Stages Repertory Theatre 2018-2019 Season - Houston EPA Day
Stages Repertory Theatre
AUDITION DATES
Tue, May 08, 2018
9:00 am - 5:00 pm (CDT)
Lunch: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
Wed, May 09, 2018
9:00 am - 5:00 pm (CDT)
Lunch: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
APPOINTMENTS
jmorrison@stagestheatre.com Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
CONTRACT
SPT Minimum - $461/wk
SEEKING
AEA Actors/Singers
PREPARATION
Two contrasting monologues not to exceed a total of two minutes.
LOCATION
Stages Repertory Theatre
3201 Allen Pkwy
Houston, TX 77019-1811
PERSONNEL
Kenn McLaughlin - Artistic Director
Mitchell Greco - Artistic Associate
Josh Morrison - Associate Artistic Director
OTHER DATES
See breakdown.
OTHER
www.stagestheatre.com
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
Swimming While Drowning - By Emilio Rodriguez
First Rehearsal - 9/10/2018
Closing - 10/21/2018
ANGELO, A gay Latino teen who knows that the only way to survive is to find someone to trust, 15
MILA, A gay, Black-Latino teen who knows that survival depends on being very careful who you trust, 15
HOST (V.O.) A voice. please discuss which voice to use.
The Ultimate Christmas Show (abridged) - By Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor
First Rehearsal - 10/15/2018
Closing - 12/23/2018
Female and Male actors, all ethnicities, 18 plus
Matt
Austin
Reed
Panto Star Force - By Ryan Schabach and Elixabeth A.M. Keel
First Rehearsal - 10/22/2018
Closing - 12/30/2018
Female and male actors/singers, all ethnicities, 18 Plus
Who's Holiday! - By Matthew Lombardo
First Rehearsal - 11/12/2018
Closing - 12/30/2018
CINDY LOU WHO, 45, Female
Unlike the bright-eyed character of her youth, she is no longer an innocent. Having been dealt a tough hand in the game of life, she desperately attempts to remain cheery in all situations. Despite her style-challenged attire and now poorly permed bleached blond hair, there is still a glimmer of hope in her beaten down spirit.
The River Bride - By Marisela Trevino Orta
First Rehearsal - 12/31/2018
Closing - 2/10/2019
HELENA, 18, smart and a beauty in her own right, though not as outgoing as her sister BELMIRA.
BELMIRA, 16, beautiful, frivolous and a bit vain,
MOISES, 20-25, charming, handsome and mysterious. Earnest and sympathetic, he's been searching for love for a long time. Wears a bandage over his forehead, which he never removes. Dressed like a man of property.
DUARTE, 20-25, a good man from a respected family. He is the groom to be.
Sr. COSTA, Late 40s. BELMIRA and HELENA'S father. A fisherman.
SRA. COSTA, Late 40s. BELMIRA and HELENA'S mother
NSFW - By Lucy Kirkwood
First Rehearsal - 1/21/2019
Closing - 3/3/2019
CHARLOTTE, twenty-five, middle class girl from outside of London who now lives in Tooting,
RUPERT, twenty-eight, an upperclass boy from Berkshire who now lives in Hoxton.
SAM, twenty-four, working class, university educated boy from outside of London who now lives in Archway.
AIDAN, early forties, middle class, educated, good looking man.
MR. BRANDSHAW, late forties
MIRANDA, late forties/early fifties, trendily but classically dressed in black.
Little Shop of Horrors - Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken
First Rehearsal - 2/11/2019
Closing - 4/28/2019
ORIN, A tall, dark, handsome dentist with a black leather jacket and sadistic tendencies. He is not, however, a leftover from the movie version of Grease. Think instead of an egotistical pretty-boy-all got up like a greaser but thinking like an insurance salesman and talking like a radio announcer. (The actor who plays him also plays a Voice not unlike Gods, Wino #2, Customer, Radio Announcer, Mr. Bernstein, Mrs. Luce, Skip Snip, and Patrick Martin.
THE PLANT (AUDREY TWO), An anthropomorphic cross between a Venus flytrap and an avacado. It has a huge, nasty-looking pod which gains a shark-like aspect when open and snapping at food. The creature is played by a series of four increasing large puppets, manipulated by one Puppeteer. (Who also plays Wino #1 in the first scene.) The first time we see The Plant it is less than one foot tall. The last time we see it, it fills the entire stage.
VOICE OF THE PLANT, Provided by an actor on an offstage microphone. It is important that this actor have a clear visual access to the puppets onstage, so that he can provide accurate lip-synch. The sound is a cross between Otis Redding, Barry White, and Wolfman Jack. Think of the Voice as that of a street-smart, funky, conniving villain- Rhythm and Blue's answer to Richard the Third.
CRYSTAL, RONNETTE, AND CHIFFON, Three black female street urchins who function as participants in the action and a Greek Chorus outside it. They're young, hip, smart, and the only people in the whole cast who really know what's going on. In their Greek Chorus capacity, they occasionally sing to the audience directly. And When they do, it's often with a secret-smile that says: we know something you don't know.
SEYMOUR, Mid-twenties and perhaps balding a little. Our insecure, naïve, put-upon, florist's clerk hero. Above all, he's a sweet and well-meaning little man. He is not a silly, prat-falling nerd, and therefore should not be played as the hero of a Jerry Lewis film.
AUDREY, The bleached-blond, Billie-Dawn-like, secret love of his life. If you took Judy Holiday, Carol Channing, Marilyn Monroe, and Goldie Hawn, removed their education and feelings of self-worth, dressed them in spiked heels and low-cut black dress, and then shook them up in a test tube to extract what's sweetest and most vulnerable-that'd be Audrey.
MR. MUSHNIK, Their boss. A failure of an East Side florist. His accent, if he has one, is more that of middle class New York than of Eastern Europe. He seldom smiles but often sweats.
Murder for Two - Book and Music by Joe Kinosian and book and lyrics by Kellen Blair
First Rehearsal - 3/25/2019
Closing - 6/16/2019
2 Male actors/singers/piano players, all ethnicities, 18 plus
Sex With Strangers- By Laura Eason
First Rehearsal - 4/29/2019
Closing - 6/9/2019
OLIVIA, 39, then 41. Smart, sexy, outwardly strong but covering some fragility. American but spent many years living abroad.
ETHAN, 28, then 30. Very charismatic, sexy, a fast talker, used to being the center of attention. From Chicago but has little to no specific accent.
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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