Maryland Ensemble Theatre announces

2023 – 2024 Mainstage and

Fun Company Season Auditions! 

 

Monday, June 5, 2023 & Tuesday, June 6, 2023 –  7:00 – 9:00 pm – BY APPOINTMENT

 

Prepare:
  • Provide 2 contrasting contemporary monologues (memorized) up to 90 seconds each. 
  • Those who wish to be considered for musicals should present 16 bars of an uptempo show tune with a backing/karaoke/accompaniment track with no leading vocals (preferred). You may also sing acapella.

 

MET’s CASTING PLEDGE: MET is committed to the practice of color-conscious casting, inclusive of all ethnicities/races, sizes, gender identities, sexual orientations, and disabilities. All roles are available and paid a stipend. Non-union adults, age 18+
MET’s DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION PLEDGE: Maryland Ensemble Theatre is dedicated to creating anti-oppressive artistic spaces and producing work that is representative of and accessible to our entire community. It is imperative that we make our spaces open to and affirming of all people. We realize that our past actions did not consistently fuel the deeper work and progress needed to create a truly inclusive theatre, specifically of traditionally marginalized populations. We aspire to reflect the community around us by fostering and maintaining diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our efforts must be continuous, intentional and evolving.
 
  • MET operates under a Code of Conduct which seeks to foster an environment of communication, safety, respect, accountability, and the health, safety, and well-being of the MET and its participants. We hope the following disclosures help you make an informed choice should you be offered a role in this production. 
  • MET makes the following audition commitments to you:
    • You will not be asked to audition more than 3 times for this production without compensation
    • You will not be kept at any audition for more than 3 hours, or past 11pm.
    • You will not be asked to disrobe or perform any intimate contact or violence as a part of your audition.
  • Rehearsals are typically held 4-5 times per week. Approximately 80 rehearsal hours per production are spread over weekday evenings after 6pm, Saturdays between 10-4, and Sundays. 
  • MET generally produces 1 preview performance and 15 regular performances of each mainstage production. MET’s Fun Company generally presents 12 – 15 performances of each production.
  • MET will be casting swings and/or understudies. Swings and/or understudies are not guaranteed performances.
  • All contracts are non-union and paid a one time stipend. Swings/Understudies are paid a learning fee stipend and will be paid per show for any performances for which they go on. 
  • MET Mainstage is a black box seating approximately 96 patrons.  We are able to produce in a traditional proscenium configuration as well as thrust and arena. MET Stage2 is a black box seating approximately 60 patrons in a ¾ round/thrust configuration.
  • One week of potential extension is included in the run of each mainstage production.
  • Costumes will be supplied by the producer. However, actors will be asked to provide undergarments. Actors may be asked to provide shoes or other basic wardrobe pieces if mutually agreed upon and clearly discussed between the costume designer and actor. 
  • Actors are expected to give one hour of their time upon the show’s conclusion to assist with strike
  • PRODUCTION DETAILS

     

    MET Mainstage

     

    Angels in America Part 2: Perestroika

    By Tony Kushner
    DIRECTOR: Tad Janes
    First Rehearsal 
    (approx.) Monday, July 31,2023
    Design Run
    During the week of September 4, 2023
    Tech
    Sunday, September 23 – 27, 2023
    Preview
    Thursday, September 28,2023 @ 8pm
    Opening
    Friday, September 29, 2023 @ 8pm
    Closing
    Sunday, October 29, 2023 @ 3pm
    Extension
    Thursday, November 2 – Sunday, November 5, 2023
    WEEK 1: 
    Thursday, 9/28/23 @ 7pm PREVIEW
    Friday, 9/29/23 @ 7pm OPENING
    Saturday, 9/30/23 @ 7pm

    WEEK 2:
    Friday, 10/6/23 @ 7pm *ASL Interpreted Performance
    Saturday, 10/7/23 @ 7pm

    WEEK 3:
    Friday, 10/13/23 @ 7pm
    Saturday, 10/14/23 @ 7pm
    Sunday, 10/15/23 @ 2pm (part 1?)

    WEEK 4:
    Thursday, 10/19/23 @ 7pm
    Friday, 10/20/23 @ 7pm 
    Saturday, 10/21/23 @ 7pm
    Sunday, 10/22/23 @ 2pm 

    WEEK 5: 
    Thursday, 10/26/23 @ 7pm
    Friday, 10/27/23 @ 7pm 
    Saturday, 10/28/23 @ 7pm 
    Sunday, 10/29/23 @ 2pm

    Extension HOLD
    Thursday, 11/2/23 @ 7pm
    Friday, 11/3/23 @ 7pm
    Saturday, 11/4/23 @ 7pm
    Sunday, 11/5/23 @ 2pm
    Synopsis: In the second part of Tony Kushner’s epic, the plague of AIDS worsens, relationships fall apart as new ones form, and unexpected friendships take form.

    Seeking
    • Hannah Pitt – Joe’s mother, formerly of Salt Lake City, now in Brooklyn, staying in Harper and Joe’s apartment. 
    • All other roles are cast

    Inebriated Holiday

    by MET

    DIRECTOR: Laura Stark
    First Rehearsal
    Approx. Monday, 10/2/23 (8 weeks)
    Design Run
    During week of November 13, 2023
    Tech
    Sunday, 11/26/23- Wednesday, 11/29/23
    Preview
    Thursday, 11/30/23 @ 8pm PREVIEW
    Opening
    Friday, 12/1/23 @ 8pm Opening Night
    Closing
    Saturday, 12/23/23 @ 8pm
    Extension
    N/A

     

    WEEK 1: 
    Thursday, 11/30/23 @ 8pm PREVIEW
    Friday, 12/1/23 @ 8pm Opening Night
    Saturday, 12/2/23 @ 8pm 
    Sunday, 12/3/23 @ 3pm
    WEEK 2:
    Thursday, 12/7/23 @ 8pm
    Friday, 12/8/23 @ 8pm  – ASL 
    Saturday, 12/9/23 @ 8pm
    Sunday, 12/10/23 @ 3pm
    WEEK 3:
    Thursday, 12/14/23 @ 8pm
    Friday, 12/15/23 @ 8pm
    Saturday, 12/16/23 @ 8pm
    Sunday, 12/17/23 @ 3pm
    WEEK 4:
    Thursday, 12/21/23 @ 8pm
    Friday, 12/22/23 @ 8pm
    Saturday, 12/23/23 @ 8pm

     

    Synopsis: After a successful two performance limited run, MET’s Inebriated History returns! This time with a holiday flair. MET patrons are invited to laugh until they fall over at MET’s comedy Inebriated Holiday. Local celebrities (pre-recorded and inebriated) tell tales like you’ve never heard them told before, and MET’s actors bring history to life on stage as it’s told. Pull up a chair, grab a drink, and let’s talk history! Whether you remember it or not is up to you. Luckily, there is no test!

    Seeking: 
    Two swings, one to cover female identifying actors and one to cover male identifying actors. 


    Intimate Apparel

    By Lynn Nottage
    DIRECTOR: TBD
    First Rehearsal
    Approx. Monday, 12/18/23 (7 weeks out)
    Design Run
    During week of January 22, 2024
    Tech
    Saturday, 2/3/24 – Wednesday, 2/7/24
    Preview
    Thursday, 2/8/24 @ 8pm
    Opening
    Friday, 2/9/24 @ 8pm
    Closing
    Sunday, 3/10/24 @ 3pm
    Extension
    Thursday, 3/14/24 – Sunday, 3/17/24

     

    WEEK 1: 
    Thursday, 2/8/24 @ 8pm PREVIEW
    Friday, 2/9/24 @ 8pm OPENING
    Saturday, 2/10/24 @ 8pm
    WEEK 2:
    Friday, 2/16/24 @ 8pm *ASL Interpreted Performance
    Saturday, 2/17/24  @ 8pm
    WEEK 3:
    Friday, 2/23/24 @ 8pm
    Saturday, 2/24/24 @ 8pm
    Sunday, 2/25/24 @ 3pm
    WEEK 4:
    Thursday, 2/29/24 @ 8pm
    Friday, 3/1/24 @ 8pm
    Saturday, 3/2/24 @ 8pm
    Sunday, 3/3/24 @ 3pm
    WEEK 5: 
    Thursday, 3/7/24 @ 8pm
    Friday, 3/8/24 @ 8pm
    Saturday, 3/9/24 @ 8pm
    Sunday, 3/10/24 @ 3pm
    Hold for Extension
    Thursday, 3/14/24 @ 8pm
    Friday, 3/15/24 @ 8pm
    Saturday, 3/16/24 @ 8pm
    Sunday, 3/17/24 @ 3pm

    Synopsis: The time is 1905, the place, New York City, where Esther, a black seamstress, lives in a boarding house for women and sews intimate apparel for clients who range from wealthy white patrons to prostitutes. Her skills and discretion are much in demand, and she has managed to stuff a goodly sum of money into her quilt over the years. One by one, the other denizens of the boarding house marry and move away, but Esther remains lonely and longing for a husband and a future. Her plan is to find the right man and use the money she’s saved to open a beauty parlor where black women will be treated as royally as the white women she sews for. By way of a mutual acquaintance, she begins to receive beautiful letters from a lonesome Caribbean man named George who is working on the Panama Canal. Being illiterate, Esther has one of her patrons respond to the letters, and over time the correspondence becomes increasingly intimate until George persuades her that they should marry, sight unseen. Meanwhile, Esther’s heart seems to lie with the Hasidic shopkeeper from whom she buys cloth, and his heart with her, but the impossibility of the match is obvious to them both, and Esther consents to marry George. When George arrives in New York, however, he turns out not to be the man his letters painted him to be, and he absconds with Esther’s savings, frittering it away on whores and liquor. Deeply wounded by the betrayal, but somehow unbroken, Esther returns to the boarding house determined to use her gifted hands and her sewing machine to refashion her dreams and make them anew from the whole cloth of her life’s experiences.

    Seeking
    • Esther – 35, African- American
    • Mrs. Dickson – 50’s, African-American
    • Mrs. Van Buren – 30s, white American
    • Mr. Marks – 30s, Romanian Jewish Immigrant
    • Mayme – 30s, African – American
    • George – 30s, Barbadian immigrant

    MS4

    The Squirrels

    By Robert Askins
    DIRECTOR: Julie Herber
    First Rehearsal
    Monday, 2/29/24 (Leap Day! 8 weeks)
    Design Run
    During the week of March 4, 2024
    Tech
    Saturday, 3/23/24 – Wednesday, 3/27/24
    Preview
    Thursday, 3/28/24
    Opening
    Friday, 3/28/24
    Closing
    Sunday, 4/28/24
    Extension
    Thursday, 5/2/24 – Sunday, 5/5/24

     

    WEEK 1: 
    Thursday, 3/28/24 @ 8pm PREVIEW
    Friday, 3/29/24 @ 8pm OPENING
    Saturday, 3/30/24 @ 8pm
    WEEK 2:
    Friday, 4/5/24 @ 8pm *ASL Interpreted Performance
    Saturday, 4/6/24  @ 8pm
    WEEK 3:
    Friday, 4/12/24 @ 8pm
    Saturday, 4/13/24 @ 8pm
    Sunday, 4/14/24 @ 3pm
    WEEK 4:
    Thursday, 4/18/24 @ 8pm
    Friday, 4/19/24 @ 8pm
    Saturday, 4/20/24 @ 8pm
    Sunday, 4/21/24 @ 3pm
    WEEK 5: 
    Thursday, 4/25/24 @ 8pm
    Friday, 4/26/24 @ 8pm
    Saturday, 4/27/24 @ 8pm
    Sunday, 4/28/24 @ 3pm
    Hold for Extension: 
    Thursday, 5/2/24 @ 8pm
    Friday, 5/3/24 @ 8pm
    Saturday, 5/4/24 @ 8pm
    Sunday, 5/5/24 @ 3pm

    Scurius, the patriarch of a family of gray squirrels, has collected enough nuts to last ten winters. When a group of starving fox squirrels begs him to share his hoard of food, animosity erupts into a ferocious war. THE SQUIRRELS is a boundary-pushing, darkly satirical look at wealth inequality in which no creature comes out unscathed.

    Seeking:
    • Sciurus – Great old gray squirrel. Big. Fat-ish. The greatest gatherer of nuts the forest ever saw. Now gone to seed. Father to Chordata. Partner to Mammalia. Adopted father to Rodentia.
    • Chordata – Young gray squirrel. Squirrel sexy. Squirrel smart. She knows the forest is changing. She is in love with Carolinensis.
    • Mammalia – Older gray squirrel. The long-suffering partner to Sciurus. She loves him. Knows his faults. Has aided his schemes. She is dedicated to her daughter and wants only the best for her. 
    • Rodentia – Adopted daughter of Sciurus. Young fox squirrel. She swims with the tide that raises her boat. 
    • Carolinensis – Young fox squirrel. Fierce. Strong. Idealistic but hungry. It is after all the dead of winter and mating season is coming. 
    • Sciuridae/The Scientist – Gray squirrel. He is smooth. Too smooth. He stares too long. He’s creepy like an evil Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. The scientist is not a real scientist. He’s a cartoon scientist. Make of that what you will. 

     


    MS5

    Head Over Heels

    DIRECTOR: Gené Fouché
    CHOREOGRAPHER: Lena Janes
    MUSIC DIRECTOR: TBD
    First Rehearsal
    Approx. 4/1/24 (8 weeks)
    Design Run
    During the week of May 6, 2024
    Tech
    Saturday, 5/25/24 – Wednesday, 5/29/24
    Preview
    Thursday, 5/30/24
    Opening
    Friday, 5/31/24
    Closing
    Sunday, 6/23/24
    Extension
    Thursday, 6/27/24 – Sunday, 6/30/24

     

    WEEK 1: 
    Thursday, 5/30/24 @ 8pm PREVIEW
    Friday, 5/31/24 @ 8pm OPENING
    Saturday, 6/1/24 @ 8pm
    Sunday, 6/2/24 @ 3pm

    WEEK 2:
    Thursday, 6/6/24 @ 8pm
    Friday, 6/7/24 @ 8pm *ASL Interpreted 
    Saturday, 6/8/24  @ 8pm
    Sunday, 6/924 @ 3pm

    WEEK 3:
    Thursday, 6/13/24 @ 8pm
    Friday, 6/14/24 @ 8pm
    Saturday, 6/15/24 @ 8pm
    Sunday, 6/16/24 @ 3pm

    WEEK 4:
    Thursday, 6/20/24 @ 8pm
    Friday, 6/21/24 @ 8pm
    Saturday, 6/22/24 @ 8pm
    Sunday, 6/23/24 @ 3pm

    Hold for Extension:
    Thursday, 6/27/24 @ 8pm
    Friday, 6/28/24 @ 8pm
    Saturday, 6/29/24 @ 8pm
    Sunday, 6/30/24 @ 3pm

     

    Synopsis: HEAD OVER HEELS is the bold new musical comedy from the visionaries that rocked Broadway with Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Avenue Q and Spring Awakening. This laugh-out-loud love story is set to the music of the iconic 1980’s all-female rock band The Go-Go’s, including the hit songs, “We Got the Beat,” “Our Lips Are Sealed,” “Vacation,” Belinda Carlisle’s “Heaven is a Place on Earth” and “Mad About You.”

    A hilarious, exuberant celebration of love, HEAD OVER HEELS follows the escapades of a royal family on an outrageous journey to save their beloved kingdom from extinction—only to discover the key to their realm’s survival lies within each of their own hearts

    Seeking:

     

    • Basilius – King of Arcadia. A sexy, good ol’ boy. A hothead, but not a despot. Blindly thinks Arcadia is doing great under his masculine rule, which will be sorely tested during the course of the show.
    • Gynecia –Queen of Arcadia. Sexy, wise, beautiful. Like any longstanding spouse, knows how to get her way with her husband when push comes to shove.
    • Pamela – Basilius and Gynecia’s older daughter. Confident and obsessed with her appearance. Known to be the most beautiful bachelorette throughout Arcadia. 
    • Philoclea – Basilius and Gynecia’s younger daughter. Shy and a “good girl”, she yearns to follow her heart rather than obey her father’s orders.
    • Dametas – The King’s viceroy; father to Mopsa. 
    • Mopsa – Handmaiden to Pamela. Warm, skeptical. Growing up without a mother has made her wise beyond her years about everyone and everything, which is why she is the (sometime) narrator to the show.
    • Musidorus – A young shepherd who courts after Philoclea.
    • Pythio – The Oracle; powerful, mysterious. Demanding. Great sense of humor–can see through everyone–they are the Oracle of Delphi, after all.
    • Ensemble (4 members) – Unique, charismatic individuals to inhabit the kingdom of Arcadia.

     

    MET Fun Company

    *All roles open

     

    Dragon’s Love Tacos

    DIRECTOR: Julie Herber
    First Rehearsal
    Monday, August 7, 2023
    (6 weeks until Tech)
    Tech
    Sunday, Sept 17 – Friday, Sept 22, 2023
    Opening
    Saturday, September 23, 2023 @ 10:30am
    Closing
    Sunday, October 8, 2023 @ 1:30pm
    Week 1:
    Saturday, September 23, 2023 @ 10:30am & 1:30pm
    Sunday, September 24, 2023 @ 1:30pm
    Week 2:
    Saturday, September 30, 2023 @ 10:30am *ASL & 1:30pm
    Sunday, October 1, 2023 @ 1:30pm
    Week 3:
    Saturday, October 7, 2023 @ 10:30am & 1:30pm
    Sunday, October 8, 2023 @ 1:30pm
    Week 4:
    Saturday, October 14, 2023 @ 10:30am & 1:30pm
    Sunday, October 15, 2023 @ 1:30pm

     

    My Father the Elf

    By Matt Lee
    Director: TBD
    First Rehearsal
    Monday, 10/9/23
    Tech
    Sunday, 11/19/23 – Friday, 11/24/23
    Opening
    Saturday, November 25, 2023
    Closing
    Sunday, December 17, 2023
    Extension
    N/A
    PERFORMANCES: 12 announced, 3 additional based on demand/actor avail.
    Week 1:
    Saturday, November 25 @ 10:30am & 1:30pm
    Sunday, November 26 @ 1:30pm
    Week 2:
    Saturday, December 2 @ 10:30am *ASL & 1:30pm
    Sunday, December 3 @ 10:30am & 1:30pm
    Week 3:
    Saturday, December 9 @ 10:30am & 1:30pm
    Sunday, December 10 @ 10:30am & 1:30pm
    Week 4:
    Saturday, December 16 @ 10:30am & 1:30pm
    Sunday, December 17 @ 10:30am & 1:30pm

    Elephant & Piggie: We’re in A Play

    Script and Lyrics by Mo Willems
    Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma
    DIRECTOR: TBD
    First Rehearsal
    Monday, 1/8/24 (6 weeks)
    Tech
    Sunday, February 18 – Thursday, February 22, 2024
    Opening
    Saturday, February 17, 2024 @ 10:30am
    Closing
    Sunday, March 17, 2024 @ 1:30pm
    Week 1:
    Saturday, February 24, 2024 @ 10:30am & 1:30pm
    Sunday, February 25, 2024 @ 1:30pm
    Week 2:
    Saturday, March 2, 2024 @ 10:30am *ASL  & 1:30pm
    Sunday, March 3, 2024 @ 1:30pm
    Week 3:
    Saturday, March 9, 2024 @ 10:30am & 1:30pm
    Sunday, March 10, 2024 @ 1:30pm
    Week 4:
    Saturday, March 16, 2024 @ 10:30am & 1:30pm
    Sunday, March 17, 2024 @ 1:30pm

     

    The Borrowers

    Adapted by MET based on the books by 
    Mary Norton
    DIRECTOR: TBD
    First Rehearsal
    Monday, March 4,2024
    Tech
    Sunday, 4/14/24 – Friday, 4/19/24
    Opening
    Saturday, April 20 2024
    Closing
    Sunday, May 12, 2024 @ 1:30pm
    Week 1:
    Saturday, April 20, 2024 @ 10:30am & 1:30pm
    Sunday, April 21, 2024 @ 1:30pm
    Week 2:
    Saturday, April 27, 2024 @ 10:30am *ASL & 1:30pm
    Sunday, April 28, 2024 @ 1:30pm
    Week 3:
    Saturday, May 4, 2024 @ 10:30am & 1:30pm
    Sunday, May 5, 2024 @ 1:30pm
    Week 4:
    Saturday, May 11, 2024 @ 10:30am & 1:30pm
    Sunday, May 12, 2024 @ 1:30pm (Mother’s Day)

    Thank you for auditioning! 

    Questions? Email Melynda Burdette Wintrol, Production Manager, at MWintrol@marylandensemble.org
    No phone calls, please. 

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