Trilogy Repertory Plays in the Park- Titanic Auditions

Auditions for the Plays in the Park, Trilogy Repertory production of Titanic will be
held on Sunday, May 4 from 12-4PM, Tuesday, May 6 from 7-9PM and on
Saturday, May 10 from 12-4PM. Auditions will be held at the Bernards Township
Community Center 289 South Maple Ave, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920. Sign up
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Needed for the cast are 20 men and 14 women. Anyone 12 or older is welcome to
audition. Auditions will consist of 16 bars from a vocal selection of your choice
and readings from the script. Performance dates are July 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25,
and July 26 in the amphitheater at Pleasant Valley Park in Basking Ridge, NJ
07920.
Titanic, written and composed by Peter Stone and Maury Yeston is considered one
of the finest musicals ever written. It opened on Broadway in 1997 and won five
Tonys including best score, best book and best musical.
On July 10, 2000, Trilogy Repertory was the first group to perform Titanic after it
closed in the city. Due to its success in 2000, Trilogy has decided to mount the 25
Anniversary Production of the show. Directing the show will be Jaye Barre with
musical direction by John Birckhead. The original musical directors, David and
Amy Southerland, will be returning to do a Workshop for the cast and ensemble
during the early run of the show. Producing the show will be Christine Petruzzell
with stage managers Amanda Zelinski and Veronica Sokira. Choreographing will
be Kristin Sarboukh.

In addition to actors, Trilogy is also looking for behind the scenes help is all
departments. For further information about auditions please contact the director,
Jaye Barre at 908-217-2714

Please see below for the character descriptions! 

Male-presenting roles:
Thomas Andrews: Male. Tenor (A2-G4). Stage age 30s/40s. Slight Irish accent, not a heavy
brogue. Strong yet quiet, and full of integrity, he is the moral compass and intellectual barometer
of the show. Sings multiple solos, including the gut-wrenching climactic ‘Andrews’ Vision’ as the
ship sinks onstage.

J. Bruce Ismay: Male. Baritone (A2-G4). Stage age 40s/50s. British. Chairman and owner of
the White Star Line. Plays the role of misguided villain in the show. High-brow, aloof, easily
frustrated when disregarded, carries the burden and anxiety that goes with leadership. Featured
singer in several songs including ‘The Blame’.

Captain EJ Smith: Male. Baritone (Bflat-F4). Stage age 50s/60s. British. A fatherly figure with
white hair and beard, he commands with deep care for his passengers and encouragement
toward his younger officers. He takes his responsibility for all the souls aboard very seriously.
Featured singer in several songs including ‘The Blame’.

William Murdoch: Male. Baritone (C3-F#4). Stage age 30s/40s. 1 st Officer. Experienced officer
who really should have been a captain by now, but wasn’t sure he was up to it. Made the
decisions and gave the orders that sealed Titanic’s fate. He wrestles with horrific guilt at the
end. Featured singer in several songs, and has a poignant solo in ‘To Be A Captain’.

Harold Bride: Male. Baritone (C3-G4). Stage age 20s/30s. Operator who receives the ice
warnings and relayed SOS call. A shy and socially awkward young man. Sings several solos
including ‘The Night Was Alive.’

Frederick Barrett: Male. Tenor (A2-G4). Stage age 20s/30s. He is strappingly strong, keenly
intelligent, and capable. He questions the motivations of the powers-that-be to speed up,
struggles with the monotony of his occupation. Sings a powerful goodbye to his lost love (one of
several solos he carries, including Barrett’s Song .)

Henry Etches: Male. Tenor (B2-G4). Stage age 40-60s. Senior Steward. He sings the lead in
‘Remarkable Age’ and has several scenes that underscore the smooth discretion he must
exhibit, and the great pride he takes in his work, always remembering the likes, dislikes, and
needs of his “people.” Some might call him stuffy, but he just really cares.

Isadore Straus: Male. Bass/Baritone (F2-F4). Stage age 50-70s. 1 st Class Passenger. Jewish.
Owned Macy’s department store.

Edgar Beane: Male. Bari/Bass (G2-D4). Stage age 40-60s. 2 nd Class Passenger. Owns a
hardware store in the Midwest, goodhearted, often exasperated, and has a dry wit. Traveling
with his wife, Alice.

Charles Clarke: Male. Tenor (B2-F#4). Stage age 20-30s. 2 nd Class Passenger. Aspires to be a
journalist in New York City, and has every reason to believe he can succeed. Eloping to
America with his love, Caroline.

Jim Farrell/ William Lindsey: Male. Baritone (B2-F#4). Stage age 17-30. Farrell is a 3 rd Class
Passenger. Love interest of Kate McGowen. He solos in the trapped-in-stairwell scene/song and
the Act 1 Finale. Lindsey is a stoker (crew).

Frederick Fleet: Male. Tenor (C3-G4). Stage age 20s/30s. Lookout, sits in the crow’s nest.
Sings the soaring solo lead in ‘No Moon’, and calls out the fateful warning, “Iceberg, right
ahead!”

Wallace Hartley/ Joseph Bell: Male. Tenor. Stage age 30-50s. Band leader/ Chief Engineer.
The Titanic’s orchestra has gone down in history for playing on the boat deck till the very end, to
keep the other passengers calm. In the show, all three sing the one lively dance number in the
show, Doing the Latest Rag. Sings the haunting Autumn in the 1st class smoke room at the end
of act 1, and he in particular must be a confident showman who can hold a crowd in the palm of
his hand.

Charles Lightoller: Male. Stage age 30s/40s. 2 nd Officer. Highest ranking officer to survive the
sinking. Confident and competent. Significant speaking role.

Herbert Pitman/The Major: Male. Stage age 30-50s. 3 rd Officer/1 st Class Passenger. In the
show Pitman has the lion’s share of the solos in the opening number (loading the ship with
cargo and introducing passengers). The Major provides comic relief in otherwise tense and
controlled dining conversations through his tales of “crazed, godless savages.”

Roger M. Bricoux/Hichens: Male. Stage age 20-40s. Band member/Quartermaster. The
Titanic’s orchestra has gone down in history for playing on the boat deck till the very end, to
keep the other passengers calm. In the show, all three sing the one lively dance number in the
show, Doing the Latest Rag. Hichens Responsible for steering the ship, and carrying out the
helm orders. He was at the wheel on that fateful night and obeyed the famous order “hard a’
starboard” which is the dramatic final tableau in Act 1.

Percy C. Taylor/Boxhall/JH Rogers: Male. Stage age 20-40s. Band member/4 th
Officer/Gambler. The Titanic’s orchestra has gone down in history for playing on the boat deck
till the very end, to keep the other passengers calm. In the show, all three sing the one lively
dance number in the show, Doing the Latest Rag. Boxhall was the one who tried in vain to
signal the SS Californian by Morse code and flares. Rogers is a card shark who is smooth and
unassuming.

Andrew Latimer/Frank Carlson: Male. Stage age 20-40s. Steward/American Tourist. Through
Latimer’s drastically different treatment of the 3 classes that we see the impact of social
stratification on the Titanic. Carlson got a flat tire and missed the boat! His lament provides a
much-needed moment of comic relief.

Doctor/John Thayer: Male. Stage age 40-50s. 1 st Class Passenger. Thayer is the VP of the
Pennsylvania Railroad.

Colonel JJ Astor IV: Male. Stage age 30s-50s. 1 st Class Passenger. American. Returning to
America with young, pregnant wife (Madeline) to give birth to their first child after a honeymoon
in Egypt

George Widener: Male. Stage age 40-50s. 1 st Class Passenger. Heir to largest fortune in
Philadelphia. Traveling with wife Eleanor.

Benjamin Guggenheim: Male. Stage age 40-50s. 1 st Class Passenger. American mining and
smelting tycoon, was a regular cross-Atlantic traveler. Traveling with mistress Mme. Aubart.

Mr. Damico: Male. Professional dancer on the ship, who will perform a stunning featured
partner dance in Doing the Latest Rag (think lifts, think ballroom, think ragtime), and then teach
the 1 st class passengers how to join in. They must be graceful dancers, and exuberant
personalities.

Female-presenting roles:
Kate McGowen: Female. Soprano/Mezzo (A3-F#5). Stage age 17-early 20s. Irish. 3 rd Class
Passenger. Kate is escaping a big mistake made in Ireland — she is pregnant (although not yet
showing) with the child of a married man. She spots Jim Farrell at the dock and manages to
secure an engagement in less than 4 days! Requires a powerful actress who can command our
attention. Sings the lead in ‘Ladies’ Maid’ and has several other solo sections.

Ida Straus: Female. Alto (G3-D5). Stage age 50-70s. Jewish. 1 st Class Passenger. Wife to
Isadore. Perhaps one of the most poignant and enduring Titanic stories is that of Ida’s refusal to
leave Isador on the ship, with the phrase “Where you go, I go.”

Alice Beane: Female. Mezzo (G2-D4). Stage age 40-50s. 2 nd Class Passenger. A tricky role:
comedy wrapped in truth. It requires an actress who can make us laugh by revealing the depths
of Alice’s heart, rather than by playing her for comedy. She is like a child playing dress-up; the
reality seems absurd but the fantasy is earnest. Traveling with husband, Edgar.

Kate Mullins: Female. Alto. Stage age 17-early 20s. Irish. 3 rd Class Passenger. A young Irish
lass (one of 8 children) traveling on the Titanic to a new life in America where she intended to
live with her sister and become a maid. She is overwhelmed by the scope of everything she
sees. Sings solos in ‘Ladies’ Maid’, and several other moments.

Mrs. Damico: Female. Professional dancer on the ship, who will perform a stunning featured
partner dance in Doing the Latest Rag (think lifts, think ballroom, think ragtime), and then teach
the 1 st class passengers how to join in. They must be graceful dancers, and exuberant
personalities

Caroline Neville: Female. Stage age 20-30s. 2 nd Class Passenger. Classy and kind – actually
born to first class, but eloping to America with her love Charles; she wants nothing more than to
be with him, and is more than willing to sacrifice status for love.

Maud Slocombe/Darlene: Female. Stage age 16-30s. Maude is a stewardess attending to 1 st
class passengers. Darlene is Barrett’s girlfriend.

Alice Pritchard/Eva Fleet: Female. Stage age 16-30s. Alice is a stewardess attending to 1 st
class passengers. Eva is a new bride with babe-in-arms.

Anna Robinson: Female. Stage age 16-30s. Stewardess. Attending to 1 st class passengers.

Bessie Lavington: Female. Stage age 30-50s. Stewardess. Attending to 1 st class passengers &
nanny to several children.

Mary Ann Bride: Female. Stage age 40-50s. Loving and attentive mother of Harold Bride,
accompanies him to the boat dock to see him off.

Marion Thayer: Female. Stage age 30-40s. 1 st Class Passenger. Wife to John Thayer, VP of
the Pennsylvania Railroad. From “old money”

Madeline Astor: Female. Stage age 17-20. 1 st Class Passenger. Wife to JJ Astor (older man).
Pregnant. She is very much a naïve child still, while he is fiercely protective of social mores.

Eleanor Widener: Female. Stage age 40-50s. 1 st Class Passenger. Traveling with husband
George, heir to largest fortune in Philadelphia.

Mme. Aubart “Ninny”: Female. Stage age 20s. 1 st Class Passenger. Singer in Paris, traveling
with Benjamin Guggenheim as his mistress.

Charolette Cardeza: Female. Stage age 40-50s. 1 st Class Passenger. Booked Titanic’s most
expensive suite, and traveled with 14 trunks full of designer clothes, jewels, and 91 pairs of
gloves. Free spirit. A big game hunter, a yachtswoman who circumnavigated the world twice, a
patron of the arts, and an independent woman who divorced her husband when she learned of
his infidelity.

Edith Evans/Susan Webber: Female. Stage age 20-30s. 1 st Class Passenger/2 nd Class
Passenger. Edith is a single woman, was returning to America alone on the Titanic from a family
funeral in England. Susan is a woman emigrating from England to Connecticut to live with her
nephew and his wife as their housekeeper.

Youth Roles [Note, some of the children’s characters will perish in the show so it’s important
that families are ready to deal with that kind of material, and the fears or questions it might
raise.]
Kate Murphey: Female. Alto. Stage age 15-18. Irish. 3 rd Class Passenger. One of thirteen
children in Ireland. With a sickly mother she was forced to grow up early. A tough, no non-sense
character. Sings solos in ‘Ladies’ Maid’, and several other moments.

W.A. Watson. Male. Stage age 13-15. Bellboy. Takes care of passenger needs, announces
meals, and generally helps out the other serving staff.

Edward Harris. Male. Stage age 13-15. Bellboy. Takes care of passenger needs, announces
meals, and generally helps out the other serving staff. He has a poignant moment with the
Captain as the ship is sinking, wherein the captain sees a younger self in this namesake

Jack Thayer: Male. Stage age 15-18. 1st Class Passenger.
Pauline Thayer. Female. Stage age 8-10. 1 st Class Passenger.

Third class children: Multiple ensemble roles available. Various genders/ages.