Marthas Vineyard Playhouse
Vineyard Haven, MA
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
AUDITION DATE
Monday, April 14, 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
AND
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
APPOINTMENTS
To schedule an audition appointment, please email: [email protected] .
CONTRACT
NEAT
$561 weekly minimum (Cat. 5) - paying $600
$22 per hour - Stage reading
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in Marthas Vineyard Playhouse's 2025 Season (See breakdown).
PREPARATION
Please prepare a short monologue (2 minutes) from a contemporary play. Actors who are unable to attend the in-person EPAs may e-mail resumes / video auditions to [email protected] .
LOCATION
Martha's Vineyard Playhouse
24 Church St
Vineyard Haven, MA 02568
PERSONNEL
Expected to attend:
MJ Bruder Munafo, Artistic Director
OTHER DATES
See breakdown for production specific dates.
OTHER
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Equity鈥檚 contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
Marthas Vineyard Playhouse 2025 Season
AMERICAN ARTIST - LOIS MAILOU JONES
A new play by Elaine Savory Jones
Directed by MJ Bruder Munafo
Commissioned by Martha鈥檚 Vineyard Playhouse
SYNOPSIS: To achieve her goal to become a significant American artist, Lois Mailou Jones had to battle racism, sexism, and the conditions of the art market at home. Her mother, her Haitian husband, and her French friend gave her a secure base where she could strategize successes, cope with defeats, and embrace the making of her unique work.
May 5-17
2-week NEAT staged reading contract - 25 hours weekly = $550 weekly minimum
3 public readings May 15, 16, 17
SEEKING:
Lo茂s Mailou Jones 鈥� Black, character ages 34-70. A gifted artist and educator; attractive, spirited, charming, and hard working. Intelligent, curious, decisive, and determined. Expected much from others.
Louis Vergniaud Pierre-No毛l aka 鈥淧ierre鈥� - Lo茂s鈥檚 husband. Black, character ages 40 - 60. Haitian, but speaks French, not Creole. Charming, gentlemanly, devoted to Lois.
C茅line Tabary 鈥� (THIS ROLE IS CAST) Lois鈥檚 friend, White, character ages 30 -60. French. Gifted, a painter, lively, hard working.
Caroline Jones - Lois鈥檚 mother, Black, 60s 鈥� 70s, determined, strong, charming when she wants to be.
CHILMARK
Written and Directed by Catherine Rush
SYNOPSIS: In nineteenth-century Chilmark, deafness was not a disability. Some people could hear, others could not. And everyone learned sign language as a matter of course. A compelling drama that premiered at MV Playhouse in 2018 about a remarkable community, based on historical events.
July 7 鈥� August 16
1st Rehearsal July 8
Performances from July 25 鈥� August 16
6-week contract, NEAT (Cat. 5) $600 weekly
NOTE: ALL CHARACTERS USE SIGN LANGUAGE (except Miss Hall)
SEEKING:
MR. EZRA LAMBERT 鈥� 40s (hearing) Signs fluently. Owns the Chilmark General. He fought as a young man in the civil war, is illiterate. His wife died early leaving him with a young daughter to raise alone.
MISS ANNE LAMBERT 鈥� 20s (deaf) Signs fluently. Graduated from American School for the Deaf two years ago. She is an independent, forthright young woman.
CAPTAIN NATHANIEL SMITH 鈥� 40s (deaf) Signs fluently. Is a former whaling captain who lost his job. He is a survivor of horrendous hardship on the seas and has moved back to the island and is known island-wide for his vivid storytelling.
MRS. ELIZABETH ATHEARN 鈥� 50s-60s (hearing) Signs fluently. Is the widow of a prominent Islander, sells eggs, makes dresses and has a huge, warm heart 鈥渆veryone鈥檚 mother鈥�, She has been a midwife, babysitter, and nanny to more than one generation in Chilmark.
MISS SARAH HALL 鈥� (THIS ROLE IS CAST) 30s-40s (hearing) Has some signing ability. An unmarried, strong-willed woman, she has made educating the deaf to speak her mission.
UNCLE CHRIS
A new play by Allison Snyder and Christopher Hemphill
Featuring the Journals and Letters of Christopher Hemphill
Directed by Michael Herwitz
SYNOPSIS: Sometime between 1982 and 2022, in a building between Lexington and Park, a brother and a sister find themselves living together once again. Adapted from the letters and diaries of ghost writer Christopher Hemphill, Allison Snyder tells her uncle鈥檚 story in this zany and tender comedy about a family desperate to stay together whilst also staying apart.
August 18 - 30
2-week NEAT staged reading contract / 25 hours weekly = $550
3 public readings August 28, 29, 30
SEEKING:
CHRIS: Mid 30s, Playful, articulate, and romantic.
EVELYN: Early 20s. Floundering, eager, and fiery.
KATHERINE: Mid-late 60s. Reserved and practical.
ROSS: Mid/Late 20s. Moody, shy, and passionate
NEAT $561 weekly minimum (Cat. 5) - paying $600; $22 per hour - Stage reading
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