Long Wharf Theatre 2024-25 Season
About the project
Jacob G. Padrón, artistic dir.; Rachel Alderman, assoc. artistic dir.; Kate Moore Heaney, assoc. prod.; Emily Goeler, general mgr.
Casting Equity actors for roles in Long Wharf Theatre's 2024-25 Season. Season includes: "She Loves Me" (Jerry Bock, music; Sheldon Harnick, lyrics; Joe Masteroff, book; "Parfumerie," play based on by Miklos Laszlo; Jacob G. Padrón, dir; Andy Einhorn, music dir. Rehearsals begin Oct. 29 in NYC and runs Nov. 30-Dec. 29, with a possible extension on Jan. 5, 2025, in New Haven, CT), "El Coquí Espectacular and the Bottle of Doom" (Matt Barbot, writer; Kinan Valdez, dir. Rehearsals begin Jan. 2, 2025 in New Haven, CT; tech runs Jan. 21; runs Jan. 25-Feb. 23, with a possible extension on March 2), and "Unbecoming Tragedy" (Terrence Riggins, writer-performer; Cheyenne Barboza, dir. Rehearsals begin April 15, 2025; tech runs May 9; runs May 15-June 15, with a possible extension on June 22).
Roles in this project
Dates & Locations
Runs in New Haven, CT.
Compensation & Contract
Key Details
- May 16, 2024: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT
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Prepare either two monologues or a monologue and 16 bars of a song for a
total of no more than 3 minutes. Bring your sheet music in the correct
key. An accompanist will be provided. Also, please bring your headshot
and resume stapled together. The producer will run all aspects of this
audition. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.For more
info, visit www.longwharf.org.
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.
Additional Materials
"She Loves Me"
Amalia
Balash – late 20s/early 30s. A woman who is secretly in love with her
“rival” co-worker, Georg. Amalia is warm, funny, shy, and a bit
eccentric. There’s a quiet confidence about her. Amalia is an outsider,
both to the city and as the newest addition to Maraczek’s perfume shop.
She’s looking for love and connection but feels uncertain she’ll ever
find it. Amalia is self-reliant; she’s a woman who had to take care of
herself from a young age. Her mother and father are no longer with us.
Classic lyric soprano with a solid high B.
Georg Nowack –CAST
Illona
Ritter – late 30s/early 40s. A woman who is a salesclerk at Maraczek’s
perfume shop. Illona is often misunderstood by her friends, family, and
the men she dates. She is having a love affair with Stephen Kodaly who
does not hold the relationship with care in any meaningful way. She
knows she deserves better but can’t seem to get out of her own way.
She’s on a quest to find her selfcompassion, and ultimately, her
self-love. She’s impatient, impulsive, and despite the setbacks, has a
heart of gold, making her moments of heartache that much more
heart-breaking. Things have not been easy for Illona but she remains
resilient. She has a deep love for her chosen family at Maraczek’s.
Brassy belt with a high mix.
Stephen Kodaly/Headwaiter – late
30s/early 40s. A man who is a salesclerk at Maraczek’s perfume shop.
People call Stephen by his last name, “Kodaly” which tells a story in
and of itself. He moves through the world using his charisma to get what
he wants and can see people for who and what they are. And while Kodaly
is self-involved and manipulative, he brings joy to the shop and he too
is looking for connection, albeit through the wrong channels. Kodaly is
a man always searching. Pure musical theater tenor.
Zolton Maraczek –
late 50s/early 60s. (Black) The owner of the perfume shop, handed down
from his father and grandfather. Maraczek is tender man who has lost his
connection to his wife. The employees of his shop are his beloved
chosen family, even if he gives them grief about their job performance
often. He’s unsettled, always looking to improve the experience for his
customers and increase sales. He’s tenacious, stubborn, generous, and is
trying to find the silver linings of his mundane life as he ages.
Though he’s surrounded by people all day long, including the men and
women he employs, there’s a deep loneliness that hovers over his life.
He sees a great deal of himself in Georg. Baritone.
Ladislov
Sipos/Detective/Ensemble – 40s. A salesclerk at Maraczek’s perfume shop.
Sipos has always been a man who observes, and participates in, life
from the “outside.” He’s wise beyond his years and has become the
repository for everyone’s secrets. Though he’s cowardly and afraid, he
loves his family, his children, and friends. He’s clever, quiet, and
grounded. Baritone.
Arpad Laszlo/Busboy/Ensemble – 18 to 25.
(Black/Latine) Arpad wants to be treated like a grown man and taken
seriously. Incredibly bright, self-sufficient, and caring. Has no family
in the city. Dances well.
Featured Customer/Ensemble – a woman in her late 40s/early 50s. Must move and sing well. Strong mezzo OR soprano.
Customer/Ensemble – 30s/early 40s. Looking for a female actor who can move and sing well. Strong mezzo OR soprano.
Customer/Ensemble – 30s/early 40s. Looking for a female actor who can move and sing well. Strong mezzo OR soprano.
"El Coquí Espectacular and the Bottle of Doom"
ALEX,
mid to late 2's. Nuyorican. A comic book artist with a vivid
imagination from Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Introverted. Socially awkward.
And suffering. From writer’s block. Has taken to dressing as a superhero
of his own creation to find his mojo again.
JOE, early to mid 30s.
Nuyorican. Alex's older brother. Chameleon. Survivor. Fancies himself
“Man of the house.” Works at a marketing startup. Adept at peddling B.S.
to all, especially himself.
PATRICIA, mid to late 50s. Puerto Rican.
Joe and Alex's mother. A widow. Still trying to get her children to
make good choices. Even after all these years.
YESICA, mid to late
20s. Dominican/Colombian. A photographer and artist from Sunset Park.
Fights the changing of her neighborhood from behind her camera lens.
Battles solo, but secretly longs to be a part of a team. Looking for
something big to change the game.
EL CHUPACABRA, ageless. A super
vain supervillain. A nasty nemesis. El Coquí's archenemy. And the
manifestation of Alex's crippling anxieties.
JUNIOR, mid to late 20s.
Nuyorican. Alex’s former school bully. Now a cocky, local rapper with
more attitude than talent who’s still willing to throw punches. Verbal
ones. Doubles with El Chupacabra.
"Unbecoming Tragedy"
ACTOR. CAST.
