Westport Country Playhouse 2018 Season - NYC EPA
Westport Country Playhouse
AUDITION DATES
Mon, Apr 02, 2018
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
Tue, Apr 03, 2018
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep $914 per week minimum “favored nations”
SEEKING
Equity actors and actor/singers for various roles in the season. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Prepare a 1 ½ minute contemporary monologue for the plays. For the Musical, prepare a brief song similar in style to MAN OF LA MANCHA. If auditioning for both plays and the musical, prepare a 1 minute monologue and 16 bars of a song. An accompanist will be provided on both days. Please bring a photo and resume, stapled back-to-back.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director: Mark Lamos
Associate Producer: David Dreyfoos
Casting: Tara Rubin Casting, Laura Schutzel
In attendance will be Laura Schutzel and David Dreyfoos
OTHER
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.
BREAKDOWN
FLYIN’ WEST
by Pearl Cleage, directed by Seret Scott,
1st Rehearsal May 4, 2018 (First rehearsal in Westport. Subsequent rehearsals in NYC)
Tech May 25, 26, 27, and 2018
Previews May 29-31, June 1, 2018
Opening June 2, 2018
Closing June 17, 2018
All characters are African-American. Frank and Sophie have a lighter skin color than the other characters.
Seeking:
Miss Leah, 73, has the life experience, the pain, the passion the forgiveness and vengeance that has kept her alive her many tough years. Simple, honest, abrupt, deliberate.
Fannie, 32, level-headed, unmarried wants to care for family but also would like love and companionship. Tentatively, but willingly, steps into a relationship with Wil.
Sophie, 36, no nonsense, tough spirit that tries to hide tenderness and feminine expression, can do physical labor as well as any man, not actually bloodline of Fannie and Minnie.
Minnie, 21, lives abroad with her physically and emotionally abusive husband, Frank. She's never really experienced a harsh frontier life but sympathizes with her family's hardships and misses them terribly.
Frank, 32, could pass for white and often has. Domineering, abusive, elitist, feels like he's owed something because he's better than blacks. Very bitter.
Wil, 40, a man of principle, trustworthy, uncomplicated, spirited, wants the companionship of a smart, secure woman. If he's lucky, that woman would be Fannie. Should play harmonica, banjo or 'sticks.'
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A FLEA IN HER EAR
by David Ives, directed by Mark Lamos. Co-production with Resident Theatre Players at UDel
Tech July 6-8, 2018
Previews July 10-13, 2018
Opening July 14, 2018
ClosingJuly 28, 2018
All roles have been CAST
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THE UNDERSTUDY
by Theresa Rebeck, directed by David Kennedy
1st Rehearsal July 20, 2018 (All rehearsals in Westport)
Tech August 10-12, 2018
Previews August 14-17, 2018
Opening August 18, 2018
Closing September 1, 2018
We strongly encourage actors of all cultural backgrounds.
Seeking:
Harry (male – late 30s, early 40s): A gifted actor with average looks but exceptional talent, he has fallen far short of the career he hoped for. His bitterness about other actors’ successes and the sizable chip on his shoulder are two of his most prominent characteristics. But he is also extremely charming when he wants to be, intelligent, passionate about the theatre, and has the soul of an artist. He also has a fear of commitment, having left Roxanne at the altar years earlier.
Jake (male – 30s): A B-list Hollywood action star longing for artistic respect. He has genuine talent, taste, charm, and intelligence, but will always be underestimated because of his drop-dead handsome, leading man looks. He is unashamed of his career choices thus far, but is growing tired of not being taken seriously as an actor.
Roxanne (female – late 30s, early 40s): The stage manager for this rehearsal, and a former actress, she prides herself on being put together and running a tight ship, but finds herself frustratingly rattled by the unexpected reappearance of Harry, her former fiancée, after six years of silence. She does her best to keep control of a rehearsal that seems increasingly derailed by the inscrutable whims of the universe, but eventually she starts to crack under pressure, which is a source of much of the play’s comic energy.
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MAN OF LA MANCHA
by Dale Wasserman, Mitch Lee and Joe Darion, directed by Mark Lamos
1st Rehearsal August 28, 2018
(First rehearsal in Westport. Subsequent rehearsals in NYC)
Tech September 21-23, 2018
Previews September 25-28, 2018
Opening September 29, 2018
Closing October 14, 2018
We strongly encourage actors of all cultural backgrounds.
Roles will be doubled for a total cast of 12.
Sancho Panza (also Cervantes’ Manservant)
Miguel de Cervantes ! (also Don Quixote and Alonso Quijana)
Governor
The Duke
Seven Muleteers:
Jose
Tenorio
Paco
Juan
Anselmo
Pedro
Aldonza (also Dulcinea)
Innkeeper
Maria (Innkeeper’s Wife)
Fermina (a Serving Girl)
Antonia (Alonso’s niece)
Housekeeper (for Alonso)
Padre
Dr. Sansón Carrasco (also Antonia’s Fiancé and Knight of the Mirrors)
Barber
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THOUSAND PINES
by Matthew Greene, directed by Austin Pendleton
1st Rehearsal October 5, 2018
(First rehearsal in Westport. Subsequent rehearsals TBD)
Tech October 26-28, 2018
Previews October 30-31, November 1-2, 2018
Opening November 3, 2018
Closing November 17, 2018
We strongly encourage actors of all cultural backgrounds.
Note: This play follows three separate families over the course of one Thanksgiving dinner in the present day. The three families are played by the same actors, the roles doubled as outlined below.
Actor 1 (female, 45-55) plays Paula Foster, Sophie Paulson-Kane, and Rita Garrison
Actor 2 (male, 45-55) plays Martin Foster, Oliver Paulson, and Frank Atkins
Actor 3 (female, 35-40) plays Beth Sanders, Debbie Carter, and Evelyn Smoot
Actor 4 (male, 35-40) plays Charlie Sanders, Warren Kane, and Kyle Garrison
Actor 5 (female, 20-25) plays Ashley Lawson, Gretchen Paulson, and Tori Metro
Actor 6 (male, 20) plays Justin Foster
THE FOSTERS – Paula Foster’s younger son, Cory, injured nine and killed three (including himself) in a shooting at his school, Thousand Pines Junior High. The shooting occurred six months before the events of the play. Note: The audience does not learn that Cory was the shooter until the final act of the play.
Paula Foster (played by Actor 1): A put-together woman with a put-on smile. Insistently clinging to a façade of pleasant normalcy as the only way to hold herself together.
Justin Foster (played by Actor 6): Paula’s older son. A sober-minded college student. Feels isolated in his grief and by what he perceives as Paula’s refusal to confront the reality of their loss.
Martin Foster (played by Actor 2): The brother of Paula’s deceased husband. Easygoing, a peacekeeper.
Beth Sanders (played by Actor 3): Paula’s sister. Amiable and considerate. Two months pregnant, but hesitant about sharing the news with Paula.
Charlie Sanders (played by Actor 4): Beth’s husband. Kindhearted and unassuming.
Ashley Lawson (played by Actor 5): Justin’s ex-fiancée. Pretty, precocious but deeply caring. A Dean’s List psychology major.
THE KANES – Warren Kane’s son Grayson (Sophie’s stepson) was killed in the shooting.
Sophie Paulson-Kane (played by Actor 1): A matriarch with sharp nails and dyed hair. A bit of a steamroller, ferociously pursuing a lawsuit against the school district in the absence of any other closure in her stepson’s murder.
Oliver Paulson (played by Actor 2): Sophie’s ex-husband. A lawyer, representing Sophie in the lawsuit. A mild workaholic. Businesslike but sincere.
Warren Kane (played by Actor 4): Sophie’s new husband. Tense and angrier than he lets on. Resents the intrusion of Oliver and the lawsuit into their lives.
Gretchen Paulson (played by Actor 5): Oliver and Sophie’s daughter. Confident and spirited, with some of her mother’s fierceness. Protective of those she cares about.
Debbie Carter (played by Actor 3): A teacher and the primary witness in the lawsuit against the school district. Mousy and agreeable. Searching for a way to ease the guilt and isolation she feels in the shooting’s aftermath.
THE GARRISONS – Rita Garrison’s son Tyler was killed in the shooting.
Rita Garrison (played by Actor 1): A single mom. Rough around the edges but has always done her best for her family. Torn between lingering in memories and facing her fear of moving forward in her new reality.
Kyle Garrison (played by Actor 4): Rita’s younger brother. Sullen and angry. Isolated in his anger and unsure of how to be there for Rita given the troubled history between them.
Frank Atkins (played by Actor 2): A police officer. Used to be romantically involved with Rita. Concerned for Rita but wary of falling back into a relationship that has run its course.
Evelyn Smoot (played by Actor 3): Rita’s neighbor and a Thousand Pines mom. Bit of an interfering busybody.
Tori Metro (played by Actor 5): A reserved and thoughtful young woman. Her overtures to Rita are borne out of genuine concern.
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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