2.5 MINUTE RDE, THE ROYALE, and TRIBES - Ithaca NY EPA
Kitchen Theatre Company
AUDITION DATE
Tue, Sep 18, 2018
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 2 to 3
APPOINTMENTS
AEA members may make an appointment by contacting Zoë Golub-Sass. Email: zoe@kitchentheatre.org Phone: 607.272.0403 Email preferred
CONTRACT
SPT tier 6; $555
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles/understudies in the following 3 productions:
2.5 MINUTE RIDE
THE ROYALE
TRIBES
see breakdown.
PREPARATION
Two contrasting monologues. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Kitchen Theatre
417 Martin Luther King Jr. St.
Ithaca, NY 14850-4351
PERSONNEL
Attending the EPAs:
M. Bevin O'Gara, Producing Artistic Director and director of TRIBES
Zoë Golub-Sass, Artistic Fellow and director of 2.5 MINUTE RIDE
OTHER
An ASL Interpreter will be avaiable
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
2.5 MINUTE RIDE
By Lisa Kron | Directed by Zoë Golub-Sass
Meet and Greet - November 5, 2018
First Rehearsal - November 6, 2018
Tech - November 23 & 24, 2018
Previews - November 25, 27, 28, 2018
Opening - November 29, 2018
Closing - December 9, 2018
LISA: Female, 30s-40s, Jewish (parents Eastern European), funny, wry, ironic, whip-smart. A writer-performer living in New York’s East Village. Deeply feeling, seeking a connection to her past and her family.
PART ALREADY CAST, AUDITIONS FOR REPLACEMENT AND UNDERSTUDIES ONLY.
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THE ROYALE
By Marco Ramirez | Directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh | Transfer to Geva Theatre Center
Meet and Greet - February 18, 2019
First Rehearsal - February 19, 2019
Tech - March 8 & 9, 2019
Previews - March 10, 12, 13, 2019
Opening - March 14, 2019
Closing - March 31, 2019
Geva Tech - April 9,10,11 2019
Geva Preview - April 12, 2019
Geva Opening - April 13, 2019
Geva Closing - April 28, 2019
Note: Actors must be available for runs in BOTH cities
JAY: Male, late 20s-early 30s. African American. Solid/tall/powerful physique of a champion heavyweight boxer. An athlete through-and-through, but one who operates with the swagger of an artist. Knows he’s the best out there. A loveable bravado. Stubborn. Kind. Charismatic. Strong. Willing to go up against any odds.
WYNTON: Male, 50s. JAY’s trainer. African American. Knowledgeable. There isn't much he hasn’t seen. Can switch between multiple worlds with ease and fluidity. Paternal. A former athlete himself, but one born to another era.
NINA: Female, 30s. African American. JAY'??s fierce older sister, strong willed and smart. Has a deep soft spot for her family. While deeply caring her fierce sense of what’s best can come off as stern and intimidating, but it’s mostly a veneer.
FISH: Male, 18. African American. An amateur boxer, who becomes JAY’s sparring partner. An athlete, with a ambitious, a youthful energy and an inherent if unassuming sweetness. Must work very hard to get where he feels he deserves to go, but willing to make the effort.
MAX: Male, 40s. Caucasian. A fight promoter and referee. Feels the need to demonstrate his power, but is easily intimidated. He likes making money, but more importantly, he likes the sport of it all. He pushes for the fight to happen, not because it will bring glory to him but because it will be important, even historical.
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TRIBES
By Nina Raine | Directed by M. Bevin O'Gara
Meet and Greet - May 13, 2019
First Rehearsal - May 14, 2019
Tech - May 31 & June 1, 2019
Previews - June 2, 4, 5, 2019
Opening - June 6, 2019
Closing - June 23, 2019
BILLY: Male, 20s. Born deaf, brought up Oral. Wears hearing aids. He meets SYLVIA who teaches him to sign, opening him up to a world he never knew before. Sheltered, considerate, a gentle spirit. PART ALREADY CAST, AUDITIONS FOR REPLACEMENT AND UNDERSTUDIES ONLY.
CHRISTOPHER: Male, 50s-60s. BILLY’s father. Husband of BETH. father of BILLY, RUTH, and DANIEL. He would probably like to think of himself as liberal or at the very least “open-minded”, but in reality things are very black and white to him. He’s a writer and an academic. He loves his children, but wants all of them to be things they aren’t. PART ALREADY CAST, AUDITIONS FOR REPLACEMENT AND UNDERSTUDIES ONLY.
BETH: Female, 50s-60s. Wife of CHRISTOPHER, mother of BILLY, RUTH, and DANIEL. She is sensitive and empathetic to the complexities of her children’s lives, but oblivious to the real issues. Enjoys having adult children whom she can relate to, but she could have possibly always treated them as adults. She is attempting to redefine herself as a mystery writer. PART ALREADY CAST, AUDITIONS FOR REPLACEMENT AND UNDERSTUDIES ONLY.
RUTH: Female, 20s. The middle child. A year or two older than BILLY. Like the rest of her family she is struggling with self-identity. Typical middle child. Self-aware; perhaps the most self-aware of the entire family (in a way only a 20-something can be). At present she thinks of herself as an opera singer.
DANIEL: Male, 20s. The oldest child. A year or two older than RUTH. A pothead, emotional, uncomfortable with change. He has always defined himself in reference to being BILLY’s big brother. Once BILLY starts to find himself
DANIEL is unable to cope with the loss and his depression and childhood stutter return. PART ALREADY CAST, AUDITIONS FOR REPLACEMENT AND UNDERSTUDIES ONLY.
SYLVIA: Female, 20s. Born with hearing but now rapidly going deaf. While she hasn’t wanted to let someone in, she falls for BILLY. While BILLY might see her as a vibrant new light in his life the rest of the family sees her as “nice and funny.” Experience with ASL and the piano a plus.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to audition.
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