Audition Announcement:
Hole in the Wall Theater is excited to announce auditions for U.S amateur premiere of THE FERRYMAN by Jez Butterworth.
Directed by Terrance J. Peters, produced by Laurie Maria Cabral and Keith Fiermonte
Auditions will be held Sunday December 8th and Monday December 9th starting at 7pm, hosted at Hole in the Wall Theater – 116 Main Street, New Britain CT.
Please fill out your audition form ahead of time here: https://forms.gle/VZ5cV7zg9dRWkU5L8
You’ll be asked to fill out a conflict sheet at the audition, but if you prefer to print it out beforehand, you may at this link
Actors will be asked to read a monologue of their choice, as well as perform readings from the script. Monologues do not need to be prepared or memorized, but is welcomed to whatever helps each actor. Several monologue selections, as well as the side selections, will be made available at least 2 weeks before auditions begin and in-person the day of.
While the Auditions will begin at 7pm, actors are welcome to arrive anytime between 6:30pm and 9pm, based on their availability.
Actors who cannot attend may reach out to the Director for consideration of virtual or filmed auditions: tjpeters@hitw.org
Callbacks, if needed, will be held Saturday, December 14th at 2pm.
Performance Dates: March 28th, 29th, April 4th, 5th, 6th, 11th and 12th
About the Play
1981.
A Kitchen in Armagh, Northern Ireland…
The Carney family preparing for their annual harvest, a day of hard work followed by traditional feasting, celebrations and the reuniting of family. On this day, a body has been discovered in the local bog. Seamus Carney, former IRA, missing 10 years, has been found – a bullet in the back of his head. Tensions escalate as the extended Carney clan gathers, and veiled threats from not-so-unfamiliar outsiders signal an end to the fragile peace once sustained by uncertainty.
Winner of the 2019 Tony Award for Best Play
Character Breakdown: https://docs.google.com/…/1QQgPaVWupIi3IJvl5MAp…/edit…
Script link: https://drive.google.com/…/1TeU8o0sdJI…/view…
Audition Materials
Monologues from the Show:
Quick link to a folder of additional monologues
Audition Sides:
Full Folder available here – You do not need to review all sides, they are presented for full transparency. We strongly recommend looking at the Sides Guide at the top of the folder.
A Quick Monologue Intro
Hello! And thank you for auditioning for THE FERRYMAN at Hole in the Wall Theater! We have a quick note for you on Monologues:
Actors will be asked to present a monologue of their choice, after which they will participate in reading selections from the script. Monologues do not need to be prepared or memorized! You also do not need to use any of the following monologues if you have your own already! You’re welcome to use whatever monologue you believe will help your audition best, be it from the ones below or from another show!
Our goal with monologues is to allow actors the opportunity to present their best foot forward in whatever way helps them most, and clue us in on what you should read next. We are not judging your memorization skills, your selection of monologue, your dialect ability, or anything OTHER than your ability to create a character and tell a story with them!
If you do your best audition work given time to get off book and prepare, these selections are for you to prep as much as you need! If you prefer to bring the sheet in with you, we encourage you to! If you’d rather not look at a sheet of the script until a few minutes before you walk in the door, we can’t wait to see what you discover!
Every actor auditions best under different circumstances, and our hope is that by beginning with a monologue, and having that process provide as many options as possible, you can come into the room in a way that lets you play as confidently and comfortably as possible.
At the end of the day, we want you to have fun and create some wonderful theater with us.
We can’t wait to see you.
The Ferryman Production Team
Terry, Alex, Colleen, George, Keith, and Laurie