AUDITION DATE:
March 28, 2020 - 12:00PM - 6:00PM
Callbacks March 29, 2020 11:00AM – 5:00PM
APPOINTMENTS:
For an appointment, email sfisher@12peerstheater.org for an audition time, along with copy of headshot and resume.
SEEKING:
Seeking versatile & diverse Non-Equity performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities for THE SQUIRRELS, MEN ON BOATS & MYTHBURGH. Please see character breakdown on following page.
PREPARATION:
MONOLOGUE: Please prepare one contemporary monologue, not to exceed two minutes. You may be asked for an additional piece, so please have a second monologue prepared as well.
Please bring copy of headshot and resume, stapled together.
LOCATION:
Cathedral of Learning - Level B
4200 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Metered parking is available. Additional parking in Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall parking garage.
PERSONNEL:
Artistic Director – Vince Ventura
Producing Artistic Director – Sara Fisher
Director - Kelly Trumbull
OTHER DATES:
Rehearsal Dates:
The Squirrels: May 11 - June 5. Technical rehearsals are June 6 – June 11.
Men on Boats: June 30 - July 24. Technical rehearsals are July 25 - 30.
Performances Dates at the Henry Heymann Theatre at the Stephen Foster Memorial (13 performances, including preview performance):
The Squirrels: June 11 - 28. Thursday-Saturday 8:00PM, Sunday 2:00PM, Monday, June 22 8:00PM.
Men on Boats: July 30 - August 16. Thursday-Saturday 8:00PM, Sunday 2:00PM, Monday August 10 8:00PM.
Performance Dates at Brillobox:
Mythburgh: 1-2 rehearsals prior to 1 performance with shows April 19, October 4, November 1
OTHER:
A stipend will be provided to actors cast in The Squirrels & Men on Boats.
BREAKDOWN:
The Squirrels
By: Robert Askins
Director: Vince Ventura
1st Rehearsal: May 11, 2020. Runs June 11 - 28
SCURIUS – [Male, 40s-60s] Great old Gray Squirrel. Big. Fatish. The greatest gatherer of nuts the forest ever saw. Now gone to seed. Father to CHORDATA. Partner to MAMALIA. Adopted father to RODENTIA.
SCUIRIDAE/SCIENTIST – [Male, 30s-40s] Gray Squirrel. Like Riki-Tikki-Tavi. He is too smooth. He might stare too long. He is creepy. Also plays SCIENTIST. He is a scientist. Not a real scientist. A cartoon scientist.
CHORDATA – [Female, 20s-30s] Young Gray Squirrel. Squirrel sexy. Squirrel smart. She knows the forest is changing. She is in love with CAROLINIUS. Perhaps a little too sentimental.
MAMALIA – [Female, 40s-60s] Older Gray Squirrel. The long suffering partner to SCURIUS. She loves him. Knows his faults. Has aided his schemes. She is dedicated to her daughter and wants only the best for her.
RODENTIA – [Female, 20s-30s] Adopted daughter of SCURIUS. Young Fox Squirrel. She swims with the tide that raises her boat.
CAROLINIUS – [Male, 20s-30s] Young Fox Squirrel. Fierce. Strong. Idealistic, but hungry. It is, after all, the dead of winter and mating season is coming.
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Men on Boats
By: Jaclyn Backhaus
Director: Kelly Trumbull
1st Rehearsal: June 30, 2020. Runs July 30 - August 16
The characters of MEN ON BOATS were historically cisgender white males. Seeking racially diverse female identifying, trans-identifying, genderfluid, and non-gender-conforming artists to portray the characters in MEN ON BOATS.
JOHN WESLEY POWELL – One-armed leader of expedition
WILLIAM DUNN – Hunter and trapper
JOHN COLTON SUMNER – Former soldier, current explorer
OLD SHADY – Powell’s older brother, Civil War vet
BRADLEY – Lieutenant, manic with youth
O.G.HOWLAND/TSAUWIAT – Printer and hunter. Also plays TSAUWIAT, a Ute Chief.
SENECA HOWLAND/THE BISHOP – O.G.’s quiet little brother. Also plays THE BISHOP, Tsauwiat’s wife.
FRANK GOODMAN/MR. ASA – British, so excited. Also plays MR. ASA, a desert settler
HALL – Mapmaker, old soul.
HAWKINS – The cook.
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MYTHBURGH
Diverse actors to play characters in new plays for a series of new short plays about myths in the Greater Pittsburgh area. These actors may be part of a recurring cast that performs in multiple performances or they may be in one performance.
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