East West Players
AUDITION DATE
Sun, Nov 03, 2019
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm (PDT)
Break: 5:00PM - 6:00PM
APPOINTMENTS
EPA rules in effect. In-person sign-ups begins at 1:00PM on11/3/2019
CONTRACT
SPT Minimum - $438/wk
SEEKING
East West Players, the longest running theater of color in the US, are seeking Actors to play Asian American, South Asian American, Pacific Islander, and People of color for ASSASSINS, the Musical by Steven Sondheim
PREPARATION
One full song, Preferably Sondheim or Contemporary Musical Theatre that tells a story (no longer than 1.5 minute). Connect the words to story and character. Please bring your book in case we ask for a variation.
LOCATION
David Henry Hwang Theatre
120 Judge John Aiso St Fl 4
Los Angeles, CA 90012-3852
Parking available in adjacent or nearby paid lots, or street parking.
PERSONNEL
Directed by Snehal Desai
Musical Direction by Marc Macalintal
OTHER DATES
Rehearsals begin February 11, 2020, Technical Rehearsals begin March 3rd, 2020,
Previews begin Wednesday, March 12th, 2020, Opening Night Saturday, March 19th, 2020
Runs for Three weeks (5 performances a week) through April 5th, 2020, Option to extend through April 19th, 2020
OTHER
EASTWESTPLAYERS.ORG
EPA Procedures are in effect for audition.
An Equity monitor will be provided.
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
While every nation has its assassins and would-be assassins, only in America do disturbed and disturbing individuals act not because they hope to influence national politics, but because they are wrapped up in a malignant sense of entitlement. Feeling betrayed by the promise of American democracy and the American Dream, they strike out at the symbol for America: the American President. Assassins spans several musical styles and many decades in a dizzying series of musical and theatrical inventions in this timely and relevant classic from Stephen Sondheim & John Weidman.
The Balladeer/Lee Harvey Oswald — Tenor C3-G4. Mid-20s to mid-30s; Woodie Guthrie/Pete Seeger type folk singer; ability to play guitar a plus. The Balladeer is the conscience of America and the champion of the American Dream. He acts as a foil against the assassins and their warped perspectives and actions. Slight to average build; rural Louisiana twang. Asian, Pacific Islander or South Asian.
The Proprietor — Tenor Gb2-F4. Male, 30s or older. The Proprietor is the Grim Reaper, handing out weapons and overseeing the demise of presidents and assassins alike. His power is in his omnipresence and indifference; his characterization requires both dramatic irony and restrained wit. All ethnicities.
John Wilkes Booth — Baritone F2-G4. Mid-20s to 40; tall and distinguished; character will need a genteel Southern accent. A political zealot, Wilkes is the pioneer of American assassination and acts as leader and twisted mentor to the other assassins. Asian or Pacific Islander.
Leon Czolgosz (pronounced CHOL-gash) — Bass Baritone G#2-G4. Mid-20s to mid-30s; slight of build. Czolgosz was an anarchist who, in killing William McKinley, decided to take matters of government into his own hands for the sake of the common man. Asian or Pacific Islander
Guiseppe Zangara -20s to 40; Short stature is preferred but not required; has a heavy Italian accent for this character. Zangara blamed capitalists and kings for his medical conditions and attempted an assassination of Franklin D. Roosevelt—instead killing Mayor Cermak of Chicago. Asian or Pacific Islander, Latino, African American.
Sara Jane Moore — Soprano F3-Eb5. Middle-aged and frumpy. Moore, a former FBI informant five times married, nearly assassinated Gerald Ford in 1975 — the second such attempt on his life in three weeks. Moore provides much of the comic relief in the show and requires an actress with good comic timing. Asian or Pacific Islander.
Lynette Squeaky Fromme — Mezzo A3-G5. Mid-20s to mid-30s; slender and pretty. Fromme, a flower child and member of Charlie Manson’s cult family, attempted an assassination of Gerald Ford in 1975. She is the lunatic foil to Sara Jane Moore’s airheadedness. Asian or Pacific Islander.
John Hinckley — Baritone A2-G4. Early-20s to 30; husky; ability to play guitar a plus. Hinckley used a sociopathic obsession with Jodie Foster as his excuse to attempt an assassination of Ronald Reagan in 1981. Hinckley’s clinical insanity and love-sickness add dramatic weight to this character. Asian or Pacific Islander, Latino, or African American.
Charles J. Guiteau — Tenor A2-Ab4. 30s to 50s; average in stature. Guiteau was a multi-careered charlatan with delusions of grandeur who assassinated James Garfield in 1882. This intense libertine requires a multi-personality characterization and a flair for the dramatic. Asian or Pacific Islander.
10) Samuel Byck — 30s to 50s; heavy set; blue-collar Philly accent. Byck was disgruntled at government and all it stood for when he attempted to hijack a plane with the intent of crashing it into the Nixon White House. Tenor, baritone, or bass-baritone). Asian or Pacific Islander, Latino, or African American.
Townspeople —will play a variety of parts as listed below. The townspeople require strong individual voices as they sing How I Saved Roosevelt and Something Just Broke.
1 - Male. 40s-50s. Asian or Pacific Islander (tenor, baritone, or bass-baritone), Will play a variety of roles including James Blaine, Gerald Ford, etc…
2 - Male. Mid-20’s, athletic build. Asian or Pacific Islander (tenor, baritone, or bass-baritone) Will play a variety of roles including David Herold, James Garfield, etc…
3 - Female. 30-40s. Asian or Pacific Islander (alto voice preferred) Will play a variety of roles.
4 - Female. 18-30). Asian or Pacific Islander. Will play a variety of roles including Moore’s 8 year old son. (alto to mezzo)
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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