OTHER DESERT CITIES Equity Principal Audition - Lincoln Center Theatre Auditions

OTHER DESERT CITIES – Equity Principal Auditions

Lincoln Center Theater LORT $750/week minimum

Writer: Jon Robin Baitz

Dir: Joe Mantello

Casting: Daniel Swee

1st reh: 11/11/10. Runs 12/16/10 - 2/27/11 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.

Equity Principal Auditions:

Friday, September 17, 2010 Actors' Equity Association Audition Center

9:30 AM - 5:30 PM 165 West 46th Street, 2nd Floor

Lunch from 1 - 2. New York City

Sides will be provided at the audition. Please bring a picture & resume, stapled together.

The play takes place at Christmas, 2004 at the Wyeth home in Palm Springs.

Seeking:

Trip Wyeth:

AVAILABLE. Early 30s. Lyman & Polly's youngest child. Successful TV producer. Attractive, playful, with a good sense of humor. Projects a sense of optimism and a desire to lead an emotionally uncomplicated life. A generation younger than Brook, his childhood with his parents was easier than Brook’s.

The following four roles are cast. Auditioning performers will be considered as Understudies and/or possible replacements, should any become necessary.

Lyman Wyeth:

Update, posted 9/15/10: Role is now CAST. Late 60s. Polly’s husband and Brooke and Trip’s father. Old-guard California Republican; political protégé of Ronald Reagan. Former actor turned politician; warm and charming man, attractive, smooth and self-confident. Holds true to his beliefs. Likes to see the good in people. Loves his family deeply, and has always been fiercely devoted to keeping them together.

Brooke Wyeth:

CAST. 40s. Once-promising novelist. Attractive, intelligent, dry, fiercely independent. Returns after an absence of six years to her parents’ Palm Springs, CA home for a Christmas visit. The years subsequent to her initial success have been marred by hardships: a failed marriage, writer’s block and a nervous breakdown. Now restored to good health and on a seemingly even keel, the ulterior motive for her visit is revealed when Brooke announces to her parents that her second book is about to be published.

Polly Wyeth:

CAST. 60s. Old-guard California Republican. Elegant, stylish, smart. Speaks frankly, and intimidates those who show any form of weakness or resistance to her way of doing things. Brilliant, with a sharp tongue; she can be very cutting. Fiercely committed to her beliefs, she greatly values the standing and reputation she and her husband have achieved politically and socially.

Silda Grauman:

CAST. 60s. Polly’s sister and former screenwriting partner. Recovering alcoholic who comes to terms with her disease using charm, sarcasm and a sharp sense of humor. She too speaks her mind, but is not as concerned as her sister is with making a good impression. After being released from her most recent stint in rehab, she comes to stay with Polly and Lyman until she’s able to get back on her feet.