Tri-State to hold auditions for A Streetcar Named Desire
Sussex Tri-State Actors Theater will hold non-union auditions for A Street Car Named Desire by Tennessee Williams at 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 22, 2006. The auditions will be held at the Crescent Theater, 74 Main St., Sussex. Four roles will be played by Equity Actors; the remainder of the cast will be Non-Equity and local jobbers. Audition appointments are not necessary, actors will sign in upon arrival. We will provide pages from the script for roles being cast. We are particularly interested in Equity members for the roles of Blanche, Stanley, Stella, and Harold Mitchell, but will see actors for all roles. Auditioners will be seen by the director of the production, Paul Meacham. Streetcar will rehearse at Tri-State Actors Theater from Aug. 29 to Sept. 19, and will be presented from Sept. 20 to Oct. 8. Actors must be available for the entire rehearsal period and all performances. Some pay. Actors who are unable to attend the audition are urged to submit headshots and resumes via regular mail to: Tri-State Actors Theater (Streetcar) PO Box 7225, Sussex, NJ 07461. Character breakdown of roles to auditioned: Blanche DuBois30-40, a delicate beauty and a native of Mississippi. Stella (DuBois) Kowalski25, a native of Mississippi, gentle, but strong. Stanley Kowalskiabout 30-35, blue-collar, medium height, compactly built. Harold Mitchell 30-35, blue collar, gentle; kind; little sensuality. Eunice Hubbellfemale, 35-40, working class wife of Steve Steve Hubbellmale, 35-40, blue collar, uneducated, Stella and Stanley’s landlord. African American Woman30-60, sense of humor, neighbor of Stella’s, working class. Mexican Woman 30-60 seller of flowers for the dead Pablo Gonzales20-40, Hispanic, poker player pal of Stanley; blue collar, not a native of New Orleans. A Young CollectorDelivers newspapers, 14-17, naïve. Nurse40-50, hard, no nonsense, no pity. Doctor50-60, Native southerner, kind, compassionate, a gentleman. Directions to the theater are available at www.tristateactorstheater.org or call 875-2950.