Washington Stage Guild 2024-25 Season - Washington D.C. EPA Revised
Washington Stage Guild | Washington, DC
REVISED
Updated Breakdown.
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM (E)
Lunch 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Actors will be seen on a first come, first served basis, upon checking in at the holding area on the day of the audition. Doors will open for sign-up at 10:30 am.
SPT
$512 weekly minimum (SPT 5)
Equity actors for roles in Washington Stage Guild's 2024-25 Season (See breakdown).
Actors from the DC/MD/VA area are encouraged to audition.
Prepare a brief monologue, showing verbal/mental dexterity. We prefer that you avoid Shakespeare. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
George Washington University - XX Building
814 20th St NW
Washington, DC 20052
Holding room is the Lobby. THIS SPACE'S VENTILATION HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED BY ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION.
Expected to attend:
Steven Carpenter, Associate Artistic Director, Director - FAITHLESS
Laura Giannarelli, Director - SHAW'S SHORTS
Deidra LaWan Starnes, Director - SOFONISBA
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
See breakdown for production specific dates.
www.stageguild.org
Direct questions/inquiries to: WSGAuditions@gmail.com
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this 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.
Jon Klein, Playwright
Steven Carpenter, Director
1st Rehearsal: Sept. 3, 2024
Tech: Sept. 22-22, 2024
Previews: Sept. 26 – 28, 2024
Opening: Sep. 29, 2024
Closing: Oct. 20, 2024
GUS STANTON (60s-70s, male presenting) A retired insurance adjustor and avowed atheist. Practical, stubborn.
CLARE (30s, female presenting) Gus’s stepdaughter, a twice-divorced, childless high school teacher. Somewhat aimless, acid-tongued, and forthright.
CALVIN (30s-early 40s, male presenting) Gus’s stepson, a Presbyterian minister. Even-keeled, almost to the point of being milquetoast. Devoted to his beliefs.
ROSIE (teenager, female presenting) Gus’s adopted daughter. Impressionable, but just starting to assert herself and stand up for what she believes in. Actors of color are encouraged to audition.
George Bernard Shaw, Playwright
Laura Giannarelli, Director
1st Rehearsal: week of Oct. 28, 2024
Tech: Nov. 16-17, 2022
Previews: Nov. 21-23, 2024
Opening: Nov. 24, 2024
Closing: Dec. 15, 2024
An evening Shavian short plays consisting of THE INTERLUDE AT THE PLAYHOUSE, O’FLAHERTY VC & THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS
MAN 1 (40s-50s) – the MANAGER in INTERLUDE – boastful, anxious & easily distracted; GENERAL MADIGAN in O’FLAHERTY – a very proper British baronet; and the BEEFEATER in DARK LADY – an opportunistic palace guard.
WOMAN 1 (mid-30s-50s) – the MANAGER’S WIFE in INTERLUDE – a dutiful wife with more nerve than her husband; MRS. O’FLAHERTY in O’FLAHERTY – a formidable and passionate Irish patriot who dominates her son; and QUEEN ELIZABETH in DARK LADY – imperious, regal, and ultimately compassionate.
MAN 2 (20s-40s) – DENNIS O’FLAHERTY in O’FLAHERTY - a brave rapscallion and a generally cheerful fellow with unconventional opinions; and SHAKESPEAR in DARK LADY – a bold & creative romantic.
WOMAN 2 (20s-30s) – the STAGE MANAGER in INTERLUDE – an efficient professional; TERESA in O’FLAHERTY - a materialistic parlor maid, out to get what she can for herself; and the DARK LADY in DARK LADY – a passionate, jealous mistress and loyal subject.
Patricia Milton, Playwright
Morgan Duncan, Director
1st Rehearsal: week of Jan. 6, 2025
Tech: Jan. 25-26, 2025
Previews: Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2025
Opening: Feb. 2, 2025
Closing: Feb. 23, 2025
As a sequel to last season’s THE VICTORIAN LADIES’ DETECTIVE COLLECTIVE, this production
will utilize the same cast. We will consider submissions for replacements/understudies.
LOVEDAY FORTESCUE: CAST (We will consider submissions for replacement/understudy) (40s-50s; female presenting) - a former actress. A proto-feminist, who is intellectual, philosophical, and dramatic. Once, literally gaslighted, which nearly finished her. Victorian era expectations of women infuriate and preoccupy her.
VALERIA HUNTER: CAST (We will consider submissions for replacement/understudy) (50s- 60s; female presenting) - a widow, cat lady and Loveday's sister, who owns the Hunter Lodging House. Somewhat nervous but overcomes this when her services are required.
KATHERINE (KATIE) SMALLS: CAST (We will consider submissions for replacement/understudy) (late 20s-40s; female presenting) - a biracial American ex-patriot and entertainer at The St. James Theatre. Born in Virginia, later moved to become an actress in New York, then relocated to London. Trained in various martial arts & fighting techniques. Badass American, determined, matter-of-fact.
MAN 1: CAST (We will consider submissions for replacement/understudy) (40s-50s; male presenting) GHOST OF POLICE CONSTABLE HENRY CRANE – Spooky & haunting; BANDERFORD CLUTTERBUCK – a mutton-chopped opportunist who cheats at card; FLORIAN VON GRABSTETTER – a Viennese asylum doctor; REGINALD PHILLIPS – an auteur acting manager; and MISS ROSAMUND SMITH/FINEAS FERNSBY - non-gender-conforming cross-dressing lady’s maid, talented illusionist and cracksman.
Callie Kimball, Playwright
Deidra LaWan Starnes, Director
1st Rehearsal: week of Mar. 17, 2025
Tech: Apr. 5-6, 2025
Previews: Apr. 10-12, 2025
Opening: Apr. 13, 2025
Closing: May 4, 2025
SOFONISBA ANGUISSOLA (Late 20s - late 40s – female presenting) - Court painter to King Philip II of Spain who becomes a confidant to the Queen. Reserved, but not afraid to speak her mind.
QUEEN ISABEL (20s-40s – female presenting) - Queen of Spain, Philip’s second wife. A bit of a chatterbox, but she commands space and is guileless in her occasional imperiousness.
MAN 1 (20s-40s) and MAN 2 (late 30s-50s) Various roles, including: BISHOP ESPINOZA - Serious and paternal, upholds classism; KING PHILIP II of SPAIN - A good husband, but still a king; DON FRANCISCO a tragically earnest Sicilian son of a prince with a stutter; ORAZIO LOMELLINO – a ship’s captain, handsome, charming and strong; and THE FOOL – ageless, Scottish, and supremely witty.
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