Geffen Playhouse 2018-2019 Season - Los Angeles EPA Day
Geffen Playhouse
AUDITION DATES
Wed, Apr 25, 2018
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (PDT)
Lunch: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
Fri, Apr 27, 2018
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (PDT)
Lunch; 1:00PM - 2:00PM
APPOINTMENTS
EPA rules in effect. In person sign-up begins at 9:00AM on 4/25/18.
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep LORT B, D Minimums - $914/wk, $676/wk
SEEKING
Actors for the 2018-2019 Season
PREPARATION
Please prepare 1 monologue no longer than 2 minutes.
LOCATION
Geffen Playhouse
10886 Le Conte Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90024-3021
PERSONNEL
Phyllis Schuringa - Casting
OTHER DATES
See breakdown.
OTHER
No stage management positions are available.
http://www.geffenplayhouse.org/
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
THE UNTRANSLATABLE SECRETS OF NIKKI CORONA by Jose Rivera
Director: Jo Bonney
Rehearsal - August 7, 2018
Opening - September 12
Closing - October 7
Abril/Nikki – early 30s, Latina, soulful and pretty she has a dark complexion with long brown hair, large, wounded eyes. Nikki, her twin sister, a high school teacher, has been grieving nearly nonstop for the past nine months.
Maren/Lisandra – early 30s, beautiful, slender, intense, dark hair and eyes, a mixture of perfect confidence and vulnerability. From her voice to her make-up and clothes, to her physical manner, there’s something about her that seems like she just teleported from the 1940s. Lisandra is sexy with long blond hair and tatoos
Orlando – mid-30s, deeply sensitive eyes, bright, boyish, in the late stages of a terminal cancer. Though he’s ravaged by chemo and has trouble breathing, he has a fierce spirit.
Manny/Priest/Bernardo/Eldon – 40s, Manny is a male nurse, Bernardo is a Latino in full NYC police riot gear, and Eldon is British, dressed in late 19th century clothes. A variety of roles
Noelle/Paloma/Bobbi/Maria Sol – 30s, Noelle is Orlando’s younger sister, Latina, intense, strong, a single mother of three, Paloma is an Argentine Doctor, Bobbi is preppy and well-dressed, Maria Sol is in her 50s, expensively dressed a socialite and media star. Also a variety of roles.
LIGHTS OUT: NAT KING COLE by Patricia McGregor and Coleman Domingo
Director: Patricia McGregor
Rehearsal - January 8, 2019
Opening - February 13
Closing - March 17
NAT KING COLE: AF AM 30's-early 40's suave and debonair but underneath this veneer a quiet rage. Tap Dances, Singing is a dead ringer for Nat King Cole himself.
SAMMY DAVIS JR: AF AM 30's-early 40's. Provacateur. Witty, Physical Comedy Chops. Extraordinary Tap Dancing Skills. Singing is dead ringer for Sammy Davis Jr.
EARTHA KITT and OTHERS: AF AM late 20's- early 30's Sultry and able to sing like Eartha and Natalie Cole. Comedic chops a plus.
BILLY PRESTON AND OTHERS: AF AM 12-15 years old. Singer. A typical l1957 kid. An earnestness to him.
STAGE MANAGER AND OTHERS: Caucasian. Singer. Tenor. 20's-early 30's. Dutiful Stage Manager. Sharp.
PRODUCER AND OTHERS: 40's-Early 50's. Caucasian, Singer. Baritone. He plays the heavy. The Man 19'50's slick Hollywood Producer. Duplicitous.
PERLINA AND OTHERS: 30's-50's Extraordinary Singer. Plays Nat's mother and others. Powerful presence.
BETTY HUTTON, PEGGY LEE AND OTHERS: Caucasian. late 20's-30's. Extraordinary Singer.
CANDY AND OTHER'S: 40's-50's. Caucasian. Comedic. Gravely voiced Singer. An old school BROAD'
BLACK SUPER HERO MAGIC MAMA by Inda Craig-Galvan
Director: Robert O'hara
Reherasal - February 5, 2019
Opening - March 13
Closing - April 14
SABRINA JACKSON: F, 40, Black. No-nonsense, loving mother. She will cut you down if need be.
TRAMARION JACKSON: M, 14, Black. Sabrina’s son. Academically and artistically gifted. Loyal to his best friend Flat Joe.
FLAT JOE/JOSEPH A. HUGHES: M, 14, Black. At 14, he hardly even notices anymore when women clutch their purses in elevators. An artist skilled beyond his years and circumstances.
LENA EVERS: F, 32, Black. Sabrina's younger sister and Tramarion's aunt. Community-minded, professional, stylish. Has always benefitted from/relied on being the younger sister.
COACH COREY BRACKETT: M, 40, Black. Part-time teacher/academic coach; part-time philosopher. Everybody’s favorite cool teacher.
DAVE LESTER: M, 40, White. A Chicago cop with a clean record. He’s soooo over the bandwagon Cubs fans. Sincerely wants to protect and serve.
CONNIE: F, 35, Asian-American. Connie’s news anchor position was hard-won and she enjoys the challenges. She can exploit the hell out of a story, but it’s wearing on her.
TOM BLACKMAN: M, 40, Black. An ambitious, hungry field reporter. He’s proud of the fact that you’d never guess he grew up on the Southside of Chicago.
ANTIGONE by Jean Anouilh
Director: Kate Whoriskey
Rehearsal: March 12, 2019
Opening - April 17
Closing - May 12
Chorus
Antigone
Nurse
Ismene
Haemon
Creon
First Guard
Second Guard
Third Guard
Messenger
Page
Eurydice
MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES by Michael Mitnick
Director: Matt Shakman
Rehearsal - May 14, 2019
Opening - June 19
Closing July 14
GREEN/HOLMES 40s-50s. Male. Green is a scholar and Sherlock Holmes enthusiast. He has a gentle demeanor, but clicks in with passion at times of intensity.
CONAN DOYLE/DOYLEAN LEADER/CHIEF INVESTIGATOR (Police Chief) 30s-50s. Male. Would ideally resemble the real Conan Doyle. An organized mind and an inner sadness.
WATSON/IRENE ADLER MAN/HENRY 30s-40s. Male. Insightful and helpful, Watson is SH’s right-hand as they attempt to solve the murder. – Role is cast
THE AMERICAN/GUY AT BAR/GIBNER/DONALD/CHESTER/GEPPETTO/ANTOINETTE 40s-50s. Male. Mysterious and malevolent, the American has an eerie and unsettling quality.
TOUIE/CAROL/JEAN/CHRISTIE’S WOMAN/POLICEMAN 1, 3/CORONER/GREEN’S MOTHER 40s. Female. Touie Conan Doyle is a pugnacious force; Jean is a dry, elderly Brit.
SMITH/TAXI DRIVER/DENTIST/POLICEMAN, POLICEMAN 2,4/SCIRARD/EDWIN 30s-50s. Exasperated and proper, Smith was Conan Doyle’s publisher until Conan Doyle killed Holmes. Sharp and reasonable. Role is cast.
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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