THT Repertory
AUDITION DATES
Fri, Jun 24, 2022
12:00 pm - 8:30 pm (EST)
lunch 3:45-4:45 pm
Sat, Jun 25, 2022
10:00 am - 6:30 pm (EST)
1:45-2:45 pm lunch break
APPOINTMENTS
Please follow instructions at forms.office.com/r/hCCDL0t07e. Audition requests must be submitted by 5pm ET on June 20th. If you have a question or need assistance, please email auditions@thehanovertheatre.org with subject line THT Rep Auditions. Thank you!
CONTRACT
SPT $465 weekly minimum (SPT 5)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in 2022-23 season (see breakdown).
All rehearsals and performances will be held on the campus of The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts in downtown Worcester, MA, where validated garage parking is available to all creative team members.
An initiative of The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts, The Hanover Theatre Repertory (THT Rep) engages, entertains and energizes audiences with dynamic theatrical events made in and for Worcester, MA with a focus on classics, modern-classics and classics-inspired works.
At THT Rep, we acknowledge that all our work and play takes place on the unceded land of indigenous people. In our house, hate has no home and harassment will not be tolerated. We affirm that Black Lives Matter, that love is love, that gender is a spectrum, that science is real, that diversity is a strength, and that the arts are vital.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a heightened language monologue, preferably from either Macbeth or The Crucible. Monologues should not exceed 60 seconds. Actors interested in The Marvelous Party, please also prepare a verse from the poem to act (https://l-hit.com/en/149900), and 16 bars of your choice to be sung a cappella. Please bring two copies of your headshot and resume, stapled together.
LOCATION
Jean McDonough Arts Center
20 Franklin Street
Worcester, MA 01608
Accessible by the MBTA Commuter Rail. Parking available at Federal Plaza Garage, 570 Main St, Worcester, MA 01608.
PERSONNEL
Expected to attend:
Livy Scanlon, Artistic Director, THT Rep
Kathryn Moncrief, Associate Director and Dramaturg, Macbeth
OTHER DATES
Callbacks: Monday, June 27th, 2022, 4pm-9pm ET.
OTHER
The 2022-2023 season will be performed at the Worcester BrickBox Theater in the Jean McDonough Arts Center, 20 Franklin St / Worcester, MA 01608.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of 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.
BREAKDOWN
MACBETH
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Livy Scanlon
First Rehearsal: August 29th, 2022
First Preview: September 29th, 2022
Opening: October 2nd, 2022
Closing: October 15th, 2022
Fair is foul in this fast-paced production. Featuring a large, ensemble cast, this 90-minute cutting cuts to the chase with a sleek, bleak take on Macbeth’s bloody rise to power and calamitous demise.
Breakdown:
MALCOLM. 20’s-40’s. Any gender. Any ethnicity. Principled. Heir to King Duncan of Scottland.
BANQUO. 30’s-50’s. Any gender. Any ethnicity. An officer in the Scottish army. Perceptive. Strong stage combat skills required.
MACDUFF. 30’s-50’s. Any gender. Any ethnicity. A Scottish noble. Heroic. Strong stage combat skills required.
MURDERER. 20’s-60’s. Any gender. Any ethnicity. Bitter. Strong stage combat skills required.
ROSS. 40’s-60’s. Any gender. Any ethnicity. A Scottish noble.
LENNOX. 20’s-40’s. Any gender. Any ethnicity. A Scottish noble.
WITCHES (2). Any age. Any gender. Any ethnicity.
DOCTOR 30’s-70’s. Any gender. Any ethnicity.
MACBETH (Cast). Actors will be considered for understudy and emergency replacement.
LADY MACBETH (Cast). Actors will be considered for understudy and emergency replacement.
DUNCAN (Cast). Actors will be considered for understudy and emergency replacement.
LADY MACDUFF (Cast). Actors will be considered for understudy and emergency replacement.
GENTLEWOMAN (Cast). This role has been combined with the role of the Porter. Actors will be considered for understudy and emergency replacement.
CAPTAIN (Cast). Actors will be considered for understudy and emergency replacement.
FIRST WITCH (Cast). Actors will be considered for understudy and emergency replacement.
SEYTON (Offered). Actors will be considered for understudy and emergency replacement.
THE EDGAR ALLAN POE DOUBLE HEADER
Created and Performed by Livy Scanlon
First Rehearsal: October 25th, 2022
Opening: October 27th, 2022
Closing: October 29th, 2022
Originally staged in October 2020 for socially-distanced audiences, The Edgar Allan Poe Double Header returns to haunt fully seated houses! At turns dark and darkly funny, this 60-minute solo show is staged as a séance, conjuring two of Poe’s most notorious narrators.
Breakdown:
NARRATOR (Cast). Actors will be considered for understudy and emergency replacement.
THE CRUCIBLE
By Arthur Miller
All-Female Staged Reading Directed by Livy Scanlon
First Rehearsal: Either March 14th or March 21st, 2023, pending Equity approval
Staged Reading: Sunday, March 26th
Widely considered one of the greatest American plays ever written, The Crucible dramatizes the Salem witch trials of the late 1600s. Miller wrote the piece in response to the McCarthy-era communist “witch hunt” that gripped the country in the 1950s.
In our current time, THT Rep Artistic Director Livy Scanlon is curious to see how the play’s themes of misogyny and persecution against women resonate with an all-female-presenting cast playing both the womens’ and mens’ roles. A one-to-two-week rehearsal process will culminate with a public staged reading and audience dialogue.
Breakdown:
JOHN PROCTOR. 30’s-40’s. Any ethnicity. Weary of authority.
ELIZABETH PROCTOR. 30’s-40’s. Any ethnicity. Stoic.
DEPUTY GOVERNOR DANFORTH. 40’s-70’s. Any ethnicity. Severe.
JUDGE HATHORNE. 30’s-50’s. Any ethnicity. Subservient to Danforth.
REVEREND PARRIS. 40’s-60’s. Any ethnicity. Paranoid. Self-centered.
REVEREND JOHN HALE. 20’s-40’s. Any ethnicity. Idealistic.
GILES COREY. 60’s-80’s. Any ethnicity. Cantankerous.
THOMAS PUTNAM. 40’s-60’s. Any ethnicity. Wealthy, entitled landowner.
ANN PUTNAM. 30’s-40’s. Any ethnicity. Odd.
FRANCIS NURSE. 60’s-80’s. Any ethnicity. Husband of Rebecca Nurse.
HERRICK. 20’s-30’s. Any ethnicity. A constable.
EZEKIEL CHEEVER. 30’s-50’s. Any ethnicity. A bit of a twerp. Appointed clerk of the court.
ABIGAIL WILLIAMS (Cast). Late teens. Any ethnicity. Disturbed and abused. Actors will be considered for understudy and emergency replacement.
BETTY PARRIS (Cast). ‘Tweens. Any ethnicity. Abigail’s cousin. Actors will be considered for understudy and emergency replacement.
MARY WARREN (Cast). Late teens. Any ethnicity. Awkward. Actors will be considered for understudy and emergency replacement.
SUSANNAH WALCOTT (Cast). Teens. Any ethnicity. Unassuming. Actors will be considered for understudy and emergency replacement.
MERCY LEWIS (Cast). Teens. Any ethnicity. A bully. Actors will be considered for understudy and emergency replacement.
TITUBA (Cast). 20’s-60’s. Originally from Barbados, she is the house servant to Reverend Parris. Actors will be considered for understudy and emergency replacement.
REBECCA NURSE (Cast). 60’s-70’s. Any ethnicity. Wise and warm. Actors will be considered for understudy and emergency replacement.
THE MARVELOUS PARTY
Party-Performance Inspired by Noel Coward
Directed by TBA
Equal parts party and performance, this tea-spilling night features Noël Coward’s humorous poem, I Went To A Marvelous Party, together with popular numbers from the musical theatre canon and beyond. See and be seen at the event of the season!
First Rehearsal: May 2nd, 2023
Opening: May 11th, 2023
Closing: May 14th, 2023
Breakdown:
ENSEMBLE (4). Any age. Any gender. Any ethnicity. Strong acting, singing and dancing skills required.
Everyone entering the audition venue will undergo a symptom check and provide one of the following:
- Proof of full vaccination. “Fully vaccinated,” as defined by the CDC, is more than 14 calendar days following receipt of a final dose of an FDA or World Health Organization authorized or approved vaccine.
(OR)
- Proof of a negative PCR test result taken no earlier than 48 hours prior to entry into the audition venue.
(OR)
- Proof of two negative antigen test results (e.g., the first taken the night before and the second taken no less than 2 hours) prior to entry into the venue.
Masks. Two-ply cloth face masks, surgical masks, singer’s masks and respirators (N95, KN95 or KF94) will be allowed for face coverings. Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas are not acceptable face coverings. Everyone in the holding room and audition room will always wear a face covering as described above, except for the actor when they are actively auditioning. The time spent unmasked should be as minimal as possible. Face coverings must be worn correctly (covering the nose and mouth). Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.
Risk level. If the risk level for Worcester, MA is trending upwards and may rise to High (Orange) we will contact members with appointments at least 24 hours before the first audition appointment time to let them know there is a chance that the auditions may need to be postponed or cancelled. All members with appointments will be notified if the auditions must be postponed or cancelled.
The holding room is 2500 square feet and will hold no more than 100 individuals at one time.
The audition room is 4200 square feet and will hold no more than THT Rep's audition personnel, the actor auditioning, and the audition monitor.
We encourage actors to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue to avoid crowding in bathrooms and dressing rooms.
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 audition.
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