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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT (3 days)
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Monday, December 8, 2014: 10AM to 6PM
Tuesday, December 9, 2014: 10 AM to 5 PM
Wednesday, December 10, 2014: 10 AM to 2 PM
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Contract
SPT
Tier 6; $417/week AEA minimum
Location
Charity Randall Theatre
4301 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
at Stephen Foster Memorial
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Seeking
Equity actors for various principal roles in the upcoming 2015 Season.
see breakdown.
Preparation
1) One 1-minute monologue of heightened text (Shakespeare, Greek, ect.); and
2) One 1 minute monologue of your choice.
3) For JACQUES BREL prepare a 32 bars of a song in style of the show. Accompanist provided. Bring legible sheet music in the proper key.
Bring picture/resume
Other Dates
see breakdown for show dates.
Other
picttheatre.org
Personnel
Alan Stanford, Artistic and Executive Director.
· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
AEA members email Casting@picttheatre.org with 3 possible times, listed in order of preference. 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
2015 SEASON:
For any role list as CAST, actors will be considered for possible replacements should they become needed.
FOR THE TREE TO DROP
by Lissa Brennan
First Reh 2/3/15, Open 2/21/15, Close 2/28/15
Seeking: 2 M, 3W
Henry - African American, a slave.
Edgar - Caucasian, the patriarch of the plantation
Estella - African American, a slave. HENRY's sister.
Theenie - African America, a slave.
The following role has been CAST:
Clarinda – ROLE CAST. Caucasian, the wife of EDGAR.
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JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS
by Eric Blau, Mort Shuman, and Jacques Brel
First Reh 4/14/15, Open 5/2/15, Close 5/9/15
Seeking: 2M, 2W
Man 1 - Tenor
Man 2 - Baritone/Bass
Woman 1 - Soprano
The following role has been CAST.
Woman 2 – ROLE CAST. Mezzo Soprano
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HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES
by Alan Ayckbourn
First Reh 4/28/15, Open 5/28/15, Close 6/13/15
Seeking:
Fiona Foster - Frank's wife; having an affair with Bob
The following roles have been CAST:
Frank Foster - Employs Bob and William CAST
Bob Phillips - Works for Frank; having an affair with Fiona CAST
Teresa Phillips - Bob's wife CAST
William Detweiler - Works for Frank CAST
Mary Detweiler - William's wife CAST
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SHARON'S GRAVE
by John B. Keane
First Reh 6/16/15, Open 7/16/15, Close 8/8/15
Seeking:
Jack Conlee - Dinzie's brother. Carries him on his back. 30s.
Neelus Conlee - Trassie's simple brother. 25.
Peadar Minogue - Thatcher travelling through down. He shares a flirtation with Trassa. 20-30
Donal Conlee - Patriarch of the Conlees. Is on his deathbed. 70+
Miss Dee - A Local school mistress. 40-50
Moll - A villager. 40-50.
Mague - A villager. 40-50.
The following roles have been CAST:
Trassa Conlee – ROLE CAST. Sister of Neelus, Daughter of Donal. After Donal dies she must fight to hold onto the family esate. Mid 30s. CAST
Dinzie Conlee- ROLE CAST. Cousin of Neelus and Trassa. Crippled, carried about by his brother Jack. Land grubbing, humpbacked ferret from hell. 40s. CAST
Pats Bo Bwee - ROLE CAST. A charlatan and a healer with the gift to read men's minds and curse their bodies. 50+ CAST
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SAINT JOAN
by George Bernard Shaw
First reh 8/4/15, Open 9/3/15, Close 9/19/15
Seeking: 9M, 1W
Man 1 - Robert de Baudricourt / English Soldier. Late 40s.
Man 2 - Dauphin / John de Stogumber. 30+
Man 3 - Earl of Warwick. CAST
Man 4 - Inquisitor. 50+
Man 5 - Dunois (The Bastard) / Courcelles. 25-30.
Man 6 - Monseigneur de la Trémouille / Executioner. 40+
Man 7 - Gilles de Rais (Bluebeard) / D'Estivet. Mid 20s.
Man 8 - Archbishop of Rheims. 50s.
Man 9 - Brother Martin. 20s.
Man 10 - Male ensemble to fill in roles as necessary
Man 11 - Male ensemble to fill in roles as necessary
Man 12 - Male ensemble to fill in roles as necessary
The following role has been CAST:
Joan – ROLE CAST. A young woman from rural France who leads a religious rebellion against the French church. CAST
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THE TEMPEST
by William Shakespeare
First reh 9/8/15, Open 10/8/15, Close 10/24/15
Seeking: 14 M, 4 W
Miranda - the King's jester and friend of Stephano.
Ariel - a mischievous spirit who does Prospero's bidding and is, at times, visible only to him.
Caliban - a villainous island native, the deformed son of a witch named Sycorax who ruled the island before Prospero arrived. He now works as Prospero's slave but despises him.
Alonso - King of Naples
Sebastian - Alonso's treacherous brother
Antonio - Prospero's brother, who usurped his position as Duke of Milan. He and Sebastian plot unsuccessfully to kill Alonso and his family to come to the throne.
Ferdinand - Alonso's son. Falls in love with Miranda.
Gonzalo - the King's jester and friend of Stephano.
Iris - spirit
Ceres - spirit
Juno - goddess
Adrian - A Lord
Francisco - A Lord
Boatswain - The senior crewman on the shipwrecked voyage
Master - Crewmember on the shipwrecked voyage
The following roles have been CAST:
Prospero – ROLE CAST. The main character. The overthrown Duke of Milan. He now lives on an island and has become a great sorcerer. CAST
Trinculo - ROLE CAST. The King's jester and friend of Stephano. CAST
Stephano - ROLE CAST. The King's drunken steward and friend of Trinculo who tries to help Caliban overthrow his master. CAST
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OLIVER TWIST
by Charles Dickens
First reh 11/3/15, Open 12/3/15, Close 12/19/15
Seeking: 16 M 5 W
Bill Sikes - A vicious theif who often works for Fagin. He is involved with Nancy and often mistreats her.
Mr Bumble - A beadle in the parish workhouse where Oliver was born, he is fat and abusive
Mr Grimwig / 3rd Gentleman - An old friend of Mr. Brownlow
Mrs Corney(Bumble) / 2nd passerby - The matron of the workhouse where Oliver is born. Callous and materialistic. She marries Mr. Bumble.
Mrs. Bedwin / Mrs Sowerberry / Old Sally - Mr. Brownlow’s kindhearted housekeeper/Wife of the
Undertaker that employs Oliver/An elderly pauper who serves as the nurse at Oliver’s birth
Mr. Sowerberry / Judge / Policemam - the Undertaker who employs Oliver
1st Gentleman / Surgeon / Magistrate
Charlotte / Beth - The Sowerberrys’ maid/One of Fagin’s former child pickpockets, now a prostitute
Noah / Onlooker / Sailor / Man in Street - A charity boy and Mr. Sowerberry’s apprentice.
2nd Gentleman/Old Pauper/The Witness
Oliver Twist - a young, good hearted boy, raised in the workhouse and then taken into Fagin's gang of boys
1st Boy - a member of Fagin's gang of boys/a boy in the workhouse
2nd Boy - a member of Fagin's gang of boys/a boy in the workhouse
3rd Boy - a member of Fagin's gang of boys/a boy in the workhouse
4th Boy /Artful Dodger - The cleverest of Fagin’s pickpockets.
5th Boy /Charley Bates - One of Fagin’s pickpockets. Charley is ready to laugh at anything
6th Boy - a member of Fagin's gang of boys/a boy in the workhouse
Oliver's Mother/Woman// Female Pauper
The following roles have been CAST:
Fagin – ROLE CAST. An old criminal and the leader of the boy gang. Vicious and greedy. CAST
Nancy - ROLE CAST. A prostitute, raised by Fagin. She betrays Fagin and Sikes for Oliver. CAST
Mr Brownlow - ROLE CAST. A respected gentleman who takes a liking to Oliver, and takes him in. CAST
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