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Theater Auditions Salem

Calls & Castings — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:10:00 +0000

The Salem Theatre Company announces open auditions for the final Main Stage play of Season Eight. Tina Howe’s highly acclaimed, moving comedy Painting Churches will be produced at the STC Theater May 5 – 28, Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 3:00pm. The production will be directed by Janet Neely.

Auditions will be held on Tuesday, March 1 and Wednesday, March 2, from 7:00 p.m. -9:00 p.m. at the STC Theater, 90 Lafayette Street in downtown Salem. Actors are asked to prepare a one-minute comic monologue and may be asked to read from the script. Call back dates are still to be determined.

To register your audition, please e-mail info@salemtheatre.com and state your preferred audition group time: Group One: Tuesday, March 1 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Group Two: Tuesday, March 1 from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Group Three: Wednesday, March 2 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Group Four: Wednesday, March 2, 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Rehearsals will begin at the end of March and be held three evenings each week, approximately 7:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m., and on Saturday or Sunday afternoons.

In Painting Churches, an elderly couple in Boston – Fanny and Gardner Church – are packing and preparing to move to a beach home on Cape Cod. Their daughter, Margaret, has arrived from New York to help them pack. An artist, Margaret also decides to take the opportunity to paint her parents’ portrait. Over the course of several days, she witnesses her role in the parent-child relationship evolve and change.

Roles to be filled include Fanny Church (female, 50-60s) – a Bostonian from a fine old family – her husband Gardner Church (male, 60s-70s) – an eminent New England poet from a finer family – and their daughter, Margaret Church (female, 20s-30s) – a painter and art professor. The Salem Theatre Company is a non-union, semi-professional company.

Casting Call for Play “The Fireplace”

Calls & Castings — Mon, 24 May 2010 23:01:10 +0000

I am putting on a play this August called “The Fireplace” at the Manhattan Repertory Theater. The Fire Place is a drama that tells the story of a Haitian American family, finally coming back together. This humorous yet meaningful play is filled with love, laughter, culture and a surprising twist! Seeking African American female and male Actors. Rehearsals will start within a week after casting. Do not Reply if you are not available from June to August 13th. This is a nonpay job but it will be a great experience!

Characters:

Sandra (The oldest daughter) Very proper and classy. Likes to keep up appearances. Wants people to believe she has it together when she really doesn’t.
Boebette (The second daughter)Short tempered but kind at heart. Bitter and holds resentment.
Rebecca (The youngest daughter)Free spirit that nurtures her feminine side. Very independent and needy at the same time. A bit naïve.
Ms. Cheval (Mom) Strong woman. Regrets her past mistakes.
Paula (Nurse)Sarcastic and funny.
Peter (Sandras’ Husband)Appears to be a mature well rounded business man but is egotistical and selfish.

Email your picture and resume: nancyfenelon@hotmail.com

Chicago Theater casting call

Calls & Castings — Wed, 19 May 2010 04:18:25 +0000

Lady’s Not For Burning – Theater auditions in Chicago

The following roles are available

Richard- male early 20’s,
Thomas Mendip- male late 20’s,
Alizon Eliot- female early 20’s,
Nicholas Devize- male early 20’s,
Margaret Devize, mother of Nicholas,
Humphrey Devize, brother of Nicholas,
Hebble Tyson- male 40’s-50’s,
Jennet Jourdemayne- female 30’s,
The Chaplain- male,
Edward Tappercoom- male, and
Matthew Skipps- male
Casting will be equal opportunity and color blind.

Time Commitment:
Rehearsals begin August 1st with the show running September 17th and closing November 7th. Shows are Thursday-Sunday.

Please prepare one monologue not to exceed 3 minutes.

Audition location will be announced in appointment confirmation email.
bmason@theo-u.org

Casting for Staged Reading

Calls & Castings — Mon, 17 May 2010 19:29:04 +0000

Third Eye Theatre Company is casting AEA/non AEA Staged Reading of Michael Levesque’s disturbing and timely drama Transubstantiation, Directed by Andrew Glant-Linden.
Pictures and resumes can be sent via email to mlevesq59@yahoo.com or mailed to TETC, One River Place #3306 NY, NY, 10036
If we are interested we call you for an audition for May 24th. Staged reading will be June 21st/2010 with 12 hours of rehearsal that week with travel reimbursement.
The year is 2002, long before the shameful cover up and discoveries of the Catholic Churches recent acknowledgment of the insidious attack on the children of this planet. A time that the Vatican announced this was purely an American phenomenon. Miguel, a 44 year old Cuban/American, has spent years struggling to come to terms with his own abuse by Father Caruso, a young handsome priest Miguel’s family supported and befriended upon their arrival in America, shortly after the mass exodus that Castro’s dictatorship created when he rose to power. Miguel has just recently discovered that the pedophile priest that single handedly destroyed his faith, and life, is still a priest and practicing in the Bronx, New York, a short subway ride from where he now resides with his loving partner, Jose. Transubstantiation is the moment when the priest holds the host above his head during the mass, and the bells ring, that the host becomes the actual body and blood of Jesus Christ. Transubstantiation is a play about the discovery of who and what we really are and all that we are capable of, as children of the Universe.
The entire play takes place in a Catholic church, with an ensemble of eight actors playing all the roles in Miguel’s life as the horrifying truth begins to be exposed and exorcised.(2010 ©) Casting break-down
Young Miguel: Ages from 10-16, a young Cuban boy, smart, articulate, sensitive. Has been abused by a priest, must be able to handle adult language and situations. Preferably an adult actor who reads very young
Adult Miguel: Ages from 25-45, a gay Cuban man, young Miguel grown up, very pained, trying to come to grips with all the effects of his early abuse.
Ester/Reporter/ Lawyer: 30-50 female to play many roles and ages. Mainly Miguel’s mother, a little cold, but loving underneath.
Albi/Father Caruso (older end of Act 2)/a reporter/a priest/a tribunal/ an abused boy/a lawyer: A male 40’s-60’s plays many roles but mainly Miguel’s father
Father Caruso(younger all of act 1)/ reporter/lawyer/ an abused boy/ tribunal/ : Male 30’s mainly plays Father Caruso in act 1 charming, charismatic and an abuser, plays a variety of ensemble roles in act 2
Sponsor/Miss Gomez/Mrs. Guzman/ Angie/ reporter/ lawyer: Female 30’s-40’s to play many ensemble roles.
Jorge/ Priest (act 1)/Priest #1 (act 2)/ Lawyer #5/ reporter/ Alex/ Waiter/tribunal/abused boy: Male 30’s-40’s to play a variety of ensemble roles.
Bishop (act 1)/Jose/Francesco: Male 40’s to play adult Miguel’s love interest in Act 2 and the Bishop in Act 1 can also be added in other scenes if needed IE reporter, lawyer etc…

Casting Tonight and This week for “Hair” in Salem

Calls & Castings — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:28:10 +0000

Salem Theatre Company will hold auditions for HAIR on Tuesday, February 16 and Thursday February 18 from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the company’s theatre at 90 Lafayette Street in Salem.

The production, with book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot will be directed by Catherine M. Bertrand of Salem with musical direction by Karen Gahagan of Marblehead. Interested theatre artists are asked to sign up for auditions by www.salemtheatre.com and following the HAIR Audition link on the homepage. Audition call-backs will be held on February 20 from Noon to 4PM at a location to be announced.

The creative team of STC’s HAIR is looking for a culturally diverse group of people to breathe life into this powerful production. They are searching not just for actors, singers and dancers but for theatre artists interested in forming a tribe of fun loving, passionate rebels who have an undying need to sing, dance and live life to its fullest. Auditioning actors are asked to prepare 32 bars of a song similar in style to HAIR. Popular rock music from the sixties is encouraged.

Please also prepare 16 bars of a ballad from standard musical theatre repertoire. Bring standard sheet music marked accordingly. An accompanist will be provided; however, if you are comfortable accompanying yourself (guitar, keyboard, etc.) we encourage you to demonstrate these skills. The directors are also looking for an actor who can play the trumpet. Monologues are not necessary. Performances will take place at the MLT Firehouse Theatre, 12 School Street in Marblehead, from June 2 through June 12.