THE NORMAL HEART Equity Principal Audition - Broadway Theatre TBA Auditions

The Normal Heart – Equity Principal Auditions

Broadway/Production Contract $1,653/week minimum.

Producer: Daryl Roth

Author: Larry Kramer

Dir: Joel Grey

GM: 101 Productions, Wendy Orshan

Casting: Telsey + Company

1st reh: 4/3/11. Runs 4/19-7/10 at a Broadway theatre TBA.

Equity Principal Auditions:

Wednesday, March 9, 2011 Telsey + Company

10:30 AM - 6:30 PM 315 West 43rd Street, 10th Floor

Lunch from 2 – 3. New York City

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

The Normal Heart will be performed as a staged reading.

Seeking:

Reader / Examining Doctor:

AVAILABLE TRACK. Male, any age. He will introduce the play every evening, read stage directions, and play a pivotal scene with Emma every night. Casting personnel state, “We are looking for exciting ideas to do a few weeks at a time.”

Mickey:

AVAILABLE ROLE. Jewish, 35-50. Put upon; victim with a sense of humor.

Tommy:

AVAILABLE ROLE. 30-40. Funny, outrageous. Southern boy who is all the way out of the closet.

Hiram:

AVAILABLE ROLE. 35-50. Closeted, uptight bureaucrat in the mayor’s office. Actor will also cover and play Bruce, Felix and Tommy at certain performances.

Craig / Grady:

AVAILABLE TRACK. 30-40. Two smaller roles. Actor will also cover Mickey, Ben and Ned at certain performances.

Understudy for Craig/Grady, Felix, Bruce and Tommy:

AVAILABLE TRACK. See character descriptions elsewhere in this notice.

Understudy for Hiram, Reader, Mickey, Ben and Ned:

AVAILABLE TRACK. See character descriptions elsewhere in this notice.

Understudy for Emma:

AVAILABLE POSITION. See character description below.

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

Ned Weeks:

CAST. 30-45. Intense, activist, both difficult and charming.

Ben Weeks:

CAST. 40-60. A lawyer, conservative, successful, uncomfortable with gays, but loves his brother.

Felix:

CAST. 35-45. Closeted, attractive, NY Times reporter.

Bruce:

CAST. 30-40. Very handsome, charismatic, All-American banker, still in the closet.

Emma:

CAST. 40-60. Fiercely independent doctor and researcher. Opinionated. A fighter.