BIRDY - Babson Park, MA EPA
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
AUDITION DATE
Thu, Jul 26, 2018
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 12:30 to 1:30
APPOINTMENTS
Please visit: http://commshakes.org/auditions/ to request a time slot. Online sign ups preferred. Phone: 781-239-5974 or commshakesauditions@gmail.com.
CONTRACT
LOA $500.00/week
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Please come prepared with one hard-copy of your head shot and resume stapled with your union status clearly labeled and prepare one contemporary monologue, approximately two minutes in length.
LOCATION
Sorenson Center for the Arts at Babson College
Black Box Theatre
19 Babson College Drive
Babson Park, MA 02457
In the Black Box Theatre in the Sorenson Center for the Arts. (note that the main address for the Commonwealth Shakespeare Co. is 321 Forest Street to use for GPS if needed)
PERSONNEL
Playwright: Naomi Wallace
Director: Steven Maler
Victoria Townsend, Artistic Programs Manager, Academy Coordinator
OTHER DATES
Production Dates:
First Rehearsal: 1/29/19
Tech Rehearsals Begin: 2/23/19
First Performance: 2/27/19
Closing: 3/17/19
Anticipated rehearsal schedule is Tuesdays-Sundays 10AM-6:30PM. Exact rehearsal schedule TBD.
OTHER
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company is an equal opportunity employer. Actors of all genders, minorities, and people with disabilities are encouraged to audition and apply. No understudies are being cast.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
YOUNG AL COLUMBATO
A boy of seventeen. Italian-American, rough around the edges and sometimes defiant, affected by a challenging home life. Despite being more experienced and more social, he is fiercely loyal to his friend Birdy and enjoys their unique adventures together.
YOUNG BIRDY
A boy of sixteen, gentle and inexperienced, a dreamer. Uncomfortable with the norms of adolescent socialization, Birdy takes solace in his fascination with birds and their ability to fly, the understanding of which becomes a passionate pursuit for him.
AL COLUMBATO
A sergeant of twenty-two years, Italian-American recently returned from war, wounded in combat. Al is summoned to the mental hospital where Birdy is being treated in hopes that he can help stir him from his condition. Al still carries resentment from his childhood and his fierce loyalty/love for Birdy.
BIRDY
A soldier of twenty-one years. Birdy’s experience in the war has greatly affected his sanity, leaving him without speech and living life as a bird in a mental institution. Seeking an actor with strong movement skills for this role.
DR.WHITE
A doctor-major of fifty years, authoritative, Dr. White is in charge of Birdy’s care at the mental institution. He interrogates Al about their past in hopes of unlocking Birdy’s current condition.
RENALDI
A hospital orderly of twenty-two years. Renaldi is a Contentious Objector to the war, serving in the mental institution rather than in combat. He works with Al to try and revive Birdy from his condition. Pragmatic and thoughtful.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to audition.
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