Auditions
UPCOMING AUDITIONS:
The Beautiful Dark (part of the New Works Project)
*for more info on the New Works Project click HERE*
The Beautiful Dark
by Erik Steven Gernand
Directed by Morgan Gould
NOTE: Auditions are only open to T. Schreiber Studio alumni or current students who have completed 3 months of classes (or the equivalent number of class sessions-12) before the date of the first rehearsal.
• Auditions are open to all students, regardless of race, color, creed, gender, height, weight or age.
• You may only audition for one role. If you wish to audition for more than one role, pick your favorite to do at auditions, and indicate your other choices on the audition sheet. You do NOT need to audition for them separately.
• Sign-up sheets are posted on the audition board at the Studio.
• You must sign up in person. DO NOT CALL THE OFFICE TO SIGN UP FOR AN AUDITION.
• Please be certain you can make the audition date before you sign-up, AND IF NECESSARY, please cancel well in advance.
• Readers are needed for the auditions, but please note that readers are not allowed to audition
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Note to actors auditioning:
This audition is for a staged reading to be held Saturday, May 19th @ 8pm.
This play will have an additional staged reading and a workshop production in July/August. You will be auditioning for the first reading ONLY, although you may be asked to participate in the 2nd reading and/or the workshop production.
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Auditions:
Wednesday, 5/16
7pm-10pm
Callbacks:
Thursday, 5/17
2pm-5pm
Rehearsals:
Friday 5/18, 5pm-8pm
Saturday 5/19, 2pm-6pm
**You MUST be able to attend both rehearsals**
Performances:
Staged Reading on
Saturday, May 19th @8pm
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The play is available to read right HERE! Just click on the blue title below:
The Beautiful Dark
***PLEASE NOTE: This is the rehearsal version we will be using, and all page numbers refer to this version only. Keep in mind when looking for your audition scenes-these are the pages being referenced.
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CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
Nancy Walker (lead) – 40s/50s, female, white, principal at a public high school, recently divorced, recovering alcoholic, a strong mother who would do anything for her kids, has her act together
Tom Walker – 40s/50s, male, white, a cop, believes in taking action, tough love, doesn’t tolerate much, cheated on Nancy, short fuse
Jacob Walker – 18, male, white, troubled son who got kicked out of college, attempted suicide when he was 15, incredibly smart/gifted even, also has a short fuse
Charlie Walker – 13, male, white, youngest son of Nancy and Tom, tries to make peace with every member of his family, idolizes his older brother, sweet kid
Sydney – 18, female, any ethnicity, was Jacob’s girlfriend in college, eccentric, has a thing for troubled guys, sincerely in love with Jacob
Mr. Marsh – late 60s, male, any ethnicity, beloved teacher at Nancy’s school, seems like the kind of guy you’d want your kids to have in school, has a secret
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SIDES:
page 2-3 (CHARLIE)
pages 24-25 (MR. MARSH)
page 49-50 (SYDNEY)
page 77-78 (TOM)
page 107-108 (JACOB/ NANCY)
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DIRECTOR/PLAYWRIGHT BIO:
Morgan Gould (director) is mainly a theater director focusing on new original works by contemporary playwrights that play with language and form. Her most recent directing credits include: Anna Moench’s AWESOME BEAR (EST/ Youngblood Brunch Series), Hilary Bettis’ ALLIGATOR (New Georges Workshop), Michael Walek’s THE BALLAD OF THE ALL BEEF PATTY (EST/ Youngblood-Asking for Trouble Festival), Erica Saleh’s CRYSTAL BALL (EST/ Youngblood/ 52nd Street Project Brunch), Adam Blodgett’s TWO NEW TONGUES (Fordham University Playwriting Guest Artist Program), Anna Moench’s THE SHORT PLAY (New Georges JAMFest Showcase), Peter Gil-Sheridan’s WHAT MAY FALL (Fordham Alumni Company), Leah Hendrick’s ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (New York Fringe Festival), Alaina Hammond’s DR. CHEKHOV: GUNSHOT EXPERT (Brooklyn Playwrights Collective), Les Hunter’s THE BIGGEST BREAK (Artistic New Directions), Michael Williams’ BUT THE CONFESSIONS OF THE DEAD (Awake in the Playground Productions) and more. Morgan has also helped develop work by playwrights Matthew Paul Olmos, Sonya Sobieski, Elizabeth Claire Taylor, Bethany Larsen, Isaac Oliver and more at various theaters and development centers around New York City. Select assistantships include: Adam Greenfield (Madeleine George’s THE ZERO HOUR–13P), Young Jean Lee (Young Jean Lee’s LEAR– Soho Rep), Davis McCallum (Greg Moss’ PUNKPLAY–Clubbed Thumb), Pam MacKinnon (Bruce Norris’ CLYBOURNE PARK–Playwrights Horizons), Sam Gold (Annie Baker’s CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION–Playwrights Horizons), Paul Willis (Sheila Callaghan’s CRAWL, FADE TO WHITE–13P), Daniella Topol (Sheila Callaghan’s WATER OR THE SECRET LIFE OF OBJECTS), and Lisa Peterson (Naomi Wallace’s TWENTY ONE POSITIONS). In addition to being a former member of the Lark Play Development artistic staff and a former Playwrights Horizons Directing Resident, Morgan is a member of New George’s emerging writer/ director lab, an Ensemble Studio Theatre resident director, and a member of the Lincoln Center Director’s Lab (where she workshopped Jen Haley’s NEIGHBORHOOD 3: REQUISITION OF DOOM). Currently, Morgan is the Associate Director of Young Jean Lee’s Theater Company where she has associated directed/ choreographed UNTITLED FEMINIST MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY SHOW at the New Museum, directed PULLMAN, WA at PS122/ Chelsea Theater in London and several tours of Young Jean Lee’s award-winning show THE SHIPMENT. Right now for the company, Morgan is the associate director of WE’RE GONNA DIE, Young Jean Lee’s one woman rock/ cabaret show, directed by Paul Lazar, which will premiere in April at Joe’s Pub.
Erik Gernand (Playwright) is an award-winning writer and filmmaker based in Chicago. His films have screened at more than 100 festivals around the world including SXSW, Cinequest, Aspen Shortsfest, and Chicago International Film Festival, as well as been broadcast on IFC, PBS, and The Logo Channel (MTV Networks). He’s had short films distributed on DVD by First Run Features, Frameline, and Strand Releasing. In 1998, he co-founded the Atlanta based video production company The Media Bunch, Inc., where he produced and directed documentary projects for national and regional non-profit organizations for more than ten years. He’s shot on location in South Africa, Brazil, Northern Ireland, and all across the United States. Erik is a lecturer in Radio/TV/Film at Northwestern University.
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