NCT Auditions

Equity Auditions for NCT's 2008 season will be held on Friday and Saturday, March 14 and 15 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts on Green Street in Northampton. Please prepare a brief contemporary monologue and bring your Equity card, a headshot, and a resume to the audition. For an appointment, please email info@newcenturytheatre.org. . Email is the Theatre's preferred method for scheduling an appointment. Performers may also call 413-587-3933 to request a time.

Non-Equity auditions will take place on Sunday, March 16 from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

General Audition Note: Walk-in auditions will be accepted on a first come, first served basis as time allows. AEA actors will be given first preference.

2008 SEASON TITLES
(subject to change pending rights confirmation)

THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES by John Guare
June 19-28

ARTIE SHAUGHNESSY - (45-50)
RONNIE SHAUGHNESSY - (18-20)
BUNNY FLINGUS (LATE 30s-EARLY 40s)
BANANAS SHAUGHNESSY (MID 40s)
CORINNA STROLLER (EARLY 20s)
BILLY EINHORN (MID 40s)
THREE NUNS
A POLICEMAN
THE WHITE MAN

WELL by Lisa Kron
July 3-12

LISA KRON - New York Performance artist writing a play NOT about herself ANN KRON - (LATE 60S-EARLY 70s) Midwestern housewife, lethargic and in pain, yet surprisingly vibrant. Warm and funny.

ENSEMBLE -
A - (White woman, 30s-40s) Plays Joy, Dottie and herself
B - (Black woman, 30s-40s) Plays Lori Jones, Kay, Mrs. Price, Cynthia and herself.
C - (Black man, 20s-50s) Plays Jim Richardson, Nurse 2, Little Oscar, Big Oscar and himself.
D - (White man, 20s-50s) Plays Howard Norris, Head Nurse, and himself

RABBIT HOLE by David Lindsay-Abaire
July 17-26

BECCA - (LATE 30s/EARLY 40s)
IZZY - (EARLY 30s) Becca's sister
HOWIE - (LATE 30S/EARLY 40s) Becca's husband
NAT - (MID 60s) Becca and Izzy's mother
JASON - (17-year-old boy)

ARSENIC AND OLD LACE by Joseph Kesselring
July 31-August 9

ABBY BREWSTER (LATE 60s) Sweet woman with Victorian charm
REV. DR. HARPER (50s)
TEDDY BREWSTER (40s) Manner and makeup suggest Theodore Roosevelt
OFFICER BROPHY (30s-40s) Policeman
OFFICER KLEIN (30s-40s) Policeman
MARTHA BREWSTER (LATE 60s) Sweet woman with Victorian charm
ELAINE HARPER(20s) Attractive daughter to Rev. Dr. Harper
MORTIMER BREWSTER (30s) Nephew to Abby Brewster. Drama critic.
MR. GIBBS - (50s) Boarder
JONATHAN BREWSTER - Tall, sinister, resembling Boris Karloff
DR. EINSTEIN - Lives in the pleasant haze of alcohol.
OFFICER O'HARA - Policeman
LIEUTENANT ROONEY - Policeman. Tough.
MR. WITHERSPOON - Elderly superintendent of Happy Dale Asylum

Sending Information

Actors unable to attend local auditions but interested in being considered for future projects should send headshots and resumes to:

Sam Rush, Producing Director
New Century Theatre
P.O. Box 186
Northampton, MA 01061-0186

Hiring is generally done on a per-show basis.

Interested designers can send information to same address.

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