GEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSE 2023-24 SEASON - NEW BRUNSIWCK, NJ EPA
GEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSE
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center
11 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Thu, May 4, 2023
10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (EDT)
Lunch: 1:00-2:00pm
Email casting@georgestplayhouse.org for an appointment. GSP will fill May 3rd before making appointments for May 4th.
LORT Non-Rep
$739 weekly minimum (LORT D)
Equity actors for roles in George Street Playhouse's 2023-24 Season (see breakdown).
All roles will be understudied.
Prepare a contemporary monologue not to exceed 2 minutes. Bring photo and resume stapled together.
Artistic Director: David Saint
Artistic Associate: Laiona Michelle (expected to Attend)
General Manager: Scott Goldman (expected to Attend)
See production personnel in breakdown.
The Pianist
1st Rehearsal 8/29/23
Opening 9/29/23
Closing 10/22/23
Having Our Say: The Delaney Sisters 100 Years
1st Rehearsal 10/31/23
Opening December 1
Closing 12/17/2
OTHER
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of audition.
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.
Holding/Audition room information:
The maximum capacity in the holding room is: 85
The maximum capacity in the audition room is: 60
Adapted and Directed by Emily Man
WLADEK- The Pianist. Between 28-40. Polish Jew. Has huge emotional range, excellent language skills, the capacity to be the center of the drama. Playing the piano a definite plus but not a requirement.
FATHER- Between 50-70. Polish Jewish. Elegant, educated. Has great emotional range. A violinist but does not need to play.
MOTHER- (THIS ROLE IS CAST) Between 50-65. Polish Jewish. Plays the piano. Need not play but will be required to mime playing. Great emotional range essential.
HENRYK- Wladeks younger brother. Polish Jewish. 20-30s. An intellectual. Explosive personality.
REGINA- (THIS ROLE IS CAST) Wladeks younger sister. Polish Jewish. Late 20s/30s. A lawyer. Highly intelligent. Her emotions are more hidden than her sister's.
HALINA- (THIS ROLE IS CAST) Wladeks youngest sister. She plays the piano. Like the Mother, she need not play the piano but will need to learn the pieces and mime the fingering. Highly emotional.
JAWORKSI, AS CAST- (THIS ROLE IS CAST) Multiple roles, Jewish and non-Jewish. Nazi and civilian.
MAJOREK, AS CAST- (THIS ROLE IS CAST) 30s. Numerous roles, both the Nazi Officer who saves Wladek and Wladek's Jewish cousin. Also Nazis, police, and a resistance fighter.
JANINA, AS CAST- Multiple parts, Jewish and non-Jewish Polish. Old and young. 30s to 50s.
MAGDA/YOUNG BOY- MAGDA: an 8–12-year-old Polish girl. Very serious. An arresting presence. Will learn the fingering for a piano piece. YOUNG BOY: A young boy in the transit center.
Adapted by Emily Mann
Directed by Laiona Michelle
Bessie Delany (101) Female presenting. Bessie is the third of the 10 Delaney children. A retired dentist, Bessie is an outspoken and emotional, yet strong woman. She is sweet and charming but expresses her point clearly and concisely and does not back down from any challenge or confrontation. Her darker skin has presented difficulties in her life that her lighter skinned sister and mother had to endure but even in the face of the violence and persecution, she has found a way to laugh and love and enjoy life. Though this is true, Bessie makes no apologies for the anger she feels towards the racism she has endured in her life and can still get emotional upon recounting it. It is believed that Bessie has “psychic powers.”
Sadie Delany (103) Female presenting. A retired teacher, the first African American teacher in the NY City School System, Sadie Delaney is the second of the 10 Delaney children. She is a sweet, agreeable, relatively calm woman with a deep connection to her mother. While her sister is a fighter, she is a survivor – one who chooses the path of least resistance and thus can be a little manipulative in an innocent way. She is not as sure of herself as her sister is, is shy and can be jittery and afraid of men in particular. This does not mean that she does not stand up for herself or for what she believes in, but will avoid confrontation until it becomes impossible to, and when she does – she does it with command and power. As the years go on, Sadie becomes the matron of the family, making all of the decisions for the remaining Delaney child.
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