Sharon Playhouse 2023 Season - NYC EPA Sharon Playhouse | Sharon, CT
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Thursday, April 6, 2023
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Break: 1:00-2:00pm
SPT
$600 weekly minimum (SPT 6 - pending approval) - housing and transportation from New York and pension health contributions for principal roles.
Equity actors for roles in Sharon Playhouse's 2023 Season (see breakdown).
Sharon Playhouse is a fully vaccinated company.
To be considered for the musicals, please prepare a brief cut of a musical theatre song and bring sheet music in your key. To be considered for the plays, please prepare a 1- minute contemporary comic monologue. Please bring a picture/resume stapled together.
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center 165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
Studio B
Expected to attend:
Artistic Director/Producer: Carl Andress Associate Artistic Director/Director: Michael Baldwin
See production dates in breakdown. OTHER
sharonplayhouse.org
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided.
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.
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 28 individuals at a time.
The holding room can accommodate no more than 80 individuals at a time.
Rehearsals: June 6-22
Performances: June 23-July 9
Seeking:
Nick Bottom - Male Presenting; Any Ethnicity; Age Range: Late 30’s-Early 40’s; High baritone/tenor Vocal range: G4 to A2; A struggling writer who cannot stand Shakespeare. Nigel’s older brother. Comic leading man. Tap dancer.
Nigel Bottom - Male Presenting; Any Ethnicity; Age Range: Mid-30’s to Mid-40’s; Tenor. Vocal range: A4 to Eb3; Nick’s sweet younger brother. A struggling writer who falls in love with Portia, a Puritan. Romantic lead.
Shakespeare - Male Presenting; Any Ethnicity; Age Range: Early-30’s to Early-40’s; Tenor, Vocal Range: Ab4 to Ab2; The Bard. Over the top Rock Star with a huge ego. Strong comic ability. Tap dancer.
Bea - Female Presenting; Any Ethnicity; Age Range: Early-30’s to Early-40’s; Alto/Mezzo Vocal range top: D5 - D3; Nick’s wife. She loves Nick despite his past lack of success. She dresses up like a man to prove she can be an actor. Warm, comic leading lady.
Portia - Female Presenting; Any Ethnicity; Age Range: Early-20’s to Early- 30’s; Alto/Mezzo Vocal range F#5 to G3A; A Puritan woman who loves poetry, theater, and ultimately Nigel. Comic, innocent soubrette.
Nostradamus - Any Gender; Any Ethnicity; Age Range: Mid-40’s to Mid-50’s; Vocal range: tenor/alto character voice Tenor 2 (C3-F4). A soothsayer and seer. Strong inventive comic abilities a plus.
Rehearsals: July 18-August 3
Performances: August 4-20
Seeking:
Fagin – Male Presenting; Any Ethnicity; Age Range: Mid-50’s to Early-70’s; Vocal range Bari-tenor B3/Fb5; A conniving but lovable career criminal who runs a training academy for young pickpockets. Comic, leading character man.
Bill Sikes - Male Presenting; Any Ethnicity; Age Range: Mid-30’s to Mid-40’s; Vocal range Bass C#3/C4
A terrifying and physically dangerous villain.
Nancy - Female Presenting; Any Ethnicity; Age Range: Early-20’s to Early-30’s; Vocal range Alto E3/B4. A graduate of Fagin's academy, and Bill's girlfriend. A warm, comic and deeply feeling young woman.
Mr. Bumble - Male Presenting; Any Ethnicity; Age Range: Mid-40’s to Early-60’s; Vocal range Baritone C3/A4. A domineering and pompous minor church official of the workhouse. A self-righteous, greedy hypocrite.
Mrs. Corney - Female Presenting; Any Ethnicity; Age: 40 to 55; Vocal range Soprano C4/E5; A sharp tongued, domineering widow - the Workhouse Mistress. Hypocritical, callous, and materialistic.
Rehearsals: August 21-September 14; Performances: September 15-24
Seeking:
Stage Manager – Any Gender; Any Ethnicity; Age Range: Mid-40’s-Early 60’s. The audience’s guide to Grover’s Corners. Calm, omniscient, and frank.
Emily Webb – Female Presenting; Any Ethnicity; Age Range: Early-20’s to Mid-20’s; Enthusiastic and strong. Excellent student. Ages from 14 to 26 over the course of the play.
George Gibbs - Male Presenting; Any Ethnicity; Age Range: Mid-20’s to Late-20’s; Sincere and naive, George is an idealist and romantic. Ages from 16 to 28 over the course of the play.
Dr. Frank Gibbs - Male Presenting; Any Ethnicity; Age Range: 50s; The town doctor, and father to George and Rebecca. Pragmatic and a pillar of the community. Loves his family.
Mrs. Julia Gibbs - Female Presenting; Any Ethnicity; Age Range: 50s; Mother to George & Rebecca. Strong love for her family, particularly her son. Dreams of seeing Paris. A romantic, pragmatic woman.
Mrs. Myrtle Webb - Female Presenting, Any Ethnicity; Age Range: 50s; Emily and Wally’s mother. A stern, pragmatic woman.
Rehearsals: September 12-28
Performances: September 29-October 15
Seeking:
Emily Penrose - Female Presenting; Any Ethnicity; Age Range: Late-40’s to Late 50’s; An editor for an upscale, journalistic magazine. A master of multi-tasking and efficiency. She is very good at her job.
Jim Fingal - Male Presenting; Any Ethnicity; Age Range: Mid-20’s to Mid-30’s; A Harvard graduate and intern at the magazine, eager to prove himself in his new job and absolutely dedicated to getting it all correct.
John D’Agata - Male Presenting; Any Ethnicity; Age Range: Late-30’s to Early-50’s. A renowned author and essayist. Talented, well-educated and with a strong belief in what he sees as truth through art, he can also be abrasive, sarcastic, and arrogant.
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