Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
CONTRACT
LOA $775 weekly minimum (LOA ref LORT) $742 weekly minimum (SPT 9)
SPT
SEEKING
Equity actors for principal roles in Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival 2022 Season (see breakdown).
All races/ethnicities are encouraged to audition.
INSTRUCTIONS
SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS IN BREAKDOWN. Submit video link and resume.
Deadline: Fri, Jan 7, 2022
SUBMIT TO
PERSONNEL
A Chorus Line director: Dennis Razze / choreographer: Luis Villabon / music director: TBD
Fences director: Ryan Quinn
Every Brilliant Thing director: Anne Hering
Much Ado About Nothing: Matt Pfeiffer
The River Bride (reading) director: KJ Sanchez
Producing Artistic Director: Patrick Mulcahy (viewing auditions)
Associate Artistic Director: Dennis Razze (viewing auditions)
OTHER DATES
A Chorus Line: 1st reh: May 24 or 31 - closing: July 10 (or 17)
Fences: 1st reh: July 5 - closing: August 7
Every Brilliant Thing: 1st reh. May 24 - closing: June 19
Much Ado About Nothing: 1st reh: June 21 - closing: August 7
The River Bride (reading): 1st reh: June 28 - closing: July 3
OTHER
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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 submit.
BREAKDOWN
PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Please videorecord one of the following two audition options:
1.) a brief monologue from one of the plays
OR
2) a one minute (or so) cut of one of the provided song options or one of your own plus a one-minute monologue that will illuminate your ability to play one of the roles in the season.
Dance 10 mp3 – https://www.dropbox.com/s/8ykqcjdw1yjwh9s/Dance%20Ten%20Looks%20Three%20%28AUDITION%20CUT%29.mp3?dl=0
Dance 10 pdf – https://www.dropbox.com/s/aumclz09k08jkh3/Dance%20Ten%20Looks%20Three%20%28AUDITION%20CUT%29.pdf?dl=0
I Can Do That mp3 – https://www.dropbox.com/s/e7iasqj1poawqet/I%20Can%20Do%20That%20%28AUDITION%20CUT%29.mp3?dl=0
I Can Do That pdf – https://www.dropbox.com/s/oxspquwjnpzm2pw/I%20Can%20Do%20That%20%28AUDITION%20CUT%29.pdf?dl=0
Opening mp3- https://www.dropbox.com/s/ximpy1u5bkr7eox/Opening-I%20Hope%20I%20Get%20It%20%28AUDITION%20CUT%29.mp3?dl=0
Opening pdf - https://www.dropbox.com/s/evxf5shtgb9h0g2/Opening-I%20Hope%20I%20Get%20It%20%28AUDITION%20CUT%29.pdf?dl=0
What I Did For Love mp3 – https://www.dropbox.com/s/842rifmsr065x3z/What%20I%20Did%20For%20Love%20%28AUDITION%20CUT%29.mp3?dl=0
What I Did For Love pdf – https://www.dropbox.com/s/pbko0w4v4izzkg2/What%20I%20Did%20For%20Love%20%28AUDITION%20CUT%29.pdf?dl=0
A CHORUS LINE
Conceived and Originally Directed and Choreographed by Michael Bennett
Book by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante, music by Marvin Hamlisch, Lyrics by Edward Kleban, Co-Choreographed by Bob Avian
Director: Dennis Razze
Choreographer: Luis Villabon
Music Director: TBD
LOA ref to LORT
ZACH: The director and choreographer of the show. Thirties. Strong Dancer.
LARRY: Tenor. Zach’s assistant. Authoritative, strong dancer.
AL DELUCA: Baritone. Late 20s to early 30s. From the Bronx. Street tough, macho, and newly married to Kristine; very protective.
BEBE BENZENHEIMER: Alto. From Boston. Very insecure about her looks, very funny which is a cover for her insecurities. Feels a little excluded but just wants to be liked. Early twenties.
BOBBY MILLS: Baritone. Mid 20s. Flamboyant, funny, bitchy, and witty. Very sharp-tongued. Covers over everything with a joke; had a hard childhood. From New York.
CASSIE FERGUSON: Soprano. Late 20s to early 30s. Returning to the chorus after years of being a featured dancer. VERY strong dancer. Shy and kind hearted. Previously had a relationship with Zach.
CONNIE WONG: Alto. Experienced dancer. Late 20s to early 30s. Married. Petite. A bit of a mother hen with a great sense of humor. Born in Chinatown, Lower East Side, New York.
DIANA MORALES: Alto. Mid to late 20s. Puerto Rican. Streetwise, a little bit tough, eternal optimist and starry eyed. A determined athletic dancer from the Bronx.
DON KERR: Baritone. Mid 20s. Ladies’ man, married; into cars, money, and women. Very sure of himself, cocky. Worked with Zach before.
GREGORY GARDENER: Baritone. Sassy, Jewish gay man. Quite a smart-aleck and has worked with Zach before. Very East Side New York.
JUDY TURNER: Mezzo. Mid 20s. Funny, gawky, nervous. Warm and hopeful. Very awkward except when dancing.
KRISTINE ULRICH: Al’s wife who can’t sing. A bit flighty, scatterbrained. Early 20s.
MAGGIE WINSLOW: Mezzo. Mid 20s. Kindhearted, little sister type. Dreamer. Fairly experienced dancer from California.
MARK ANTHONY: Tenor. Late teens-early 20s. Optimistic first-timer. Naïve but charming. Great dancer and hardworking kid. Obsessed with sex; from Arizona.
MIKE COSTA: Tenor. Mid 20s, from New Jersey. Quite aggressive, determined, cocky. But likable. Tap dancer who worked with Zach before. Experienced, flirtatious.
PAUL SAN MARCO: Baritone. Puerto Rican. Mid to late 20s. Introverted and slightly insecure but loves performing. Only now starting to feel comfortable about being gay and accepted by his parents. From Spanish Harlem, New York. Friends with Diana.
RICHIE WALTERS: Tenor. Mid to late 20s. Black. From Missouri. Strong dancer, enthusiastic, cool and very funny. Likable and laid-back.
SHEILA BRYANT: Alto. Oldest dancer on the line. Late 20s to early 30s. Confident, brassy, uses her sexual sense strategically, bitchy and sophisticated. Humorous; one of the more popular dancers.
VAL CLARK: Alto. Mid 20s. Proud of her appeal, sassy, funny. A foul-mouthed but excellent dancer who couldn’t get dancing jobs until she had plastic surgery. A brazen, direct attention seeker from Vermont.
August Wilson’s FENCES
LOA ref to LORT
Director: Ryan Quinn
Takes place in Pittsburgh in the 50’s in the Hill District
CORY MAXSON: We see Cory from approximately age 16 - 28. Male of African Descent. Troy and Rose's son. In high school and plays football. Strong-willed. Wants to be like his father. An athlete who feels strongly about his future prospects.
ROSE MAXSON: 40-50. Female of African Descent. Troy's wife. Kind and generous with an assured nature. Has a deep and loyal love for her family. Consistent in doing what she says she is going to do. A survivor and strong woman with a lot of life and love for those who she takes into her heart. Her dreams deferred are as big as Troy's.
JIM BONO: 45-60. Male of African Descent. Troy's best friend. Wise and loyal and knows how to help guide and support Troy. Bono also loves to partake in local mythology and storytelling. Troy is the leader in this relationship, but Bono is a fierce ally with his own opinions. He is strongly committed to his community.
LYONS MAXSON: 20s-40. Male of African Descent. Troy's son from a previous relationship. Bold and courageous. An aspiring musician who understands how to survive and hustle. Interested in creating a code of rules to live by, different than his father's.
The following roles are CAST. Auditioning performers will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.
TROY MAXSON: late 40s-60 years old. Male of African Descent. The larger-than-life ruler of his fiefdom. Ex-baseball player in the Negro League. A masterful storyteller with a zest for his family and life itself. Haunted by his dreams deferred and fighting the idea of getting older. Having a very intense midlife crisis. Has not been dealt the best hand in life.
GABRIEL MAXSON: 35-50. Male of African Descent. Troy's brother. A free spirit with an open heart. He is a hunter of demons - or at least thinks he is. Lives a life between the natural and supernatural world - and sees past the material world. Perhaps in his own mind or perhaps not. Who's to say? Received a severe head injury in the war and has been under the supervision of his brother, whom he loves dearly.
EVERY BRILLIANT THING
By Duncan Macmillan with Johnny Donahoe.
Director: Anne Hering
The following roles are CAST. Auditioning performers will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.
SPT 9
PERFORMER: 30-55, any gender, affable, a comedian’s sense of humor, capable of sustained vulnerability.
THE RIVER BRIDE (staged reading)
By Marisela Treviño Orta
Director: KJ Sanchez.
SPT 9
All characters are Brazilian.
HELENA – 18 - Smart, though not as outgoing as her sister Belmira.
BELMIRA - 16 – Frivolous and a bit vain, but charming and adored by the entire village. She is the bride to be and has an appetite for adventure.
MOISES – 20-25 – Charming, mysterious. Earnest and sympathetic, he’s been searching for love for a long time. Wears a bandage over his forehead. Dressed like a man of property.
DUARTE – 20-25 – A good man from a respected family. He is the groom to be.
SR. COSTA – Late 40s – Belmira and Helena’s father. A fisherman.
SRA. COSTA – Late 40s – Belmira and Helena’s mother.
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
By William Shakespeare
Director: Matt Pfeiffer
SPT 9
BENEDICK – 20’s-40’s - male identifying: an independent spirit, who out of insecurity plays at the confirmed military bachelor. He’s witty and more than a little excitable and comic. Has a confident, easy social aura and playfulness.
LEONATO - 50’s-70’s - any gender: a loving parental figure, up for a good time, well meaning, witty, but capable of pretty nasty patriarchal rage when they think their honor has been compromised.
DON PEDRO - 30’s-50’s - male identifying - has a regal bearing as the overlord of Sicily and a distinguished military leader. That said, he possesses an easy social grace, wit and playfulness and even some vulnerability to Beatrice. But when it comes to honor, he can have a fierce coldness about him.
DOGBERRY — 20’s-50’s - any gender - the provincial clown of the piece. They have pretensions to learning and to legal prowess that led them into endless malapropisms and foolish behavior.
BEATRICE - 20’s-40’s - female identifying: merry, witty. Has had some disappointment in the past that cause pretty strong defenses in the matchmaking game—she handles this with consummate wit and charm. A person of deep feeling who is finally capable of unguarded passion, but also possesses a deep loyalty to Hero that awakens a real fury at the mindless male honor code.
URSULA - 30’s-60’s - any gender - a combination of Ursula, Antonio, and the priest. An aunt/uncle figure. A companion to Leonato’s family. Full of high spirits, enthusiasm, and nosiness. They enjoy a good trick and has a hearty bawdy streak.
DON JOHN - 30’s-60’s - male identifying. A man with massive resentment toward the world. He believes he’s never been given a fair shake. His introspection leads only to thoughts of revenge. But he’s also a bit of a coward and lacks principles to take real action. He’s aware of his fecklessness and it only leads to more resentment.
BORACHIO - 20’s-50’s - any gender - a scrapper and an opportunist. Always working an angle. Not afraid to get their hands dirty. But ultimately capable of self-reflection and redemption.
MARGARET - 20’s-40’s - female identifying - friend and waiting woman to Hero. She’s always up for a good time and seeks the thrill of life. High spirited and bawdy. Is very happy and fulfilled in her station and tries to find the game in all things.
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 submit.
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