*PRESS RELEASE:* *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:* *Ensemble Theatre is excited to announce:* *2019-2020 GENERAL AUDITIONS * *2019-2020 Season-Making HER Stories-* *When:* Monday,* May 13th* and Tuesday *May 14th *from *5:30 til 10pm * *Where: * Ensemble Theatre: 2843 Washington Blvd. | Clevleand Hts., OH 44118 *Audition slots are 10 minutes each. * PLEASE CLICK HERE <https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b054eafaa29a0f85-20192020> to sign up for an audition time slot! *Please prepare two contrasting monologues. * *Please bring 3 copies of your resume and at LEAST one copy of your headshot.* Equity contracts are available for the season. These are Tier One Special Appearance contracts. All actors cast, Equity and non-Equity, will be compensated. Non Equity Stipends are communicated with casting offer. *Important information:* Most productions rehearse 4-5 weeks prior to opening date. Most rehearsals are weekday evenings and weekend days with 2 days off a week. Rehearsal Schedules can vary per show. Performances: Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays @2pm unless otherwise notified PRIOR to signing a contract. PLEASE Email or call with ANY Questions. P: *216-438-0544* E: *auditions@ensemble-theatre.org <auditions@ensemble-theatre.org>* *SHOW AUDITION NOTICE & CHARACTER BREAKDOWN* *BY THE BOG OF CATS* By *Marina Carr* | Directed by *Celeste Cosentino* (Sept. 6-29, 2019) MainStage Theatre *Characters:* Hester Swane: (This Role has been cast) 40’s Carthage Kilbride: 30’s. Hester's former lover with whom she shares a daughter, Josie Kilbride. Josie Kilbride: 7, Hester & Carthage’s daughter. Mrs Kilbride: 60’s, Carthage’s Mother. Monica Murray, 60’s, a neighbor. The Catwoman, 60’s, lives on the bog. Xavier Cassidy, sixties, a big farmer. Caroline Cassidy, twenty, Xavier’s daughter. The Ghost Fancier The Ghost of Joseph Swane (18) Young Dunne (a waiter) Father Willow, eighty. Two other waiters. *THE PENELOPIAD * By *Margaret Atwood* | Directed by *Celeste Cosentino* (Oct 18-Nov 10, 2019) Maintstage Theatre -Looking for a DIVERSE cast of 13- *INTIMATE APPAREL* By* Lynn Nottage* | Directed by *Sarah May.* (Jan 24-Feb 23, 2020) MainStageTheatre *Characters: * Esther : 35, African American from the South, a seamstress, shy, plain, hard-working, but full of dreams. Mrs. Dickson : 50's-60's, African American widow, a nosy landlady, self-righteous, but kind. Mrs. Van Buren: 20's-30's, attractive young white New York society lady, yearning for love. Mr. Marks : 30's, white orthodox Romanian Jewish immigrant, garment worker, warm and energetic Mayme : 30's, African American nightclub entertainer, singer/pianist, prostitute, fun-loving but lonely. George : 30's-40's, from Barbados, a laborer working on the Panama Canal, dreaming big dreams, too. *KINDERTRANSPORT* By *Diane Samuels* | Directed by *Katia Schwarz* (March 6-29, 2020) MainStage Theatre *Characters: * Evelyn: English middle-class woman. In her fifties. (This role has been cast). Faith : Evelyn’s only child. In her early twenties. Eva: Evelyn’s younger self. She starts the play at nine years old and finishes it at seventeen years old. Jewish German becoming increasingly English. Helga: German Jewish woman of the late 1930’s. In her early thirties. Eva/Evelyn’s mother. Lil : Eva/Evelyn’s English foster mother. In her eighties. The Ratchatcher : A mythical character, who also plays: The Nazi Border Official, The English Organizer, The Postman, & The Station Guard. For additional information: P: 216-438-0544 | E: auditions@ensemble-theatre.org. Please do NOT hesitate to contact us with ANY questions. *Please Note:* Additional "auditions" may be held on a show by show basis. The Ensemble Theatre casting/audition process is open to all. We encourage everyone who would like to audition to do so for any/all roles they are interested in. Roles are open to both traditional & non traditional casting with the exception where some specifics may be essential to the role. We look forward to meeting you at auditions! *Please Note: These auditions do NOT include our final production of FUN HOME.* We will be scheduling a SEPERATE set of auditions at a later date in the very near future. Check back here for updated dates and times! -- *Information* info@ensemble-theatre.org 2843 Washington Blvd. Cleveland Hts., OH 441118 216-321-2930/216-202-0938 *www.ensembletheatrecle.org <http://www.ensembletheatrecle.org>*