Audition Notice: Confederation Theatre Society

Confederation Theatre Society Audition Notice
 
Confederation Theatre Society is holding Auditions for its Fall, 2019 Production of “Looking” by Norm Foster.

Looking is a comedy  which, ...”simply put, is about the pitfalls of being middle-aged, single and looking for love”
Director:  Ray Mordan
Producer: Alan LeBoeuf
 
Performance dates are at October 4^th to 12^th, 2019 the Pumphouse Theatre (Joyce Doolittle Theatre).
 
We are looking for 4 actors of any ethnicity: 2 males, aged 40-50 and 2 females, aged 40-50.
 
Characters:
Andy – Storage business owner
Matt –  Radio broadcaster
Val  –    O.R. nurse
Nina -   Policewoman
 
A 2-minute monologue will be useful. You may be asked to cold-read a monologue from the script as well.
  
Auditions will take place on July 2nd  and 3^rd, with call backs on July 4^th, 2019. All auditions will be held in the meeting room (downstairs) at the Dog and Duck Pub, 5340-2^nd St. S.W. at 7:00 pm.
 
For further information, please contact Alan LeBoeuf at alanl@athabascau.ca.
 
Confederation Theatre Society strives to reflect the diversity of our society in our productions and play development activities. We encourage performers of all  backgrounds and identities to audition.

Audition Notice: Harry Potter And The Cursed Child (Theatre)

CASTING NOTICE:  Harry Potter And The Cursed Child (Theatre)

Dayton/Walters Casting in Toronto are reaching out across Canada to cast for a new project we are working on - the Toronto production of the Tony Award Winning Best Play, Harry Potter And The Cursed Child (to be produced by Mirvish Productions and mounted at The Ed Mirvish Theatre in downtown Toronto in 2020).

This play two-part stage play written by Jack Thorne based on an original story by Thorne, J.K. Rowling and John Tiffany begins nineteen years after the events of ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows’ and follows Harry and his younger son, Albus who is about to attend Hogwarts. As such, our casting needs require young actors who can pass as students at Hogwarts. Traditionally, in productions around the world, these roles have been cast with recent grads from acting schools/programs, and in some cases, with gifted actors who have finished high school before they begin a post secondary program.

We are particularly seeking actors for the following roles:

Albus Potter: Male, 18+ to play 14/15. Must be 5 feet 7 inches or shorter. Son of Harry and Ginny. Student at Hogwarts. 

Scorpius Malfoy: Male, 18+ to play 14/15. Must be 5 feet 7 inches or shorter. Son of Draco. Student at Hogwarts. 

 

Rose Granger-Weasley / And Others: African Canadian Female, 18+ to play 14/15. Must be 5 feet 7 inches or shorter. 

Daughter of Ron and Hermione. Student at Hogwarts. 

Rehearsals will not commence until July 2020, so we are in a unique position of considering students who have recently graduated as well as students who are about to start their final year of study, but who will have graduated by the time our show goes into rehearsal in July 2020 - what a great show to book just weeks out of theatre school!

While actors will be contracted under the jurisdiction of Canadian Actors’ Equity, we are still very interested in meeting young actors regardless of their union status. 

Our casting process has already begun but we hope to reach as many potential candidates over the next month as we can.

More information can be found at: daytonwalters.com (Harry Potter And The Cursed Child page). Conversely, young actors can send us a current photo/resume - with a note indicating their height if not referenced on the resume asap to this address: HPotterTO@gmail.com

Thanks in advance for any assistance you might be able to provide.

Sincerely,

Renée Strasfeld

Outreach Co-Ordinator, Dayton/Walters Casting

daytonwalters.com

HPotterTO@gmail.com

Audition Notice: Simply Theatre

AUDITION NOTICE: Glengarry Glen Ross, Simply Theatre

Simply Theatre is thrilled to invite you to audition for their 1st show of the 2019/2020 Season, David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross.

Cast Requirements are 7 men in their early 40s to late 50s: Sign Up Genius link - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d45abaa22a0fe3-sign2

Shelly Levene - A washed-up real estate salesman in his fifties. Shelly "The Machine" Levene was successful years ago, but recently has hit a streak of "bad luck" and finds himself in danger of getting fired. He desperately wants to save his career, and this desperation is usually grotesquely apparent.

Ricky Roma - A big-shot real estate salesman in his early forties. Roma is the top name on the board at his office, which means he is currently the most successful salesman. It is easy to see why he does better than the other men: he is smart, charming, and incredibly quick-witted. Rather than trying to force customers to submit to his sales tactics, as the others do, he lures people into thinking they want what he is selling.

Dave Moss - An angry real estate salesman in his fifties. Moss harbors a great deal of resentment toward the company. He is not a subtle man, and tends to lash out angrily when under pressure. His sheer aggression makes him a more successful salesman than Aaronow or Levene, but he has none of Roma's verbal agility.

George Aaronow - A timid real estate salesman in his fifties. Aaronow is extremely meek and mild- mannered. In conversation, faster talkers like Moss and Roma easily overpower him. His dullness is evident in his conversational tendency to merely repeat what other people are saying to him. Like Levene, Aaronow is not on the board and is in immediate danger of getting fired.

John Williamson - The manager of the real estate office, who is in his early forties. Williamson's job is to oversee the operations of the office and to assign the salesmen their leads. The salesmen dislike him because of his status as "company man"—he merely follows orders from Mitch and Murray, and the salesmen do not think he really understands the business.

James Lingk - A quiet, timid man in his early forties. We know that Lingk fears his wife, but we do not know what he does for a living or virtually anything else about his personal life. Lingk tells Roma that within his marriage he does not have the power to negotiate business deals.

Baylen - A police detective in his early forties. We learn extremely little about Baylen's personality but his presence increases the tension in Act Two.

Audition Notice: Workshop Theatre

AUDITION NOTICE!!

We would like to announce auditions for our first production of our 50th anniversary season, Witness for the Prosecution!!

Auditions are being held on Saturday June 15th, 2019. Women will be at 10am, and Men at 2pm. Please bring a head-shot and updated resume (if available). Full charatcer details and information are on our website!

If you would like to attend, please visit our website, www.workshoptheatre.ca, and confirm to our email.

FUN FACT: Witness for the Prosecution was the FIRST show Workshop performed, and at that time it was also directed by Louis B. Hobson in October 1971!

Hope to see other familiar and new faces there!!




Regards,

Amanda Jane
Workshop Theatre Administrator
www.workshoptheatre.ca
P: 403-253-2002

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Audition Notice: Lend Me A Tenor

AUDITIONS FOR LEND ME A TENOR - Jun 18, 19, & 20!!
By Ken Ludwig
Directed by Sean Anderson
At the Pumphouse Theatre Sept 27 - Oct 5, 2019

For more information (including character descriptions), or to book an audition, visit www.morpheustheatre.ca, call 403-246-2999 or e-mail audition@morpheustheatre.ca.

It's September 8, 1934 – the biggest night in the history of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company. The world-famous Tenor, Tito Merelli, known as Il Stupendo, is set to appear for one night only as the star of the opera, at the ten-year anniversary gala season opener. Tito arrives late, and through a hilarious series of mishaps, he is given a double dose of tranquilizers and passes out. Tito is believed to be dead and everyone is in a panic. In a frantic attempt to save the evening and fool the audience, Tito is replaced by Max, an assistant with little stage training. But when the real Tenor suddenly awakens and gets into costume, the chaos of mistaken identities, mixed signals and misunderstandings has everyone scrambling! A sensation on Broadway and in London's West End, this madcap, zany farce is guaranteed to leave audiences teary-eyed with laughter.

Open auditions for all roles will take place:
Tuesday June 18th (7:00 to 9:00pm)
Wednesday June 19th (7:00 to 9:00pm)
Thursday June 20th (7:00 to 9:00pm)

At the Morpheus Rehearsal Centre

3512 5 Avenue NW (lower level of the Parkdale Community Centre)

Tentative Callbacks, if required, will take place on Monday June 24th from 7:00 to 10:00pm.

Audition Requirements:
*A prepared monologue to highlight your abilities (no more than two minutes in length).
*If auditioning for Max, Tito or the Bellhop please prepare 32 bars of a song – either classical or musical theatre
*A cold read may be requested
*Please bring your resume and headshot to the audition

Not a traditional actor? That is okay, get in touch with us and we will find a way for you to showcase what you have to offer.

Rehearsals will take place from July 23rd through September 26th. Rehearsals will be Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Morpheus Theatre requires that auditioners come prepared to commit to the rehearsal and performance schedule.

Audition Notice: Red River (Union Feature)

RED RIVER – FEATURE FILM – ACTRA

Shooting in Calgary/South of Calgary: July 29 – Aug 23 (Tentative)

FOR SUBMISSIONS: opencall@jessegriffithscasting.com  with the SUBJECT LINE - RED RIVER - NAME - ROLE

SYNOPSIS

A recently widowed western rancher takes in a Syrian refugee family in the small conservative town of Red River.  

In the small rural community of Red River, Mac Bagley (a recently widowed conservative rancher in his sixties) opens up his home to a Syrian refugee family (Amena, her daughter, Aischa and her adult gay brother).  Withstanding some initial racist opposition in the town, the Syrian family struggles to find new footing in a new land. Mac finds himself in similar circumstances as his new house-members: the need to find new hope after the loss of his wife, and seeking a renewed faith in life. While awaiting news of her missing husband, Amena (a chocolate maker from Aleppo) introduces Mac to their Muslim culture. She proposes to open a chocolate shop to help them both financially.  With no work himself, Mac reluctantly agrees to the idea. Amena’s chocolates hold a powerful elixir that may just start a new future for her and family in Red River.

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:

[MAC BAGLEY] In his 60s, a true cowboy, first seen in hat, boots, and old Levis, Mac owns a horse ranch in the Red River section of Calgary; he dotes on his wife and daughter, and knows that immigration patterns are changing the world he grew up with and has known and loved.  After his wife dies, Mac pulls back hard into himself; he's ready to become a terse and reclusive widower who cusses out every change in society.  After his daughter Loretta "adopts" a Syrian family of three and houses them in Mac's home, he's not happy -- but he's got a moral compass that virtually orders him to do the right thing.  He gradually warms to Amena and her daughter and brother, and sees his bigoted "diner buddies" as the scowling, xenophobic trash they are.  Forced to take a hard look at his own preconceptions, Mac digs deep inside himself, finds the "cowboy pride" that was always there, and adjusts to a new way of life...LEAD  (3)

[AMENA] In her late 30s, Syrian, smart but almost broken by life, Amena lives in a refugee camp with her daughter and her younger brother.  Her husband Qasim is missing, a probable victim of the ongoing war.  Amena is a former journalist, and her English is excellent, but after she emigrates to Canada with her daughter and brother, she is unemployable; no newspaper in Calgary needs a Syrian staff writer.  After Loretta offers her a home on her father's ranch, Amena has to adjust to life with Mac, a terse, withdrawn, grieving old horse rancher who shows little interest in Syrian culture.  Gradually, tendrils of affection and bonding grow between the grieving spirits of Amena and Mac, and she comes up with a plan for living that involves using her family's surviving chocolate recipes to start a candy business, out of Mac's kitchen and barn...LEAD  (1) SPEAKS ARABIC

[AISCHA] 8 to 10 years old, Syrian, she is the daughter of Amena and the missing Qasim.  She emigrates from a Syrian refugee camp to Calgary,  along with her mother and her uncle.  Aischa is fascinated with magic, but it's trauma-related -- she hopes that if she learns how to make cards and coins disappear, maybe she can find a way to make her lost father reappear.  A sweet-hearted little girl who has already seen far too much of life, Aischa comes to love the horses on Mac's ranch...LEAD  (1)

[JORAN] In his early 30s, Syrian, Amena's adult brother, he emigrates from Syria to Canada, along with Amena  and Aischa.  Joran is gay; even Mac's weak gaydar spots him as a homosexual.  Although Joran is able to split off from his family and seek love in the gay part of Calgary, his romantic options grow limited when he moves with Amena to Mac's ranch.  After getting profiled and hassled and arrested (for  nothing) by a local police officer, Joran has had just about enough of rural Red River...LEAD  (1) SPEAKS ARABIC

[SETH] He is another of the guys in the diner, a crankily provincial racist who doesn't like the idea of Syrians moving in to his homeland.  He is also Loretta's ex-husband, and he's gotten much worse since the divorce.  An unemployable real estate salesman, Seth has allowed bitterness and xenophobia to corrode his charm, and his deterioration into malicious hatred becomes obvious to both Loretta and Mac...SUPPORTING LEAD  (9)

[BELLE BAGLEY] In her early 60s, Mac's wife and Loretta's mother, she wears a head scarf to disguise the effects of chemotherapy.  In fact, she is dying of cancer, and isn't ready to take a last long RV trip with Mac -- she doesn't have the energy left in her system.  Belle commits suicide by drowning while Mac and Loretta are both away, but afterwards she appears regularly to Mac -- not so much a ghost as a figment of his lonely imagination...SUPPORTING LEAD  (2)

[BARRY] He is another of the guys in the diner, a crankily provincial racist who doesn't like the idea of Syrians moving in to his homeland...1 speech & 6 lines, 2 scenes  (9)

[BYRON] One of Mac's friends from the cafe, Byron talks to the sergeant at the police station, and gets both Mac and Joran released from jail.  Considerably more polite and courteous that most of Mac's other friends, he shakes hands with Joran, and gives them both a ride home...6 lines, 3 scenes  (86)

[CHARLIE] He is another of the guys in the diner, a crankily provincial racist who doesn't like the idea of Syrians moving in to his homeland...5 lines, 2 scenes  (9)

[QASIM] Amena's husband and Aischa's father, he is separated from his family; he went missing during the vicious Civil War in Syria and has not resurfaced.  He appears to Amena in dreams and in her memories, and after his death, he pays Aischa a spectral farewell visit...1 speech & 3 lines, 4 scenes  (15)

[MERLIN] A larger-than-life character, theatrical, dripping with eccentricity, he runs a local Magic Shoppe, and sports a heavy mock-British Vincent Price accent -- to go along with his red velour suit and his "histrionic thespian" manner.  He is delighted to charm Aischa, whom he instantly recognizes as a possible new customer -- but he stiffens up a bit when he realizes her interest in prestidigitation stems from the loss of her father...5 speeches & 8 lines, 1 scene  (76)

[AGENCY WORKER] A worker with the Syrian Refugee Settlement Agency, he/she talks with Amena and her family, and discusses their options for schooling and housing and employment in Canada.  He/She is helpful and informative -- but maybe just a bit condescending, especially when talking about Amena's mastery of English...4 speeches & 9 lines, 1 scene  (5)

[FOOD BANK MAN] A man with the refugee agency and food bank, he talks angrily with Loretta about the rampant Islamophobia in Western society, and cools down enough to discuss the plight of the Syrian refugees in Canada -- a discussion that drives Loretta to adopt Amena and her family...5 speeches & 4 lines, 1 scene  (11)

[COUNSELLOR] A counsellor at a Syrian refugee camp, he/she tells Amena that there is no news about her husband -- she will have to leave the country and move to Canada without him...1 speech & 3 lines, 1 scene  (1) SPEAKS SYRIAN

[CHUCK] He is another of the guys in the diner, a crankily provincial racist who doesn't like the idea of Syrians moving in to his homeland...1 speech & 3 lines, 1 scene  (9) 

[JEREMY] He is one of the bored, uninterested students in Loretta's class, and he's not all that interested in reading aloud...1 line, 1 scene  (20)

[WAITRESS] A waitress at the Red River Cafe, she is baffled when Amena asks her if they have halal...4 lines, 1 scene  (43)

[BARTENDER] A bartender at the Red River Tavern, he's not happy when Joran (who doesn't drink) orders a Coke without ice...5 lines, 1 scene  (56)

[MANAGER] A young female bank manager, about 24 years old, she has a meeting with Mac to discuss the fact that he hasn't made his mortgage payments for a couple months, but she's not particularly helpful (just threatening) and she doesn't do a very good job of hiding her disdain for him...1 speech & 6 lines, 1 scene  (63)

[WOMAN 1] One of a trio of Syrian women who all cook at the communal kitchen, she chats and lightly flirts with Mac, who is slow to learn the art of cooking traditional Syrian dishes...3 lines, 1 scene  (71)

[WOMAN 2] One of a trio of Syrian women who all cook at the communal kitchen, she chats and lightly flirts with Mac, who is slow to learn the art of cooking traditional Syrian dishes...1 line, 1 scene  (71)

[WOMAN 3] One of a trio of Syrian women who all cook at the communal kitchen, she chats and lightly flirts with Mac, who is slow to learn the art of cooking traditional Syrian dishes...2 speeches & 2 lines, 1 scene  (71)

[OFFICER] This grimly suspicious local police officer profiles (and aggressively questions) Joran when he's just headed home after a walk, and winds up arresting Mac as well when he attempts to verbally defend Joran...10 lines, 1 scene  (82)