2014-2015 Season Auditions

Announcing Falcon’s 2014-2015 Auditions.  We have an exciting, there diverse list of plays this year…mark your calendars now so you can be a part of Falcon’s 25th Anniversary Season.

Please direct all audition questions to auditions@falcontheater.net

In The Heat of the Night
August 18 & 19
7-9 PM
Monmouth Theatre

Directed By: Ed Cohen
Show dates:  February 13-28, 2015

Auditionees will be asked to read from the script

Cast Requirements:
7 men:
(the role of Virgil Tibbs has been pre-cast)
Chief Gillespie:  30-50
Sam Wood:  20’s-30’s
Pete:  20’s-40’s
Tatum/Endicott/Jennings:  30’s-50’s
Coroner/Mayor/Klansman:  40’s-50’s
Harvey/Purdy/Klansman:  30’s-50’s
Kaufman/Ralph/Klansman:  30’s-50’s
1 woman:
Noreen Purdy:  late teens/early 20’s (should play as teens)
Assassins
August 20 & 21
6-9 PM
Monmouth Theatre

Directed By: Jared Doren, Music Directed By: Steve Goers
Show Dates:  May 29-June 13, 2015

Please bring a headshot and resume. Prepare two contrasting pieces 16 – 32 bars max.  No a cappella or taped auditions.  May be asked to read from the script.

Cast Requirements:
The Balladeer: narrator who provides the stories of the assassins
John Wilkes Booth: assassin of President Abraham Lincoln
Charles Guiteau: assassin of President James Garfield
Leon Czolgosz: assassin of President William McKinley
Giuseppe Zangara: attempted assassin of President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lee Harvey Oswald: assassin of President John F. Kennedy
Samuel Byck: attempted assassin of President Richard Nixon
John Hinckley: attempted assassin of President Ronald Reagan
Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme: attempted assassin of President Gerald Ford
Sara Jane Moore: attempted assassin of President Gerald Ford
Ensemble: crowd members, chorus, various historical characters.

Eight Reindeer Monologues
September 7 & 9
7-9 PM
Monmouth Theatre

Directed By: Tara Williams
Show dates:  December 5-13, 2014

Auditions will be cold readings from the script.

Cast Requirements:
Dasher-Lead reindeer, in charge, 40-50, Male
Cupid- Gay,flamboyant, gossip, 20-40, Male
Hollywood- Conceited, celebrity wanna be, 20-40, Male
Blitzen- Feminist, no nonsense, in your face, 20-50, Female
Comet- Southern, former juvenile offender, brash, 30-50, Male
Dancer- Jewish, ditzy, not sure what side to take, 30-50, Female
Donner- Rudolf’s Dad, sympathetic, a bit lost, 40-50, Male
Vixen- smart, sincere, full of sex appeal, 20-35, Female

The Cover of Life
September 29 & 30
7-9 PM
Monmouth Theatre

Directed By: Tracy M. Schoster
Show Dates:  April 10-25, 2015

Auditions will be cold readings from the script.
Please bring a head shot and resume if you have one.

The play takes place in a very small town in Louisiana during WWII (1943)

Cast Requirements:
6 Women and 1 Man
Tood: early 20’s  Genuine, a dreamer but determined
Sybil:  mid 20’s.  “Sophisticated” or “fast” in her crowd
Weetsie: mid 20’s. Plain.  Religious and very much the country girl.
Aunt Ola: mid 40’s-50. The mother-in-law of the 3 women. Strong, matriarchal.
Kate:  early/mid 40’s.  Correspondent/Photographer for Life Magazine.  Successful woman in a man’s world
Addie Mae: mid 40’s. Local newspaper reporter
Tommy:  early 20’s. The youngest brother of the family. Married to Tood. Eager, friendly and insecure.