Open Call Equity Principal Auditions, Round 2

MetroStage 2010-11 Season
SPT 6 (pending approval); $357/week minimum

Tuesday, June 1, 2010
11am - 7pm
Lunch: 1-2pm

Call 703-548-9044 or email info@metrostage.org for appointment.
Equity members and EMC's without appointments will be seen throughout the day, as time permits.

Please prepare a 2 minute monologue and 16 bars of contemporary American song or Broadway song.

Bring sheet music; accompanist provided.

Actors should be prepared to move if asked.
Please bring a picture & resume, stapled together.

Metro Stage
1201 N. Royal St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
(directions at www.metrostage.org, free parking lot)

Glimpses of the Moon,

A Jazz Age Musical based on a novel by Edith Wharton
Book & Lyrics by Tajlei Levis
Music by John Mercurio
Producing Artistic Director: Carolyn Griffin
Director/ Choreographer: David Marquez

DATES (may change)
First rehearsal: August 23, 2010
First preview: September 23, 2010
Closing: October 24, 2010

SEEKING:

Ellie Vanderlyn:
(late 40s) Self-absorbed wealthy society matron. She is attractive, ambitious, generous when it suits her purposes, used to getting whatever she likes.

Nelson Vanderlyn:
(50-60) Successful banker, he has endured 20 years of marriage to Ellie. And somehow, despite her mistreatment, remains steadfastly in love with her.

Susy Branch:
(20s) Susy is bright, pretty and practical. Effortlessly elegant, graceful, charming, witty, fun. She has a natural intelligence and enthusiasm. Though born into society, her father’s gambling habit and untimely death, left her dependent on her wealthy friends.
Dance experience a plus.

Winthrop “Streffy” Strefford:
(40-50) Fourth in line to inherit a title and large fortune in England. In the meantime, he is a career freeloader. Though gossipy and a bit mean, he is fun to have around and can be a good friend.

Nick Lansing:
(25-30s) A scholar of classical archeology who dreams of writing historical novels, Nick is romantic and passionate, well-traveled, curious. He appreciates beauty and the finer
things, but has an old fashioned moral strength.

Dance experience a plus.

Coral Hicks / Ursula Gillow / Maid:
Role is CAST. Actors auditioning will be considered for understudies and/or replacements if needed. One actor to play the following: Coral: (20s) Frowsy over-educated heiress. Her parents own a Midwestern department store chain. She is serious, overly intellectual but socially inept and awkward. She knows everything in books and nothing about human interaction. Ursula: (late 40s) A vain society matron. Maid.

The Cabaret Singer:
This is a guest starring part with a one-song walk-on and a few lines, requiring minimal preparation. Ideally, each performance would boast a different ‘name’ performer in this role. The Cabaret Singer will be played by a series of singers throughout the run.