Local Audition Notice
City Theatre Company announces Equity Principal Auditions for its 2010 -2011 Season.
Audition dates are as follows:
Thursday August 12, 2010 (10am-6pm)
Friday August 13, 2010 (10am-6pm)
Lunch Break: 1pm-2pm (both days)
Auditions will take place in the second floor rehearsal room at City Theatre Company located at 1300 Bingham Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203.
The auditions will be conducted by City Theatre Company’s Artistic Director, Tracy Brigden and Assistant to the Artistic Director, Ashley Beckham.
Auditions are for Equity male and female actors. Those auditioning should prepare a contemporary or dramatic monologue, not to exceed 3 minutes. Please remember to bring one copy of a headshot and resume stapled together.
To schedule an audition time, please contact Ashley Beckham at: abeckham@citytheatrecompany.org. When scheduling your audition slot, please indicate a time preference. If you do not have access to email you may call: 412-431-4400 x241 to schedule your appointment.
Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout each audition day, as time permits.
PLEASE NOTE:
Local Non-Equity actors WILL BE SEEN as time permits.
Please contact Ashley Beckham at abeckham@citytheatrecompany.org to be put on the Non-Equity Waiting List. In your email please include the day you would prefer to audition. Non-Equity members will be seen, as time permits, in the order that they appear on the waiting list for that day. PLEASE DO NOT CALL.
No roles will be understudied.
Seeking roles in the following plays for the 2010-2011 Season.
The 39 Steps
Adapted by: Patrick Barlow, from the novel by: John Buchan, from the movie of Alfred Hitchcock.
Director: Tracy Brigden
1st rehearsal: September 21, 2010. Runs: October 16 – November 7, 2010.
Seeking:
- Richard Hannay: Male, 40’s, British, mild-mannered, in over his head
- Annabella Schmidt/Margaret/Pamela: Female, 20’s-40’s, plays all 3 roles, various accents, Russian spy, Scottish crofter, and love interest
- Clown 1: Male, 20’s-50’s, plays various roles such as: policeman, spies, and villains
- Clown 2: Male, 20’s-50’s, plays various roles such as: policeman, spies, and villains
The Morini Strad
By: Willy Holtzman
Director: Daniella Topol
1st rehearsal: October 12, 2010. Runs: November 6 – Dec. 12, 2010.
Seeking:
- Erica: Female, 50’s-70’s, a former violin prodigy, now in advanced years
- Brian: Male, 30’s-40’s, a down to earth violin repairman
Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet
By: Tarell Alvin McCraney
Director: Robert O’Hara
1st rehearsal: December 30, 2010. Runs: January 22 – February 13, 2011.
Seeking:
- Marcus: 18, a young man of color.
- Osha: 17, a young woman of color, Marcus’ Best Friend.
- Shaunta Iyun: 17-18, a young woman of color Best Friend to Marcus
- Oba, a woman of color, Marcus’ Mother/Shun, a woman of color, Osha’s Mother/ Elegua, an older woman of Color (All to be played by one actress, 30’s-50’s)
- Oshoosi Size, a man of color, Nephew to Elegua/Terrell, a boy from around the way/The Law, The Sheriff of San Pere, a man of color
- Shua: A DL Kat from the ‘Boogie Down’ Bronx (All to be played by one actor, 20’s-40’s)
- Ogun Size: a man of color, 40’s-50’s, Nephew to Elegua
Precious Little
By: Madeleine George
Director: Tracy Brigden
1st rehearsal: February 15, 2011. Runs: March 12-April 13, 2011.
Seeking:
- A: Female, 50’s-60s’ plays The Ape, Dorothy, Cleva, and The Baby- Actress plays all characters including Cleva, the elderly speaker of an almost extinct Russian dialect.
- B: Female, 40’s plays Brodie, a successful professional linguist, pregnant, at the height of her career.
- C: Female, 20’s plays The Zoo Goers, Rhiannon, Evelyn, Dre, and Gloria- Actress plays all characters including Dre, a young graduate student and the girlfriend of Brodie, and Evelyn, the daughter of Cleva.
Louder Faster
By: Jeffery Hatcher and Eric Simonson
Director: TBA
1st rehearsal: April 5, 2011. Runs: May 7-May 29, 2011.
Seeking:
- George S. Kaufman: Male, 40’s-50’s, famous writer, attempting to write a play in the midst of chaos
- Betty Schubert: Female, 20’s, attractive, secretary, aspires to be an actress
- Morris Kaufman: Male, 30’s, geeky, aspiring writer
- Veronica Undt: Female, 20’s, attractive, high-class prostitute, gets mistaken for Betty
- Jerzy Chimulski: Male, 30’s-50’s, Polish immigrant and anarchist
- Vic Zimmer: Male, 30’s-50’s, FBI agent, powerful, All-American
- Max Weitzenhoffer: Male, 30’s-60’s, a snappy Hollywood agent of the Damon Runyon variety