ELLING Equity Principal Audition - Ethel Barrymore Theatre Auditions

ELLING – Equity Principal Auditions

Broadway/Production Contract Currently $1,605/week minimum.

Producer: Ambassador Theatre Group

Playwright: Simon Bent

Dir: Doug Hughes

CD: Jim Carnahan

1st reh: 9/27/10. 1st preview and opening dates TBD. Show will play the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.

Equity Principal Auditions:

Thursday, August 26, 2010 Ripley-Grier Studios

Friday, August 27, 2010 520 Eighth Avenue, 16th Floor

10 AM - 6 PM both days. New York City

Lunch from 1 - 2.

Sides will be provided at the audition. No accents are required.

Please bring a picture & resume, stapled together.

Takes place in and around an apartment in Oslo, present day.

Seeking (all listed roles/understudy positions are available):

Note: No accents are required.

Frank Asli:

AVAILABLE ROLE. Man, 40s. Well-meaning social worker who tries to help Elling and Kjell to live in the real world.

Understudy for role of Reidun Nordsletten:

AVAILABLE POSITION. Character is a woman, late 30s – early 40s. Pregnant upstairs neighbor. Good-natured, if slightly trashy. Actress also plays Institutional Worker and Waitress.

Understudy for roles of Alfons Jorgensen and Frank Asli:

AVAILABLE POSITION. Both characters are men. Track age range: 50s-60s. Alfons: Retired poet. Smart, somewhat manipulative. Makes friends with Elling. Frank: See description above.

Understudy for roles of Elling and Kjell:

AVAILABLE POSITION. Both characters are men. Track age range: Late 30s – early 40s. Elling: Neurotic, anxious, sensitive would-be poet. Was entirely dependent on his mother before her death, and has never lived on his own in the real world. Kjell: Good-natured, simple-minded, sex-obsessed gentle giant. A virgin.