[Capdist-auditions] Emailing: AEA Casting notice 2010

[Laura Margolis]

Dear Colleagues,

Stageworks is holding Equity Principal Audtions (EPA)for our 2010 
season.  Attached and copied below is our casting notice.

Non Equity actors are also welcome to audition if time permits.  We are 
interested in getting the word out to regional actors and would 
appreciate it if you could broadcast or post this announcement to 
theater artists.

Thank you for your help.

Best, Laura Margolis






Stageworks/Hudson 2010 Season
Casting Information:


Stageworks/Hudson 2010 Season
EPAs by APPOINTMENT in Hudson, NY

Hudson, New York     SPT 6    Current minimum $357/week.
Laura Margolis, Artistic Director (at auditions)
Phil Elman, General Manager
Jen Schilansky, Producing Associate (at auditions)


Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT at
Stageworks/Hudson
Hudson,  NY  12534

Wed.,   May 26, 2010	11 AM - 6 PM
Thurs., May 27, 2010	11 AM - 6 PM

Please Note: EPA’s are conducted at Stageworks, upstate in Hudson, NY

For an appointment, please call (518) 828-7843
or e-mail staff at stageworkshudson.org.

Please prepare a 2 to 3 minute, contemporary monologue and a 2 to 3 
minute classical monologue (comedy if possible).

Please bring a hard copy picture and resume, stapled together.

Equity Members without appointments will be seen as time permits.

If you are unable to attend the EPA, actors are welcome to send a 
picture and resume  electronically to staff at stageworkshudson.org or by 
regular mail to Stageworks/Hudson, 41-A Cross Street, Hudson, NY 12534

For an appointment, please call (518) 828-7843
or e-mail staff at stageworkshudson.org.

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Stageworks/Hudson 2010 Season


OR,
by Liz Duffy Adams
Regional Premiere

Directed by Jeffrey Mousseau
Two week rehearsal
Three week run - 5 performances per week
3 character play - 2 AEA, 1 non-AEA

Begin rehearsals	May 31					
Open			June 16
Close			July 4

Onetime spy, Aphra Behn, is finally going to see her name in lights ... 
or will she?  Aphra has until morning to finish writing the first play 
ever penned by a woman, but with so many lovers clamoring for attention 
– suave King Charles II, celebrated actress Nell Gywnne and vengeful 
double agent William Scott – time is running out.

In Liz Duffy Adam’s bawdy comedy, cross dressing, free love and politics 
converge and skip  centuries, bringing to hilarious mind the freedom and 
adventure of the 1960's.

Seeking:

A female actor, late-20s to late-30s
APHRA BEHN:  a onetime spy, now playwright

Male actor, Aphra’s age or up to 10 years older
CHARLES II
WILLIAM SCOTT
LADY DAVENANT

Female actor, early-to-late-20s
PROLOGUE
NELL GWYNNE
MARIA
JAILOR

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IMAGINING MADOFF
A new play by Deb Margolin
Directed by Laura Margolis

Three week rehearsal

Three week run - 5 performances per week
3 character play - 2 AEA, 1 non-AEA

Three week rehearsal

Three week run - 5 performances per week

Begin rehearsals	June 28
Open		 	July 21
Close		 	August 8

A play of intrigue and mystery, in this fictional memoir of Bernard 
Madoff, the now-notorious Ponzi schemer finds himself, before the fall, 
entangled in the memory of a profound, psychologically erotic evening 
spent with a venerable author, humanitarian and Holocaust survivor.

In the presence of th righteous, will Madoff succumb to the inner force 
that yearns for a redemptive moment. . .or is he too numb to any state 
of sanctity to push back the obstacles that stand in his way of a moral 
decision?

Seeking actors to play:

BERNARD MADOFF: A 72-year old billionaire financier, inventor, Jewish 
money maven, financial criminal

SOLOMON GALKIN: Novelist, between 70 to 80 years old, holocaust 
survivor, humanitarian, professor, lifelong witness

A SECRETARY: 42 or so, sincere, hard-working, pleasant-looking, dutiful, 
bloated with remorse

Please note: The actors playing Madoff and Sol may be cast younger than 
the ages of the actual characters.
		
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THE AMISH PROJECT
by Jessica Dickey
Regional Premiere
Director TBA

Two week rehearsal

Three week run - 5 performances per week
1 actress plays multiple roles - 1 AEA
Begin rehearsals	August 2
Open			August 18
Close			September 5


Through the innocent voice of Velda, a young Amish girl, unfolds an 
extraordinarily beautiful  fictional exploration of true events.  The 
Amish Project tells the story of a loss in an Amish community and the 
path of compassion forged in its wake.

Imbued with poetry, humor and beauty, The Amish Project celebrates the 
deepest meanings of love and forgiveness.

Seeking an actress age 25 to 35.  A single actress performs all of the 
roles in the play. Distinctions between characters are made by changes 
in the tonal qualities and pitch of the actress’ voice; through her 
stance, posture, and gesture. She glides fluidly from one personality to 
the next as:

ANNA: Amish girl, age 14. Died in the shooting.

CAROL STUCKEY: Widow of the gunman, age 31. English/non-Amish.

VELDA: Amish girl, age 6. Sister of Anna. Died in shooting.

BILL NORTH: English/non-Amish man, 50s. Scholar and professor on Amish 
culture, as well as
friend and spokesman to several Amish families affected by the shooting.

AMERICA: Hispanic girl, age 16. Pregnant. Works in the local grocery store.

EDDIE STUCKEY: The gunman of schoolhouse shooting, age 33. 
English/non-Amish. Killed
himself at the end of the schoolhouse attack.

SHERRY LOCAL: English, age 53. Resident of Nickel Mines, PA.

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PLAY BY PLAY
World Premiere One-Acts
Plays and Directors TBA

Two week rehearsal
Two week run - 5 performances per week.
4 character play - 2 AEA, 2 non-AEA

Begin rehearsals	September 13
Open			September 29
Close			October 10

Stageworks’ annual festival of original one-acts.

Seeking:  Four versatile actors (m/f) to play four – five roles each.

Female:  Roles are ages 25 – 35.
Female:  Roles are ages 45 – 60.
Male:  Roles are ages 25 – 35.
Male:  Roles are ages 45 – 60.	



Theater’s statement: “Roles in the season are open to Non-Traditional 
Casting. The Theater encourages all performers to audition.”


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