A RAISIN IN THE SUN - NYC Appointments
Various Producers
APPOINTMENTS
NYC auditions expected to be held 08/16 -08/17 by APPOINTMENT ONLY
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep LORT C; $799/week current min
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles in this co-production of the Indiana Repertory Theatre and Syracuse Stage.
Seeking submissions from AEA members. AEA members must submit themselves directly in order to be considered via this posting (no agent or third-party submissions).
INSTRUCTIONS
For consideration, email (preferred) or mail picture and resume ASAP.
SUBMIT TO
Harriet Bass Casting
135 West 36th Street, 13th floor
Re: A RAISIN IN THE SUN - NYC Appt Submission
New York, NY 10018
PERSONNEL
IRT Artistic Director: Janet Allen
Syracuse Artistic Director: Robert Hupp
Director: Timothy Douglas
Writer: Lorraine Hansberry
Casting: Harriet Bass
Casting Assistant: Gama Valle
OTHER DATES
IRT Reh.: 12/18/17
IRT Open: 1/12/18
IRT Close: 2/8/18
Syracuse Reh.: 2/17/18
Syracuse Open: 2/23/18
Syracuse Close: 3/11/18
OTHER
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 submit.
BREAKDOWN
RUTH YOUNGER:
Female. 30s. African American. A quiet storm; reserved at the surface yet bubbles underneath will all the passion that the Younger family overtly demonstrates. She instead places her practical clarity and focus into keeping her extended family in balance, preparing her black son for the harsh realities that America has in store for him, and navigates her dashed desires with integrity and grace as only this black woman’s faith demands and allows.
JOSEPH ASAGAI:
Male. 20s/early 30s. African American. Nigerian. He is highly intelligent, warm and self-assured with a global perspective. He is exactly the kind of man to balance/complement the ambitious Beneatha who, for him, embodies the unbound sprite, promise and hope that is his Mother Africa.
GEORGE MURCHISON:
Male. 20s. African American. He is a confident and learned student who comes from wealth and privilege. His deeply-rooted self-confidence can be mistaken for arrogance, but is actually an alpha-male’s oblivious awareness to the striving and the struggles of folks like the Youngers – until he is confronted head on … as happens in the play.
KARL LINDNER:
Male. 30s/40s. Caucasian. The one who drew the short straw in having to go tell the black family that they are not welcome in his white neighborhood. (Not to excuse his ‘white blindness’), he does, however, lean into the part of his message that is genuinely warning the Youngers that it is for their own safety. NB: Karl is not naïve about the inherent racism of his visit, but it is essential (to this production) that he lead with his humanity.
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 submit.
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