Auditions
The Public Theatre is a Professional Equity Theatre (SPT cat 8). The Public Theatre conducts auditions at the theatre as well as in New York City several times each season. The first round of local auditions for Equity and Non-Equity actors are generally held at the theatre over the summer and as needed throughout the year. TPT generally holds 3 rounds of auditions in NYC, the first one being held in mid August. We will be holding one day of an open EPA call at the theatre on August 2nd and another EPA day in NYC on August 13th, 2010 in NYC as our required call. All other auditions are by appointment only.
As we use an in-house casting director, we suggest sending us your picture and resume for our files. Prior to setting up our audition calls, we look through our files, submissions from breakdown services, the Equity hotline, and occasionally the trades. With the exception of the open EPA calls, auditions for the season are by appointment only with readings from the script(s) we are casting.
Our rehearsal schedule is generally 12-8pm Tues - Sun. The producers are open to non-traditional casting, minorities are encouraged to submit themselves for all projects.
We suggest sending your picture and resume, (or a note or postcard if you have previously auditioned for us), mentioning the role(s) you would like to be considered for to:
The Public Theatre
31 Maple Street
Lewiston, Maine 04240
DO NOT E-MAIL YOUR PICTURE AND RESUME UNLESS WE REQUEST IT.
2010-11 Season, Equity Contract Roles:
Indoor / Outdoor
Contract Dates: Sept 27 - Oct 24, 2010
We're looking for inherently comic actors.
Samantha - The cat. Preferably a petite actress, who is likable, charming, endearing, kind of quirky, and understands the essence of a cat.
Oscar (30's) He is a charming, sexy (yet slightly off-beat in the young John Travolta kind of way) alley cat with panache. He also plays several other comic character roles.
Matilda (30's-early 40's) She is a wacky wanna-be therapist who can talk to cats and speaks in comic psycho babble. She also plays multiple comic character roles.
Shuman (30's-early 40's) He is an insecure computer nerd who suffers from occasional stress induced crying jags. The relationship with his cat is the center of his not-so-interesting life.
The 3 Little Pigs
Contract Dates: Nov 8 - 20, 2010
Girl Pig 1 - Loves to Facebook, and twitter. Very cute and hip. Think a Legally Blonde pig.
Girl Pig 2 - Loves to shop for clothes. Very cute and hip. Think a Legally Blonde pig.
Girl Pig 3 - A studious, and responsible piglet. She builds her house out of brick and designs it herself.
The Wolf/Farmer Brown - He is a deliciously fun bad guy as the wolf, and also a warm and friendly father figure as the farmer.
Animals Out of Paper
Contract Dates: Jan 10 - February 7, 2011
Ilana - 40-45. She is a brilliant origami artist and once-vibrant woman who is currently depressed and in an artistic and personal rut. Emotionally guarded, her heart re-opens over the course of the play.
Suresh - 18. Indian, raised in the US. He is a teenage origami prodigy. He appears to be a rebellious hip-hopping bad-ass, but is really a lost boy with a difficult home life. His creativity is spontaneous and flows effortlessly out of him like rap music.
Andy - 35-50. He is an open-hearted, friendly, optimistic and kind man who sees in the best in people. He keeps a daily diary of “things he is grateful for” to help him focus on the positive in life, and is up to over 8,000 entries. He has a HUGE crush on Ilana, and is gushingly in love with her.
Humble Boy
Contract Dates: Feb 28 - March 27, 2011
All Characters have a British Dialect. Think Ayckbourn meets Stoppard.
Felix - mid 30's. Preferably a little pudgy. He is a highly intelligent, somewhat socially inept astrophysicist who seems like a “boy” who hasn’t quite grown up. Emotionally complex, (with a nervous stutter), he has an ironic sense of humor about himself and his family. Similar to Hamlet, he is struggling to come to terms with the death of his father. He is an off-beat leading man, ie. a British Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Flora 55 - 60 - She is Felix's beautiful, stylish, caustic, diva-like, narcissistic mother. She is a flower desperate to hold onto the last of her bloom. Similar to Amanda in Private Lives and Arcadina in The Seagull.
George 50's - 62 - He is Flora's fun-loving, amiable, somewhat bumbling suitor who often “tries too hard” and borders on irritating. A self-made man, he fancies himself more appealing than people actually find him.
Mercy - 48-55. She is a timid, mousey woman who often apologizes for her presence. She is secretly in love with George.
James 55-60. He is an intelligent and sometimes disconnected man with a gentle sense of humor. He has the sensitive soul of an artist and philosopher.
Rosie 30's. Down-to-earth, perceptive, loving and intelligent, she is a single mom still in love with the man who abandoned her.
Beau Jest
Contract Dates: April 18 - May 15, 2011
Sarah Goldman - 28-35. She is a sweet, friendly Jewish girl who is overly concerned with making her parents happy.
Bob - 30-35. He is a charismatic and charming actor who gets hired to pretend to be Sarah's successful Jewish boyfriend. He is quick witted and likable.
Miriam Goldman - 55-65. Jewish. She is Sarah's protective and controlling mother.
Abe Goldman - CAST. Auditioning performers will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary. 55-65. Jewish. He is Sarah's protective and controlling father.
Chris Cringle - Sarah's non-Jewish boyfriend. He is feeling threatened and a little insecure due to the fact that his girlfriend is hiring an actor to play a boyfriend that her parents will approve of.
Joel - 30-35. Jewish. Sarah's perceptive and cynical brother who has a hunch that something's up.
Theatre's Statement
“The producers are open to non-traditional casting. Minorities are encouraged to audition and to send pictures/resumes.”
