Hartford Stage 14-15 Season
- Equity Performer Auditions by APPOINTMENT in CT
Hartford Stage | Hartford, CT
Date of Audition:
4/24/2014
Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Performer Auditions (principal/chorus) by APPOINTMENT (2 days)
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Thursday, April 24, 2014
10 AM to 5 PM each day
(no scheduled lunch break) Contract
LORT Non-Rep
Cat B; $812/week AEA minimum
Location
Hartford Stage Rehearsal Studios
942 Main Street, Richardson Building
Hartford, CT 06103
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Seeking
Equity performers, men and women, singers and non-singers, for various principal roles and chorus parts in the 2014-15 Season.
see breakdown.
Preparation
Prepare two contrasting monologues
If auditioning for musicals, also prepare 16 bars of a song; (accompanist will be provided).
Auditions should be no longer than 4 minutes in length.
Please bring 2 headshots w/ resumes.
Other
For more information, please visit www.hartfordstage.org
Personnel
Expected to be present at auditions:
Maxwell Williams, Associate Artistic Director and James McBride, Artistic Assistant
• A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
AEA members: email James McBride at artistic@hartfordstage.org. AEA Actors without appointments seen on a 1st-come, 1st-served basis as time permits.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
ETHER DOME:
August 26- October 5, 2014
(All roles available.)
DR. HORACE WELLS:
Male. 34. Charismatic leading man. Prominent dentist. Discovers nitrous oxide as an anesthetic but fails to prove its worth. Betrayed by his former partner, Morton, driven near mad after his failure and Morton’s duplicity, he loses everything. Dignified, honorable, and determined – until he explodes.
ELIZABETH WELLS:
Female. 27. Leading lady. Married to Horace and serves as his dental assistant. Kind, loving and righteous. She’s seen it all, and is the only person in the play who is not afraid of pain or death. Only wants what is owed her husband and defends Horace and his good name until the bitter end.
WILLIAM MORTON:
Male. 27. Charming and attractive. Dentist, Horace’s partner until he breaks off to get married and become a doctor. Desperate to please, Ambitious, impatient and always looking to strike it rich. Lives in constant fear of others discovering who he really is.
ELIZABETH MORTON:
Female. 20s. Comic Ingenue. William Morton’s wife. A graduate of Miss Porter’s school where she was given all the skills useful for marrying a wealthy husband. Idealistic and engaging. Possible brief nudity. (but not at the EPA)
DR. CHARLES JACKSON:
Male. 47. Respected surgeon, might well be a genius in another field, (having studied Geology, Chemistry, Astronomy and More), but in this one, he’s constantly mocked because he faints at the sight of blood.
DR. JOHN WARREN:
Male. 68. Powerful and patrician. Renowned surgeon and professor, Beacon Hill Blue-blood, a perfectionist who is constantly disappointed by others. Loves being a surgeon. Very old school, he is not interested in a new way of doing things.
DR. BIGELOW:
Male. 25. Youngest doctor on staff at Mass General. Seems to have it all: wealth, good looks and confidence. Treated like a baby by all the other doctors. Has a nose for innovation and recognizes a good idea when he sees it. Will double in other roles.
DR. AUGUSTUS GOULD:
Male. 50. Spectacled conchologist and former surgeon. Can’t stand the screaming anymore. An outsider. Insecure and fragile. Could possibly double in other roles.
DR. HAYWARD:
Male. 50. House surgeon. Tough and hardworking. Should be valued more by the hospital. Trying to hide his growing resentment. Will double in other roles.
MRS. WADSWORTH:
Female. 50s. Wealthy patient of Horace’s. Educated. Dignified. Has impeccable taste and a dry sense of humor that escapes most people. Will double in other roles.
LIVINGSTON:
Male. 20s. The top medical student. A bit of a smart ass. Ruthless enough to be Chief of Surgery some day. Will double in other roles.
DR. COLTON:
Male. 40s- 50. Legitimately a doctor with a degree, but instead of practicing he puts on a stage show pretending to lecture and sell Laughing Gas. Will double in other roles.
YOUNG WOMAN IN WHITE:
Female. Teens- 20s. The manifestation of Horace’s laughing-gas and chloroform induced visions. Beautiful. Ethereal. Will double in other roles.
INMAN:
Male. 20s. Medical student at Massachusetts General Hospital. Will double in other roles.
LIVINGSTON:
Male: 20s. Medical student at Massachusetts General Hospital. Will double in other roles.
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HAMLET
September 19- November 9, 2014
All roles available.
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL- A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS:
November 11- December 28, 2015
All roles have been CAST
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PRIVATE LIVES
December 16, 2014- February 1, 2015
All roles available
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REVERBERATION
January 20- March 15, 2015
Seeking:
JONATHAN:
Male. 30s. An emotionally fragile and combustible young man. Dealing (poorly) with a recent tragedy, he has withdrawn from the world, leading a life of solitude within the safety of his Astoria apartment. His only real connection with the world is through the Internet. He’s always been someone who feels emotions much more acutely than others. Now that they are dark and painful, he tries to numb them with alcohol and anonymous sex. He’s going down a rabbit hole that he is in danger of never escaping. And yet, despite all this, he still has the ability to love and be compassionate, but only when moved to by others. Left to his own devices, he’d destroy himself. This role requires nudity. (but not at the EPA)
CLAIRE:
Female. Late 20s. The human equivalent of a sheer curtain fluttering by an open window. Light to Jonathan’s dark. A bit of a wanderer with no real roots set down anywhere, Claire is a wanna-be fashionista without the budget to fully commit to the lifestyle. She dates older, married men in exchange for nice things and fancy dinners. She drinks too much but not in the way Jonathan does. She flits, she flirts. She is pink champagne. But once you get to know her, you start to realize that all of this is simply a mask guarding against her own demons. She makes bad decisions but she makes them with style. She is, in her own way, just as lonely and self-destructive as Jonathan. This role requires nudity. (but not at the EPA)
WES:
Male. 20s. Possessed of the wide-eyed optimism of youth and yet with a loneliness equal to Jonathan and Claire’s, if not yet as fully articulated. You get the sense he doesn’t have many real friends, just acquaintances, most of whom seem to be from online hook-ups, which he engages in frequently. Despite his youth, he is an old soul. He yearns for love and happiness but doesn’t know how, exactly, to get either. He is charming and seductive and is learning how to use his youth and his body to get what he wants. The trouble is, the things he wants aren’t often obtained through either tactic. He is a young man still forming an identity. One has high hopes for him. But danger signs abound. This role requires nudity. (but not at the EPA)
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THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE
March 23, 2015- April 26, 2015
All roles habe been CAST.
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KISS ME, KATE
April 17- June 7, 2015
All roles are available.
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