Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre 2024 Season - Wellfleet, MA EPA Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater | Wellfleet, MA
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Saturday, March 23, 2024
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
BREAK: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
Call 508-349-9428 x113 or email
auditions@what.org to schedule an appointment
NEAT
$405 weekly minimum (cat. 4)
$499 weekly minimum (cat. 5)
Equity actors for Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre 2024 Season (see breakdown).
Please prepare 2 brief contrasting contemporary monologues. For Reefer Madness: one comedic monologue and 32 bar cut from a song in the style of the show. Accompanist provided. Please bring headshot and resume.
Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater
2357 State Highway Rt. 6
Wellfleet, MA 02667
Enter through main lobby and follow signs to Second Floor Studio
See breakdown for production-specific personnel
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Christopher Ostrom – Producing Artistic Director
Nicholas Ward – Managing Director
See breakdown for production-specific dates.
OTHER
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.
By Mary Elizabeth Hamilton
Directed by Jess Chayes
NEAT cat. 4
First Rehearsal: on or around May 13, 2024
First Public Performance: June 6, 2024
Press Opening: June 8, 2024
Closing Performance: June 23, 2024
RUTH - Female, suffering from primary progressive aphasia caused by a stroke. 70s. ELAINE - Female, RUTH's daughter, real estate agent and singer. 30s.
GABBY - Female, a software programmer for an Amazon-like corporation. 30s.
Music by Dan Studney
Lyrics by Kevin Murphy
Directed by Christopher Ostrom
NEAT cat. 5
First Rehearsal: on or around June 11, 2024
First Public Performance: July 3, 2024
Press Opening: July 5, 2024
Closing Performance: July 27, 2024
LECTURER - 40s – 60s, Any Gender, A severe authority figure who warns the audience of the perils of reefer madness. Double as: GOAT-MAN, MR. POPPY, PRIEST, OLD MAN, RADIO ANNOUNCER, POLICEMAN, FDR
JIMMY HARPER - Teen, Male presenting and Identifying, A wholesome, innocent teenager who runs into trouble as he is lured into the dangerous world of reefer.
MARY LANE - Teen, Female presenting and Identifying, JIMMY’s girlfriend, a sweet and naïve girl whose wild side is revealed after her first toke.
JACK STONE - 30s – 40s, Male presenting and Identifying, The handsome and ruthless proprietor of the reefer den. Doubles as: JESUS, GEORGE WASHINGTON
MAE - 30s, Female presenting and Identifying, The attractive but slightly haggard hostess of the reefer den, who turns to cannabis to escape JACK’s abuse.
SALLY - 20s-30s, Female presenting and Identifying, A sultry and seductive denizen of the reefer den with the quick wit and libidinous soul of Mae West combined with the moxie of Barbara Stanwick. Double as LADY LIBERTY
RALPH - 20s-30s, Male presenting and Identifying, a former fraternity man whose college career ended due to his reefer habit. A denizen of the reefer den. Doubles as SALLY’s BABY, UNCLE SAM
PLACKARD GIRL - Any Age, Female presenting and Identifying, the LECTURER’s very serious assistant who reinforces his warnings. Also plays POLICE OFFICER, FIVE-AND-DIME PATRON
ENSEMEBLE (4 total) Teens – 20s, All Genders, Portray STUDENTS, FIVE-AND-DIME PATRONS, REEFER DEN PATRONS, ANGELS/CHURCH CHOIR.
Directed by Daisy Walker
NEAT cat. 5
First Rehearsal: on or around July 16, 2024
First Public Performance: August 7, 2024
Press Opening: August 9, 2024
Closing Performance: August 31, 2024
DIANA - 40s – 50s, Female presenting and Identifying, A fiercely iconoclastic artist and single mom.
ALICE - 40s – 50s, Female presenting and Identifying, A free-spirited yet naive young housewife.
By Fermin Rojas
Directed by TBA
NEAT cat. 4
First Rehearsal: on or around August 20, 2024
First Public Performance: September 12, 2024
Press Opening: September 14, 2024
Closing Performance: October 6, 2024
LIBBY - Charming, likable, funny, smart and an emotional mess. African-American female or non binary. 30-60
BARTHOLDI - mid 30, male, white, a sculptor and conflicted artist
STATUE OF BLIND JUSTICE - 30-60, doubles as LILLIE DEVEREAUX
TEACHER - late 20s, male, any race, doubles as DOCENT
STATUE OF SOJOURNER TRUTH - 30-60, African-American female
GEORGIE - Latinx Zoomer, any race, female. Doubles as EMMA LAZARUS
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