M. BUTTERFLY (Broadway) - NYC EPA
Producing Org TBD
AUDITION DATE
Aug 29, 2016
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
Aug 30, 2016
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
CONTRACT
Production (League)
$1917/week current minimum
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles in the upcoming Broadway Revival. See breakdown
PREPARATION
Actors will read from Sides, provided at the audition. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Pearl Studios NYC (500)
500 8th Avenue
4th and 12th Floors
New York, NY 10018-6504
Studio 408
PERSONNEL
Producer: Nelle Nugent, Steve Traxler, Kenneth Teaton, Ben Feldman; GM: Richards/Climan; Director: Julie Taymor; Script: David Henry Hwang; Casting: Telsey + Company
OTHER
Rehearsals: January 2017; Performances: Commencing late February for open run
An Equity monitor will be provided.
Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
Rene Gallimard
Male, 30-50, a French diplomat stationed in Beijing in the mid-1960's, who carries on a love affair over many years with a Chinese opera actress, who he later discovers to be a spy as well as a man. Initially insecure about his masculinity, this romance with his own Madame Butterfly empowers and elevates Gallimard, until the truth comes out, forcing him to face his own self-delusion, and the tragedy of his love.
Song Liling
Asian, 20-40, a Chinese opera singer who carries on a love affair with a French diplomat over many years, but turns out to be a spy and a cross-dressing male. Movement and singing skills necessary. Ability to sing counter-tenor a plus. Nudity required.
Marc - Man #2 - Agent #2 - Consul Sharpness
White male, 20-40. Marc is Gallimard's popular friend from childhood, a traditional, confident, heterosexual male. Charming, but tends towards vulgarity and boys will be boys misogyny.
Helga - Woman at Party
White female, 30-40, Gallimard's wife. The daughter of an Ambassador, she is a pleasant and charming diplomatic wife, who values order, socializing and keeping up appearances.
M. Toulon - Man #1 - Agent #1 - Judge
Male, 40-60. Gallimard's boss, Toulon is the French Ambassador to China, mid-1960's. Likes gossip, alcohol, and his diplomatic status, but ultimately proves cowardly.
Comrade Chin - Suzuki
Asian female, 20-40. A Chinese Communist functionary from a peasant family, she serves as Song Liling's handler from the Party. A true zealot and believer, she finds her assignment and Song himself distasteful, until the Cultural Revolution gives her some real power.
Renee - Pinup Girl
Female, 20's. Renee is a Swedish student studying Chinese in Beijing in the mid-1960's, a free spirit and proto-hippie exploring cultural exchange and sexual liberation. Nudity required.
U/S Gallimard
Male, 30-50, Gallimard: - a French diplomat stationed in Beijing in the mid-1960's, who carries on a love affair over many years with a Chinese opera actress, who he later discovers to be a spy as well as a man. Initially insecure about his masculinity, this romance with his own Madame Butterfly empowers and elevates Gallimard, until the truth comes out, forcing him to face his own self-delusion, and the tragedy of his love. Marc: Gallimard's popular friend from childhood, a traditional, confident, heterosexual male. Charming, but tends towards vulgarity and boys will be boys misogyny.
U/S Song Liling
Asian, 20-40, a Chinese opera singer who carries on a love affair with a French diplomat over many years, but turns out to be a spy and a cross-dressing male. Movement and singing skills necessary. Ability to sing counter-tenor a plus. Nudity required.
U/S Helga - Woman at Party
White female, 30-40, Gallimard's wife. The daughter of an Ambassador, she is a pleasant and charming diplomatic wife, who values order, socializing and keeping up appearances.
U/S M. Toulon - Man #1 - Agent #1 - Judge - Marc
Male, 40-60. Gallimard's boss, Toulon is the French Ambassador to China, mid-1960's. Likes gossip, alcohol, and his diplomatic status, but ultimately proves cowardly.
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