Blueberries Development LLC | New York, NY
Friday, October 18, 2024
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
BREAK: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
LOA
$1000 weekly minimum (LOA ref. LORT) - Contract pending
Equity actors for roles in HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES (see breakdown). All roles will be understudied.
Please prepare a 1 minute, direct-address, contemporary monologue. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Ripley-Grier Studios (305)
305 W 38th St
New York, NY 10018-2902
Studio 307; holding room is 308
Playwrights: Moisés Kaufman & Amanda Gronich
Director: Moisés Kaufman
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Casting Director: Stephanie Yankwitt, CSA tbd casting co.
Casting Assistant: Nia Smith
Rehearsal Dates: Jan 6 - Jan 20, 2025
Performance Dates:
McCarter Theater: Jan 24 - Feb 9, 2025
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts: Mar 13 - Mar 30, 2025
Berkeley Rep: April 5 - May 11, 2025
https://www.heretherareblueberries.com/
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.
Storyline: A mysterious album of never-before-seen Nazi-era photographs arrives at the desk of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum archivist Rebecca Erbelding. As Rebecca and her team of historians begin to unravel the shocking story behind the images, the album soon makes headlines around the world. In Germany, a businessman sees the album online, recognizes his own grandfather in the photos, and begins a journey of discovery that will lead him to a reckoning of his family's past and his country's history. Here There Are Blueberries tells the story of these photographs – what they reveal about the perpetrators of the Holocaust, and about our own humanity.
Seeking a diverse and dynamic group of actors who have demonstrable experience in devised theater work. Brechtian technique is a plus. This is a diverse cast, reflecting the heterogeneity of Auschwitz during this time period, and the world that exists now in its wake. We recognize that characters are written on the binary (use she/her pronouns) and invite gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary actors to submit for the roles they most identify with. We seek to cast expansively and intentionally with consideration of race, ethnicity, gender, body type, and ability. Actors with Accordion experience are encouraged to audition.
[MELITA MASCHMANN, CHRISTOPH BUSCH AND OTHERS] (she/her, 40s-50s, Black). As MELITA: Meticulous in her speech, she is still coming to terms with her role as Press and Propaganda Officer of the League of German Girls. As a young girl, she was wooed by Hitler’s promises of a better life. As CHRISTOPH: Very discerning, matter-of-fact disposition. The Managing Director of the Holocaust Museum in Belgium.
[TILMAN TAUBE AND OTHERS] (he/him, 40s, Global Majority). Discovers that he is a direct descendant of a war criminal in light of this photo album of Auschwitz that has been discovered. Over the course of the play, he comes to terms with his family's role in Auschwitz and tries to help others do the same.
[REBECCA ERBELDING] (she/her, 20s-30s, any ethnicity). The head intake archivist at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Rebecca takes us on the journey of this play. She leads with an intense curiosity that's compelling yet relentless. The wheels are always turning.
[KARL HÖCKER AND OTHERS] CAST (he/him, 40s-50s). At the start of the war, a lowly bank teller. Due to an injury, he becomes the right-hand man to the head of the entire camp complex. He's at the center of power. Considers this power a fortune.
[PETER WIRTHS, HEINZ BAUMKÖTTER AND OTHERS] CAST (he/him, 40s-50s). Peter Wirths is coming to terms with his family history - a combination of empathy and remorse for what his father participated in and had to contend with.
[RAINER HÖSS AND OTHERS] (he/him, late 20s - mid 30s, white). As a teen, Rainer Höss comes undone when he learns about his family's role in Auschwitz. By the time we meet him, he is a dangerous thug. He has been broken down by his family's secrets, struggling to make sense of it all.
NOTE: This track will play live accordion in the show. Actors with accordion experience are encouraged to audition.
[CHARLOTTE SCHUNZEL AND OTHERS] CAST (she/her, 30s-40s). Methodical but not unfeeling, Charlotte acted as a receptionist and coordinated arrivals on the camp. In one interrogation scene, she denies knowing anything, as the receptionists were kept out of the loop of what was going on. But how could she not know?
[JUDY COHEN] (she/her, 60s-70s, any ethnicity). The Director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's photographic collection. Studies the pictures like a puzzle and gets excited when the dots connect! Judy has been around long enough to know that blinders are the only way to get by in a job like this. She can focus on the details and that helps her make it through.
UNDERSTUDY 1 - CAST (femme identifying, 20s-40s). Covering Melita, Charlotte, and Rebecca.
UNDERSTUDY 2 (masc identifying, 20s-40s, any ethnicity). Covering Höcker, Wirths, and Tilman Taube.
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