Portland Stage Co. 18-19 Season - Portland ME EPA
Portland Stage Company
AUDITION DATES
Tue, May 29, 2018
9:00 am - 5:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch TBD
Wed, May 30, 2018
9:00 am - 5:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch TBD
APPOINTMENTS
AUDITIONS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY auditions@portlandstage.org Alex Kimmel Company Manager, 207.774.1043 x 107 (AEA members without appointments seen as time permits each day)
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep $676.00/week
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles in the upcoming season. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
A monologue of the actor's choice not to exceed 2 minutes. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Portland Stage Company
25A Forest Ave
Portland, ME 04101-5809
Theatre For Kids Storefront 1st Floor
PERSONNEL
Anita Stewart - Executive and Artistic Director - present at all auditions
OTHER
portlandstage.org
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
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 attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
2018-19 Season - ***none of the roles have understudies***
BEN BUTER
by Richard Strand Director: TBD
1st Rehearsal: 9/4/18 Opening: 9/29/18 Closing: 10/21/18
MAJOR GENERAL BENJAMIN BUTLER of the Union Army, 40s-50s (white)
LIEUTENANT KELLY of the Union Army, 30s (white)
SHEPARD MALLORY a runaway slave, 20s-30s (black)
MAJOR CARY of the Confederate Army, 40s-50s (white)
_______________
REFUGE *MALJA* ????
A New Play by Bess Welden with Arabic Translations by Ali Al Mshakheel Director: Kareem Fahmy
1st Rehearsal: 10/9/18 Opening: 11/2/18 Closing: 11/18/18
JAMIE WINTER - Jewish American photojournalist, 30s-40s (white)
IBRAHIM MALOUF - Palestinian citizen of Israel radio journalist, 30s-40s (Arab/Middle Eastern, must speak/read Arabic)
MOTHER - Multiple roles as Jamie/Ibrahim/Waleed's mother as well as an aid worker, 60s (plays roles of eastern European and middle eastern descent)
_________________
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Charles Dickens Director: Anita Stewart
1st Rehearsal: 11/6/18 Opening: 12/1/18 Closing: 12/24/18
*all characters any ethnicity*
SCROOGE: Male identifying, 50s or older
BOB CRACHIT: Male identifying, 30s-50s
MRS. CRACHIT: Female identifying, 30s - 50s
GHOST: Female identifying, Any age
BELLE: Female identifying, 20s - 30s
NEPHEW FRED: Male identifying, 20s-30s
MARLEY: Male identifying, 50s or older
_______________
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
by Oscar Wilde Director: Christopher Grabowski
1st Rehearsal: 12/31/18 Opening: 1/25/19 Closing: 2/17/19
*all characters any ethnicity* *all actors must be able to do British dialects*
ALGERNON MONCRIEFF: male identifying, 20s-30s
JACK WORTHING: male identifying, 20s-30s
GWENDOLEN FAIRFAX: female identifying, 20s-30s
CECILY CARDEW: female identifying, 20s-30s
LADY BRACKNELL: female identifying, 40-60s
MISS PRISM: female identifying, 30s-50s
REVEREND CHASUBLE: male identifying, 30s-50s
LANE: male identifying, 30s-60s
MERRIMAN: male identifying, 30s-60s
_________________
THE HALF LIGHT
A New Play by Monica Wood Director: Sally Wood
1st Rehearsal: 1/29/19 Opening: 3/1/19 Closing: 3/24/19
*all characters any ethnicity*
IRIS: secretary of the English Department, bright but modest, hasn’t a self-important bone in her body, 30s
ANDREW: a professor in the English Department, a man who lets book speak for him when he cannot speak for himself, 40s
HELEN: secretary of the Community Ed Department, congenially motherly, 50s
TERESA: Helen’s daughter, a “rough customer” chain smoker, she looks worn and unclean, 20s
______________
SKELETON CREW
by Dominique Morisseau Director: Jade King Carrol
1st Rehearsal: 3/12/19 Opening: 4/5/19 Closing: 4/21/19
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.
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 audition.
Videos
