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KING LEAR Equity Principal Auditions - Broadway Theatre TBA Auditions

Posted October 15, 2018
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KING LEAR - Broadway Theatre TBA

KING LEAR - NYC EPA

Producing Org TBD


AUDITION DATES

Mon, Nov 05, 2018

9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)

Lunch 1 to 2

Tue, Nov 06, 2018

9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)

Lunch 1 to 2

Wed, Nov 07, 2018

9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)

Lunch 1 to 2

CONTRACT

Production (League) $2095/week current min

SEEKING

Equity actors for various roles. Some roles have already been cast and for those roles seeking understudies and possible future replacements.

PREPARATION

Actors should prepare Shakespearean monologues. No longer than 2 minutes in length. Bring picture and resume

LOCATION

Actors' Equity New York Audition Center

165 W 46th St
16th Fl

New York, NY 10036

PERSONNEL

Producer: Scott Rudin
Director: Sam Gold
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Casting: Caparelliotis Casting

OTHER DATES

1st Rehearsal:1/10/19
1st Performance: 3/6/19
Opens: 4/11/19
Closes: 7/7/19

OTHER

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

SEEKING:

[KING OF FRANCE] – Marries Lear’s daughter, Cordelia.

[DUKE OF BURGUNDY] – Refuses to marry Lear’s daughter Cordelia after she is disowned by her father.

[AIDE TO CORNWALL] – Proficient in ASL.


SEEKING UNDERSTUDIES FOR THE FOLLOWING ROLES:

[KING LEAR] – CAST - Aging King of Britain

[CORDELIA] – CAST - Lear’s youngest daughter, disowned by her father. Marries the King of France.

[GONERIL] – CAST - Lear’s oldest daughter and the wife of the duke of Albany.

[REGAN] – CAST - Lear’s middle daughter and the wife of the duke of Cornwall.

[GLOUCESTER] – CAST - A nobleman loyal to King Lear whose rank, earl, is below that of duke.

[EDGAR] – CAST - Gloucester’s older, legitimate son.

[EDMUND] – CAST - Gloucester’s younger, illegitimate son.

[KENT] – CAST - A nobleman of the same rank as Gloucester. One of Lear’s most loyal subjects & friends.

[ALBANY] – CAST - The husband of Lear’s daughter Goneril.

[DUKE OF CORNWALL] – CAST - The husband of Lear’s daughter Regan.

[OSWALD] – CAST - The steward of Goneril’s house.


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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