CHIAROSCURO - NYC EPA
National Black Theatre | New York, NY
AUDITION DATE
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CONTRACT
LOA-NYC
$787 weekly minimum
$580 weekly minimum - 29 Hour Workshop
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in CHIAROSCURO (See breakdown). In association with The Flea.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a 2-minute contemporary monologue and bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
PERSONNEL
Playwright: Aishah Rahman
Director: abigail jean-baptiste
Expected to attend:
Casting Director: Erica A. Hart
Associate Casting Director: Briana Dunlay
OTHER DATES
29 Hour Workshop: Monday, March 10, 2025 - Friday, March 14, 2025
Rehearsal: on or around Monday, April 28 – Saturday, May 17, 2025
Tech: on or around Monday, May 19, 2025 - Saturday, May 24, 2025
First Preview: on or around Monday, May 26, 2025
Opening Night: on or around Sunday, June 1, 2025
Closing: on or around June 22, 2025
OTHER
https://www.nationalblacktheatre.org/
Venue: The Flea Theater
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity Monitor will be provided.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Equity Contracts
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
CHIAROSCURO
SEEKING:
- PAUL PAUL LEGBA: BLACK. any/all genders. Mid 20s - 40s. Papa Legba, the African trickster spirit, disguised as a ship steward. Playful energy. Can wear many masks and shape-shift. Easily plays clueless servitude though they are completely in control. High camp and sharp satire. Presents mostly masc until femme. Moves through the world as a dark-skinned person.
- GINA ROSE: BLACK. Femme or Female-identifying (inclusive). Mid 20s to 30s. Anxious to get married and looking for love. She’ll do anything to make it happen. Carries a striking beauty outside and a tumultuous pain within. Wears her docile disguise well, though she is secretly savvy and outspoken. Determined, strong-willed and perceptive. Moves through the world as a dark-skinned woman.
- RUSS: BLACK. Masc. or Male-identifying (inclusive). Late 20s to Early 40. Handsome Black Billionaire looking for the “right” kind of woman to wear on his arm. Looking to assimilate into white capitalism. Self-centered and entitled though shows softness with a lover. Trying to thrive. Moves through the world as a dark-skinned man.
- NAYRON: BLACK. Masc. or Male-identifying (inclusive). Early 20s to Mid 30s. Probably the most honest and direct of the group. Earnest intentions. Smooth talker. Romantic. Funny. Naive. Recently incarcerated. Moves through the world as a dark-skinned man.
- TILMAN: BLACK. Masc. or Male-identifying (inclusive). 50-60s. Has lived many lives. Wise and endearing but frequently oversteps. Heavy drinker. Casually misogynistic. Battling an ailment. Distancing himself from his revolutionary youth. Moves through the world as a dark-skinned man.
- SIENNA: BLACK. Femme or Female-identifying (inclusive). 50s. Very intelligent and observant but has the deposition of someone 20 years her junior. While she doesn’t say much in the group, she has a lot of biting things to share in intimate conversation. Quite tender, though often brash and cynical to protect her softness. Moves through the world as a brown or light-skinned woman.
- LA HONDA DEJA VUE: BLACK. Femme or Female-identifying (inclusive). Late 20s to Late 30s. Deep insecurities. Leads with materialism. People perceive her as a dumb blonde. Looking for her self-worth in external approval. Competitive. Lonely. Bold. Moves through the world as a brown or light-skinned woman.
