ARCADIA - NYC EPA
Bedlam, Inc. | New York, NY
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Thursday, July 20, 2023
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Break: 1:00-2:00pm
LOA-NYC
$705 weekly minimum
Equity actors for roles in ARCADIA (see breakdown).
All stage managerial positions have been filled.
Sides will be provided (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Z7v4yfiAKCbUIxhcz17H97vWS3Jx0b8t?usp=sharing).
If unable to attend EPA: Email picture/resume to arcadia@ebcastingco.com. Subject Line: ARCADIA Bedlam [Gus/Augustus]
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center 165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
Studio B
Director: Eric Tucker, BEDLAM’s Artistic Director
By: Tom Stoppard
Set Design: John McDermott
Lighting Design: Les Dickert
Costume Design: Charlotte Palmer Lane Casting: Eisenberg/Beans Casting
Expected to attend:
Daryl Eisenberg, CSA (Casting Director) Chelsi Kern (Casting Assistant)
Rehearsals Begin: September 26, 2023 Previews Begin: October 27, 2023
Run: November 12 - December 10, 2023
Performance Schedule: Tues-Fri 7pm, Saturdays at 1pm and 7pm, Sundays at 2pm.
OTHER
West End Theatre, New York, NY
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SYNOPSIS: Tom Stoppard’s absorbing play takes us back and forth between the centuries and explores the nature of truth and time, the difference between the Classical and the Romantic temperament, and the disruptive influence of sex on our orbits in life - 'the attraction which Newton left out’.
GUS COVERLY / AUGUSTUS COVERLY: 18+ to play 15 years old. BIPOC male. Gus (present day) is Valentine and Chloe's younger brother, who has been mute since the age of five. Augustus (1809) is Thomasina's trouble-making younger brother. Strong with heightened language.
FOR FUTURE REPLACEMENTS:
THOMASINA: 18+ to play 13-16, female-identifying. Daughter of Lord & Lady Croom. A precocious genius. (1809) [CAST]
SEPTIMUS: Early 20s, male-identifying. Thomasina’s tutor who also works on his own research. Has affairs with the older women of the house. Falls in love with Thomasina when she’s older. Becomes the “hermit of Sidley Park” after her death. (1809) [CAST]
JELLABY: 40s-50s, male-identifying. A butler - and a gossip. (1809) [CAST]
EZRA CHATER: 30s, male-identifying. A poet - unsuccessful. Challenges Septimus to a duel after learning about his affair with Mrs. Chater. (1809) [CAST]
RICHARD NOAKES: 40s-50s, male-identifying. A landscape artist. Lady Croom’s gardener. Exposes Septimus and Mrs. Chater’s affair. (1809) [CAST]
LADY CROOM: mid-30s, female-identifying. Thomasina’s mother. Rules with an iron fist. (1809) [CAST]
CAPTAIN BRICE: mid-30s, male-identifying. Lady Croom’s brother. A sea captain. Falls in love with Mrs. Chater and marries her after Mr. Chater’s death. (1809) [CAST]
HANNAH: Late 30s, female-identifying. A best-selling author researching the elusive hermit of Sidley Park. Uninterested in entertaining Bernard or Valentine’s flirting. (Present) [CAST]
BERNARD: Late 30s, male-identifying. A don at a modern university. Tries working with Hannah on his theory about Lord Byron. Publicly announces his theory without further evidence, only to be proven wrong by Hannah. (Present) [CAST]
VALENTINE: 25-30, male-identifying. Chloe’s older brother. Graduate student of mathematics. (Present) [CAST]
CHLOE: 18, female-identifying. Daughter of the modern Lady Croom. Likes to offer wild ideas. (Present) [CAST]
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