Download Auditions-MainStage Bas Bleu Theatre 2017–2018 Season Audition

Auditions-MainStage
Bas Bleu Theatre 2017–2018
Season Audition Information
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When:
Saturday, April 22, 2017 – 10:00am to 4:00pm
Sunday, April 23, 2017 – 6:00pm to 9:00pm
(sign up on either date for 5 minute audition slot)
Callbacks: Monday, April 24th - 7:00 - 9:30 - ​Elephant’s Graveyard
Tuesday, April 26th - 7:00 - 10:30 p.m. - ​Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike
How:
Make a Reservation: call (970) 498-8949 or email [email protected] to reserve a
5-minute audition time slot.
What to Prepare​:​
A brief monologue is encouraged, but not mandatory. Cold readings are available. Scripts
will be available at the box office for a 48 hour check out. Be prepared to provide schedule
conflicts.
What to bring:
Bring resumé & headshot (actors) if available.
Where:
Auditions are held at Bas Bleu Theatre Company, at 401 Pine Street in Old Town. If you
are unable to attend the auditions, please contact Bas Bleu to make special arrangements
Technical Support:​ Interested individuals should submit a resumé
Designers: Sets, Costumes, Lights, Props, Sound, & Make-up/Hair
Crew: Asst. Director, Stage Manager, Sound Operators, Stagehand, House Manager;
volunteer positions include set construction & painting, lighting hang & focus, docents, etc.
Upon committing to a production, you will meet with the Production Manager to complete
a Personal Services Agreement detailing your responsibilities.
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1) ​Elephant’s Graveyard​ – by George Brant
directed by Garrett Ayers - Run Dates: 9/07/17 – 10/8/17
DESCRIPTION
Elephant's Graveyard ​is the true tale of the tragic collision of a struggling circus and a tiny town
in Tennessee, which resulted in the only known lynching of an elephant. Set in September of
1916, the play combines historical fact and legend, exploring the deep-seated American craving
for spectacle, violence and revenge.
ROLES 1​ 3 - gender and ethnicity flexible, except where noted
RINGMASTER – o​ bsessed with the bottom line
TRAINER – 2​ 0’s-40’s male, loves his work
BALLET GIRL – 2​ 0’s-40’s female, a showgirl in control
TOUR MANAGER – 4​ 0’s-50’s male/female, bit of a bully
STRONGMAN – 2​ 0’s-40’s male, a proud muscleman from Europe’s far-off shores
CLOWN – 2​ 0’s-40’s male/female, a comedian with an inferiority complex (juggling a plus)
DRUMMER –​open age range, keeps the beat (interest in both music & creating sound/foley a
plus)
HUNGRY TOWNSPERSON –​ 20’s-70’s, African-American male/female, a steel-trap memory
MARSHAL – 3​ 0’s-60’s male/female, keeps the peace
MUDDY TOWNSPERSON – 2​ 0’s-50’s female, a haunted widow
PREACHER – 2​ 0’s-50’s male, doggedly hopeful
STEAM SHOVEL OPERATOR – ​20’s-40’s male/female, looking for escape
YOUNG TOWNSPERSON – t​ een-30’s male/female, excitable dreamer
GUITARIST/HARMONICA PLAYER – o​ pen age range, sets the rhythm (interest in both
music and creating sound/foley + familiarity with Piedmont Blues-style a plus)
ENGINEER – 3​ 0’s-60’s male, confident Time is on his side
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2) ​Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike -​ by Christopher Durang
directed by Graham Lier - Run Dates: 11/16/17-12/23/17
DESCRIPTION
Middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia live quiet, melancholic lives in their deceased parents’
farmhouse. But when they receive a surprise visit from their sister Masha, a famous actress, and
her new boy-toy Spike, the household is turned upside-down in a sudden surge of costume
parties, absurd prophecies, and threats of selling the family home. Masterfully blending
Chekhovian themes with his own outrageous brand of humor, playwright Christopher Durang
creates a comedy that not only serves nonstop laughs, but also makes us wistfully aware of our
culture and how it has evolved, for the better, but also for the worse. Winner of the 2013 Tony
Award for Best Play.​.
ROLES
VANYA- 5​ 0’s - g​ ay, resigned to his life, more or less, at least compared to Sonia
SONIA​ ​– 50’s – Vanya’s adopted sister. Discontent, upset, regretful.​MASHA​– 50’s – Vanya’s sister. Glamorous and successful actress who goes gallivanting around
the world.
SPIKE​ – mid to late 20’s – Masha’s new companion. An aspiring actor, sexy, self-absorbed.
NINA​– early 20’s – visiting her aunt and uncle next door to Vanya and Sonia. Lovely, sincere
would-be
actress. Starstruck and energetic.
CASSANDRA​ – any age – Vanya and Sonia’s cleaning lady. Soothsayer.
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3) ​Waiting for the Parade​ - by John Murrell
co-directed by Ami Dayan and Laura Jones - Run Dates: 2/1/18-3/4/18
DESCRIPTION
This warm, wise and winning drama by a leading Canadian playwright from the point of view
five women left behind to wait and to work for their men during WW II. The tragedy of war is
there, but also, a lot of humor and comradeship as five women of Calgary kept the home fires
burning in spite of doubts, loneliness and pain. Each woman responds very differently to civilian
life. It is a portrait of Canadian society in the 1940’s. Produced at New York's Hudson Guild
Theatre, it shows the walking wounded are not always at the front.
ROLES
JANET​ - late 30’s - Her husband avoids active service by working for CBC radio. Janet likes to
be in charge and right.
CATHERINE​ - early 30’s - Her husband rushed to be employed overseas. She misses is also
upset with him. She works in a canteen outside of her duties at the community hall.
MARGARET​ - 50’s - She has one son overseas and one son who is jailed for joining the
communist party. She fears she will never see them again.
EVE -​ 30’s - She is a young school teacher who tries to discourage her students from enlisting.
She is married to an older man who regrets being too old to serve in the war.
MARTA​ - 30’s - She is a German immigrant who has lived in Canada since she was nine years
old. Her father has been arrested as a spy.
4) ​Dirt​, A Terra Nova Expedition - by Laura Pritchett
directed by Lowrey Moyer - Run Dates: 4/7/2018- 5/6/2018
DESCRIPTION
An original play, to premiere at Bas Bleu—which is where it takes place, in ​an underground
bunker below the theatre in a futuristic world which serves as a holding spot for a few to survive
until the ruined soil above has healed. The play opens with a young girl, Estella, pregnant and
alone, collecting dirt samples and checking on the roots that dangle in, which will signal life
above. She’s recently lost her love, Leopold, who went up in order to sacrifice himself to
preserve resources for others—just as the explorer Robert Scott did in the famous Terra Nova
Expedition of Antarctica in 1910. As she waits for the roots to regenerate, for microbes and
nematodes and worms to reappear, she teaches herself the history, science, and mythology of
dirt. She is running out of time: her baby has turned, the bunker walls are collapsing, her
lab-grown food is low, and she is losing her sanity. When she re-emerges above earth in Act
II—into Terra Nova—she finds herself in the old theatre, and what she discovers is stunning.