半岛体育

Shadowland Artists Inc.
Ellenville, NY

DESCRIPTION

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Saturday, May 3, 2025

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)

BREAK: 1:00PM - 2:00PM

Doors open at 9:30 AM

APPOINTMENTS

No appointments necessary. First come, first served. Doors open at 9:30 am.

CONTRACT

SPT

$482 weekly minimum (SPT 3)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Shadowland Stages 2025 Season (see breakdown).

PREPARATION

For dramatic auditions, please prepare a brief monologue. For musical auditions, please prepare a brief song. An accompanist will be provided. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Shadowland Theatre

157 Canal St

Ellenville, NY 12428-1503

PERSONNEL

See breakdown for production-specific personnel

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:

Brendan Burke, Artistic Director

Brittany Proia, director of WAITRESS

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production-specific dates.

OTHER

www.shadowlandstages.org

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

SHADOWLAND STAGES 2025 SEASON

I鈥橫 NOT RAPPAPORT

by Herb Gardner. Director: Neil Pepe.

1st rehearsal May 6, 2025; Runs May 30 鈥� June 29, 2025

THIS SHOW IS CAST. SEEKING REPLACEMENTS IF NEEDED.

NAT: CAST Male; 80s, a cantankerous Communist storyteller, afraid his daughter Clara will force him into a home or declare him incompetent.

MIDGE: CAST Male; 81, near blind superintendent of a Central Park West apartment building for the past 42 years. Has avoided getting fired by being a 鈥榳ise old invisible man鈥�. Easily annoyed by Nat鈥檚 stories and machinations.

CLARA: CAST Female; 40s, Nat鈥檚 daughter. Has moved on from her activist upbringing to a suburban family life. Is worried about her father鈥檚 well-being and wants to move him to a safer situation.

DANFORTH: CAST Male; 40s. Head of the Tenant鈥檚 Committee in Midge鈥檚 building (which is about to go co-op) and is seeking to fire Midge.

THE COWBOY: CAST Male; 30s, a drug dealer from Jersey, who lives as a 鈥榗owboy鈥�, complete with costume and accent.

GILLEY: CAST Male; late teens, a Irish hoodlum who shakes down Midge for $3 a day in exchange for offering him 鈥榩rotection鈥�.

LAURIE: CAST Female; 20s, a pretty and innocent art student in debt to The Cowboy.

KING JAMES

by Rajiv Joseph. Director: Jammie Patton.

1st rehearsal: June 17, 2025. Runs July 5-20, 2025.

MATT: Male; Ages 21, 27, 31, 33. Emotional and talkative, and bit of a mess, Matt鈥檚 ambition grows throughout the play. He bonds with Shawn over their impassioned fandom for the Cleveland Cavaliers. White.

SHAWN: Male; Ages 21, 27, 31, 33. A writer with a quiet ambition and confidence. Smart and considered. He bonds with Matt over their shared impassioned fandom for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Black.

WAITRESS

Book by Jessie Nelson. Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles.

Director: Brittany Proia.

1st rehearsal: July 8, 2025. Runs July 25 鈥� August 24, 2025.

JENNA: Female; 20s-30s. An unhappily married small town waitress. An expert pie maker, she鈥檇 love to get away and start fresh. Vocal range top: F5; bottom: F#3. Any ethnicity.

BECKY: Female; 40s-50s. The oldest of the waitresses, weathered it all with a fantastic and sometimes irreverent sense of humor. Vocal range top: E5; bottom: Eb3. Any ethnicity.

DAWN: Female; 20s. The youngest waitress, slightly awkward and shy. A sweet and optimistic nature. Vocal range top: E5; bottom: G3. Any ethnicity.

DR. POMATTER: Male; 30s-40s. Handsome, with a warm, if clumsy, manner. Jenna鈥檚 gynecologist with whom an unexpected extramarital affair is born. Has a quirky sense of humor and a big heart, despite the fact that he鈥檚 contributing to the affair. Vocal range top: Bb4; bottom: Bb2. Any ethnicity.

EARL: Male; 20s-30s, Jenna鈥檚 destructive husband. Handsome in an ex-jock way, he peaked in high school, and has evolved into a beer-drinking mess, with fits of anger and depression. Guitar playing a plus. Vocal range top: G4; bottom: Eb3.

CAL: Male; 30s-40s. The diner鈥檚 chef. Somehow endearing despite his impatience and brash, irreverent manner. Vocal range top: F4; bottom: D3.

OGIE: Male; 30s, Lovable, and a bit odd and quirky, he becomes enthralled with Dawn. Should have excellent comedic timing and must have an excellent pop/rock tenor voice. Vocal range top: F4; bottom: C3. Any ethnicity.

JOE: Male; 60s-70s, The owner of the diner where Jenna, Dawn, Becky, and Cal work. Seems like an old curmudgeon but has a soft spot for Jenna (and her pie). Vocal range top: G#4; bottom: B2. Any ethnicity.

NURSE/FRANCINE/MINISTER: Female; 20s-40s. Very funny with a small town charm. Pop-Rock Voice. Vocal range top: E5; bottom: G3. Any ethnicity.

LULU: Young girl to play 4鈥�5-year-old. Daughter of Jenna.

DARKER THE SKY, BRIGHTER THE STARS

by John Cariani. Director: John Cariani.

1st rehearsal: August 12, 2025. Runs August 29 鈥� September 14, 2025.

ENSEMBLE: Two identifying as female, two identifying as male, all in their 20s to portray multiple roles (ages 16-late 20s). The play (the sequel to ALMOST MAINE) is a series of short plays, about the inhabitants of a rural town in northern Maine who are still searching for who they are.

BECOMING DR. RUTH

by Mark St. Germain. Director: Stephen Nachamie.

1st rehearsal: September 2, 2025. Runs September 19 鈥� October 5, 2025.

DR. RUTH WESTHEIMER: The famous sex therapist at age 69.

PROOF

by David Auburn. Director: Brendan Burke.

1st rehearsal: September 23, 2025. Runs October 10 鈥� 26, 2025.

ROBERT: Male; 70s, Catherine and Claire鈥檚 father, a retired mathematics professor. In his later years, his genius has bowed to madness. Any ethnicity.

CATHERINE: Female; 25, Any ethnicity. Robert鈥檚 daughter, she鈥檚 spent the last few years taking care of him. Independent and smart, she鈥檚 worried that, in addition to her father鈥檚 genius, she may have also inherited his mental illness. Any ethnicity.

HAL: Male; 28, A protege of Robert鈥檚, and a PhD. candidate in mathematics. Plays in a band. On the nerdy side of cool, he鈥檚 ambitious, but trying to do the right thing. Any ethnicity.

CLAIRE: Female; 29. Claire鈥檚 sister who鈥檚 returned home to Chicago for Robert鈥檚 funeral, and to woo Catherine to join her in NYC because she鈥檚 worried Catherine may have inherited their father鈥檚 mental illness. Any ethnicity.

SALARY

SPT $482 weekly minimum (SPT 3)

UNION

AEA