Character Breakdown / Project Needs
About the Shows:
Avenue Q (musical)
Regional Premiere
Music and Lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx
Book by Jeff Whitty
Produced by Balagan Theatre
Directed by Eric Ankrim
Music Direction by Chris DiStefano
Commitment:
Rehearsals start in late Oct TBD
Running November 16th-December 15th
Avenue Q is the winner of the Tony® Award “Triple Crown” for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book. A laugh-out-loud musical that uses Sesame Street®-style puppets and human actors to tell the coming-of-age parable of Princeton, a recent college grad who moves into a shabby New York City apartment and meets a host of colorful types who help him discover his purpose in life, including Kate (the girl next door), Rod (the Republican), Trekkie (the internet “sexpert”), and more.
Callbacks:
TBD
Seeking:
Princeton
Kate Monster
Nicky
Lucy the Slut
Mrs. Thistletwat
Brian
Christmas Eve
Trekkie Monster
Bad Idea Bears
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch (musical)
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Trask
Book by John Cameron Mitchell
Directed by Ian Bell
Produced by Balagan Theatre
Commitment:
Rehearsals start in late Nov TBD
Running January TBD
Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a musical about a fictional rock-and-roll band fronted by a German transgender singer. It draws on John Cameron Mitchell’s life as the gay son of a U.S. Army Major General stationed in occupied West Berlin. The music is steeped in the androgynous 1970s glam rock era of David Bowie and influenced by John Lennon and early punk godfathers Lou Reed and Iggy Pop. The original production won a 1998 Village Voice Obie Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical. Jerick Hoffer will star in Balagan’s production.
Callbacks:
TBD
Seeking:
Yitzhak
Additional Band members
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Next to Normal (musical)
Regional Premiere
Book and Lyrics by Brian Yorkey
Music by Tom Kitt
Produced by Balagan Theatre and Contemporary Classics
Directed by Brandon Ivie
Music Direction by RJ Tancioco
Commitment:
Rehearsals start late December TBD
Running February 8th-March 2nd
About the Show:
NEXT TO NORMAL is the acclaimed, groundbreaking musical "that pushe[d] Broadway in new directions" (Rolling Stone). With a thrilling contemporary score, NEXT TO NORMAL is an emotional powerhouse of a musical about a family trying to take care of themselves and each other. It received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize as well as three Tony Awards.
Callbacks:
August 5th and 6th: Times TBD
AEA Guest Contracts available
Non-equity actors will receive a stipend
Seeking:
DIANA: Seeking actress 30s-40s. Mezzo belt (to E). A fiery force of nature. Sexy. Sharp. Delusional bipolar depressive. She lives life in extremes. Seeking an actress willing and able to vividly portray the manic ups and downs of a tortured soul.
DAN: Seeking actor 30s-40s. Baritenor (to G). Diana's husband. Handsome. Genuine. Constant. Tired. Trying his best to support his wife and family under great stress and duress.
NATALIE: Seeking young actress 16-24 to play 16. Mezzo high mix/belt (to F). Diana's daughter. Sixteen and trying to be perfect. It's not going well. Intelligent, sarcastic, dry and humorous but ignored. A serious exterior but at her core she is a good, sensitive kid.
GABE: Seeking young actor 16-24 to play 17. High rock tenor (to Bb). Charming, handsome, gentle, playful, talented, athletic, the son a mother always dreams of, but with a dark side.
HENRY: Seeking young actor 16-24 to play 17. Baritenor (to G). Funny, independent-thinking, lovable stoner. He is passionate, caring, and a really great guy. Musician, romantic, slacker, philosopher king.
DOCTOR MADDEN/DOCTOR FINE: Seeking actor 30s-40s to play mid/late-30’s. High rock tenor (to Bb). Plays multiple doctor roles. On the young side of ageless. Handsome, assured, accomplished, intelligent, a rock star.
**ALL YOUTH ROLES MUST LOOK REALISTICALLY LIKE HIGH SCHOOLERS**
All actors should have sense of the theatrical but should be grounded in reality, specificity, and nuance.
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August: Osage County
Regional Premiere
By Tracy Letts
Produced by Balagan Theatre
Directed by Shawn Belyea
Commitment:
Rehearsals start late February TBD
Running April 5th-27th
About the Show:
August: Osage County is the darkly comedic, Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by Tracy Letts. The play premiered at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, enjoyed a successful Broadway run and national tour, and earned numerous awards, including the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Tony Award for Best Play, and Drama Desk Award for Best New Play. The play centers on the Weston family, who all return to their home in rural Oklahoma to resolve the mysterious disappearance of their patriarch and confront the drug-addled diatribes of their matriarch.
Callbacks:
September 2012
AEA Guest Contracts available
Non-equity actors will receive a stipend
Seeking:
BEVERLY WESTON: The father and patriarch of the Weston family, aged 69. An alcoholic and former poet, his mysterious disappearance one evening and eventually discovered death are the reasons for the family's reunion.
VIOLET WESTON: The mother and matriarch of the Weston family, aged 65. She is addicted to several prescription drugs, mostly depressants and narcotics. Despite her drug-induced episodes, she is sharp-tongued and shrewd: she is aware of the family's many secrets and not hesitant to reveal them for her own benefit.
BARBARA FORDHAM: The oldest daughter of the Weston Family, age 46. Mother of Jean and wife of Bill, though they are currently separated. She is a college professor in Boulder, Colorado. She wants to save her marriage, but has the intense need to control everything around her as it falls apart.
IVY WESTON: The middle daughter of the Weston family, age 44. The only daughter to stay in Oklahoma, she teaches at the local college, and her calm and patient exterior hides a passionate woman who is gradually growing cynical.
KAREN WESTON: The youngest daughter in the Weston family, age 40. She is newly engaged to Steve, whom she considers the "perfect man", and lives with him in Florida, planning to marry him soon. Karen can talk of little else but her own happiness even at her father's funeral, and she clearly chooses to lie to herself about her sleezy fiancé rather than face the reality of not getting a happy ending.
BILL FORDHAM: Barbara's estranged husband and Jean's father, age 49. A college professor, he has left his wife for a younger woman named Cindy, one of his students, but wants to be there for his family. His marriage is disintegrating and his patience is slowly running thin.
JEAN FORDHAM: Bill and Barbara's smart-tongued 14-year-old daughter. She smokes pot and cigarettes, is a vegetarian, loves old movies, and is bitter about her parents' split. More naive than she would like to believe.
STEVE HEIDEBRECHT: Karen's fiancé, age 50. A businessman in Florida and not the "perfect man" that Karen considers him.
MATTIE FAE AIKEN: Violet's sister, Charlie's wife and Little Charles' mother, age 57. Just as jaded as her sister, Mattie Fae constantly belittles her son and antagonizes her husband.
CHARLIE AIKEN: Husband of Mattie Fae and the presumed father of Little Charles, age 60. Charlie, a genial man, was a lifelong friend of Beverly. He struggles to get Mattie Fae to respect Little Charles.
"LITTLE" CHARLES AIKEN: Son of Mattie Fae and Beverly, 37 years old. Unemployed and clumsy, his mother calls him a "screw-up", which may be a self-fulfilling prophecy.
JOHNNA MONEVATA: A Cheyenne Indian woman, age 26, whom Beverly hires as a live-in housekeeper shortly before he disappears. Violet is prejudiced against her, but she wins over the other family members with her cooking skills, hard work, and empathy.
SHERIFF DEON GILBEAU: A high-school classmate and former boyfriend of Barbara's, age 47.
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