RED Submission - George Street Playhouse Auditions

RED – Submit Photo/Resume for NYC Appointments

Co-producers: George Street Playhouse (New Brunswick, NJ), Cleveland Playhouse (Cleveland, OH)

LORT C; $710/week minimum

Artistic Director/George Street: David Saint

Artistic Director/Cleveland PH: Michael Bloom

Director: Anders Cato

Playwright: John Logan

Casting Director: Pat McCorkle

Casting Associates: Joe Lopick, Carter Niles

1^st rehearsal (George St): 1/3/21. Runs: 2/3/12 - 2/26/12

1^st rehearsal (Cleveland): 3/13/12. Runs: 3/21/12 – 4/8/12

NYC auditions will be held on November 17 and 18, by appointment only.

Seeking submissions from Actors' Equity Members only for these auditions.

For consideration, email picture and resume to:
submission.mccorklecasting@gmail.com

Make sure to indicate in the subject line: “RED NYC Appointments / AEA Self Submission”

DO NOT FAX SUBMISSIONS

SEEKING:

Rothko:

Late 50s, an abstract expressionist, successful and established – after many years of struggle. He is a lifelong anarchist, cultured and a very good talker, mostly self-educated. His physical nature is hefty, fierce, hurt. He is painfully self-conscious and self-protective, combining self-concealment with self-exposure. He fled the poverty and anti-Semitism of his native Russia at the age of ten, lived in Portland as a teenager, but has become a quintessential New Yorker, reluctant to leave Manhattan. He eats and smokes and drinks too much. He loves Mozart and Schubert. There is an intense, masculine vitality about his presence, but also a debilitating darkness. He is the rebellious, self-destructive genius that defines American art at mid-century.

Ken:

Is a painter in his early 20s, working as Rothko's assistant. He is youthful and passionate, eager to learn. His face is open and vulnerable and he often looks more like a kid than like a man. His parents were brutally murdered when he was a child and he and his sister grew up in foster homes. There is a damaged part of him that he doesn't quite understand yet, but there is also a strong survivor, independent and unafraid. He is intelligent, well-spoken, and most of the time able to navigate Rothko's insecurities and mood swings. He likes jazz and listens to Chet Baker. He identifies with the emerging pop-artists