Good Theater At St. Lawrence Arts Holds Auditions For Upcoming Season 6/10, 6/11

Good Theater, the professional theater in residence at the St. Lawrence Arts Center will hold auditions on June 10 & 11 for its upcoming season. Auditions will be by appointment only and auditionees should call the Good Theater office at 207-885-5883 to make an appointment.

Good Theater's upcoming season will include three Maine premieres and one classic:
The Little Dog Laughed by Douglas Carter Beane September 17 - October 11, 2009
Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan October 29 - November 22, 2009
The Spitfire Grill music & book by James Valcq, lyrics & book by Fred Alley January 21 - February 14, 2010
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde March 3 - 28, 2010.

A list of available roles is on the Good Theater website (www.goodtheater.com <http://www.goodtheater.com> ) under the news sections. Please review this before contacting us for an appointment. You will be asked what role(s) you intend to audition for.

Actors will be asked to read scenes from the plays. These scenes will be available prior to the auditions. Anyone auditioning for the musical will be asked to sing a song of his or her choice (bring sheet music for the musical director).

Good Theater's productions rehearse from four to six weeks. All acting positions are paid. Good Theater is seeking professional, hard working actors.

Casting Notice 2009-2010 Season

The Little Dog Laughed by Douglas Carter Beane
-Mitchell - cast
-Diane - cast
-Ellen - 20-something, attractive, hip, sharp, vulnerable. She has just been dumped by an older man she is seeing. She loves her gay best friend. Played on stage by Ari Graynor and Zoe Lister-Jones.
-Alex - 20-something, hustler. Falls for Mitchell. Ellen is his pregnant girlfriend. Tough, handsome and a survivor. This character appears fully nude (briefly) in one scene. Actor must be comfortable with himself and with playing a romantic scene with another man. Played by Johnny Galecki on Broadway.

Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan
-Richard Nixon - cast
-David Frost - Age 38, good looking, sexy, playboy. Willing to cast an Equity actor in this role. Must be able to handle a British accent.
-Jim Reston - Age 36, played by Sam Rockwell in the film.

-Jack Brennan - Age 45, played by Kevin Bacon in the film. Ex-military.
-John Birt - Age 33, played by Mathew Macfadyen in the film. Must be able to handle a British accent.
-Bob Zelnick - Age late 30's, played by Oliver Platt in the film.
-Caroline Cushing - Age 38, played by Rebecca Hall in the film. Must be able to carry a British accent. Beautiful, grounded and strong.
-Evonne Goolagong - Age 26, tennis star. Small role and doubles as a make-up woman
-Manolo Sanchez - Age 47, Latino. Nixon's personal valet.
-Swifty Lazar - cast
Several of the characters directly address The Audience. These are all real people and I am looking for actors who can convey that sense of reality while maintaining a tense driven production. This show is performed without intermission and must move. Some of the actors will double as television crew members.

The Spitfire Grill - music & book by James Valcq, lyrics & book by Fred Alley
-Percy Talbott - cast.
-Hannah Ferguson - plays late 60's or early 70's. A tough-skinned, flinty old bird with a short, no-nonsense manner. Mezzo/alto.
-Shelby Thorpe - mid-30's. A plain, introverted woman who blossoms during the play. Beautiful folk soprano with strong high belt to a ‘D.'
-Effy Krayneck - plays 50's, town busy body and a sour disposition. Solid singer in the mezzo/alto chest ranges. Carries close harmony.
-Caleb Thorpe - late 30's to early 40's. Out-of-work foreman of the stone quarry. Frustrated man clinging to the past. Solid folk/rock voice with an edge. Top ‘G.'
-Sheriff Joe Sutter - late 20's to possibly early 30's. A young small-town policeman with an appealing intensity and a restless nature. Strong folk tenor to a ‘G' touches an ‘A.'
-The Visitor - mid 40's. A mysterious figure who never speaks. An actor with powerful eyes and very strong sense of his body.

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
-Algernon - cast
-Lady Bracknell - cast
-Miss Prism - cast
-Jack Worthing - late 20's, dapper, deeply in love
-Gwendolyn - a young lady who is head strong and will undoubtedly grow up to be like her mother, Lady Bracknell. Deeply in love with Jack.
-Cecily - a young lady who is an adventurer of the heart, a romantic, falls for Algernon.
-Rev Chasuble - Age 40-55, blustery, confused, pious with a randy streak. Likes to hear himself talk.
-Merriman/Lane - Age 40-60. Acerbic, very dry. Will need to double and define different characters for each butler.

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