MAUDITIONS
MATH's Fall Auditions for our annual
V SEASON
at the Doctorow Center for the Arts in Hunter, NY will be held November 23rd and 24th, at the Doctorow Center for the Arts, 7971 Main Street, Hunter, NY.
We will be holding three audition "groups" for all three plays, and also accepting self-taped submissions.
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Performance Dates:
As listed on the poster above.
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The productions will appear at the Doctorow Center for the Arts in Hunter, NY.
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Audition Dates and Times:
ALL AUDITIONS WILL BE HELD AT THE DOCTOROW CENTER FOR THE ARTS, 7971 MAIN STREET, HUNTER, NY.
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SATURDAY, November 23rd:
GROUP A: 10:00am until 12:00pm (all roles, all plays)
GROUP B: 2:00pm until 5:00pm (all roles, all plays)
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Sunday, November 24th:
GROUP C: 11:00am until 1:00pm (all roles, all plays)
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Please peruse the information on each play below, and then email maudeadamsinfo@gmail.com with the following:
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Part you are auditioning for (can be multiple)
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Resume (if you have one--if not a brief paragraph about you)
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Headshot (if you have one--snapshot if not)
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Preferred group time slot
We will also accept video auditions should you not be able to attend in person, just email and you will be put in touch directly with the director of your chosen play for further instructions.
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All parts are open and available. Non-Equity, high-level community theater (no monetary compensation, no fees charged for participation). Equal opportunity casting.
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CONFLICTS: Please bring your conflicts to auditions, where you will be provided with a projected rehearsal schedule.
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Audition sides available upon submission.
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VOLUNTEERS: We welcome volunteers who would like to be involved in all aspects of the productions. Please email maudeadamsinfo@gmail.com to learn more about costume design, set design and build out, painting, stage management, ushering, and other opportunities to support community theater!
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BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE by John Van Druten
directed by Patricia Charbonneau
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Completely enchanting—a wonderfully suave and impish fantasy set in the late 1950’s.
Gillian Holroyd is one of the few modern people who can actually cast spells and perform feats of supernaturalism. She casts a spell over an unattached publisher, Shepherd Henderson, partly to keep him away from a rival and partly because she is attracted to him. He falls head over heels in love with her at once and wants to marry her. But witches, unfortunately, cannot fall in love, and this minute imperfection leads into a number of difficulties.
Ultimately, the lady breaks off with her companions in witchery, preferring the normal and human love offered her by the attractive publisher. But before the happy conclusion of the romance, Gillian comes very near to losing him. Think Bohemian Bewitched, set in the 50s in NYC.
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Roles:
GILLIAN HOLROYD: Smart, sexy, vey stylish, a bit mysterious has a familiar cat named Pyewacket
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SHEPHERD HENDERSON: new tenant up stairs in Gillian's apartment house. A Publisher, an everyday man with charm and sophistication yet innocent.
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MISS HOLROYD: Gillian ‘s Aunt, (Aunty Queenie) a bit eccentric, bohemian: chance for some wonderful actor to really chew up the scenery.
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NICKY HOLROYD: Gillians sibling, can’t quite get spells to work…makes a lot of mischief.
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SIDNEY REDLICH: Author of book on present day witches, likes a good stiff drink, likes to talk, rough around the edges
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PYEWACKET: Cat: open to a young child actor to play, or a puppet.
Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson, Apt 2B by Kate Hamill
directed by Caitlin McColl
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A contemporary twist on the classic sleuthing duo.
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An irreverent, darkly comic, modern take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous sleuth and sidekick. This fast-paced romp re-examines the world’s most famous detective story with a bold new feminist lens. In this highly theatrical, small-cast escapade, oddball female roommates Sherlock (yes, it’s also a girl’s name—wait, is it a girl’s name? Is it even a name?) Holmes & Joan Watson join forces to emerge from pandemic fog as a deeply codependent, quasi-dysfunctional Odd Couple adventure duo—solving mysteries and kicking butts, until they come face to face with a villain who seems to have all of the answers.
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SHERLOCK HOLMES: (30s-40s): female-identifying. A once-in-a-generation genius. Eccentric. Focused, to a fault. Can be less-than-sensitive. Always playing psychological 3-D chess; operating on a totally different level than civilians. Like many geniuses, has a megalomaniac streak. Gets bored easily; likes applause; sometimes accused of being unfeeling. LOVES costumes and drama.
DR. JOAN WATSON: (30s-40s): female-identifying. American. Formerly type-A high-achiever. Recently divorced; struggling to find herself, feels broken. Reflexively defensive. Once had great bedside manner. Sometimes accused of being a loser; is not a loser. Wry. Smart.
IRENE ADLER / MRS. HUDSON / MRS. DREBBER: (one actor for the three roles) female-identifying.
Irene Adler: a whip-smart, super-charming sex worker finding success at the highest levels. Always playing psychological 3-D chess; operating on a totally different level than civilians. Has incredible charm, confidence, and wit, and she knows it—uses it without mercy. You may want to be Irene, or you may want to be with Irene; but you can’t ignore her.
Mrs. Hudson: Holmes & Watson’s long-suffering landlady.
Mrs. Drebber: seemingly an ordinary housewife. Somebody you would be very wise not to underestimate.
MORIARTY / LESTRADE / ELLIOT MONK: (one actor for the three roles) male-identifying.
Moriarty: a criminal so great you’ve never heard of him. A master blackmailer; knows just when to play his cards. Always playing psychological 3-D chess; operating on a different level than civilians. Wears many masks. A professional. Amoral, but you’d like him.
Lestrade: an inspector new to his position at Scotland Yard. Not very imaginative. Often says the wrong thing.
Elliot Monk: an amoral tech billionaire from Texas.
Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon
directed by Amy Scheibe
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Paul and Corie Bratter are newlyweds in every sense of the word who learn very quickly how little they actually know each other. Then Mother arrives.
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Paul Bratter is a straight-as-an-arrow lawyer and Corie a free spirit always looking for the latest kick. Their new apartment is her most recent find – too expensive with bad plumbing and in need of a paint job. After a six-day honeymoon, they get a surprise visit from Corie’s loopy mother and decide to play matchmaker during a dinner with their neighbor-in-the-attic, Velasco, where everything that can go wrong does. Paul just doesn’t understand Corie, as she sees it. He’s too staid, too boring, and she just wants him to be a little more spontaneous. Running “barefoot in the park” would be a start…
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CORIE BRATTER – A free spirit woman coming of age in the glow of women's lib, finding herself through instinct and joy. (early 20s)
PAUL BRATTER – A newly-minted junior lawyer who takes himself and everything around him a bit too seriously. Attracted to Corie for all the qualities he doesn't have in himself, yet not completely at ease with her caution-to-the wind approach to life. (early 20s)
MRS. BANKS – Corie's mother, who at first glance is falling apart, but at second is also extremely well-heeled. This dichotomy is apparent in every scene and interaction. She's someone who has had to remake her world in the wake of being a single parent, and she's protective of her armor, until it's pierced by a friendly glass of Uzo. (40s/50s)
VICTOR VELASCO – The neighbor in the attic: bohemian, wild, unpredictable, but undeniable attractive in his own disheveled way. Like Corie, throws caution to the wind and lives life to the fullest. (40s/50s)
TELEPHONE REPAIR PERSON: Very small walk-on roll with a punch. Minimal rehearsal time required. Great cameo potential.
DELIVERY PERSON: Very small walk-on roll that could double with the Telephone Repair Person. Minimal rehearsal time required.
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