Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce auditions for this year’s Literature Live! production of THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller to be directed by Will Pomerantz. No phone calls, please. Local actors are encouraged to audition. All rehearsals and performances will be held at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, NY. Actors who reside within a 50-mile radius of Sag Harbor are strongly urged to attend. Housing is not provided. Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to attend.
Rehearsals begin October 19. Performances for schools run Mondays – Fridays November 6 – 22, and performances for the public run Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays November 9 – 26.
THE CRUCIBLE – 2023 TYA EPA
Bay Street Theater, Sag Harbor, NY
Call Type – Equity Principal Audition
Date of Audition
Saturday August 19, 2023 @ 10am-3pm
Location
Bay Street Theater
Corner of Bay & Main St.
Sag Harbor, NY
Personnel
Scott Schwartz—Artistic Director
Will Pomerantz— Director and Artistic Associate Director
John Sullivan—Associate Producer
Contract
TYA Weekly Performance $594.00 per week
Seeking
M/F Actors with local housing. Refer to Breakdown
Preparation
Prepare one side of your choice for the audition. The theatre will provide a reader.
Sides
Follow this link for sides:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OoAuONRPgyBQ9RK_K_-NFW_9zHyX4qIP?usp=sharing
Stage Manager Submissions
Stage Managers who wish to be considered for the season may submit a resume and cover letter:
https://forms.gle/mK3kiSNtv4VNiVBL6
Equity contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to submit.
ROLES –
PLEASE NOTE: ACTORS OF ALL RACES AND ETHNICITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO AUDITION FOR ALL ROLES.
THOMAS PUTNAM — An influential landowner in Salem, he has a sense of privilege and is always careful to protect his interests, both personally and in business. He has a vested interest in seeing certain people found guilty of witchcraft. (50’s) — also plays Danforth
DEPUTY-GOVERNOR DANFORTH — The judge within the witch trials, Danforth has a strong sense of his own infallibility. Although he is set in his ways, he is intelligent, if blinkered by his own preconceptions as to how the world should work. (60’s) — also plays Putnam
REVEREND JOHN HALE — The most intellectual and open-minded of the prosecutors, Hale has both a sense of decency and practicality that is lacking in the more extreme believers in witchcraft. He trusts his instincts regarding whether someone is a good person or not, and refuses to march in lock step with forces he believes are moving in the wrong direction. (40’s/50’s)
REBECCA NURSE — Older, wise and respected within the community, Rebecca has earned the high regard she is given through her integrity and adherence to the teachings of Christianity. She is tough, but sensible, humble and slow to anger. (60’s/70’s) — also plays Ann Putnam
ANN PUTNUM — The wife of Thomas Putnam, Ann has the same sense of privilege, coupled with her belief that she lost almost all her children as a result of witchcraft. She also has a vested interest in finding certain folks guilty of witchcraft. (40’s/50’s) — also plays Rebecca Nurse
MARY WARREN — A young woman who works for the Proctors, Mary is easily frightened and influenced. However, there is within her an inner core of goodness that will be tested by the events of the play. Mary looks up to Abigail, but also allows herself to think for herself when the circumstances demand it. (20’s)
ELIZABETH PROCTOR — Married to John Proctor, a successful farmer and landowner, Elizabeth is a devoted wife and mother. That said, there has been a rupture within the marriage, which is proving hard to heal. She is a true Christian and finds strength in the knowledge of that fact. (40’s)
MERCY LEWIS — A young follower of Abigail’s, Mercy has a cruel streak in her and can sense weakness in others. She allows herself to be caught up in the witchcraft hysteria, which also serves as a means of self-preservation. (Late teens/early 20’s)
JOHN PROCTOR — A devout, hard-working farmer, Proctor is also his own man and sometimes goes his own way. Although his spiritual life is less tied to the physical church, his belief is no less real than those who are in the pews every Sunday. He is unpretentious and is suspicious of pretensions in others. He carries the burden of the sin of adultery, which he committed with Abigail Williams (40’s/50’s)
ABIGAIL WILLIAMS — Charismatic and wise beyond her years, Abigail is a skilled manipulator, as well as a rebel within this tight-knit, religious community. Intelligent and resourceful, Abigail is ready to ride whatever opportunity might present itself to her. (20’s/30’s)
REVEREND SAMUEL PARRIS — The local pastor, Parris is not well-loved by the community, and he knows it. He is constantly balancing the need to keep his parishioners happy, with his own very sensible needs for decent housing, heat and pay. He is also the surrogate parent and protector of his niece, Abigail Williams. (40’s/50’s)
Commitment to Anti-Racism
We are resolved to explicitly and publicly affirm our identity as an anti-racist theater and cultural arts center.
We are resolved that our anti-racism commitment be reflected in the life and culture of the arts, our actions, programs, and educational outreach as we continue to learn about racism.
We acknowledge that racism can be unconscious or unintentional and that growing awareness of our personal biases is a life-long process. As an organization committed to anti-racism, we vow to purposefully identify, discuss, and challenge issues of race and color, and the impacts they have on our theater, its governance, and its people. We commit to challenging ourselves to understand and correct any inequities that may occur, and thereby gain a better understanding of ourselves during this purposeful process.
We resolve to develop and implement strategies that dismantle racism within all aspects of our organization, the performing arts, education, and our community. We firmly believe in the fruits of that commitment: A Bay Street Theatre where all people and perspectives are safe, valued, and heard.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policy
Bay Street Theater (BST) is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We embrace these pillars of excellence as crucial to building communities where everyone feels a healthy sense of belonging. Bay Street is committed to honoring, nurturing, and advancing such a community through the performing arts. Bay Street will promote diversity, equity and inclusion, and equal opportunity in all aspects of its programming, services, and organization. Inclusion means a commitment to making all members of the community feel welcome and comfortable at Bay Street Theater, as well as creating an environment where everyone’s ideas and viewpoints are heard and valued.
Bay Street believes that its core values are strengthened when all members have a voice and are encouraged to contribute. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are an active process that requires continuous commitment to promote healthy people, healthy communities, and the overall success of present and future generations.
Our values are realized through or by:
- Fostering a culture of open-mindedness, compassion, and inclusiveness among individuals and groups.
- Actively building a community whose members have diverse cultures, backgrounds, and life experiences.
- Providing effective leadership in the development, coordination, implementation and assessment of a comprehensive array of programs and services to promote diversity and understanding of differences.
- Creating and maintaining opportunities for engagement, education, and discourse related to issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Identifying competencies that are essential to creating environments enriched with diverse views and people.
- Providing educational opportunities toward the development of socially responsible leaders who are willing to engage in the discourse and decision-making that can lead to transformational change toward learning, achievement, healthy people and healthy communities.
- Honoring freedom of expression, ideals of citizenry, and civility of discourse as fundamental to personal, professional, and organizational growth.
- Challenging and dismantling systemic oppression.
- Promoting social justice and diversity in all BST activities addressing issues related, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, culture, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ability, national origin, veteran status, social economic class, religion, and professional status; and coordinate educational resources and opportunities for its members.
- Respecting and valuing all dimensions of diversity in hiring, promotion, job assignment, development opportunity, and compensation decisions and actions.
Partner Organizations
The following organizations have partnered in many ways with Bay Street Theater. For some without brick and mortar, Bay Street has provided a home for their creative work. For others, Bay Street’s partnership created joint programming opportunities for our diverse audiences. Together, Bay Street and these organizations have worked together to create a more diverse and inclusive community. This remains as one of the key pillars of Bay Street’s mission and is reviewed continuously in order to do better each year.
