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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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Contract
SPT
SPT 4 minimum - $342/wk
Location
Theatre Puget Sound
305 Harrison Street
Seattle, WA 98109
4th Floor, Theatre Puget Sound
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Seeking
Actors. Male and Women. All Ages
Preparation
Please bring one paragraph from literature. Preferably in a narrative format.
Other Dates
Part 1 Opens May 6th, 2016
Party 2 Opens May 13th
Both Close June 26th
Other
http://book-it.org/
Personnel
Directed and Adapted by Myra Platt
· EPA Rules are in effect.
· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
Schedule by emailing
casting@book-it.org
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
The Chance Family
Hugh ‘Papa’– age ranges from 30-mid40s. A good man. Honest and fair. Beloved father and community member. Gifted pitcher who could have played major league baseball, but an accident to his pitching thumb condemns him to work at a paper mill in Camas, Washington. In his late 30's, he gets a second chance as a minor league pitching coach and relief pitcher.
Laura ‘Mama’ – age ranges from late 30 to 40. Extremely in love with Papa. Dogmatic Seventh Day Adventist. Unforgiving with any of her children who question the faith. Rabidly devoted to the church which saved her after she was sexually abused by her alcoholic father and abandoned by her mother. In understanding her wounds, we understand why she acts so harshly and clings to her religion.
Everett – age ranges 16-24. A natural leader, bigheaded, bigmouthed and bighearted. A genial anarchist who defies the system and rebels against oppression. Questions everything. Quick to voice his opinions without regard for the feelings of others. A self-proclaimed agnostic and radical libertarian. Attends the UW where he fully embraces being a hippie. Chooses a life of exile in Canada during Vietnam War. Ultimately, a romantic. Falls in love with Natasha and Russian Literature. Desperate to find his true self. Desperately wants to please and enchant others.
Peter - age ranges 15-23. Possesses a spiritual balance. Intellectually astounding and highly driven. Tall, athletic. Resembles his father. A good ballplayer. He seeks wisdom with the help of a Fulbright scholarship and academic guidance from Harvard. Forsakes the West for Eastern mysticism and moves to India. He buries himself almost to death in stale books and foreign mysticism in hopes of reaching an idealized self that is unattainable. Ironically, he has a fragile constitution and requires air-conditioning and western food.
Irwin – age ranges 14-22. Kind. Tall. Athletic. Built like a quarterback. A bit slow. The personification of goodness and innocence. Faithful to his mother and the pacifist teachings of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Drafted into Army and sent to fight in the Vietnam War. What he lacks in intelligence he compensates with faith and unrelenting joy. His gaiety is contagious, more so is his laugh. He is the familial hub of love, the child everyone gets along with. Loves to sing.
Kincaid ‘Kade’ – age ranges 12-20, the youngest of the brothers. The ‘narrator’ in the book. Loyal, faithful and devoted observer – Sensitive. Intelligent. Empathetic and somewhat removed. Not athletic. Little of his story is told. The glue in binding a broken family back together.
Winifred ‘Freddy’ -- age ranges 7-15. Twin sister to Bet. The youngest Chance siblings. Smart. Funny. The twins’ life trajectories split. Freddy sides with Papa and Kade in varied attempts to keep the family together.
Beatrice ‘Bet’– age ranges 7-15. Twin sister to Freddy. The youngest Chance siblings. Smart. Funny. The twins’ life trajectories split. Bet sides with Mama, becoming a religious bigot. Freddy sides with Papa and Kade.
Male and Female Ensemble: This show will consist of a large ensemble, ranging across age and ethnicity. Actors will play multiple roles. Roles may include*:
FEMALE ENSEMBLE:
1. Natasha – age ranges 18-24 --UW student –Russian Lit major. Falls for Everett. Grounded. Fiercely independent, intelligent and opinionated. Solid sense of humor. Warm. Passionate.
2. Grandawma (Marion Becker chance) – 50s. Papa’s mother. British. Has two college degrees. Her hero is Charles Darwin. “a believer in empirical method and an acerbic critic of religious hocus-pocus.” Pessimistic.
3. Sister Harg – an elder of the 7th day Adventist Church. Quirky, wry humor.
4. Linda – age ranges 17-20 – Irwin’s wife and mother of his child. Abused and raped by her alcoholic father. Quiet and shy. Loves Irwin deeply.
5. Yulie – 30s – First Nation Canadian Chief. Wise. Owns the Muskrat – a tavern in Kwakiutl, B.C. Befriends Everett.
6. Nancy Beal – wife to brother Beal – a member of the church.
7. Aunt Mary Jane – Mama’s sister in law
MALE ENSEMBLE: (Helpful if men know how to throw a baseball)
1. Elder Babcock – 30s- 40s Seventh Day Adventist preacher. Right-winger
2. Roy - 30s-40s Papa best friend. Works in the mil. Loves fishing.
3. Dizzy Dean and Pee Wee Reese – 30s Baseball announcers
4. Major Keys – 40s-50s Close-minded military doctor
5. Doc Franken - 30s- 50s Liberal, brilliant family surgeon who replaces Papa’s dead thumb with his big toe
6. Captain Dudek – 20s- 30s Captain of Irwin’s troop in Vietnam – hard core
7. Uncle Marvin – Mama’s brother - married to Mary Jane
8. GQ Durham – 40s- Baseball coach/manager
9. Vic Power – 20s powerhouse baseball slugger
10. TBar – 40s Texas businessman traveling in India
11. Elder Joon – Korean. A fresh new face at Mama’s church
12. Brother Beal – Works under Elder Babcock but a more liberal and friendlier.
13. Dr. Majundar – East Indian scholar
*The adaptation is still in process.
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