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TAPROOT THEATRE COMPANY 2016 SEASON - Taproot Theatre Company

Taproot Theatre Company 2016 - Local EPA
Taproot Theatre Company | Seattle, WA

Date of Audition:
8/31/2015


Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Monday, August 31, 2015
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Lunch is 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Tuesday, September 1, 2015
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Lunch is 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Contract
SPT
SPT 4 Seattle minimum - $360/wk** (See Other)

Location
Taproot Isaac Studio Theatre
204 N 85th St
Seattle, WA 98103
There is street parking through out the area.


Seeking
Seeking multiples roles for our 2016 season. Performers of all racial and ethnic backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Preparation
You will have 3.5 minutes to perform 2 contrasting pieces of your choosing. One of your pieces can be a song if you'd like. An accompanist will be provided.

Other Dates
The season begins December 28, 2015 and ends December 30, 2016

Please see Breakdown for specific production dates.

Other

www.taproottheatre.org

**Must meet Seattle minimum wage.

Personnel
People present in the room will be:
Karen Lund – Associate Artistic Director
Scott Nolte – Artistic Director

· EPA Rules are in effect.

· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Appointments
To schedule an appointment go to
https://taprootauditions.acuityscheduling.com/. This will allow you to schedule an appointment yourself online.

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.


Breakdown

Silent Sky:
1st rehearsal – 12/28/15
1st performance – 1/29/16
Closing – 2/27/16 (possibly extending through 3/5/16)

Henriette Leahvitt – 30’s Brilliant, meticulous, excited.
Margaret Leavitt- 30’s homebody, creative, sweet.
Peter Shaw -30’s head astronomer’ sapprentice…. And the man.
Annie Cannon - 40’s the leader, terse and sure, grows into a firebrand
Williamina Fleming – 50’s, smart as a whip and fun. Scottish


Cotton Patch Gospel:
1st rehearsal – 2/15/16
1st performance – 3/25/16
Closing – 4/23/16 (possibly extending through 5/28/16)

Mathew – Male late 20’s – early 40’s


The Realization of Emily Linder:
1st rehearsal – 4/11/16
1st performance – 5/13/16
Closing – 6/11/16 (possibly extending through 6/18/16)

Emily – late 60’s – early 70’s
Janet – Her younger daughter, professional, tailored, late 30-s –middle 40’s
Margaret - Her older daughter, mother of two busy kids, ,late 30-s –middle 40’s
Jennifer – Hired care giver. Late 20’s – early thirties.


Big Fish:
1st rehearsal – 5/30/16
1st performance – 7/8/16
Closing – 8/13/16 (possibly extending through 8/27/16)

Edward – plays himself from teenage to mid-60’s or 70’s
Will –his sons mid 20’s – mid 30’s
Sandra/ Witch
Josephine/ Fisherwoman/ Witch
The Witch/ Fisherwoman/ Shopkeeper/ Knife Thrower
Amos Calloway/ Dr. Bennett/ Fisherman/ Sharecropper
Karl the Giant/ Fisherman
Jenny Hill/ Fisherwoman/ Witch/ OB/GYN/ Alabama Lamb/ Bearded Woman
The Mermaid/ Fisherwoman/ Witch/ Girl with Cat/ Alabama Lamb/ Circus Performer
Don Price/ Fisherman/ Droggo the daring/ Orderly
Zacky Price/ Frustrated Fisherman/ Mayor/ Juggler/ Orderly
Young Will/ Son/ Clown


Till We Have Faces:
1st rehearsal – 8/22/16
1st performance – 9/23/16
Closing – 10/22/16 (possibly extending through 10/29/16)

Actress 1: ORUAL, the Narrator and the subject of the story, who brings her complaint against the gods and who learns, at the end, how selfish her love for Psyche (and others) has really been.
Actress 2: ISTRA, Psyche; third daughter of the King of Glome; half-sister of Orual and Redival; the victim in the Great Sacrifice to the Shadowbrute; object of Orual's love; the natural Christian.
Actress 3: REDIVAL, second daughter of the King of Glome. . Also ANSIT, wife of Bardia. Also APHRODITE
Actress 4: BATTA, old nurse to Orual, Redival, and Istra; vulgar, shrewish, tattling
Actor 1: LYSIAS, the Fox, captured Greek, a slave then a freeman in the court of Glome; mentor of Orual and her best friend.
Actor 2: BARDIA, captain of the troops of Glome; Orual's steadfast friend and servant. . TARIN, brief paramour of Redival, later returns to Glome as emissary of the great king of Persia.
Actor 3: TROM, King of Glome, a bloated man ridden by coarse passions, sudden in anger but not without craftiness, with some remnants of a good heart; father of Orual, Istra, and Redival.
Actor 4: PRIEST OF UNGIT in the time of troubles, who orders the Great Sacrifice. Also CUPID

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