MY LORD, WHAT A NIGHT Equity Principal Auditions - Premiere Stages Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Friday, July 22, 2016
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
Lunch 1 to 2

Contract
LOA
ref. to LORT; $430/week + $90 trans. stipend/wk

Location
Actors' Equity Association NYC Audition Center
165 West 46th Street
16th Floor
New York, NY 10036

Seeking
Equity actors for 4 roles.

See breakdown

Preparation
Actors will read from sides, provided at the EPA.

Bring picture and resume

Other Dates
Rehearsal: October 4 through 12, 2016
Performance: October 13 through October 16, 2016

Other
Premiere Stages is located in Union, NJ, 30 minutes from Manhattan. There is a train that stops at the Kean University campus (from Penn Station).

Personnel
John J. Wooten, Producing Artistic Director
Kel Haney, Director
Premiere by Deborah Brevoort, Playwright
Carol Hanzel, Casting Director

· 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.

Breakdown

Seeking:

Albert Einstein:
The German-born theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity. He fled Nazi Germany and settled in Princeton NJ where he was offered a position with the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton University. Jewish; Age 58.

Marian Anderson:
One of the most celebrated singers of the 20th century. She performed on concert stages around the world, but suffered discrimination at home in the United States. African American; age: 41. The actress playing this role must be able to sing. Vocal type: contralto.

Abraham Flexner:
Head of the Institute of Advanced Studies at Princeton University, he recruited Einstein to be a fellow at the Institute. Jewish. Age: 71.

Mary Church Terrell:
A civil rights activist and suffragist who worked tirelessly to put an end to racial prejudice. One of the early foot soldiers of the civil rights movement, she was instrumental in helping to plan Marian Anderson’s historic concert at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939. African American; age 75, but with the energy of a 30-year old.