Chester Theatre Company
Byam Stevens, Artistic Director
Equity Principal Auditions
Friday, May 6, 2011, 10am-5pm
Town Hall Theatre, 15 Middlefield Street, Chester MA, 01011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 9:30am-5:30pm
Actors Equity Association, 165 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036
In 2011, CTC will present its 22nd season in Chester, MA.
CTC produces under an AEA/SPT Level 6 contract
For more information about CTC, go to www.chestertheatre.org
To arrange an appointment, please call Vicki at 413.354.7770 Monday-Friday, 10-3, beginning Monday, April 25, 2011; or email at: Vicki@chestertheatre.org
Please prepare a short contemporary monologue.
Full descriptions of plays available at www.chestertheatre.org
pride@prejudice
Adapted, edited and compiled by Daniel Elihu Kramer from the novel by Jane Austen
Directed by Ron Bashford
Performances July 6-17
First Rehearsal June 13
Jane Austen's classic romance as you know and love it, but with bonus material: bloggers, commentators, scholars, even Jane Austen herself. Five actors playing over 30 roles. Classical experience and ability to do a British accent preferred.
ACTRESS A - 20's - Elizabeth Bennett. Vivacious, intelligent, quick to judge.
ACTRESS B - Mid 20's to mid 30's - Jane Bennett. Naturally empathetic; always thinks the best of everyone. Doubles as Jane Austen and five other roles.
ACTRESS C - Mid 40's to mid 50's- Mrs. Bennett. Deeply loves her daughters; by turns, hypersocial, reactive, and meddlesome. Also plays three other roles.
ACTOR A - Late 20s to early 30s. Mr. Darcy: wealthy, self-confident, socially awkward, reserved, scrupulously honest, and considerate. Doubles as Mr. Collins: obsequious, conceited, self-important and insecure. CAST*
ACTOR B - Mr. Bingley, mid 20s and Mr. Bennett, early 50s. Also five other roles. Bingley is socially comfortable and amiable, though often thoughtless and irresolute. Mr. Bennett copes with a mixture of natural patience and humorous sarcasm.
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*Performers will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
Adapted by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus from the novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Directed by Sheila Siragusa
Performances July 20-31
First rehearsal June 27
In this thrilling version of one of the most famous murder mysteries ever written, Raskolnikov reenacts the events that drove him to a horrible crime and then to his search for redemption.
RASKOLNIKOV - 25-35 - The murderer. Passionate and intelligent. Tormented by his deeds. Ability with intellectually weighty text a must.
PORFIRY PETROVICH - Mid 40's to mid 50's - A police inspector. Intelligent and self-possessed. Doubles other roles. CAST*
SONIA - Mid 20'S to mid 30's - A prostitute supporting her family. Compassionate and soulful. Doubles as 2 older characters.
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THE TURN OF THE SCREW
Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the novella by Henry James
Directed by Daniel Elihu Kramer
Performances August 8 - 14
First Rehearsal July 11
Henry James' provocative tale of suspense, horror and repressed sexuality re-imagined by one of America's most admired contemporary playwrights.
THE WOMAN - Mid 20's - A governess. Naive and impressionable. Wants to help. A romantic, at least in the beginning. Can be both frightened and strong. CAST*
THE MAN - Mid 30 to Mid 40's - Plays all the other roles: Uncle, Mrs. Grose, Miles (10 years old). Versatile: able to be old, young, male, female, dashing, sinister, all in the same black suit.
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WITTENBERG
by David Davalos
Directed by Byam Stevens
Performances August 17-28
First rehearsal July 25
October 1517, fall semester at the University of Wittenberg, and Hamlet is struggling with his faith (and his tennis game). He turns to two Wittenberg professors for guidance: John Faustus (philosophy) and Martin Luther (theology).
JOHN FAUSTUS - Mid 40's - MD, J.D. Ph.D., Th.D. A polymath. Doesn’t believe in anything. A verbal gymnast with a great appetite for life.
HAMLET - Mid 20's. Prince of Denmark. A senior at Wittenberg. Major undecided.
MARTIN LUTHER, Mid 30's to mid 40's - D.Div., A professor and confessor. Believes in God.
THE ETERNAL FEMININE - Mid 30's - Doubles as GRETCHEN, a working girl; HELEN, a lady of pleasure; MARY, Mother of God, LADY VOLTEMAND, an ambassador
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