[NEohioPAL] Weathervane auditions

[Jan Harcar]

Weathervane Playhouse

Akron, OH

 

OPEN CALL AUDITIONS

 

for

 

Three Tall Women

 

Drama by Edward Albee

 

Audition Dates:

Sunday, September 18 and Monday September 19

Please arrive at 6 p.m. either day

 

Casting Requirements

"Playing Age" of characters:

One woman age 26

One woman age 52

One woman age 90

One man age 23

 

Preparation:

There are several monologues in the play. Please choose one monologue from the script and be prepared to read it for  your audition. It does NOT need to be memorized.

 

Director: Bill Morgan

Bill Morgan has been directing for more than 20 years and is the owner/producer of SignStage on Tour, a nationally touring deaf theatre company that performs for children all across the United States. He is the Artistic Manager for the Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center, where he creates and implements theatre assembly programs and residencies for deaf and hearing elementary-aged school children. This past July, he directed "Crossing the Line," one of the eight plays featured in the 8x10 TheatreFest (which was Weathervane Playhouse's first annual festival of 10-minute plays). His prior Weathervane Playhouse directing credits include "The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of 'A Christmas Carol' " (1997).

 

 

Rehearsals begin Sunday, September 25 at 7 p.m.

 

Run Dates: October 27 - November 12, 2011

Thursdays, October 27, November 3, 10 at 7:30 p.m.

Fridays, October 28, November 4 , 11 at 8 p.m.

Saturdays, October 29, November 5, 12 at 2:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Sundays, October 20, November 6 at 2:30 (no show Nov. 13)



Weathervane Playhouse

Akron OH

 

AUDITIONS BY APPOINTMENT

(10-minutes apart)

Call 330-836-2626

 

It's a Wonderful Life

A Live Radio Play

 

Adapted by Joe Landry from the screenplay by

Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra and Jo Swerling

 

 

The beloved film comes to life on stage in the guise of a live radio broadcast in 1946. George, Mary, Clarence, Zuzu and Mr. Potter are sure to warm your holiday heart in this inventive re-imagining of Frank Capra's timeless cinematic treasure.

 

Audition Dates:

Sunday, September 25 by appointment from 7 p.m.

 Monday, September 26 from 7 p.m.

 

Rehearsals begin Sunday, October 9.

 

Run Dates: December 1 - 22, 2011

10 performances

(Dec. 1, 3, 7, 8, 10, 14, 15, 17, 21, 22)

 

All performances are at 7:30 EXCEPT

Wednesday, December 7 at 10 a.m.

Saturday, December 17 at 2:30 p.m.

 

PREPARATION

Actors, if possible, bring in a CD or cassette containing up to three minutes

of character voices you can perform.

There will also be some reading from the script.

 

Please bring your calendar with you to the auditions in order to declare any potential conflict dates that you may have. Conflicts reported after casting may result in re-casting.

 

Casting Requirements: Casting up to 5 men and 5 women. Also several roles for pre-teen boys and girls and one girl who can sound 5 years old.

 

Director - BOB BELFANCE was Weathervane's first Managing Director and this will mark his 193rd production at the Playhouse as director. Bob left Broadway in 1961. In New York, Lee Strasberg invited bob, then a fledgling director, to become an observer at the famous Actors Studio. When Bob became Managing Director for Weathervane Playhouse, he said his goal was to build a new state-of-the-art theater for Akron audiences. In 1970, Weathervane opened its season at the current location and Bob had been responsible for transforming Weathervane into one of Ohio's leading non-professional theaters.

 

 

Weathervane Playhouse is committed to non-traditional casting.

Except in cases where race, gender, age or disability is essential to the play,

all roles will be cast on the basis of talent.



Weathervane Playhouse

Akron OH

 

AUDITIONS BY APPOINTMENT

(10-minutes apart)

Call 330-836-2626

 

Yellowman

 

Drama by Dael Orlandersmith

 

 

One man and one woman play multiple characters in this drama that explores the complicated dimensions of racial distinction. From black to white and to all shades in between, this thought-provoking play explores internalized racism and prejudice, and it probes the negative associations surrounding male blackness as well as the effect these racial stereotypes have on black women.

 

Audition Dates:

Sunday, October 2 by appointment from 6 p.m.

 Monday, October 3 from 6 p.m.

 

Rehearsals begin Sunday, November 13.

 

Run Dates: January 12 - 28, 2012

14 performances

 

Thursdays, January 12, 19, 26 at 7:30 p.m.

Fridays, January 13, 20, 27 at 8 p.m.

Saturdays, January 14, 21, 28 at 2:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Sundays, January 15, 22 at 2:30 p.m.

 

PREPARATION

Sides will be available on line and at the auditions.

 

Please bring your calendar with you to the auditions in order to declare any potential conflict dates that you may have. Conflicts reported after casting may result in re-casting.

 

Casting Requirements:

Alma - Aged 36 - 43 (a large-sized black woman whose complexion is medium to dark brown-skinned)

 

Eugene - Aged 38 - 43 (a very fair-skinned, fairly muscular black man)

 

Director - JENNIFER JETER - Trained as a performance artist, Jeter will often collaborate with traditional artists or with non traditional partners including social service organizations to create curriculum, programming, and theatrical works in order to spotlight societal concerns such as homelessness, substance abuse and sexual abuse. This Ohio native is an advocate of the arts. Jeter works in educational, community and professional theatre. As a Social Artist, she continues to develop art constructions and educational curriculum to address the changing needs of the community. Jeter is able to create commentary through her photography, writing, directing, painting and/or a combination of them all.

 

 

 

Weathervane Playhouse is committed to non-traditional casting.

Except in cases where race, gender, age or disability is essential to the play,

all roles will be cast on the basis of talent.





Janis Harcar
Director of Advancement
Weathervane Playhouse
330-836-2323 X16
www.weathervaneplayhouse.com
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