothy Mason
Music Mel Marvin
Orig.Prod. Conceived/Dir: Jack O’Brien
Orig.Choreo.: John DeLuca
Dir: James Vásquez
1st Reh: 10/14/16. Runs: 11/5–12/26/16
Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage
Roles understudied.
The Grinch
(Offer out). Male, 30s-50s. Beastly, charming curmudgeon. Scary but with a heart underneath his gruff exterior. Has size and presence of a Music Hall superstar with deft athleticism. Triple threat. Strong, booming baritone singing voice with falsetto.
Young Max
Male, 20s. Grinch's dog, young pup at heart. Endlessly energetic, acrobatic. Extremely loyal, shows great patience & humor in face of adversity. Strong Tenor singing voice
Old Max
(Offer out). Male, 50s-60s. Trustworthy, benevolent narrator; inspired by nostalgia. With his urbane elegance, long-limbed grace & gently sardonic humor, he actually reminds us of Dr. Seuss. Strong bass-baritone singing voice.
Papa Who
(Offer out) Male, 30s–early 40s. Father of the family. Calm eye of the family storm. Goodness and benevolence pour out of him. Moral example for the rest of Whoville. Strong high baritone or baritenor singing voice.
Mama Who
(Offer out). Female, 30s–early 40s. Quirky, funny, on brink of saturation but still maintaining complete control. Until… Strong, warm soprano singing voice with chest range as well.
Grandpa Who
Male, 40s–50s. Eldest of the family, comically hard of hearing. Not unlike Grandpa Simpson. Strong character baritone singing voice
Grandma Who
(Offer out). Female, 40s–50s. Loving, has the ear of the children and patience to calm them. Strong character mezzo singing voice
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PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE
By Steve Martin
Dir: Barry Edelstein
1st Reh: 1/9/17. Runs: 2/4–3/12/17
Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage
Roles NOT understudied.
Freddy
Owner & bartender of the Lapin Agile.
Gaston
Older man.
Germaine
Waitress & Freddy’s girlfriend.
Albert Einstein
Male, 25
Suzanne/ The Countess/ Female Admirer
female, 19
Sagot
Picasso’s art dealer
Pablo Picasso
Male, 23.
Charles Dabernov Schmendiman
Young man
The Visitor
Polite & talented country boy time-traveler. A blue-suede-shoed musician. Also known as Elvis Presley.
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RED VELVET
By Lolita Chakrabarti
Dir: Rachel Chavkin
1st Reh: 2/28/17. Runs 3/25-4/30
Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage
Roles NOT understudied.
CASIMIR
White male, 20s, German speaking Polish stage-hand. Inexperienced, low status and likes Halina. Doubles with: HENRY FORESTER: White male, 20s, English actor. Political, self -interested, ambitious and earnest
HALINA WOZNIAK
White female, 20s. Polish journalist. Bright, ambitious, frustrated with her life. Triples with: MARGARET ALDRIDGE: White female, 30s, English, wife of Ira Aldridge, plain. Solid, trustworthy, Ira’s rock; and BETTY LOVELL: White female, 20s, English, actress. Self concerned, not clever but pleasant
TERENCE
White male, 50s, English, Ira Aldridge’s valet and dresser. Loyal, hard working. Doubles with: BERNARD WARDE: White male, 50s, English, actor. Old school, a bit lazy, opinionated & insecure
IRA ALDRIDGE
Black male, 60, American, a leading actor. Grand, impatient, ferocious and unwell. Doubles with: IRA ALDRIDGE: Black male, 26, American, actor. Ambitious, keen, passionate and optimistic
CONNIE
Jamaican female, any age, experienced, servant. Older than her years. The voice of truth
CHARLES KEAN
White male, 30s, English, actor (son of Edmund Kean). Grand but without the talent to support it. Suffers from being Edmund’s son.
ELLEN TREE
White female, late 20s, English, a leading actress. Talented, motivated, classical but progressive.
PIERRE LAPORTE
White male, mid 30s, French, manager of the theatre. Gay, revolutionary, entrepreneurial.
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THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD MOON
By PigPen Theatre Co.
Dir: Stuart Carden and PigPen Theatre Co.
1st Reh: 4/25/17. Runs: 5/13–6/18/17 (Opening Night: 5/18)
Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage
All roles CAST
Young Man 1
CAST. With Quirky intelligence. Plays characters age 18-25: an unenthused CLERK, an unhinged cook, COOKIE, an emotionally sensitive CARPENTER, a witty aeronautical engineer, SOLIMON, etc.
Young Man 2
CAST. With Unpredictable intensity. Plays characters age 18-25: an ardent sailor, CALLAHAN, a manic ghost, GABRIEL, who is both companion and antagonist to the Old Man, etc.
Young Man 3
CAST. With an innocent charm. Plays characters age 18-25: youngest, somewhat naïve, spirited sailor, LLEWELYN, whom the Old Man mentors and takes on as an apprentice towards the end of his journey, etc.
Young Man 4
CAST. With a sarcastic and witty disposition. Plays characters age 18-25: a strange and somewhat spacy sailor, MABELU, who lost his precious dog years ago, etc.
Young Man 5
CAST. With eloquence and a strong range. Plays characters age 18-25: the OLD WOMAN, tired of her life filling the moon with her husband looking to have an adventure of her own, the CAPTAIN of the ship - a great speaker, a witty aeronautical engineer, BARTLEY, the clerks young assistant, MICKEY, etc.
Young Man 6
CAST. Charming and with authority. Plays characters age 18-25: the first-mate of our ship and main narrator of the tale, MATHESON, who often commands the ship and draws the audience into the story etc.
Young Man 7
CAST. With a focused intelligence and passion. Plays characters age 18-25: the OLD MAN, a mythical figure whose job it is to fill the moon with liquid light. His journey in pursuit of his missing wife forces him out of his complacent lifestyle.
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THE LION
Written/performed by Ben Scheuer
Dir: Sean Daniels
1st Reh: 9/21/16 . Runs: 9/29 – 10/30/16 (Opening Night: 10/6)
Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre
FULLY CAST.
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THE BLAMELESS
By Nick Gandiello
Dir: Gaye Taylor Upchurch
1st Reh: 1/31/17. Runs: 2/25–3/26/17
Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre
Developed in 2016 New Voices Festival. Compassionate, moving look at power of familial bonds in the most extraordinary of circumstances. Boisterous Garcia family has always tackled their days with warmth, humor, and tough love. But today is no ordinary day. Struggling to recover from a painful event in their past, they must find a way to hold everything together as they welcome to dinner the one man who might help them heal—or reopen their wounds.
Diana Garcia
Female. Mid 40s-mid 50s. Grieving mom, wife and loving, worker - a saleswoman for a food distributor -a big heart, an expressive heart. Italian descent.
Alex Garcia
Male. Mid 40s-mid 50s. Grieving dad, brother, worker - construction and flipping houses - a big heart, a gentleman. Diana's husband and loyal. Puerto Rican.
Theresa Garcia
Female. 17. A daughter, a sister - grieving sister, artist and precocious, girlfriend in love, teenager. Diana and Alex's daughter. Italian/Puerto Rican descent.
Amanda Garcia
Female. Mid 40-50s. A sister, a worker - literature professor, an aunt - grieving aunt. Alex's sister. Puerto Rican.
Howard Harper
Male. 18. A son, dreamer, rebel though kind, boyfriend in love, teenager. Theresa's boyfriend. African-American.
Drew Davis
Male. Mid 40s-mid 50s. A dad - grieving dad, worker - entertainment lawyer, reserved heart though trying. Irish/French descent.
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SKELETON CREW
By Dominique Morriseau
Dir: Delicia Turner Sonnenberg
In Association with MOXIE Theatre
1st Reh: 3/14/17. Runs; 4/8 – 5/7 (Opening Night: 5/13)
Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre
Roles will not be understudied.
Seeking
Faye
Black woman, mid-late 50’s, Working class woman. Tough and a lifetime of dirt beneath her nails. Somewhere, deep compassion.
Dez
Black man, mid-late 20’s, Working class man. Young hustler, playful, street-savy, and flirtatious.. Somewhere, deeply sensitive.
Shanita
Black woman, mid-late 20’s, Working class young woman. Pretty but not ruled by it. Hard-working. By-the-books. Believes in the work she does. Also, pregnant. Somewhere, a beautiful dreamer.
Reggie
Black man, late 30’s. White collar man. Studious. Dedicated. Compassionate. The Foreman. Somewhere, a fire brims.
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THE IMAGINARY INVALID
By Molière
Adapted by Fiasco Theater
Dir: tbd
1st Reh: 5/2/17. Runs: 4/27 – 6/25 (Opening Night: 6/1)
Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre
All roles have been CAST. May consider for possible replacements.
Toinette:
CAST. Intelligent, sassy maid who schemes to overcome Argan's opposition to Angélique's wish to marry Cléante.
Argan:
CAST. Hypochondriac who regularly takes various concoctions prescribed by a physician and prepared by an apothecary. He plans to marry his older daughter to a physician so that he will have constant access to medical services.
Béline:
CAST. Argan's second wife and stepmother of his two children.
Angélique
CAST. Argan's older daughter. She is in love with a young man named Cléante, but her father wants her to marry a young doctor, Thomas Diafoirus. She loves her father but is frustrated with his plans to match her with Diafoirus.
Cléante
CAST. Young man who loves Angélique.
Louison
CAST. Argan's younger daughter. Her father forces her to tell him about a conversation she heard between Angélique and Cléante.
Béralde
CAST. Argan's brother.
Monsieur Purgon
CAST. Argan's physician.
Monsieur Fleurant
CAST. Argan's apothecary.
Monsieur Diafoirus
CAST. Physician of Argan's acquaintance. Argan and he strike an agreement for Angélique to marry the son of Diafoirus.
Thomas Diafoirus
CAST. Son of Monsieur Diafoirus. He has just completed studies to become a physician.
Monsieur de Bonnefoi
CAST. Notary who advises Argan on how to bequeath assets to Béline
Polichinelle
CAST. Polichinelle is an old usurer acquainted with Toinette. At her request, he contacts Cléante to inform him of developments concerning Angélique.
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GLOBE FOR ALL:
MEASURE FOR MEASURE
By William Shakespeare
Dir: Patricia McGregor
GLOBE FOR ALL: Touring Shakespeare in the San Diego Community
1st Reh. 10/8/16. Runs: 11/1 – 11/20 (Opening Night: 11/3)
Particularly seeking San Diego local actors.
Roles will be doubled and tripled.
Roles will not be understudied.
Seeking:
Isabella
Female. The main character, Isabella, is a very virtuous and chaste young woman who faces a difficult decision when her brother is sentenced to death for fornication. Isabella does not approve of her brother's actions at all, but she pleads for his life out of loyalty and sisterly devotion. Isabella is a spiritual person who starts off wanting to become a nun.
Duke Vincentio
Male. The other central figure is the Duke, who spends most of his time dressed as a friar in order to observe what is happening in his absence. The Duke is unfailingly virtuous, good, and kind-hearted. He tends to rule a little softly, which is why he enlists Angelo's help.
Claudio
Male. Isabella's brother Claudio is a young man sentenced to death for impregnating an unmarried woman. He was engaged to her by a common-law agreement, but they had sexual intercourse before the legal marriage took place. Claudio depends less on the guidance of laws and religious practices than on his sister.
Lord Angelo
Male. Angelo is the villain of the play, a man who rules strictly and without mercy. He has his own weaknesses, however, and he is loathsome more for his hypocrisy than for anything else. He presents Isabella with a difficult proposition and then does not even hold up his end of the bargain
Escalus
Male. Escalus is a wise lord who advises Angelo to be more merciful. He is loyal to the Duke and seeks to carry out his orders justly, but cannot go against Angelo's will.
Lucio
Male. Lucio, described by Shakespeare as a "fantastic," is a flamboyant bachelor who provides much of the play's comedic content. He is a friend of Claudio's and tries to help him.
Mariana
Female. Mariana was supposed to marry Angelo, but he called the wedding off when she lost her dowry in a shipwreck that killed her brother.
Mistress Overdone
Female. Mistress Overdone runs a brothel in Vienna.
Pompey
Male. Pompey is a clown who also works for Mistress Overdone.
Provost
Male. The provost runs the prison and is responsible for carrying out all of Angelo's orders.
Elbow
Male. Elbow is a dim-witted constable who arrests people for misconduct, particularly of the sexual variety. He speaks in malapropisms and provides comic-relief throughout the play.
Barnadine
Male. A long-term prisoner in the jail, Barnadine is sentenced to be executed together with Claudio. The Duke originally considers him hopeless and therefore dispensable but later changes his mind.
Juliet
Female. Claudio's lover, she is pregnant with his baby.
Froth
Male. A foolish gentleman, he comes in handy during a comic relief scene since Elbow accuses him, somewhat humorously, of insulting Elbow's wife.
Abhorson
Male The executioner at the prison, he is rather dour and businesslike, which might be good considering his position.
Francesca
Female. A nun of the convent that Isabella is in, she plays no part in the action because as a nun, she cannot leave the convent nor talk to men
Friar Thomas / Friar Peter
Males. Allow the Duke to disguise himself as a friar, and provide him general support in trying to free Claudio.
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OCTOBER SKY
Music/Lyrics: Michael Mahler
Book: Marsha Norman and Aaron Thilen
Musical Dir: TBD
Dir/Choreographer: Rachel Rockwell
NY Casting: Howie Cherpakov
1st reh: 8/2/16. Runs: 9/10 - 10/23
In 1957, in the rural town of Coalwood, West Virginia, school is just something you do until you’re old enough to work in the mines. When the Soviets launch the Sputnik rocket, a local high school senior sees it as his chance to be somebody, to head for space instead of into the ground. He decides to build a rocket and enter it in the National Science Fair, against the wishes of his domineering dad. He gets some help from his friends and the community, but will he make it? And what else will change in his life as a result. OCTOBER SKY is inspired by the 1999 movie, which was based on a true story.
Seeking performers for the following roles: (all roles will be understudied)
HOMER HICKAM
16-18; (to be played by an actor 18+) a funny, smart, if sometimes angry boy from a coal mining family. Fascinated by the launch of Sputnik, he enlists his closest friends in a quest to build a working rocket. Though he seeks his father's approval, Homer is confident enough to defy him as he realizes this could be his ticket out of a life in the mines. Strong bright tenor to A. ANY ETHNICITY
JOHN HICKAM
late 40’s- early 50’s; Homer’s father. The superintendent of the Coalwood Mine. Hard working, blue collar; a strict but decent family man. The pressures of his job weigh heavily on him, yet he remains loyal to the company and takes great pride in his work. Although he genuinely loves his children, he sees working in the mines as a generational legacy and has a hard time understanding and connecting with Homer who aspires to of a different kind of life. This ultimately causes tension in his marriage and threatens to divide the family. Baritone to F. ANY ETHNICITY
ELSIE HICKAM
late 40’s-early 50’s; Homer’s mother. Warm and nurturing, but strong-minded. As the moral center of her family, she respects and loves her husband, but when pushed, pushes back. She sees Homer as a dreamer, and while encouraging his rocket idea, she advises him to take practical steps by going to college to secure a future outside of the West Virginia coal mines. Soprano with mix to Eb. ANY ETHNICITY
MISS RILEY
45-60; Homer’s science teacher. Takes an interest in Homer and his friends and their ambition to create rockets and acts as a mentor for the boy's dreams of competing at the National Science Fair. Mezzo/Belter to D. ANY ETHNICITY
ROY LEE
16-18; (to be played by an actor 18+) Homer’s friend since childhood. A slick, good looking kid with natural charm; His father was killed in the mines and his step father is a drunk who is frequently physically abusive. Rock bari-tenor to A. ANY ETHNICITY
O’DELL
16-18; (to be played by an actor 18+) Homer’s friend since childhood. Scrappy, excitable, with a bright personality and sense of humor. Tenor to B. ANY ETHNICITY
QUENTIN
16-18; (to be played by an actor 18+) An exceptionally smart, socially awkward (perhaps even odd looking) classmate of Homer’s. Although an outcast at school and the target of the bullies, Homer enlists him in the boys’ rocket making club because he know they would have no chance at success without the contributions of his superior scientific knowledge. Character baritone to G. ANY ETHNICITY
IKE BYKOVSKI
40’s-50’s; A Polish immigrant who works in the metal shop at the mine. Helps Homer and the boys weld and create the rockets. A gentle man, warm, kind hearted, dignified, avuncular. Character baritone/bass, strong low A. ANY ETHNICITY
DOROTHY PLATT
16-18; (to be played by an actress 18+) Homer’s girlfriend. A pretty small town girl, unaffected but outgoing. Soprano with belt. ANY ETHNICITY
EMILY SUE
16-18; (to be played by an actress 18+) A high school girl who is friends with Dorothy and constantly flirting with Roy Lee. Soprano with belt. ANY ETHNICITY
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