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BACK TO CALENDARMarch 2, 2023
BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY 2023 SEASON
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Region: Eastern, Western, Central
Seeking:Equity actors for roles in Barrington Stage Company's 2023 Season THE HAPPIEST MAN ON EARTH Eddie: Male. Jewish, German, over the age of 60. He has the strength to have survived two concentration camps but has survived by not surrendering to hatred. TINY FATHER DANIEL: CAST - male identifying, 30s, African American; a happily unsettled down man who discovers his friend-with-benefits is pregnant and just had their baby. He is not ready to grow-up, yet alone be a father, but his clock is ticking to get ready for both. Sense of humor but also a bit adrift in the world. CAROLINE: female identifying, 30s, Asian American: a hard-working NICU nurse who genuinely cares for the wellbeing of babies, almost as much as she cares for following the rules. A bit of a nerd hiding a big heart. Doesn’t take shit but stuck in a hospital system that’s against her. Reconciling being back at work with her kids at home. Acerbic sense of humor. BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY GUY JACOBS: 30s Black man; Openly gay Costume designer at The Cotton Club and past designer for Josephine Baker; He is living out a life filled with love for his friends and his community. But he longs for the wire from Paris to join Josephine. DELIA PATTERSON: 20s Black woman; trying to open a family planning clinic in the neighborhood. She is committed to her job and her friends but has really lived. LELAND CUNNINGHAM: 20 to 30 years old; Black man. He is a southern gentleman from Alabama who has just arrived in Harlem. His traditional southern, religious roots come to odds with the more liberal mindset of Harlem. ANGEL ALLEN: 30 to 40 years old, Black woman. A singer very recently fired from The Cotton Club who is looking for the next great gig. Self-centered but very caring, especially when she knows what she wants. Able to sing. SAM THOMAS: 30s-Early 40s, Black man. A Harlem doctor who is not afraid to dance the night away with his friends. FAITH HEALER FRANK HARDY - CAST - mid to late 50s. A charismatic Irish faith healer who travels through small villages in Wales and Scotland, hoping to heal people. Sometimes he's successful but most of the time he isn't. His lack of success haunts him - does he have the gift or not? He is capable of being charming (when he's successful) and nasty when he's not. This constant questioning of his talent leads to excessive drinking and erratic behavior toward his wife and manager, who travel with him. GRACE - CAST - late 40s-early 50s. Trained as a solicitor, Grace comes from a well-to-do Northern Irish home. She met Frank as she was beginning her career and gave up everything to travel to country villages and support him. When we meet her, she is in a distraught mental state, trying to regain her mental equilibrium, having witnessed Frank's death. TEDDY - CAST - 50s. Cockney - has the verve and buoyant personality of a showman. He has left his world of dogs and pigeons who do tricks to be the manager and front man for Frank Hardy, the Faith Healer. In love with both Frank and Grace and will do anything for them.
SWEAT - MALE
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Seeking:Non-AEA and AEA actors for roles in Santa Fe Playhouse’s mainstage production of Lynn Nottage’s SWEAT Jason: Male Presenting, 20-30, White / European Descent. He has the strong build of a young man who went from the gridiron straight to the production line; a steel worker with deep working class roots, he is proud of his blue collar heritage and still has faith that his life will be spent in the factory; youthful, tough, funny and charismatic; in prison he hardens into a white supremacist, his optimism transforming into rage. Evan: Male Presenting, 35-45, Black / African Descent. Chris and Jason’s parole officer in 2008. Evan encourages Chris and Jason to be straightforward and to open up about their struggles reintegrating into society. Has no patience for nonsense. Brucie: Male Presenting, 35-45, Black/African Descent; he’s Chris’s father and Cynthia’s estranged husband. In 2000, nearly two years after being locked out from the textile mill where he works, Brucie has become narcotic dependent and betrays Cynthia’s trust.
THE FEARS
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Seeking:Equity actors for roles in THE FEARS (see breakdown). All stage managerial positions have been filled. MAIA (OFFER OUT) – Character is a female in her 50s-70s, any ethnicity. The group leader at a Buddhist center in New York City – she is naturally warm with a “beneficent but somewhat hesitant and disoriented demeanor.” She helps navigate the group through their fears and traumas through a peaceful and delicate approach but is forced to confront her own past. THEA – Character is a female in her 30s, any ethnicity. Over-educated and displays her book-bright qualities regularly, but she’s also smart and attractive or she’d never get away with it. She’s the “new girl” in the group and her boyfriend is Mark, a five-year group member, who brought her there. She is skeptical at first but gradually surrenders herself to the process. MARK – Character is a Black male, age 40. He is still waiting tables and hasn’t had the break as an actor you’d need to continue the profession without misgivings. He’s a big, strong guy who turns to Buddhism to manage his rage. He is a five-year group member who brings his girlfriend Thea to her first meeting. ROSA – Character is a Latina in her 40s. Vibrant, emotionally volatile, outspoken and super smart. She lives in the Bronx with her husband and three children. Her husband built his way up from a worker to a construction manager. Her home life is quite different – indeed, at times at odds – with the culture of the Buddhist center. Role requires limited Spanish speaking. CAST: SUZANNE – Character is a white female in her late 60s. Grew up in a poor Irish Catholic family, she is blunt to a fault. As the most senior member of the group, she feels protective over the younger, more vulnerable members – unafraid to speak her mind and take action, she can overstep boundaries. KATIE – Character is a female in her early 20s, any ethnicity. She’s the youngest, sweetest, possibly most damaged person in the group – she comes from a rural upbringing and has lately cultivated a semi-goth look (which might change week to week) which might be a way of protecting herself. Her outward image belies her fragility. FIZ – Character is a queer Middle-Eastern or South Asian male in his 40s. Raised in a first-generation, strict Muslim household, his primary defense mechanism is his wicked sense of humor. He is image-conscious and defensive – he develops a strong rapport with Rosa, whom he shares a rat-tat-tat banter with.