I HATE HAMLET - Pioneer Theatre Company Non Equity Auditions

Pioneer Theatre Company Announces Local Auditions for

I Hate Hamlet

Written by Paul Rudnick

Directed by Art Manke

Auditions for PTC's production of I Hate Hamlet by Paul Rudnick will be held on Friday, November 21, 2014, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Callbacks are scheduled for Saturday, November 22, 2014; that time will be announced to auditioners who are called back.

Audition slots from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. are for Actors' Equity members only. Audition slots from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. are open to all auditioners. The audition time slots are limited to five minutes.

All auditioners must come in to sign up on the callboard in Room 325 at the Roy W. and Elizabeth E. Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre; that sign-up will be posted at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, November 14, 2014.

All auditioners will be asked to read from the script. Sides from the play will be available when auditioners sign up the week before. Auditioners must be 18 years old or older.

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All roles are currently available:

John Barrymore: (Early 40s) Handsome, sexy, charming, and ironic. Although best known as an old-time Hollywood movie star, he is equally adept with Shakespeare, and is among the 20th century's greatest Hamlets. This role requires an actor with classical training, impeccable Standard American speech, comic flair, emotional subtlety, and expert swordmanship.

Andrew Rally: (Late 20s) Handsome, young, charismatic lead of a newly-cancelled television series. A high-gloss layer of California sunshine has only faintly dimmed his Jewish background. This role requires an actor with classical training, great charisma, strong sense of humor, emotional nuance and first-rate ability with a sword.

Gary Peter Lefkowitz: (Late 30s) Highly successful television director who's only interest in life is making the deal. He is a walking cliché of what New Yorkers think of Hollywood. Jewish, very charming, superficial, and not the least bit interested in culture. The role requires an actor with expert comic sensibility and warmth.

Deirdre McDavey: (Early 20s) Pretty, ethereal, bohemian and highly romantic. An actress of limited range who is Andrew's virgin girlfriend. A Valley girl imagining herself as a Bronte heroine. The role requires an actress of great warmth, sensitivity, earnestness and subtle humor.

Felicia Dantine: (Late 30s) Colorful, vivacious, successful New York real estate agent with a tall, showgirl's body. A fad-ish dresser of questionable taste, she possesses a proud, Queens, New York accent. The role requires an actress of great charm, charisma, confidence and humor.

Lillian Troy: (Around 70) An elegant, silver-haired woman with a deep, resonant smoker's voice and cough. A talent agent of great renown and taste, based on the late Helen Merrill, she speaks with a regal German accent. The role requires a commanding presence, grace, humor and old-world class.

Pioneer Theatre Company operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. Pioneer Theatre Company, Utah's only fully professional theatre, performs at Roy W. and Elizabeth E. Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre, located on the University of Utah campus at 300 South and 1400 East in Salt Lake City, easily accessible by TRAX light rail. Free parking is also available and the theatre is equipped with an elevator, handicap parking, hearing assistance devices and other easy-access features.