Shadowland Stages 2023-24 Season - Ellenville, NY EPA
Shadowland Artists Inc. | Ellenville, NY
Shadowland Theatre
157 Canal St
Ellenville, NY 12428-1503
Expected to attend:
Brendan Burke, Artistic Director/Director of ALWAYS PATSY CLINE and THE 39 STEPS
See production dates in breakdown.
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www.shadowlandstages.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.
Saturday, May 13, 2023
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Break: 1:00-2:00pm
No appointments necessary. Equity actors will be seen on a first come, first served basis. Non-Equity and EMC actors will be seen as time permits.
SPT
$375 weekly minimum (Tier 3)
Equity actors who are vaccinated for roles in Shadowland Stages 2023-24 Season (see breakdown).
Equity encourages everyone participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas are not recommended. Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask. Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and dressing rooms.
Holding/Audition room information:
The audition room can accommodate no more than 15 individuals at a time.
The holding room can accommodate no more than 15 individuals at a time.
For dramatic auditions, please prepare a brief monologue. For musical auditions, please prepare a brief song. An accompanist will be provided.
2023 Season with available roles:
Director: James Glossman
1st rehearsal May 16, 2023
Runs: June 2 – June 18, 2023
THIS SHOW IS CAST. Seeking potential replacements only.
WOMAN: 70’s; Elegant, sharp-edged, but with a great heart beneath. Quick in banter and very good
with words. Can't quite remember where (or sometimes who) she is, but very adept at putting on a
good front. A poet and one-time comedy writer, she still knows a good joke when she hears it -- and a
lousy one too. Any ethnicity.
MAN: 70s or older - Gruff regular guy whose outer breezy toughness masks a love of both poetry
and the words and poets that create them. A sometime artist and likewise a former comedy writer, he
uses jokes and movie quotes and anything else he's got, to reach out to the love of his life, for whom
he would cheerfully lay down his life. Any ethnicity.
Director: Brendan Burke
1st rehearsal: June 6, 2023
Runs: June 23 – July 9, 2023.
RICHARD HANNAY: Male; Mid 30’s - to late 40’s, strong standard British dialect. He is an inadvertent
revolutionary and an everyman capable of using his great wit and dashing charm to outsmart others. A
charismatic, commanding comic. Any ethnicity.
ANNABELLA SCHMIDT/PAMELA/MARGARET: Female; 30’s - 40’s, dynamic with physical, emotional
and comedic flexibility. ANNABELLA: a mysterious, neurotic spy on the run. German accent.
PAMELA: a quintessential Hitchcock-esque leading lady, smart, quick-witted, powerful and dashing.
English accent. MARGARET: a small-town Scottish maid married to an abusive farmer; she has big
dreams, and the strength to risk following her heart. Scottish accent. Any ethnicity.
CLOWNS: Any gender identities, 20’s – 50’s, able to provide multiple dialects. Two extremely versatile
characters. The clowns expertly execute 100+ roles ranging from High London to country people from
Scotland requiring great physical and comic dexterity. Any Ethnicities.
Director: Brendan Burke
1st rehearsal: June 27, 2023
Runs: July 14 – August 6, 2023
PATSY CLINE: 30’s female. Alto with high belt. Although she should have the same vocal quality as
Patsy, she does not necessarily impersonate her, however, the closer in look and sound to the real
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Patsy, the better. Powerhouse song interpreter with superstar quality. She sings the entire show.
LOUISE SEGER: 30 – 40 female. A naturally funny comic. Irresistibly likable, and 100% real. We all
know this lady. She carries most of the dialogue and is a vivid storyteller. This lady is a firecracker!
Director: Chris Blisset.
1st rehearsal: July 25, 2023
Runs: August 11 – September 10, 2023
ELVIS PRESLEY: (20-30) Male. Singer/guitar player. Elvis in his mid 20s early in his career; familiar
with his music and able to play guitar; should sound and look somewhat like Elvis; prepare an Elvis
Presley song (or a song in that style or from the era) and accompany yourself on the guitar. In the
production, Elvis sings: “Memories Are Made Of This,” “That’s All Right,” “Long Tall Sally,” “Peace In
The Valley,” “Party,” and “Hound Dog.”
JERRY LEE LEWIS: (20-30) Male. Singer/pianist; rock & roll’s legendary piano prodigy; a superb
piano player, able to play like Jerry Lee Lewis; fun, energetic; comic skills a plus; prepare a Jerry Lee
Lewis song (or song in that style or from the era) and accompany yourself on the piano. In the
production, Jerry Lee Lewis sings “Real Wild Child,” “Great Balls Of Fire,” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’
Goin’ On.”
CARL PERKINS: (20-35) Male. Singer/guitar player (lead guitar); he was the American pioneer of
rockabilly music and best known for his song “Blue Suede Shoes”; an excellent lead guitarist; prepare
a Carl Perkins or Elvis Presley song (or song in that style from that era) and accompany yourself on
the guitar. In the production, Carl Perkins sings “Matchbox,” “Who Do You Love?,” “My Babe,” and
“See You Later, Alligator.”
JOHNNY CASH: (20-30) Male. Singer/guitar player to portray Johnny cash early in his career; familiar
with his music and able to play guitar; should sound and look somewhat like Johnny. Prepare a
Johnny Cash song (or song in that style from that era) and accompany yourself on the guitar. In the
production, Johnny Cash sings “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Sixteen Tons,” “I Walk The Line,” and “Riders
In The Sky.”
SAM PHILLIPS: (25-40) Male. “Father of Rock’n’roll” and founder of Sun Records who discovered
Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Roy Orbison. A towering and
charismatic figure in American music.
DYANNE: (18-30) Female. Excellent singer; an aspiring singer and Elvis’s girlfriend; great singer with
a wide range; sings solos and back-up throughout the show; sings “Fever” in her alto range and
covers the high soprano part of “Riders In The Sky” (Johnny Cash song). In the production, Dyanne
sings “Fever” and “I Hear You Knockin’.”
FLUKE: (18-45) Male. A strong drummer familiar with playing rock music from the 1950s. Has
swing/jazz chops and is familiar with country music.
BROTHER JAY: (18-50) Male. Carl's Brother (though resemblance is unimportant.) Able to play
rockabilly bass/slap styles. Should have swing/jazz chops and be familiar with country music too.
Director: TBA
1st rehearsal: August 29, 2023
Runs: September 15 – October 1, 2023
SARITA: 50’s; Ex to Martin; surprised to run into her ex. Commuting professional woman. She’s
moved on, but shocked by the run-in with Martin, and the power of the past slowly sets in through the
play. Any ethnicity.
MARTIN: 50’s; Ex to Sarita; has actually engineered this chance meet-up with her. Seeking
forgiveness and some form of closure. Any ethnicity.
Director: TBA
1st rehearsal: September 19, 2023
Runs October 6 – 22, 2023
FAYE: Female, 50-59. Working class woman. Tough and a lifetime of dirt beneath her nails.
Somewhere, deep compassion. Ethnicity: Black / African Descent.
DALE: 18-29. Working class man. Young hustler, playful, street-savvy, and flirtatious. Somewhere,
deeply sensitive. Ethnicity: Black / African Descent.
SHANITA: Female, 18-29. 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. Ethnicity: Black/African Descent.
REGGIE: 30-39. White collar man. Studious. Dedicated. Compassionate. The Foreman. Somewhere,
a fire brims. Ethnicity: Black / African Descent.
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