Ivoryton Playhouse Foundation, Inc. | Ivoryton, CT
Ivoryton, CT
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
AUDITION DATE
Monday, January 27, 2025
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
BREAK: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
APPOINTMENTS
Auditionees must make appointments online.
Link to sign up:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd8esp...CONTRACT
SPT
$761 weekly minimum (SPT 8)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in HANK WILLIAMS: LOST HIGHWAY (see breakdown).
Ivoryton Playhouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Ivoryton Playhouse aims to ensure that our productions and production teams reflect a multi-racial society that includes actors and stage managers with disabilities. Our casting process includes a flexible and imaginative casting policy to increase employment for actors and stage managers of color, women, seniors, and actors and stage managers with disabilities. We strongly encourage actors of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, and abilities to audition. Ivoryton Playhouse is committed to diversity and encourages actors from underrepresented communities to apply.
PREPARATION
Prepare to accompany yourself on your chosen instrument in the show’s style: classic country/western. Note that some roles do not require musicianship. Performers seeking those roles should prepare a dramatic or comedic monologue in a contemporary style. Southern dialect is recommended. Please bring your headshot, and resume stapled together.
LOCATION
Ivoryton Playhouse Rehearsal Studio
22 Main St
Centerbrook, CT 06409
PERSONNEL
Managing Director: Krista May
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Executive Director: Jacqueline Hubbard
Executive Producer: Ben Hope
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal – March 18, 2025
First Preview – April 3, 2025
Opening – April 4, 2025
Closing – April 27, 2025
All Shows performance schedule:
Wednesdays 2 pm, Thursdays 2 pm and 7:30 pm, Fridays 7:30 pm, Saturdays 2 pm and 7:30 pm, and Sundays 2 pm
OTHER
Ivoryton Playhouse - Ivoryton, CT
For additional information, email Ben at ben@ivorytonplayhouse.org
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
HANK WILLIAMS: LOST HIGHWAY
SEEKING:
HANK WILLIAMS (Male, 25-30, Tenor/Baritone, Guitarist) CAST
The legendary country-western singer/songwriter. A musical prodigy with a raw, soulful voice and a magnetic but troubled personality. Must be able to convincingly portray Williams’ iconic style of guitar playing and vocals, including yodeling. Embodies the joy, charm, and tragedy of Hank's life.
TEE-TOT PAYNE (Male, 40s-60s, Baritone, Guitarist, slide guitar preferred)
An African American blues singer who mentors Hank in his youth. Wise, warm, and soulful. Tee-Tot is a significant, grounding presence who introduces Hank to the music that shapes his destiny.
LEON (Male, 20 – 50s, Fiddle required)
Member of Hank’s band, the Drifting Cowboys. A loyal, playful presence who is a skilled fiddler and an essential part of the band’s sound.
HOSS (Male, 20s-50s, Bass Player)
Member of the Drifting Cowboys. Grounded and mature, he is the closest of Hank’s inner circle. Provides the backbone of the music. Plays upright bass proficiently.
JIMMY “BURRHEAD” (Male, 20s-50s, Lead Guitar Player)
The lead guitarist of the Drifting Cowboys. Flashy but dependable. A true showman on stage with a strong sense of rhythm and style.
“SHAG” (Male, 20s-50s, Steel Guitar Player)
Member of the Drifting Cowboys. A steady, no-nonsense musician with a deep commitment to the band. Skilled at playing steel guitar.
Non-musician roles:
MAMA LILLY (Female, 40s-50s)
Hank’s mother. Tough, loving, and devout. She is a practical woman who does what she believes is best for her family but struggles to control Hank’s destructive tendencies.
AUDREY WILLIAMS (Female, 20s-30s, Mezzo-Soprano) CAST
Hank’s first wife. Determined and ambitious with dreams of fame but little talent to back them up. Their volatile relationship is filled with passion and conflict.
FRED "PAP" ROSE (Male, 50s-70s)
A fatherly figure and businessman, he runs Acuff Rose Publishing and was a mentor to Hank. His softspoken charm compliments his professionalism and success.
THE WAITRESS (Female, 20s-30s) CAST
An earthy and captivating young lady who serves mainly as a narrator and ‘every woman.’ Embodies multiple characters.
SPT $761 weekly minimum (SPT 8)
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