Stages Repertory Theatre 2019-2020 Season - Houston EPA Days
Stages Repertory Theatre
AUDITION DATES
Mon, Apr 29, 2019
9:00 am - 5:00 pm (CDT)
Lunch: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
Tue, Apr 30, 2019
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (CDT)
Lunch: 2:00PM - 3:00PM
APPOINTMENTS
jmorrison@stagestheatre.com Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
CONTRACT
SPT Minimum - $493/wk
SEEKING
AEA Actors
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 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
Life Could Be a Dream - By Roger Bean
First Rehearsal - 8/12/2019
Closing - 9/7/2019
DENNY VARNEY: Five years after high school graduation, Denny still lives with his mother, goofing off in the family basement instead of working for a living. Denny’s lack of ambition and discipline have always been his downfall.
EUGENE JOHNSON: Denny’s best friend and co-conspirator, Eugene works hard just to stay in step with Denny’s fast-moving schemes. During most days, Eugene works for his Dad down at the Springfield Sweet Shoppe, but at night he cuts loose with his fellow Crooning Crab Cakes during singing and dancing practice in Denny’s basement.
Salt, Root and Roe - By Tim Price
First Rehearsal - 9/19/2019
Closing - 10/20/2019
All roles have been cast.
Miracle on 34th Street: A Live Musical Radio Play - adapted from the 1947 Lux Radio Broadcast by Lance Arthur Smith
original lyrics, music & arrangements by Jon Lorenz
First Rehearsal - 10/14/2019
Closing - 12/15/2019
All roles have been cast.
Panto Hansel and Gretel - By Tim Howard
First Rehearsal - 10/21/2019
Closing - 12/15/2019
Female and Male singers/actors/dancers - all ethnicities - 18 years old plus
The Fantasticks - book and lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt
First Rehearsal - 12/16/2019
Closing - 3/15/2019
El Gallo (Male, High Baritone, 30-45*) As the narrator of the piece, he is the liaison between the audience and the action onstage. He is warm, cordial, and inviting to the audience, yet with darker moments.
Luisa (Female, Legit Soprano, 16-26*) As a young lover, she is in love. She is in love with love, the idea of love, the idea of being in love and indeed everything remotely romantic.
Matt (Male, Baritone, 16-26*) As a young lover, he is deeply in love.
Hucklebee and Bellomy (Males, Baritone, 45-60*) Blustery and Boisterous. Duo and team. Strong comedic timing a must. Fathers of Matt and Luisa. Always arguing and bickering, but secretly plotting together for the marriage of their children
Henry and Mortimer (Males, 30-60*) Foolish comic actors who move the action while not seeming to contribute anything of substance. As performers their day has long past. Henry can play grand characters and recite Shakespeare, but with very little success these days. May be asked to speak in an English accent.
The Mute (Male or Female, age open) The Mute serves many functions—setting props as characters need them, assisting El Gallo, and becoming the wall separating the families. While omnipresent the character must also have the ability to fade into the background. This is a functional character that sometimes interacts with the others.
Water by the Spoonful - By Quiara Alegría Hudes
First Rehearsal - 1/13/2020
Closing - 2/23/2020
ELLIOT ORTIZ
Elliot is a Marine Iraq war veteran who was honorably discharged due to a leg injury six years ago (the play occurs in 2009 at age 24, therefore he was in Iraq in 2003 at age 18).
YAZMIN ORTIZ
Yaz is the primary support system for Elliot, her cousin, in this play. She is a recently divorced, 31 year old, adjunct professor of music at Swarthmore College
A GHOST
Ghost is a male Iraqi man. His only line he is “Can I please have my passport back?” in Arabic.
PROFESSOR AMAN
Aman is a professor at Swarthmore College with Yazmin. He is a translator of Arabic and translates what Ghost is saying to Elliot.
POLICEMAN
The Policeman is the one to tell Orangutan she cannot sleep on the train platform in Sapporo, Japan.
ODESSA ORTIZ
Odessa, 39 years old, is the biological mother of Elliot, and the aunt of Yazmin. She is a recovering addict. Her online life and persona, Haikumom, brings with it not only a task to keep her away from her addiction, but also a space for her to exert maternal instincts.
FOUNTAINHEAD (JOHN)
Fountainhead is a successful computer programmer and enterprenure. He is 38 years old, white, and lives on Philadelphia’s Main Line. He has a wife of seven years, and a son, he hides his smoking crack habit from them both, although his son has figured out his dad is smoking something he probably shouldn’t be.
CHUTES&LADDERS
Chutes&Ladders, or Clayton “Buddy” Wilkie, works for the IRS for several (about 30) years. Prior to traveling to Japan he had not taken a vacation for ten years. He is African-American, age 56, and lives in San Diego.
ORANGUTAN
Orangutan is an adopted Japanese-American who now works and lives in Japan. She is 31 years old, and is the most playful of the people in the chat room. Her real name is Madeline Mays.
Honky Tonk Laundry - By Roger Bean
First Rehearsal - 2/10/2020
Closing - 6/30/2020
LANA MAE HOPKINS: Lana Mae runs the Wishy-Washy Washateria. In a rocky marriage, she has chosen to ignore signs of her husband’s philandering. Her thoughts regarding marriage and love are throwbacks to the fifties, and Katie helps show her the way to break free from her internal prison. She dresses brightly, her hair is larger than normal, and she lives her life through colorful Southern sayings. Cheerful and bighearted; a real diamond-in-the-rough. (Mezzo-alto with strong belt.)
KATIE LANE MURPHY: Katie secures a job working for Lana Mae in the Laundromat, and sets out to help Lana Mae break free from her husband. At the same time, Katie is struggling with her own obsession with her ex-boyfriend, who still figures prominently in her life. Katie is neurotic, obsessive, and quick with her temper, learning from Lana Mae how to open up and face her fears, especially after a little self-medication. (Mezzo-Soprano with strong belt.)
Sensitive Guys - By MJ Kaufman
First Rehearsal - 2/24/2020
Closing - 4/5/2020
(all the characters are specified by the playwright to be played by people who identify as women or gender nonconforming)
*Men’s Peer Education Group*
DANNY: Facilitator. Founder. Senior. White. Upper middle class.
TYLER: Co-Facilitator. Founder. Senior. Black. Middle class.
JORDAN: Senior. White. Hippy. Well-off.
PETE: Sophomore. Working class. Latino and/or Asian-American.
WILL: New guy. Freshman. Working class. White.
DANNY is double-cast with DIANA
TYLER is double-cast with TRACY
JORDAN is double-cast with KATIE.
PETE is double-cast with AMY
WILL is double-cast with LESLIE
*Survivor Support Group*
DIANA: President. Founder. Upper-middle-class.
TRACY: Co-President and founder. Working class.
KATIE: Vice President. Working class.
AMY: Secretary. Well-off.
LESLIE: New girl. Working class.
ALSO the adults:
Admissions Officer: played by the person playing LESLIE/WILL.
Dean: played by the person playing AMY/PETE
Jones: played by the person playing KATIE/JORDAN
Hook's Tale - By John Pielmeier
First Rehearsal - 3/9/2020
Closing - 5/3/2020
JAMES HOOK (nee Cook), by reputation a pirate
SMEE, Hook's right-hand (literally) man
Circle Mirror Transformation - By Annie Baker
First Rehearsal - 4/6/2020
Closing - 5/17/2020
MARTY, 55
JAMES, 60
SCHULTZ, 48
THERESA, 35
LAUREN, 16
Airness - By Chelsea Marcantel
First Rehearsal - 5/18/2020
Closing - 6/28/2020
All roles have been cast.
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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