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WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL 2015 SEASON Equity Principal Auditions - Williamstown Theatre Festival Auditions

Posted February 11, 2015
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WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL 2015 SEASON - Williamstown Theatre Festival

Williamstown Theatre Festival Season - NYC EPAs
Williamstown Theatre Festival | Williamstown, MA

Date of Audition:
3/2 and 3/3/2015


Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions (2 days)
Monday, March 2, 2015 - NO accompanist
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 - Accompanist provided
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
lunch 1 to 2

Contract
CORST
see breakdown for salary/tier for each show

Location
Actors' Equity Association Audition Center
165 West 46th Street
16th Floor
New York, NY 10036


Seeking
Equity actors and actors/singers for various principal roles in the upcoming 2015 season.

see breakdown.

Preparation
Please bring a stapled picture and resume.

On Monday, prepare a monologue from modern or contemporary theatre (no singing)

On Tuesday, prepare a traditional musical theatre song that shows range OR a 1 minute monologue and 16 bars of a song

Accompanist provided on Tue 3/3 only.

Personnel
Artistic Director: Mandy Greenfield
Producer: Stephen M Kaus
Casting: Telsey + Company: Will Cantler, Karyn Casl, Andrew Femenella

· EPA Rules are in effect.

· A monitor will be provided.

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

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.


Breakdown

OFF THE MAIN ROAD
By Williams Inge
Director: Evan Cabnet
Contract: AEA/CORST category X contract ($879/week)
Venue: Main Stage
First Rehearsal NYC: June 8, 2015
First Rehearsal Williamstown: June 16, 2015
First Preview: June 30, 2015
Opening: July 2, 2015
Scheduled Closing: July 19, 2015

AVAILABLE ROLES:

MRS. BURNS: 50s – Landlady; robust woman who has lived most of her life outdoors

JULIA CONROY: 20s – Mrs. Garrit’s daughter; on the verge of a sexual and spiritual awakening.

CAB DRIVER: 30s – Roguishly handsome, dark, sexy, proud, charming.

VICTOR BURNS: 20s – Mrs. Burns’ son; has an attractive virility about him

MRS. BENNET: 60s – Mrs. Garrit’s mother; a portly and pretty woman eager for her daughter to come home

MANNY GARRIT: 40s – Faye’s husband and a former baseball player; tall, dark, and handsome, with a dangerous side

JIMMY WOODFORD: 40s – A good friend of Mrs. Garrit; a slim, aristocratic-looking man

UNAVAILABLE ROLES:

MRS. FAYE GARRIT: CAST. 40s – A wife and mother



PARADISE BLUE
By Dominique Morisseau
Director: Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Contract: AEA/CORST category X contract ($879/week)
Venue: Main Stage
First Rehearsal Williamstown: June 30, 2015
First Preview: July 22, 2015
Opening: July 23, 2015
Scheduled Closing: August 2, 2015

AVAILABLE ROLES:

PUMPKIN: late 20s/early 30s – Black Woman. Pretty in a plain way. Simple Sweet. Waitress, cook and caretaker of Paradise Club. A loving thing with a soft touch. Adores Poetry

BLUE: mid-late 30s/early 40s – Black Man. Handsome. Mysterious. Sexy. Quiet danger. Aloof. A hard shell and a hard interior. Battling many demons. A gifted trumpeter.

CORN: late 40s/early 50s – Black Man. Slightly chubby. Easygoing and Thoughtful. A real sweetheart with a weakness for love. The pianoman.

P-SAM: mid/late 30s – Black Man. Sweet-talker. Hustler. Always eager for his next gig. The percussionist.

SILVER: late 30s/early 40s – Black Woman. Mysterious. Sexy. Charming. Spicy woman. Gritty and raw in a way that men find irresistible. Has a meeeeeeaaaannn walk.

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MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN
By Eugene O’Neill
Director: Gordon Edelstein
Contract: AEA/CORST category X contract ($879/week)
Venue: Main Stage
First Rehearsal Williamstown: July 7, 2015
First Preview: August 5, 2015
Opening: August 8, 2015
Scheduled Closing: August 23, 2015

AVAILABLE ROLES:

PHIL HOGAN: 60s/70s – Father of Josie and Mike Hogan. Tenant of James Tyrone, Jr. A feisty, stocky Irishman with a wicked sense of humor.

MIKE HOGAN: 20s/early 30s – Youngest son of Phil Hogan. Brother of Josie Hogan. A self-righteous, shrewd man.

STEDMAN T. HARDER: late 30s/early 40s – Heir to Standard Oil. Neighbor of Phil Hogan. Trying to live the life of a country gentleman, trying to look the part.

UNAVAILABLE ROLES:

JOSIE HOGAN: CAST. late 30s/early 40s – Daughter of Phil Hogan.

JAMES TYRONE, JR: CAST. late 30s/early 40s – Landlord to Phil Hogan.

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LEGACY
By Daniel Goldfarb
Director: Oliver Butler
Contract: AEA/ CORST special contract ($621/week)
Venue: Nikos Stage
First Rehearsal NYC: June 8, 2015
First Rehearsal Williamstown: June 16, 2015
First Preview: July 1, 2015
Opening: July 2, 2015
Scheduled Closing: July 12, 2015

All roles have been CAST. Actors may be seen for possible replacements.

NEIL ABRAMS: CAST. mid/late 60s – A renowned novelist and tenured professor at Columbia University. Married to Suzanne Kind.

SUZANNE KIND: CAST. early/mid 40s – An oral historian who records Holocaust survivors for the Spielberg Project. Married to Neil Abrams.

HEART FINE: CAST. mid 20s – A talented young writer in financial need. A graduate student of Neil’s

JEREMY GOODMAN: CAST. late 30s – A high risk ob/byn. Eccentric with a bit of a God Complex.

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KINSHIP
By Carey Perloff
Director: Jo Bonney
Contract: AEA/ CORST special contract ($621/week)
Venue: Nikos Stage
First Rehearsal NYC: June 22, 2015
First Rehearsal Williamstown: June 30, 2015
First Preview: July 15, 2015
Opening: July 16, 2015
Scheduled Closing: July 25, 2015

AVAILABLE ROLES:

HE: late 30s – a newspaper reporter, complicated, sexy, sometimes sweet, urbane, competitive, afraid.

HIS MOTHER: 70s – an ex-actress and devoted if over protective mother. Still very attractive and is also (unbeknownst to SHE) THE OLDER FRIEND.

UNAVAILABLE ROLES:

SHE: CAST. late 40s – a married newspaper editor. Passionate, intelligent, besotted, slightly falling apart. The actress playing SHE also plays PHEDRE, Queen and wife of Theseus, stepmother of Hippolytus, in Racine’s tragedy PHEDRE.

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UNKNOWN SOLDIER (Musical)
Book By Daniel Goldstein
Music by Michael Friedman
Lyrics by Michael Friedman and Daniel Goldstein
Director: Trip Cullman
Contract: AEA/ CORST special contract ($621/week)
Venue: Nikos Stage
First Rehearsal Williamstown: June 30, 2015
First Preview: July 30, 2015
Opening: August 1, 2015
Scheduled Closing: August 9, 2015

AVAILABLE ROLES:

FRANCIS GRAND: 20s – A soldier, recently returned from World War I. An amnesiac.

NURSE: any age – also plays EDNA EVERMAN, KIMBERLY, JANE, et al.

LUCY PETERSON: 80s – she is LUCY LEMAY as an old lady. We see her in 1973. She is NOT played by the same actress who plays LUCY LEMAY.

ELLEN RABINOWITZ: 40s – LUCY PETERSON’s granddaughter, grown up.

LUCY RABINOWITZ /YOUNG ELLEN: 10-11yrs old – ELLEN RABINOWITZ’s daughter. Played by the same actress who plays YOUNG ELLEN.

UNAVAILABLE ROLES:

LUCY LEMAY: CAST. 20s – A young woman. We see her in the years immediately following World War I.

DOCTOR: CAST. any age – also plays EDGAR EVERMAN.

ANDREW HOFFMAN: CAST. 40s – A librarian who lives in Ithaca.

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AN INTERVENTION
By Mike Bartlett
Director: Lila Neugebauer
Contract: AEA/ CORST special contract ($621/week)
Venue: Nikos Stage
First Rehearsal Williamstown: July 14, 2015
First Preview: August 12, 2015
Opening: August 13, 2015
Scheduled Closing: August 23, 2015

AVAILABLE ROLES

A: Any gender. Any ethnicity. 30’s/40’s – Wit, humor, ability to drive language.

B: Any gender. Any ethnicity. 30’s/40’s – Wit, humor, ability to drive language.

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