BOESMAN AND LENA Equity Principal Auditions - Signature Theatre Company, Inc. Auditions

BOESMAN AND LENA - NYC EPA

Signature Theatre Company Inc.

AUDITION DATE

Wed, Jul 18, 2018

9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)

Lunch 1 to 2

CONTRACT Off Broadway $715/week

SEEKING Equity actors for 3 roles. See breakdown.

PREPARATION Sides will be provided. Actors may perform a side or a brief contemporary monologue.
Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.

LOCATION

Pershing Square Signature Center

480 W 42nd St

New York, NY 10036

PERSONNEL Artistic Director: Paige Evans
Associate Artistic Director: Beth Whitaker
Playwright: Athol Fugard
Director: Yaël Farber
General Manager: Gilbert Medina
Casting Director: Caparelliotis Casting
Casting Associate: Candis Jones (will be in attendance)

OTHER DATES First Rehearsal: 1/8/19
First Performance: 2/5/19
Opening: On or about 2/25/19
End of Announced Run: 3/17/19

OTHER Pursuant to the terms of a concession made to this employer's agreement, the employer has agreed that any Equity member who attends this call will have an opportunity to be seen.

EPA Procedures are in effect for this 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

BOESMAN: A “coloured” South African man. Likely in his fifties, but a life of hardship and dissipation obscures his age. A transient, he’s been walking for what seems like his whole life. Quick to anger, he resorts to cruelty and violence to compensate for his own powerlessness. (Note: In South Africa, “coloured” is a distinct ethnic group with multiracial ancestry.)

LENA: A “coloured” South African woman. Likely in her fifties, but a life of hardship and dissipation obscures her age. Despite years of indignity and abuse, she retains a fundamental, deep-seated need for human connection. Over the course of the play, she slowly discovers her autonomy and independence. (Note: In South Africa, “coloured” is a distinct ethnic group with multiracial ancestry.)

OLD AFRICAN: A black South African man, an image of age and decrepitude. He has been walking for a long time in hopes of finding his way back home. Speaks entirely in Xhosa.

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.