OPEN REHEARSAL Equity Principal Auditions - Theater for the New City Auditions
Theater for the New City
OPEN REHEARSAL – Equity Principal Auditions
Producer: Theater for the New City (NYC) AEA Seasonal Showcase Code. Stipend $909
Author: Lazarre S. Simckes
Director: Lazarre S. Simckes
Rehearsals: 12/12/11 - 12/22/11, 12/28/11 – 12/30/11, 1/2/12 – 1/18/12
Performs: 1/19/12 – 2/5/12 (Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 3pm)
Equity Principal Auditions:
Monday, December 5, 2011 Theater for the New City
11 AM – 7 PM 155 1st Avenue (between 9th and 10th Streets)
Lunch from 2:30 – 3:30 New York, NY
Sides will be provided at the audition. Bring picture and resume, stapled together (no paper clips)
Seeking:
Young Woman:
Romantic lead, confused college junior in her 20s. Naive but sexy. Prone to follow her mother's footsteps and marry a total stranger. Adept at ballet and martial arts a plus. Any ethnicity.
Lighting Assistant:
Romantic lead. Nervous wreck of a guy in his 20s who hasn't the faintest idea what to do with his life or how to make a living, incompetent but likeable. Any ethnicity.
Mother:
Lead. Feisty. Newspaper photographer in her 40s. Impossible but charming, a divorcee with innumerable grievances and multiple cancers. Any ethnicity.
Father:
Lead. Passive aggressive goofball in his 40s. Divorced but forever seeking reconciliation. Skirts his depression by screwing around. A licensed electrician. Any ethnicity.
Director:
Lead. Overweight woman in her late 50s with a booming voice and tyrannical standards who has never staged a hit. Any ethnicity.
Author:
Lead. Short, psychotic grandmother in her 60s or 70s, constantly apologizing for everything. Any ethnicity.
Three Understudies For Young Woman:
Eager-beavers in their 20s who storm the stage to compete for the role/ adept at dance and martial arts. Any ethnicity.
Audience Member:
A doctor, cancer specialist. In his 30s to 60s. Any ethnicity.
Stage Hand:
Adept at physical comedy and slapstick/ 20s to 60s/ any ethnicity.
