Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater
CONTRACT
NEAT $453 weekly minimum (Category 5)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater's 2022 Season (see breakdown).
INSTRUCTIONS
SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS IN BREAKDOWN. Please email headshot/resume and your submission. Please indicate role(s) you are submitting for in subject line.
Deadline: Fri, Mar 18, 2022
SUBMIT TO
PERSONNEL
Viewing auditions:
Christopher Ostrom – Producing Artistic Director, Director Marry Me A Little
Sasha Brätt – Director Straight White Men
Kevin Quill – Music Director Marry Me A Little
RJ Tolan – Director Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Megan Nussle – Director The Revolutionists
Dana Greenfield – Director Betrayal
OTHER DATES
See production specific dates in breakdown.
OTHER
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 submit.
BREAKDOWN
PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Please prepare 2 brief contrasting contemporary monologues (link preferred).
If auditioning for Marry Me A Little, prepare two brief contrasting songs, preferably by Stephen Sondheim (link to musical theater reel also acceptable). You may also use the accompaniment below. Sheet music available at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mROZVR5QNi9t6s5JPlPsv_iuGXymIijy .
SOPRANO/ I remember: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKgGdWvUmsM
ALTO/ I’m still here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THuT24C9fLU
TENOR/: Joahnna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsk4vdbG-Hg
BASS/ Your Eyes Are Blue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd3dSz5g3cA
STRAIGHT WHITE MEN, by Young Jean Lee
Directed by Sasha Brätt
First Rehearsal: on or around May 16, 2022
First Public Performance: June 1, 2022
Press Opening: June 3, 2022
Closing Performance: June 24, 2022
ED - Male 60-70, Ed is entering his mid 70s. He is the father of the family; a family man; good-natured, well-intentioned, liberal, and a bit sad since the passing of his wife. Ability to strum a guitar is a plus. Ed is a straight white man.
MATT - Male 40-45, Matt is in his mid-40s and is the eldest of the three brothers. He wears baggy jeans and oversized shirts. Politically and socially conscious and highly intelligent, but often uncomfortable in his skin; frustrated by the social expectations the world has for him; currently working a low-level temp job and living with his father. Lots of physicality, should be comfortable with movement and some stage combat choreography. Matt is a straight white man.
JAKE - Male 38-43, Jake is in his early 40s and very fit. He is the middle child of the three boys. A very successful banker; confident; recently divorced. Lots of physicality, should be comfortable with movement and some stage combat choreography. Jake is a straight white man.
DREW - Male 35-40, Drew is around 40 (late 30s/40ish) and the youngest of the brothers. He is an award-winning writer and professor. Lots of physicality, should be comfortable with movement and some stage combat choreography. Potentially somersaults over a sofa? Drew is a straight white man.
Note: Those interested in the roles below should be prepared to collaborate on their own text.
PERSON IN CHARGE #1 - Trans or gender-nonconforming individual of any age or race; The People in Charge will be performing as themselves. The People in Charge will give speeches in their own voices and espouse their own points of view. They require an abundance of charm. Ability to improvise is a plus. BIPOC Artists encouraged to submit.
PERSON IN CHARGE #2 - Trans or gender-nonconforming individual of any age or race; The People in Charge will be performing as themselves. The People in Charge will give speeches in their own voices and espouse their own points of view. They require an abundance of charm. Ability to improvise is a plus. BIPOC Artists encouraged to submit.
MARRY ME A LITLE
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Conceived by Craig Lucas and Norman René
Directed by Christopher Ostrom
Musical Direction by Kevin Quill
First Rehearsal: on or around June 13, 2022
First Public Performance: June 29, 2022
Press Opening: July 2, 2022
Closing Performance: July 22, 2022
WOMAN – mid 20s to mid 30s, A single woman who has just moved into her first New York City apartment. She has made a series of safe choices that have left her sad and alone. Any race or ethnicity. Vocal Range: F#3 to F#5
MAN – mid 20s to mid 30s, A single man living alone in New York City. He dreams of finding a beautiful woman but is jaded at the idea of a deeply committed relationship. Any race or ethnicity. Vocal Range: F2 – G4
GARY: A SEQUEL TO TITUS ANDRONICUS, by Taylor Mac
Directed by RJ Tolan
First Rehearsal: on or around July 11, 2022
First Public Performance: July 27, 2022
Press Opening: July 29, 2022
Closing Performance: August 19, 2022
All ages, genders, and gender expressions will be considered for these roles.
GARY – a clown, who becomes a maid, who dreams of being a fool.
JANICE – a maid.
CAROL – a midwife.
THE REVOLUTIONISTS, by Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Megan Nussle
First Rehearsal: on or around August 8, 2022
First Public Performance: August 25, 2022
Press Opening: August 27, 2022
Closing Performance: September 17, 2022
OLYMPE DE GOUGES - late 30s, badass activist playwright and feminist, Theatre nerd, excitable, passionate, a showman.
CHARLOTTE CORDAY - mid 20s, badass country girl and assassin. Very serious, hardened by righteousness. Part of FRATERNITÉ.
MARIE-ANTOINETTE - late 30s, less badass but fascinating former queen of France. Bubbly, graceful, opinionated, totally unaware, unintentionally rude and oddly prescient. Part of FRATERNITÉ.
MARIANNE ANGELLE - 30s, a badass black woman in Paris. She is from the Caribbean, a free woman, a spy working with her husband. Tough, classy, vigilant, the sanest one of them all.
BETRAYAL, by Harold Pinter
Directed by Dana Greenfield
First Rehearsal: on or around September 5, 2022
First Public Performance: September 22, 2022
Press Opening: September 24, 2022
Closing Performance: October 16, 2022
EMMA – 38, female, Robert’s wife and Jerry’s lover.
JERRY – 40, male, Emma’s lover and Robert’s best friend.
ROBERT – 40, male, Emma’s husband and Jerry’s best friend.
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 submit.
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