DIRECTORFEST - NYC EPA Keen Theater Company | New York, NY
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00-2:00 pm
LOA-NYC
$636 weekly minimum
Equity actors for roles in DirectorFest (see breakdown).
Ibi Owolabi will direct Poof! by Lynn Nottage, which finds one woman grappling with what to do just moments after her abusive husband spontaneously combusts.
Nadia Guevara will direct Cell by Cassandra Medley, which follows 3 women working at an immigrant detention center and “deftly explores the dirty antidemocratic secret of institutionalized racism” (New York Times).
All stage manager positions have been filled.
Actors should select a side to prepare from the materials link at
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1N757HUCrl8AKO6Wvdj0ZBrFKnYXQnFwh.
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center 165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
Poof!
Director: Ibi Owolabi
Playwright: Lynn Nottage
Cell
Director: Nadia Guevera
Playwright: Cassandra Medley
Keen Company Artistic Director: Jonathan Silverstein
Keen Company General Manager: Reed Ridgley
Casting: Stephanie Yankwitt, CSA
Drama League Artistic Director: Gabriel Stelian-Shanks
Drama League Executive Director: Bevin Ross
Expected to attend:
Nia Smith, Casting Assistant
1st Rehearsal. Monday, April 15, 2024 Dress Rehearsal: Thursday, May 2
Opening: Wednesday, May 8
Closing: Saturday, May 11
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EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination.
Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment 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 attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
POOF! CHARACTER
LOUREEN: Black woman, Early 30s, Loureen is a housewife on the verge of a breakdown or a breakthrough. Southern Georgia dialect preferred.
FLORENCE: Black woman, Early 30s, Florence is a housewife and Loureen’s best friend. Florence must also perform a balancing act to support Loureen. Southern Georgia dialect preferred.
CELL CHARACTER
RENE - (She/her, Black. 50s) Cerise’s older sister and Gwen’s aunt. A utilitarian survivalist, jaded.
CERISE - (She/her, Black. 45 years old) Rene’s younger sister and Gwen’s mom. Yearning for stability, desperate for atonement.
GWENDOLYN - (She/her, Black. 23 years old) Cerise’s daughter. Compassionate and curious about the world.
We recognize that characters are written on the binary (use she/her pronouns) and invite gender non confirming, genderqueer, 2S, transgender, and non-binary actors to submit for the roles they most identify with. We seek to cast expansively and intentionally with consideration of race/ethnicity, gender, body type and ability.
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