SEAT OF THE PANTS' 2018-2019 season will consist of the following productions:
MOLLY SWEENEY by Brian Friel
Rehearsals begin late September
Show runs November 1-11, 2018
At Weathervane Playhouse in Akron
THE END OF THE TOUR by Joel Drake Johnson
Rehearsals begin mid February
Show runs March 28-April 14, 2019
SMOKEFALL by Noah Haidle
Rehearsals begin early July
Show runs August 1-18, 2019
ROLES AVAILABLE: The roles of Molly Sweeney and Frank Sweeney have already been cast.
All roles are open to actors of all races and ethnicities.
Ages should be used only as a guideline; they are not prescriptive.
Remaining roles are as follows:
MOLLY SWEENEY
Mr. Rice, male, 50s-70s
THE END OF THE TOUR
Jan Williamson, female, 40s-50s
Andrew Morris, male, 30s-40s
Mae Pierce, female, 60s-70s
Chuck Williamson, male, 40s-50s
David Sabin, male, 30s-40s
Tommy Johns, male, 30s-50s
Norma, female, 60s-80s (non-speaking, but crucial)
SMOKEFALL
Violet, female, 30s
Daniel / Fetus One, male, 30s
Beauty, female, teens or 20s
Colonel / Johnny, male, 50s-70s
Footnote / Fetus Two / Samuel, male, 30s-40s
CASTING: Seat of the Pants has 2-3 Actors Equity Guest Artist contracts for the season to utilize as needed. Remaining roles will be cast with non-Equity actors. All actors receive a stipend.
TO AUDITION:
1) Reply to this e-mail with your name and desired audition day - Saturday or Monday. Also, include a digital headshot and resume, if you have them, and your Equity status.
2) Only if you haven't sent them, bring a copy of your headshot and resume with you, along with a calendar of your conflicts, to the audition.
3) Please prepare a single contemporary monologue of your choice, of no longer than 2-3 minutes, that best showcases your abilities. If you're more comfortable with a prepping something from one of the scripts, let me know that in your e-mail and I'll send you something from one of the scripts to prepare.
A WORD ABOUT LOCATION: SEAT OF THE PANTS is an itinerant company (hence the name). We've made an intentional decision not to have a permanent space, so that our fiscal, time, and energy resources can be focused on producing theatre, not maintaining a building. As such, we've spent the past 6 years developing relationships with folks who can offer us both rehearsal and performance space from Canton to Cleveland - and everywhere in between - in exchange for rental fees, cross-promotion, shared programming, etc. This is also allowing us to develop an audience across Northeast Ohio that - so far - has been willing to travel within an hour's radius to see our productions.
MOLLY SWEENEY will be produced at Weathervane Playhouse in Akron. THE END OF THE TOUR and SMOKEFALL both have multiple possible production homes, but will be confirmed definitively when the shows are cast to best leverage a "home court advantage."
As potential actors, here's what you can expect. Rehearsals will be scheduled in a location central to everyone involved, and that information will be conveyed to you as part of a casting offer, so you know exactly what you're getting into before committing. Rehearsal location will almost certainly be different than final performance location - and you'll have that info as part of the offer as well. For some productions we may have a primary location (i.e. first two weekends in Cleveland) and a secondary location (third weekend in Canton); this information will also be part of your offer. At no point will you be expected to drive an hour for more than a weekend of performances - unless you opt into that.
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