Eugene O'Neill Theater Center 2023 Summer Season - NYC EPA Revised
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center | Waterford, CT
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Thursday, June 1, 2023
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
LORT Non-Rep
$620.80 weekly minimum (LORT
experimental)
Equity actors for roles in Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 2023 Summer Season (See breakdown).
Summer Season includes presentations for the National Playwright's Conference and the National Music Theater Conference.
The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer and subscribes to the LORT Agreement Non-Traditional Casting policy, encouraging participation by and casting of ethnic minority Actors (African American, Asian American, Hispanic American and Native American), women and Actors with disabilities in roles where race, ethnicity, gender, or the prescence or absence of a diability is not germane.
Please prepare a contemporary monologue that is no longer than 60 seconds and a contrasting monologue, poem, spoken word piece or contemporary musical theater, pop or folk song that is no longer than 60 seconds. An accompanist will be provided. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Ripley-Grier Studios (520)
520 8th Ave
New York, NY 10018-6507
Holding room Studio 16L
Melia Bensussen - Guest Artistic Director for the National Playwright's Conference Alexander Gemignani - Artistic Director for the National Music Theater Conference David Caparelliotis - Casting Director for the National Playwright's Conference
Expected to attend:
Jorge Lopez Rivera - Line Producer Lindsay Levine - Casting Director for the National Music Theater Conference Joe Gery - Caparelliotis Casting
The National Playwright's Conference will present staged readings of six new plays. Each play will have rehearsals and 2 public readings for one week between June 20th and July 8th.
The National Music Theater Conference will present staged readings of three new musicals. Each musical will have rehearsals and 3 public readings for two weeks between July 4th and July 28th.
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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.
Equity encourages everyone participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas are not recommended. Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.
Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and dressing rooms.
National Playwrights Conference
Tanner/Finn/Osgar: Male, mid 20s-mid 30s
Archie/Cillian/Irial: Male, mid 30s-mid 40s
PLUCK by Jan Rosenberg
Cleo: 14. AFAB Female. Bea's twin.
Bea: 14. Female. Cleo's twin.
Fox: 14. Male.
Lenny: Early 30s Male. Guidance counselor. Doubles as Daddy Sayz, Circus Freak, and Tyler. Queer.
Jessie: 35. Female. The twin's mother.
Callie: Black woman, non-binary person, and/or genderqueer person
Beneatha: Black woman, non-binary person, and/or genderqueer person
Girl/Who Tries to Fly: Black woman, non-binary person, and/or genderqueer person Awthu: Black woman, non-binary person, and/or genderqueer person
Portia: Black woman, non-binary person, and/or genderqueer person
Cinna Antoinette/Amandla: Black woman, non-binary person, and/or genderqueer person Mistress Catherine: White woman
Phyllis: 65, Chinese-American. A real battle axe. Fire rooster. Executive Consultant (former Managing Director). Been around the block one or two (or three) times. Qin Dynasty legalist ruler who fell into a whole barrel of Johnny Walker Red vibes.
Ellen: 48, Chinese-American. An oak tree that's been carved out in the center. Wood tiger. Managing Director in Global Assets. #GIRLBOSSGASLIGHT. Innovative. Tough love junkie. Never, ever, ever late.
Iris: 31, Chinese-American(?). A full moon out on a summer's day. Metal goat. Senior Tech Analyst. Here on an H1b visa. Doesn't pull any punches. Except when she feels like she's going to get punched back. Coward! Or maybe - a Genius.
Katie: 24 Chinese-American. A flowe bud waiting to bloom. Earth tiger. (Newly minted) Senior Research Analyst in Global Assets. Inquisitive. Hopeful. I'm no rambling I'm thinking out loud.
Waiter: 20s/30s. Just a regular white guy. Doubles as Daniel, Man on the Subway, and Man in the Elevator.
Jane: Female, mid 20s. A dreamer by nature, a pragmatist by necessity.
Clyde: Male, mid 20s. An idealist, though he hasn't quite worked out what those ideals are. Virgil: Male, around 50. Fearless explorer of the great outdoors.
THE MATRIARCHS by Liba Vaynberg
Sara: Female. Traditional, passionate, seemingly barren. Ashkenazi.
Rivkah (later Rebecca): Female/non-binary. A meticulous revolutionary queer.
Leah: Female. Gloomy but funny. Rachel's fraternal twin.
Rachel: Female. Bright but has a death wish. Leah's fraternatl twin.
Tzipporah: Female. An anxious romantic. Black.
Miriam: Female/non-binary. quiet prophet, always in conversation with the Voice.
Voice: Female. heard but never seen. Brisk, wise. A mother who isn't always maternal. Probably older that all the others.
National Music Theater Conference
Written by Veronica Mansour and Sophie Boyce
Emilia Bassano: Female, Person of Color (historically Emilia was of Italian and possibly North-African descent), early-mid 20s (but is 15 at the start of the show), Alto/Mezzo. The queen of ingenutity, the woman behind the quill, the mastermind. Quick-witted, sharp-tongued and extremely passionate.
William Shakespeare: Male, mid-late 20s, Tenor. A chancer, a showman, cheeky but with so much charisma that he gets away with it. Highly likable, but deeply lonely; most things and relationships in his life are superficial.
The Baron/Alfonso: Male, mid 30s, Baritone. Playing Emilia's two love interests: The Baron (respected patron of the arts, stoic, commanding, kind but inflexible), and Alfonso, (a conceited, greedy man who believes he deserves more than his lot in life.)
Susan: Female, mid 60s, Alto. No-nonsense, savvy, deeply caring but realistic about a woman's place in this world. She's learned to play the hand she's dealt and doesn't indulge in or tolerate self-pity.
Kate: Female-identifying, Mezzo. Not a shrew. Though some think she is.
Viola: Female-identifying, Alto. Probably disguising herself as her brother.
Juliet: Female-identifying, Soprano, legit-ish. Totally in love but doesn't needa man. Lady Macbeth: Female-identifying, Mezzo, belter. The puppeteer.
Book by Brandy Hoang Collier
Lyrics by Clare Fuyuko Bierman
Music by Erika Ji
Ruby Okamoto (she/her): Ruby is a 20-year-old college student of Japanese descent. She hasn't had a full night's sleep in three days but all she cares about tonight is the fact that Yoko Ono was a famous Japanese woman who was married to a guy who was killed by a guy who's married to a Japanese woman named Gloria Abe and what?? Ruby's pajamas are an older-than-shit, pit stained T-shirt and men's boxers with the elastic worn out. She looks tired.
Nicole Ishida Reilly (she/her): Nicole is a 27-year-old of Japanese and Irish descent who worries about good fortunes not lasting long, and is not afraid to capitalze on a moment when she can. She has a band and they totally rock and they're totally going to be famous, so keep an eye on her. Nicole's pajamas are an athletic sports bra and basketball shorts hanging off her hips. She looks insanely cool and hot and butch.
Grace Yoon (she/her): Grace is a 29-year-old daughter of Korean immigrants who will soon graduate from Harvard Medical with a MD-PhD in biomechanical engineering. Also sometimes she dates girls, but that's not that big a deal right? Like she could tell people but she doesn't have to, right? Whatever,
just focus on the doctor thing, okay? Grace's pajamas are an oversized T-shirt and sweatpants. She'd never believe it, but she actually looks cute as a button.
Iris Zhang (she/her): Iris is a 46-year-old of Chinese descent who moved to the United States at a young age. She has learned to be outspoken so as not to be talked over and ignored, but people don't always like that. On this particular night, Iris' Pajamas are too-large, shlubby food-stained men's robe over designer lingerie and expensive-looking stockings. She looks a little confused.
Hana Maria Cantor (nee Reyes)(she/her): Hana is a 54-year-old Filipino woman. She has a husband and two beautiful daughters who are the pride of her life. She is extremely happy in her marriage and everything is going amazing. Her life is perfect. Hana's pajamas are a very sensible matching pajama set, but tonight she has a feather boa, a party hat, and goofy party sunglasses from NYE 2008. She looks unhinged, but in a fun way!
Christina Vo (she/her): Christina is a 65-year-old Catholic woman who came to the states as a refugee (not an immigrant, that's very important) of the Vietnam war. She has felt lost since the death of her husband, especially with her children grown and out of the house. Christina's pajamas are a floor-length nightgown, but with men's pajama bottoms underneath (for pockets). In one of her pockets she has a phillips-head screwdriver. She looks ready to go to Taco Bell if someone invited her right now.
Book, Music & Lyrics by Christopher Anselmo & Jared Corak
Andi: 12, Female-identifying. Rambunctious misfit, her mind flies a million miles per second, a little hurricane, probably always in trouble at school for being too disruptive, feels that Pop is the only person who understands her. (Range: A3-D5)
Pop: 80s, Male-identifying. Andi's grandfather, owner/operator of a locally-renowned oddities shop, warm, charming, eccentric, a little too talkative, a couple screws loose. Aging Indiana Jones meets Doc Brown. We always imagine Mandy Patinkin or Peter Friedman - We hope someone with a storied history that people have strong memories of would do a bit of the metatheatrical heavy lifting in getting audiences to quickly empathize with the family's perception of Pop. (Range: B2-Eb4)
Izzy: 40s, Female-identifying. Andi's mom, local community college art teacher, patient, caring, quick to forgive, takes after and empathizes with her father in many ways but almost to a fault. (Range: F#3- A4)
Alma: 40s, Female-identifying. Andi's aunt visiting from New York City, Izzy's older sister, travel agent, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center 2023 Summer Season - NYC EPA Page 7 of 8 impatient, blunt, stubborn, harshly rejects her family's penchant for idealism. (Range: F#3-E5 not belted)
Franklin: 40s, Male-identifying. Andi's dad, accountant, risk-averse, non-confrontational, reluctant mediator, keeps himself busy to quell has anxiety. (Range: C3-E4)
Willie Mae: 14, Male-identifying. Andi's cousin visiting from New York City, avid podcaster and Vice President of the Central Park Arborist Society (likely mad that he wasn't voted as President), studious, inquisitive, denies being a hypochondriac but very much is. (Range: C3-G#4)
Fleetwood: no specific age or gender. Renowned gator-wrestling flamingo and mascot of Gatorland, showy, vainglorious, a ham of Shakespearean proportions stuck in a roadside gig. (Range: E3-E4)
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