Auditions! New Theatre 2007-8 Season
By: Beau Higgins Jun. 30, 2007
NEW THEATRE ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR 2007-2008 SEASON, INCLUDING HEARING-IMPAIRED ACTORS: July 9 and July 16
Coral Gables' New Theatre will conduct two days of Equity Principal Auditions for its 2007-08 Main Season on Monday July 9 and Monday, July 16 from 2 pm - 10 pm (non-Equity may attend and are welcome to the auditions).
Under the artistic direction of Ricky J. Martinez, New Theatre's 22nd season remains true to its mission to provide a forum for new works by American playwrights, often making their world premiere at the innovative theatre. The 2007-2008 season, which follows the Theatre's current Shakespeare & Friends Festival, runs from September 28, 2007 through May 4, 2008 and includes four world premieres.
The auditions are by appointment, and each actor will be given a five-minute time slot. Included in the casting are two roles for hearing-impaired performers.
Actors need to prepare two contrasting monologues totaling three to four minutes and provide an updated headshot or resume, as well as any foreseeable conflicts. Professional attire is strongly recommended, and actors should call the Production Stage Manager at (305) 443-5373, ext 305 to schedule a five-minute audition slot.
Although Equity performers have priority over time slots, Equity performers without appointments will be accommodated as time permits. A Sign Language interpreter will be available on July 16 only, and actors are asked to notify the Production Stage Manager in advance if an interpreter will be needed.
PLAY AND CHARACTER DETAILS:
LIKENESS September 27 –October 28
By David Caudle (23 performances)
Rehearsals commence Sept. 4
World Premiere
In Colonial Boston, an idealistic young painter must create an idealized portrait of a tyrannical Loyalist's daughter. Though loath to tell a lie with his brush, he desperately needs the gig. His subject, meanwhile, believes herself beyond improvement. Within that rectangle of canvas, an artist struggles to define his identity, and a girl struggles to protect hers, as the earliest rumblings of revolution rattle the studio walls.
SETTING: A barn on a wealthy estate on the outskirts of Colonial Boston. TIME: Early August, 1765
CHARACTERS: (In order of appearance)
EDMUND FARRADAY, 24. An idealistic young portrait painter.
MARCUS, 17. A farm hand assigned to assist Farraday.
MR. WESTERLEY, 50s. A wealthy landowner and avowed Loyalist.
MISS WESTERLEY, 16. Mr. Westerley's haughty daughter.
MISS PRESTON, 40s Miss Westerley's governess
MRS. MAPES, late 50s. Mr. Westerley's "niece."
FOR BETTER… November 8 – December 9
By Eric Coble (23 performances)
Rehearsals commence Oct. 23
A National New Play Network World Premiere
Now, in this plugged-in world of email, text-messaging and camera phones "Does a bride and groom really need to be in the same country to go on a honeymoon?" Karen and Max are getting married. At least, if their jobs will ever let them be in the same city at the same time. A romantic comedy for the digital age, FOR BETTER is a hilarious new farce that pokes fun at our overdependence on the gadgets in our lives. Part of the National New Play Network's Continued Life of New Play Program, we will co-premiere FOR BETTER with Curious Theater in Denver and Southern Rep in New Orleans.
SETTING: Various locales across the globe. TIME: Now.
CHARACTERS:
WALLY BAEDEKER: A Man Who's Been Married; Karen's Father, 60's.
KAREN BAEDEKER: A Woman Who Wants to Be, 30's.
FRANCINE DEXTER: A Woman Who Is Married; Karen's Sister, 40's.
MICHAEL DEXTER: The Man Francine Married, 40's.
STUART TRAMONTANE: A Man Who is Buffeted, 30's.
LIZZIE MONOHAN: A Woman Who Floats, 30's/ 40's.
FILL OUR MOUTHS January 10 – February 10
By Lauren Feldman (23 performances)
Rehearsals commence Dec. 17
World Premiere
Evan and Chap are two young women who meet in the streets of Paris: one is hearing; the other is hard of hearing. Their relationship grows and starts to change everything they thought they knew -- themselves, their language, their loved ones, and the world around them. Using spoken English and American Sign Language, FILL OUR MOUTHS is a story of love and choice, deafness and hearing, the trials of communication, and the search for self when caught between two worlds.
CHARACTERS:
Evan: Female, hearing, pushing 30
Chap: Female, hard-of-hearing, early 20
Ana: Female, deaf, late 20's to 30's
Peter: Male, hearing, late 20's to 30's (also plays Jacques, deaf)
Voice: Female, hearing, mid 20's to 30's
TIME: Now and Ten Years Earlier. PLACE: Los Angeles and Paris, France
THE MISSION February 21 – March 23
By Jules Tasca (23 performances)
Rehearsals commence Feb. 5
World Premiere
Within the confines of a penitentiary a trusting Christian priest is drawn closer to the heart of darkness of a prisoner; the results are a double tragedy. The Mission is a tempestuous two-character play where secrets and gender can drive the human condition to make life altering decisions. Our production will have both actors exchanging roles every other night!
CHARACTERS:
Joseph (Joe) Conte: a handsome inmate concealing a dark secret - (20's - 30's); Father James Corcorran: a young priest with a secret of his own - (20's - 30/s).
TIME/ PLACE: a visiting room in a prison.
TBA April 3 – May 4
By (23 performances)
Rehearsals commence March 18
About New Theatre
Ricky J. Martinez, Artistic Director
Eileen Suarez, Managing Director
New Theatre was founded in 1986 and is dedicated to the development and production of new works. The theatre has brought the national premieres of more than 30 plays by early- and mid-career American playwrights to South Florida, including New Theatre-commissioned Anna in the Tropics, winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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