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Auditions for February New England Russian Theater Festival
Posted by Gail M. Burns - December 2009
Production Title: “Woman with the Red Kerchief” at the
New England Russian Theater Festival
Seeking Organization: Coast to Coast Productions, Lau Lapides Company
Sought: Actors (7 parts left to cast)
5 Men, Ages 17-60, 2 Women Ages 25-45
Casting Breakdown:
LEO:Leo Tolstoy, 30s.
TURGENEV: 46, author, and a friend of Leo.
ERMIL: 30,husband of Aksinia, a coachman in Moscow.
ANDREI: 20, male servant.
DUNYASHA:28, house servant and playful friend of Aksinia,
OLD DANIEL: 40, a Steward on the Tolstoy Estate.
Mlle. VERGANI: 35, Valerya’s chaperone.
SONYA: 17, Leo’s wife
AUDITIONS January 10th, 2009
Audition Times: 5pm-7pm
Audition Location: 191 Main Street, Downtown Northampton, MA.
The Pioneer Valley Shambala Center
Audition Requirements: Cold Reading (Monologues welcome but not required)
Rehearsal Start Date: January 11, 2010
Production Start Date: February 19, 2010
Production End Date: February 21, 2010
Union: Non-Equity
Pay: Volunteer
Contact Email: WomanWithTheRedKerchief@gmail.com
Contact Phone: 828-230-3178
Other Information: All rehearsals will be held in Florence, MA. Performing at the NEW ENGLAND RUSSIAN THEATER FESTIVAL in Boston February 19, 20, 21, 2010. Email for audition appointment. Include preferred time and phone #. Alternate audition dates possible, please email for more information.
All performers including those of color, seniors, women, transgender, and performers with disabilities are encouraged to audition and will be given full consideration.
Character Descriptions:
Tolstoy: Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy, famous Russian novelist (future author of War and Peace), notorious gambler and womanizer, with a boorish streak. Thirty at the onset of the events. Conflicted between pursuit of the “good life” and a life of meaning.
Sonya: Tolstoy’s seventeen-year-old bride, a Moscow girl from an educated well-to-do family. Brunette, tall and thin, prone to emotional fits of sobbing, dramatic and moody.
Aunt Tatyana Alexandrovna (Toinette): Tolstoy’s mother-figure and manager of his household before his marriage. Tall, nervous constitution. Her hair in a bun, frail, elegant with a soft voice. However, she is loud, bossy and abrasive when alone with the servants.
Ermil: Aksinia’s husband and coachman in Moscow. Handsome, young, and hot-tempered. Drinks to excess.
Turgenev: Ivan Turgenev, famous author of Fathers and Sons, cultivated, very French, twenty years Tolstoy’s senior. A frequent visitor to the Tolstoy estate.
Andrei: House servant to the Tolstoys. A very handsome blond peasant in his late teens. Sentimental and emotionally unstable.
Old Daniel: Manager of Tolstoy’s fields, and overlooking serfs. A dirty nailed, short man in his late forties. Untrustworthy.
Dunyasha: A soldier’s wife, and friend and confidant of Aksinia. Short and plump and playful.
Valerya: An orphaned noblewoman in neighboring estate. Eighteen years old, languid, and wishing to marry Tolstoy.
Mlle. Vergani: Valerya’s guardian. A stylish French woman in her mid-thirties, voluptuous and coquettish. Flirts with all the noblemen.