PYGMALION - role of Alfred Doolittle - Cambridge MA Appts (or Video Submission)
Central Square Theater
APPOINTMENTS
Cambridge MA Appointment Only Auditions: Monday 12/3, noon-6pm Tuesday, 12/4, 10-5 Friday, 12/7, 12:30-6 LOCATION 450 MASSACHUSETTS AVE, CAMBRIDGE, MA.
CONTRACT
NEAT NEAT 6; $425 a week
SEEKING
Submissions for the following role only:
Alfred Doolittle
Male, late 40s-70s, person of color of Indian or South Asian descent. Must be comfortable with Indian accent
See breakdown for additional information.
INSTRUCTIONS
If interested, send headshot/resume and preferred date/time to Kaley Bachelder, Asst. to the Artistic Director (kbachelder@centralsquaretheater.org). You will be sent a time slot and sides if you are offered an audition.
Deadline: Mon, Dec 3, 2018
SUBMIT TO
kbachelder@centralsquaretheater.org
PERSONNEL
Produced by Underground Railway Theater
Director: Eric Tucker
Artistic Director of Underground Railway Theater: Debra Wise
OTHER DATES
Rehearsals: probably daytime, Tuesday, Jan. 22 through Wednesday, Jan. 30
Performances: Thursday, Jan. 31 through Sunday, Mar. 3.
OTHER
Video Auditions can also be sent by 6pm Friday, Dec. 7th to Debra Wise (dwise@undergroundrailwaytheater.org) and Eric Tucker (eric@theatrebedlam.org). Include in same e-mail headshot and resume.
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 submit.
BREAKDOWN
Alfred Doolittle
Male, late 40s-70s, person of color of Indian or South Asian descent. Must be comfortable with Indian accent
About Theatre Bedlam
Committed to the immediacy of the relationship between the actor and the audience, Bedlam creates works of theatre that reinvigorate traditional forms in a flexible, raw space, collapsing aesthetic distance and bringing its viewers into direct contact with the dangers and delicacies of life. In this new, fresh, active environment storytelling becomes paramount and the result is a kinetic experience of shared empathy.
About the production
Bedlam takes the traditional Pygmalion story but adds a layer of British colonialism. In response to a bet, linguist Henry Higgins takes on the task of teaching proper speech to uneducated flower girl Eliza Doolittle so that she can pass as a duchess at a garden party. But in Bedlam’s production, Eliza Doolittle and her father are immigrants from India. To quote a review from Bedlam’s critically-acclaimed NYC run, the casting makes Shaw's critique of British class, gender, and language seem even more biting.
About the script
Original by Shaw, with a few slight alterations. The script can be found on-line:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3825/3825-h/3825-h.htm
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 submit.
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