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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
9:30 - 5:30
lunch break 1:00-2:00
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Contract
LORT Non-Rep
$1231/week minimum
Location
Actors' Equity Association Audition Center
165 West 46th Street
16th Floor
New York, NY 10036
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Seeking
Equity actors, men and women.
see breakdown
Preparation
Actors should prepare a brief monologue – contemporary or early 20th century.
Actors should bring one (1) picture and resume to the audition
Other Dates
1st rehearsal: 8/27/13
1st preview: 10/1/13
Opening: 10/24/13
Runs for 13 weeks
Personnel
Director: Daniel Sullivan
Writer: Sharr White
Casting: David Caparelliotis
· EPA Rules are in effect.
· A monitor will be provided.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
With World War I raging abroad, newly widowed Elizabeth Gaesling gathers her family for their annual shooting party to mark the opening of hunting season in rural, upstate New York. But Elizabeth is forced to confront a new reality as her carefree eldest son comes to terms with his impending deployment overseas and her younger son discovers that the father they all revered left them deeply in debt. Together, the family must let go of the life they’ve always known.
ELIZABETH GAESLING: [CAST – Mary-Louise Parker]. Early 40s. In mourning dress. A natural beauty from a middle-class background. Although she knows that the world of privilege she married into must soon come to an end, she is determined to maintain an air of practical denial, and is vexed by her son Arnold’s unwillingness to do so.
ARNOLD GAESLING: To play 18. Elizabeth’s younger son. Intelligent, pugilistic, earnest; biting sense of humor rooted in his bewilderment over having lost his father eight weeks prior, and in his mother’s denial about the spate in which the family has been left. A realist; has suddenly been forced to face the very adult burdens which have been ignored for years by the true adults around him. He’s willing to step into the fray, but because of his youth, has no perspective on the situation. At day’s end, a young boy coming to terms with the realities of his life and relationships, and confronted with the need to differentiate and possibly escape from his family if he is to prosper.
DUNCAN GAESLING: To play 20. Elizabeth’s older son. Smart, handsome, good-natured, vain. He has the self-obsessed charm of the Golden Boy who has never known hardship or bad luck, but not without the underlying insecurities of a young man who fears he may not be as smart or capable or as cultured as he would like to be. Playing at being the man of the family he cares so much about, but the pressure is heavy on the boy within.
CLARISSA HOHMANN: Mid-40s. Elizabeth's sister, living with the Gaesling family. Strict and principled, yet ultimately kind. Clarissa's embrace of tea-totaling Methodism began ten years ago with the death of her only daughter. Though she struggles against the vanity of preaching clean living to her husband and the Gaeslings, she often can't help herself; indeed, she sees her sister's financial emergency as a thrilling opportunity for everyone in the family to at last experience the joys of austerity.
MAX HOHMANN: Early 50s. German. Clarissa's husband, living with the Gaesling family. A doctor who has lost his practice to the anti-German sentiment of his neighbors. Kind, lovely, prone to both self-deprecating buffoonery and an earnest self-reflection that borders on loathing. Often looks for dignity and goodness in a world that has seemed to turn against him. A rueful survivor.
VIKTORYA GRYAZNOY: Late 20s. Ukrainian. The Hohmann's very pretty and attractive cook and maid. Born and raised into near-royalty, Viktorya has fled the turmoil of the Eastern Front. Though extremely hardworking, she just manages to retain the dignified bearing of her upbringing. Her still waters run very deep indeed. German-speaking or strong facility with the accent necessary.
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