Ensemble Studio Theatre | New York, NY
Monday, November 18, 2024
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
BREAK: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
LOA-NYC
$657 weekly minimum
Equity actors for roles in HAVE YOU MET JANE GOODALL AND HER MOTHER? (see breakdown).
All Stage Managerial positions are currently filled.
Please prepare a monologue no more than 2 minutes in length. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Ensemble Studio Theatre
545 W 52nd St
New York, NY 10019-5012
If you require accessible entry, please use the service elevator at 545.
Co-Artistic Directors: Estefanía Fadul & Graeme Gillis
Director: Linsay Firman
Playwright: Michael Walek
Casting by Calleri Jensen Davis
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Director: Linsay Firman
Playwright: Michael Walek
Francesca Fernandez McKenzie
RJ Tolan
First Rehearsal: on or about Feb 3, 2025
Tech Starts: Feb 24, 2025
First Preview: March 5, 2025
Opening: March 13, 2025
Closing: March 30, 2025
Possible extension(s) through April 13
Evening shows: Wednesday-Monday
Some Saturday Matinees
Dark day: Tuesday
Ensemble Studio Theatre
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity Monitor will be provided.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
A new comedy by Michael Walek. The Tanzanian government allowed Jane Goodall to study chimpanzees in the wild under one condition - she must bring a chaperone. So, Jane invited her mother.
CASTING NOTE: Have You Met Jane Goodall and Her Mother? is not a naturalistic play - it's more Noel Coward than Merchant Ivory (but no accents!). The Actors shift between presenting the story to the audience and embodying the characters, but it never becomes fully representational. Performers need to be comfortable with rapid tone shifts and with handling direct address playfully.
[SHORT] Character is male (cisgender, transgender, or nonbinary) 20-30, The most charming person you’ve ever met. Headstrong, dominating, a man who can build you a house with a pocketknife. His bravado hides a romantic heart. Queer.
[DAVID] Character is male (cisgender, transgender, or nonbinary) 30-50, An uptight British colonial officer. He is funny, but it comes from a well of deep pain. A man who has never been comfortable in his body one day of his life. Queer.
[JANE] CAST Character is female (cisgender, transgender, or nonbinary) 25, bright, determined, funny. A comedienne. She is almost too charming for her own good.
[VANNE] CAST Character is female (cisgender, transgender, or nonbinary) 50s, a wry sense of humor. A keen intelligence. She is the kind of woman you would want around in a crisis.
[ADOLF/MOSES] CAST Character is male (cisgender, transgender, or nonbinary) 19, young, motivated, full of energy and life. He is deeply political and has done the reading to back it up. His energy and eagerness hides a shrewdness most people can’t recognize. Queer.
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