FAT HAM - LA EPA
Geffen Playhouse | Los Angeles, CA Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM (P)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
LORT Non-Rep
$1058 weekly minimum (LORT B)
Equity actors for roles in FAT HAM (See breakdown)
Local Los Angeles actors are encouraged to audition.
This is the Broadway production, produced by Geffen Playhouse in association with No Guarantees, Public Theater Productions and Rashad V. Chambers.
Please prepare a monologue no longer than 2 minutes, in the spirit of the play. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Actors' Equity Association - Los Angeles 5636 Tujunga Ave
North Hollywood, CA 91601
Writer - James Ijames
Director - Saheem Ali
Associate Director - Sideeq Heard
Casting Director - Phyllis Schuringa
Expected to attend:
Casting Director: Phyllis Schuringa
First Rehearsal: February 27, 2024 Preview: March 27, 2024
Opening: April 4, 2024
Closing: April 28, 2024 and could extend until May 12, 2024
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EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided.
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FAT HAM
LARRY: boy that is attracted to Juicy. 21-23. Black. A marine. Trying to heal from PTSD. Has a secret. Awkward. A kind of Laertes. He moves well and has gymnastics experience. There is a backflip in the show. Looking for someone who can do the flip or something similar. He lives in the duality of being a Marine, while yearning for the love and affection of Juicy. He has depth and fills the silence. Actors who identify as queer are encouraged to audition.
Also seeking LARRY Understudy.
ALSO
JUICY is thicc. 20-21, Black. He’s beautiful. He is lonely. He is smart. A kind of Hamlet. TEDRA is Juicy’s mother. 45-50, Black. She is a good mother. A kind of Gertrude.
REV is Tedra's husband. 45-50, Black. Her dead ex-husband’s brother. Pig farmer and pit master. Electric. A kind of Claudius. Same actor as PAP.
PAP is the Ghost of Juicy’s father. Appears 45ish. Black. Was in prison for killing someone cause their breath stank, til he got shanked on the way to dinner. A kind of Hamlet's Father. Same actor as REV.
OPAL is one of Juicy’s only friends. 19-20. Black. She loves Ham and worries about him. A kind of Ophelia.
RABBY is Larry and Opal’s mother. 40-45. Black. Tedra’s friend. Semi-churchy but honestly she just wanna drink and praise the Lord. A kind of Polonius.
TIO is clever. 20-40. Black or Afro-Latinx. Juicy’s cousin. Oldest friend. A kind of Horatio.
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