Theatre New Brunswick 2010-2011 Season: Call for Submissions

Theatre New Brunswick will be holding auditions for its 2010-2011 Main Stage productions of Feelgood, Treasure Island and Hockey Dreams; and Young Company auditions for The Book of Miracles and R&J (Romeo & Juliet Abridged)

TNB is dedicated to celebrating New Brunswick’s best theatre artists. New Brunswick actors are encouraged to apply and make themselves known.

Feelgood rehearses Sept 13-29 with a performance run Sept 30, Oct 1-3
Treasure Island rehearses Nov 13-Dec 1 with a performance run Dec 2-5.
Hockey Dreams rehearses Feb 24-Mar 16 with a performance run and tour March 17-26.

The Young Company rehearses Jan 3-22 with a performance tour Jan 24-Apr 8.
Please note there is a one week unpaid hiatus during March break.

Character Breakdown

Feelgood by Alistair Beaton
EDDIE: 30s, British accent, cynical speechwriter for PM (muscular, doubles as boxer)  
LIZ: 30s, British accent, investigative journalist 
PAUL: 30s, British accent, Eddie’s assistant  (muscular, doubles as boxer)  
ASHA: Late 20s/early 30s, British East-Indian, all business, aid to PM
GEORGE: 50s/60s, dim-witted British Lord, accent
SIMON: 30s, black, television sitcom writer, accent (muscular, doubles as boxer)  
DL: 50s British Prime Minister, accent

The Truth Is A Hard Flat Surface by Bruce Allen Lynch
(A short play that serves as the Opening Act for, and is double cast with, Feelgood.)
YVON DURELLE:  30, tall, approximately 175 pounds, muscular boxer driven to win
TERESA DURELLE: his wife, late 20s, slim, stylish and chic
CHRIS SHABAN: his manager, 50s, short, brash and ambitious
ARCHIE MOORE: his nemesis, late 30s, black, tall, approximately 175 pounds, muscular boxer

Treasure Island adapted by Michael Sheperd
JIM HAWKINS: 16, reads younger, a boy who longs for adventure and finds a treasure map
LONG JOHN SILVER 40s/50s, one-legged mutineer, charming, intelligent, ruthless, and manipulative
DR. LIVESEY: 40s/50s friend and patron to the Hawkins, former solider
PEW: 30s/40s blind but dangerous, ex-pirate now beggar, and killer/DICK: 30s/40s a mutineer who carries a bible
BONES: Old, drunken seaman/SQUIRE: 50s/60s local landlord, naïve, and with a habit of talking too much
MRS. HAWKINS: 30s/40s Jim’s mother/BEN GUNN: A half-insane marooned ex-pirate
BLACK DOG: 40s/50s one of Pew’s companions/SMOLLETT:  40s/50s, stubborn but loyal Captain

The Marketeer by Step Taylor
(A short play that serves as the Opening Act for, and is double cast with, Treasure Island)
HARRY: 30s, keen, and impatient
PAGE: 30’s, skeptical

Hockey Dreams by David Adams Richards
(With regard to the child roles, looking for 12-16 year olds that read young and play hockey)
DAVID: Late 40s/50s, narrator, left hand and leg are slightly lame
STAFFORD FOLEY: 11, delicate, diabetic, small for his age
MICHAEL: 10-12, poor, tough, and lively
TOBIAS:  9, light skinned black, poor
GINETTE: 12, dark brown hair, fiery, and kind
GARTH: 10-11, sly, chubby momma’s boy
LORRIE: 11, bully, big for his age
DARREN: 11, cocky and sure of himself    

TNB Young Company (non-equity)
The Book of Miracles & Romeo & Juliet
2 ACTORS: 1 man and 1 woman to play multiple roles

Audition Dates & Location

Toronto, ON: Tarragon Theatre, June 6-8, 9am-5pm
Halifax, NS: Neptune Theatre June 14, 9am-5pm
Fredericton, NB: Open call for New Brunswick actors in TNB Rehearsal Studio, June 26 & 27, 10am-6pm.

Please call (506) 460-1386 and book an appointment by June 18th
Actors will be asked to prepare sides from the chosen plays.
Toronto and Halifax actors please specify role of interest and submit a headshot and resume by Thursday May 20th, 2010 to:

Theatre New Brunswick
Attn: Caleb Marshall, Artistic Producer
55 Whiting Road, Unit 31
Fredericton, New Brunswick
E3B 5Y5

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Fax: Fax: (506) 453-9315

Equity members and New Brunswickers will be given priority. Actors cast in these productions will be engaged under an Equity contract. Only those chosen for an audition will be contacted. Thank you in advance for your submissions.