WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE 2023 SEASON - WESTPORT CT EPA
WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE
Westport Country Playhouse
25 Powers Ct
Westport, CT 06880-3621
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Sat, Mar 11, 2023
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM (EST)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Audition sign-ups will begin the morning of the audition on a first come, first serve basis at 9 AM.
LORT Non-Rep
$1008 weekly minimum (LORT B)
Equity actors for roles in Westport Country Playhouse's 2023 Season (See breakdown).
Please prepare a 1 ½ minute contemporary/classical monologue. Also, please bring your headshot and resume, stapled together.
Artistic Director: Mark Lamos
Assistant Artistic Director: Liam Lonegan
Casting: Tara Rubin Casting, Claire Burke, CSA
AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ - Co-Production with Geva Theatre Center,
Director/Choreographer: Jeffrey L. Page
DIAL M FOR MURDER by Frederick Knott and adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher
Director: Mark Lamos
SCHOOL GIRLS: OR THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY by Jocelyn Bioh
Director: Candis C. Jones
Expected to attend:
Associate Producer: David Dreyfoos
AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’
Rehearsal 4/4/2023
Opening 4/15/2023
Closing 4/30/2023
Possible extension to 5/7/2023
DIAL M FOR MURDER
Rehearsal 6/13/23 all rehearsals in Westport, CT
Tech 7/6, 7, 8, and 9/23
Previews 7/11, 12, 13, and 14/23
Open 7/15/23
Close 7/30/23
Possible extension to 8/5/23
SCHOOL GIRLS: OR THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY
Rehearsal 9/26/23 (Rehearsals in NYC)
Tech 10/19, 20, 21 and 22/23
Previews 10/24, 25, 26, and 27/23
Opening 10/28/23
Closing 11/12/23
Possible extension to 11/18/23
OTHER
Masks must be worn at all times in the holding area and rest rooms. Masks may be removed only when auditioning.
An Equity monitor will be provided.
EPA Procedures are in effect for 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.
Equity encourages everyone participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas are not recommended. Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.
Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and dressing rooms.
Holding/Audition room information:
The maximum capacity in the holding room is: 80
The maximum capacity in the audition room is: 28
AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ (Musical) Co-Production with Geva Theatre Center,
ALL ROLES ARE CAST (casting by Pat McCorkle).
We strongly encourage actors of all genders, races and ethnicities to submit for all roles. All characters are British with the exception of Maxine who is American. Age ranges for all characters: 30s to 40s.
Tony Windice: a retired, British tennis pro now selling sports equipment, likes the finer things in life, but cannot afford them. His solution is to have his wealthy wife murdered. A self-assured schemer who thinks he's plotted the perfect crime. Of course, he's wrong.
Margot Windice: Tony's British wife, beautiful and wealthy. She and Tony's marriage has not always been strong, but she foolishly thinks it is going well now. She's wrong - almost dead wrong. Her true love is Maxine.
Maxine Holiday: a New Yorker who writes for television crime shows, loves Margot, expressing her love in letters that Tony discovers and uses to blackmail his wife. Maxine is determined to exonerate Margot when she receives the death sentence for murdering Lesgate.
Lesgate: also known as C.A. Swann, Adams, and Wilson, is three years older than Tony and attended Cambridge at the same time he did. He is a thief and a murderer, and Tony convinces him to murder his wife for a thousand pounds. The plot fails, and Lesgate is murdered instead.
Inspector Hubbard: intelligent policeman who solves the crime.
All characters are of West African descent and are to be played by African and/or Black actors.
PAULINA SARPONG: (pronounced Paul-LEE-nah/ SAAR-pong) - 18 years old; most popular girl in school and knows it. She is beautiful, talented, vindictive yet somehow loveable.
ERICKA BOAFO: (pronounced BWAH-foh) - 18 years old; Light/fair skin; **NOTE** Should be played by a fair skinned biracial (Black and White) woman. She is a transfer student and is new to school. She is enchanting, sweet, elusive.
AMA: (pronounced Ahh-mah) - 18 years old; the sensible, smart one of Paulina's pack and has the honor of being her best friend. Her loyalty to Paulina is starting to fray, and she has to work up towards being the girl who is not afraid to say it like she means it.
NANA: (pronounced Nah-nah) - 16 years old; the quiet, simple and sensitive one of Paulina's pack. She never means any harm and strives to always do the right thing. She struggles with her love of food and snacks.
MERCY: 16 years old; the witty sidekick to Gifty and will do and say anything to stay a member of Paulina's pack.
GIFTY: 16 years old; the 'Frick' to Mercy's 'Frack'; loves being part of Paulina's pack and will do anything to be considered cool.
HEADMISTRESS FRANCIS: 40s; the Headmistress of Aburi Girls Boarding School; loves her students and will do anything to both uplift and protect them.
ELOISE AMPONSAH: (pronounced Amm-pohn-saah) - 40s; Extremely poised and well-mannered former Miss Ghana 1976. She now is a recruiter for the Miss Ghana Pageant. She speaks with a slightly affected British accent and prides herself in always being a lady.
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