Shadowland Artists Inc. | Ellenville, NY
Saturday, May 3, 2025
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
BREAK: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM. Doors open at 9:30 AM.
No appointments necessary. First come, first served. Doors open at 9:30 AM.
SPT
$482 weekly minimum (SPT 3)
Equity actors for roles in Shadowland Stages 2025 Season (see breakdown).
For dramatic auditions, please prepare a brief monologue. For musical auditions, please prepare a brief song. An accompanist will be provided. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Shadowland Theatre
157 Canal St
Ellenville, NY 12428-1503
See breakdown for production-specific personnel.
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Brendan Burke, Artistic Director
Brittany Proia, director of WAITRESS
See breakdown for production-specific dates.
www.shadowlandstages.org
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Equity 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.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
by Herb Gardner. Director: Neil Pepe.
1st rehearsal May 6, 2025; Runs May 30 – June 29, 2025
NAT: CAST Male; 80s, a cantankerous Communist storyteller, afraid his daughter Clara will force him into a home or declare him incompetent.
MIDGE: CAST Male; 81, near blind superintendent of a Central Park West apartment building for the past 42 years. Has avoided getting fired by being a ‘wise old invisible man’. Easily annoyed by Nat’s stories and machinations.
CLARA: CAST Female; 40s, Nat’s daughter. Has moved on from her activist upbringing to a suburban family life. Is worried about her father's well-being and wants to move him to a safer situation.
DANFORTH: CAST Male; 40s. Head of the Tenant’s Committee in Midge’s building (which is about to go co-op) and is seeking to fire Midge.
THE COWBOY: CAST Male; 30s, a drug dealer from Jersey, who lives as a ‘cowboy’, complete with costume and accent.
GILLEY: CAST Male; late teens, an Irish hoodlum who shakes down Midge for $3 a day in exchange for offering him ‘protection’.
LAURIE: CAST Female; 20s, a pretty and innocent art student in debt to The Cowboy.
by Rajiv Joseph. Director: Jammie Patton.
1st rehearsal: June 17, 2025. Runs July 5-20, 2025.
MATT: Male; Ages 21, 27, 31, 33. Emotional and talkative, and a bit of a mess, Matt’s ambition grows throughout the play. He bonds with Shawn over their impassioned fandom for the Cleveland Cavaliers. White.
SHAWN: Male; Ages 21, 27, 31, 33. A writer with a quiet ambition and confidence. Smart and considered. He bonds with Matt over their shared impassioned fandom for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Black.
Book by Jessie Nelson. Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles.
Director: Brittany Proia.
1st rehearsal: July 8, 2025. Runs July 25 – August 24, 2025.
JENNA: Female; 20s-30s. An unhappily married small town waitress. An expert pie maker, she’d love to get away and start fresh. Vocal range top: F5; bottom: F#3. Any ethnicity.
BECKY: Female; 40s-50s. The oldest of the waitresses, weathered it all with a fantastic and sometimes irreverent sense of humor. Vocal range top: E5; bottom: Eb3. Any ethnicity.
DAWN: Female; 20s. The youngest waitress, slightly awkward and shy. A sweet and optimistic nature. Vocal range top: E5; bottom: G3. Any ethnicity.
DR. POMATTER: Male; 30s-40s. Handsome, with a warm, if clumsy, manner. Jenna’s gynecologist with whom an unexpected extramarital affair is born. Has a quirky sense of humor and a big heart, despite the fact that he’s contributing to the affair. Vocal range top: Bb4; bottom: Bb2. Any ethnicity.
EARL: Male; 20s-30s, Jenna’s destructive husband. Handsome in an ex-jock way, he peaked in high school, and has evolved into a beer-drinking mess, with fits of anger and depression. Guitar playing a plus. Vocal range top: G4; bottom: Eb3.
CAL: Male; 30s-40s. The diner’s chef. Somehow endearing despite his impatience and brash, irreverent manner. Vocal range top: F4; bottom: D3.
OGIE: Male; 30s, Lovable, and a bit odd and quirky, he becomes enthralled with Dawn. Should have excellent comedic timing and must have an excellent pop/rock tenor voice. Vocal range top: F4; bottom: C3. Any ethnicity.
JOE: Male; 60s-70s, The owner of the diner where Jenna, Dawn, Becky, and Cal work. Seems like an old curmudgeon but has a soft spot for Jenna (and her pie). Vocal range top: G#4; bottom: B2. Any ethnicity.
NURSE/FRANCINE/MINISTER: Female; 20s-40s. Very funny with a small town charm. Pop-Rock Voice. Vocal range top: E5; bottom: G3. Any ethnicity.
LULU: Young girl to play 4-5 year old. Daughter of Jenna.
by John Cariani. Director: John Cariani.
1st rehearsal: August 12, 2025. Runs August 29 – September 14, 2025.
ENSEMBLE: Two identifying as female, two identifying as male, all in their 20s to portray multiple roles (ages 16-late 20s). The play (the sequel to ALMOST MAINE) is a series of short plays, about the inhabitants of a rural town in northern Maine who are still searching for who they are.
by Mark St. Germain. Director: Stephen Nachamie.
1st rehearsal: September 2, 2025. Runs September 19 – October 5, 2025.
DR. RUTH WESTHEIMER: The famous sex therapist at age 69.
by David Auburn. Director: Brendan Burke.
1st rehearsal: September 23, 2025. Runs October 10 – 26, 2025.
ROBERT: Male; 70s, Catherine and Claire’s father, a retired mathematics professor. In his later years, his genius has bowed to madness. Any ethnicity.
CATHERINE: Female; 25, Any ethnicity. Robert’s daughter, she’s spent the last few years taking care of him. Independent and smart, she’s worried that, in addition to her father’s genius, she may have also inherited his mental illness. Any ethnicity.
HAL: Male; 28, A protege of Robert’s, and a PhD candidate in mathematics. Plays in a band. On the nerdy side of cool, he’s ambitious, but trying to do the right thing. Any ethnicity.
CLAIRE: Female; 29. Claire’s sister who’s returned home to Chicago for Robert’s funeral, and to woo Catherine to join her in NYC because she’s worried Catherine may have inherited their father’s mental illness. Any ethnicity.
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