Baltimore Center Stage 2024-25 Season - Baltimore, MD EPA Center Stage Associates | Baltimore, MD
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
AUDITION DATE
Monday, June 24, 2024
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
BREAK: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep
$1100 weekly minimum (LORT B)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in Baltimore Center Stage's 2024-25 season (see breakdown).
Some roles will be understudied.
Baltimore Center Stage is committed to actively dismantling systems of oppression and racism in every aspect of our organization and practice, including casting. To us, EPAs are our chance to meet the broadest spectrum of the theater community and we encourage all people to submit.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a 2-minute monologue. Please bring a headshot and resume stapled together.
LOCATION
Pearl Studios (500)
500 8th Ave
New York, NY 10018-6504
holding room - 306; audition room - 310
PERSONNEL
See breakdown for production-specific personnel.
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Artistic Director: Stevie Walker-Webb Producer: Charlique C. Rolle
Associate Line Producer: Bridgette C. Burton
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’s 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
BALTIMORE CENTER STAGE 2024-2025 SEASON
SEEKING:
OH HAPPY DAY
Written by Jordan E. Cooper
Original Music by Donald Lawrence
Directed by Stevie Walker-Webb
First Rehearsal: August 20, 2024
Previews Begin: September 19, 2024
Opening: September 27, 2024
Closing: October 9, 2022
ALL ROLES IN THIS PRODUCTION HAVE BEEN CAST.
SEEKING:
KEYSHAWN - CAST Black man. Late 20s. A beautiful, fun, yet bruised spirit.
LEWIS - CAST Black man. Early 50s. Strong father to Trina and Keyshawn, Grandfather of Kevin. Strict but witty and full of love. His eyes have seen the worst of this world.
TRINA - CAST Black woman. Early 30s. Strong single mother. Hard exterior with an interior full of light that can’t help but shine through. The unfiltered Daughter of Lewis.
KEVIN - CAST Black boy. 12. His childhood is the answer to someone else’s prayer. He’s quiet but often makes his presence known. A lump of clay beginning to be formed.
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
In Association with Arkansas Repertory Theatre
Written by Kate Hamill Adapted from the novel by Jane Austen
Directed by Ken-Matt Martin
Arkansas Rep:
First Rehearsal: May 28, 2024
Tech Begins: June 12, 2024
Previews Begin: June 18, 2024
Opening: June 21, 2024
Closing: June 30, 2024
Baltimore Center Stage:
Rehearsal: October 8, 2024
Tech Begins: October 12, 2024
Previews Begin: October 17, 2024
Opening: October 19, 2024
Closing: November 10, 2024
ALL ROLES IN THIS PRODUCTION HAVE BEEN CAST.
SEEKING:
ACTOR 1 / MR. DARCY. CAST Late 30s-40s. One of the richest men in England. Too proper for his own good; awkward in most social contexts. Prides himself on self-control and good judgment.
ACTOR 2 / LIZZY. CAST A year or two younger than Jane. Clever, spirited; can be sharp-tongued. Gets flustered, which makes her klutzy. Prides her¬self on good judgment. Not especially beautiful. Very very scared of marriage, after absorbing the lessons of her parents' marriage.
ACTOR 3 / JANE/MISS DE BOURGH - CAST
JANE. Late 20s-early 30s. The eldest and most beautiful Bennet daughter. Kind, idealistic, diffident Always tries to do the right thing.
MISS DE BOURGH. Lady Catherine's daughter; a gremlin. Probably allergic to sun. Underneath all her veils, she may be covered in scales.
ACTOR 4 / MARY/MISS BINGLEY - CAST
MARY. The third Bennet girl. Violent and dark undertones; prone to pedanticism and sulking. A dark goth Bronte character trapped in an Austen world. Coughs to get attention, or to make a point; may fancy that she is dying.
MISS BINGLEY. A very rich, very beautiful young woman. Fancies herself witty.
ACTOR 5 / LYDIA/LADY CATHERINE - CAST
LYDIA. 14. The youngest BenneL Lively, prone to imitating others' behavior and eavesdropping. LADY CATHERINE. Patrician Caesar-meets-drill sergeant.
ACTOR 6 / MR. BINGLEY/MR. COLLINS/WICKHAM - CAST
MR. BINGLEY. Late 30s-40s. Loves the world and the world loves him. Mr. Darcy's particular friend. Almost literally a dog.
MR. COLLINS. A pedantic, obtuse man. The original mansplainer. Rector to Lady Catherine. WICKHAM. An unfairly handsome and charming gentleman. Probably a sociopath. Raised with Darcy.
ACTOR 7 / MRS. BENNET. CAST The matriarch of the Bennet family. Mostly a silly woman, of mean understanding and variable temper. Hypochon¬driac; when she's upset, she fancies that she's dying. The business of her life is to get her daughters married. She traumatizes her family with some regularity.
ACTOR 8 / MR. BENNET/CHARLOTTE LUCAS - CAST
MR. BENNET. The patriarch of the Bennet family. Finds amuse¬ment in absurdity; often looks for Baltimore Center Stage 2024-25 Season - Baltimore, MD EPA Page 3 of 7
respectable escape from the chaos of his family life. Can be somewhat apathetic; probably a bit depressed, under everything. Enjoys antagonizing. Disappointed in marriage.
CHARLOTTE LUCAS. Same age as Lizzy. A practical girl with a good sense of humor. May be doubled with Mr. Bennet.
EVERYTHING THAT NEVER HAPPENED (EAST COAST PREMIERE)
Written by Sarah Mantell
Directed by Jessica Kubzansky
First Rehearsal: January 21, 2025
Spacing Rehearsal: February 7, 2025
Tech Begins: February 8, 2025
Previews Begin: February 13, 2025
Opening: February 21, 2025
Closing: March 9, 2025
SEEKING:
JESSICA, female, young
LORENZO, male, young
SHYLOCK, male, older (But only by 1596 standards. Probably 40s.)
GOBBO, female-appearing, younger
AKEELAH AND THE BEE
Written by Cheryl L. West Based on the original screenplay by Doug Atchison
Directed by Jerrica D. White
First Rehearsal: February 25, 2025
Tech Begins: March 15, 2025
Previews Begins: March 20, 2025
Opening: March 28, 2025
Closing: April 13, 2025
SEEKING:
AKEELAH ANDERSON 11. black
GAIL ANDERSON 35 black (Akeelah’s Mother)
REGGIE ANDERSON 17 black (Akeelah’s Brother)
DR. JOSHUA LARABEE 50’ish, black (Akeelah’s spelling bee coach/teacher)
GEORGIA,11 black, (Akeelah’s best friend)
BATTY RUTH, 70’ish, black (1st floor Neighbor, Doubles as State pronouncer)
DRUNK WILLIE, 70’ish, black (building Super, doubles as Principal Welch)
JT, 21,black, (neighbor, Doubles as DJ Rule, district judge, National TV announcer) DYLAN CHIU, 12,Asian
JAVIER MENDEZ,12,Latino, (Doubles as Chucky)
TRISH, 12, white (Doubles as Mohawk Girl, Horse Girl, Bee Clerk)
IZZY, 11, Asian, (Doubles as Crying girl, Snorting Girl, Photographer)
RATCHET RHONDA, 14 (Doubles as DJ Fay (Fay Foxy, JT’s customer, district pronouncer) MR. CHIU (Doubles as State Bee Judge, national Pronouncer)
JOHN WILKES BOOTH: ONE NIGHT ONLY! (WORLD PREMIERE)
Written by Matthew Weiner
Directed by Stevie Walker-Webb
First Rehearsal: April 15, 2025
Tech Begins: May 8, 2025
Previews Begin: May 15, 2025
Opening: May 23, 2025
Closing: June 15, 2025
SEEKING:
John Wilkes Booth (JWB), CAST 26. Actor, assassin.
The Prompter, 23. A prompter and amateur actor.
David Herold, 23.
Richard Booth, 27.
Boy, 14. Actor.
Young John Wilkes Booth, 12.
John Surratt, 20.
Stagehand.
Gypsy, 40s. Actress.
Adelaide Delannoy Booth, 50. (Belgian accent).
Confederate agent.
Samuel Arnold, 30.
Harry Ford, 21.
Lewis Powell aka Payne, 21.
Asia Booth Clarke, 29. John Wilkes’ older sister.
Mary Anne Holmes Booth, 44. (British Accent).
Michael O’Laughlen, 24.
Conspirator.
Edwin Booth, 31. Actor, John Wilkes’ older brother.
Junius Brutus Booth, 50. (British accent).
Eustace Beauregard III. (Southern Accent).
George Atzerodt, 29. (German Accent).
John Garrett, 24.
The Voices:
Detective Baker, 35.
Lieutenant Doherty, 26.
Detective Conger, 31.
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