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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions:
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Lunch 1 - 2
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Contract
LORT Non-Rep
$799 week/min
Location
Actors' Equity Association NYC Audition Center
165 West 46th Street
16th Floor
New York, NY 10036
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Seeking
Men and Women Equity Actors for 2015-16 season:
NUREYEV'S EYES, SEX WITH STRANGERS, MY NAME IS ASHER LEV, and one title TBA.
See Breakdown for details.
Preparation
One brief contemporary monologue. Please bring headshot and resume, stapled back to back.
Other Dates
See Breakdown for details
Personnel
Artistic Director: David Saint
Resident Artistic Director: Michael Mastro
Producing Associate: Scott M. Goldman (Expected to be in attendence)
· EPA Rules are in effect.
· A monitor will be provided.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
Other dates:
TBA
1st Rehearsal October 20, 2015
First Preview November 10, 2015
Closing November 29, 2015
Nureyev's Eyes by David Rush
Directed by Michael Mastro
First rehearsal Jan 12th, 2016
First preview Feb 2nd, 2016
Close Feb 21st, 2016 - transfers to Delaware Theater Company March 2nd
Sex with Strangers by Laura Eason
directed by David Saint
1st Rehearsal Feb 16, 2016
1st Preview March 7, 2016
Closing March 27, 2016 transfers to Philadelphia Theater Company April 8
My Name is Asher Lev by Aaron Posner
adapted from the novel by Chaim Potok
directed by Jim Jack
First rehearsal March 22nd, 2016
First preview April 12th, 2016
Opening April 15th, 2016
Close May 1st, 2016
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Breakdown
SEX WITH STRANGERS
ETHAN: mid 20s. An attractive, impetuously brash twenty-something blogger who literally and figuratively bursts into Olivia’s life one snowy evening. Comfortable in his skin; sexy, sexual and charmingly self-effacing just when you want to write him off as hopelessly arrogant. ETHAN has found instant notoriety and success by blogging about his exploits having sex with strangers, but harbors deeper ambitions and values than perhaps meets the eye.
OLIVIA: Late 30s – 40. A bookish but not uptight schoolteacher/writer living in rural Michigan; attractive, confidant enough, but not a voracious socializer/dater. An old-school lover of books and serious literature, not up on the latest blogging trends, OLIVIA achieved limited literary success with one novel and despite having always dreamed of writing full time is finding herself reticent to pick the pen back up in a serious way
NUREYEV'S EYES
Jamie Wyeth- A painter. Son of the famous American painter Andrew Wyeth. Born and raised in a small New England environment. Seeking an actor to play from ages 28-46.
Rudolf Nureyev - An international Russian ballet star who has defected to the West. Passionate and volatile. Seeking an actor to play from ages 36-54. Must have some ballet experience.
MY NAME IS ASHER LEV
Asher Lev – Male, 25-30
The narrator of the story. Ages from 6 to 25. An artistic prodigy whose passionate love for painting isn’t accepted by his father. Curious, sensitive, willful, and driven. Asher struggles to reconcile his love for his family and the traditions of his faith, with the demands of his art. Requires an actor of vast depth, imagination and presence.
The Men (played by one actor): 50-60 Requires an actor of vast depth, imagination, humor and ability to transform.
Aryeh Lev – Asher’s father – ages from 40-60. A respected figure in his Jewish community. Passionate, tireless devotion to his faith. He works for the Rebbe, and frequently travels to Russia to save Jews from persecution. Aryeh doesn’t understand why his son creates art and suffers greatly by Asher’s inability to follow Hasidic traditions.
Jacob Kahn – Ages from 70-80. A highly successful artist who mentors Asher. As a Jew unconstrained by religion or society, he pushes Asher to discover his own artistic voice and path in life.
The Rebbe – Wise, compassionate leader of the Ladover Hasidic Jews. He arranges for Asher to study with Jacob Khan.
Yitzchok-Asher’s uncle who encourages his art.
The Women (played by one actor): 35-45 Requires an actor of vast depth, imagination, and ability to transform.
Rivkeh Lev – Asher’s mother. Ages 30-50. Suffers deeply from the loss of her brother. A woman of extraordinary strength and frailty. Devoted, curious, loves her family. She sees and encourages Asher’s gift, but this places her in the middle of the conflict between father and son.
Anna Schaeffer – 40-45. Sophisticated, business savvy art gallery owner, who displays Asher’s art. Rachel – 30. A model that poses for Asher.
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