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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
10 AM to 6 PM
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
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Contract
LORT Non-Rep
B; $861/week
Location
Nola Studios
250 West 54th Street (enter at 250 W 54 ONLY)
(not 244 W 54)
New York, NY 10019
10th floor
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Seeking
Equity actors for various roles and understudies.
See breakdown for details.
Preparation
Actors will read from sides, provided at the audition.
Bring picture and resume
Other Dates
Each of the following are expected to be in attendance at the EPA - one in the AM and one in the PM. Exact schedule yet TBD.
Casting Director: Daniel Swee
Casting Associate: Camille Hickman
Other
1ST REH 5/10/16. 1ST PREVIEW: 6/16/16
OPEN: 7/11/16. CLOSE: 8/28/16
Personnel
DIRECTOR: BARTLETT SHER
WRITER: J.T. ROGERS
CASTING: DANIEL SWEE
· 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.
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Breakdown
OSLO tells the true but until now untold story of how one Norwegian couple planned and orchestrated top-secret meetings between the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, which culminated in the signing of the historic 1993 Oslo Accords.
NOTE: SOME ROLES MAY DOUBLE WITH OTHERS
MONA JUUL
Norwegian. M30’s-E40’s. Our narrator/guide to the story. Elegant and charismatic. She holds any audience in the palm of her hand. Under her impeccable manners is a sharp wit and a will of steel. Her grace and ability to be two moves ahead of all the men on the proverbial chessboard is what keeps the game going.
TERJE LARSEN
Norwegian. 40’s. Mona’s husband (and, back in the day, her professor in school). A dynamic, charming, raconteur; Norway’s answer to Noel Coward, if the latter went into politics. The crazier things get, the more joyous it is for him. A true intellectual who’s charm dazzles.
AHMED QURIE
Palestinian. 50’s. A great and formidable man, full of passion and speechmaking. Rabelaisian in his appetites and operatic in his emotions. He has a volcanic temper that he uses to his advantage. When he loses control is he acting? Is it real? Sometimes even he doesn’t know. Not an intellectual and defensive about that. Immensely charming, intensely clever.
URI SAVIR
Israeli. 40’s. The wonder boy of Israeli politics. Loves NYC, jazz, besting others in argument, and showing off his ballroom dancing. He can flip from charm to cold ruthlessness on a dime. Speaks many languages; a brilliant mind. Competitive as the day is long.
HASSAN ASFOUR
Palestinian. M30’s-L40’s. A hardline Communist; cold, unbending, he speaks as infrequently as he can. He is full of anger and slashing words and a walking compendium of the history of the Middle East and its grievances.
YOSSI BEILIN
Israeli. 30’s-E40’s. Israel’s boyish, earnest George Stephanopoulos (when he was in the White House with Clinton). Friendly, excited, passionate…seems so nice until he has to lower the boom and then, ah, that’s why he’s powerful.
JOEL SINGER
Israeli. 40’s. Twenty-year veteran of the Israeli Defense Force who’s a partner now in a law firm in NYC. He kicks ass and takes names; he has no use for the diplomatic language of the rest of the negotiators. He is very good at breaking china. He’s often bad cop to Uri Savir’s good one. Sharp as hell and knows it.
JOHAN JORGEN HOLST
Norwegian. 50’s-60’s. The soon to be Foreign Minister of Norway and Mona’s boss. Like, say, John Kerry: at the end of a long and distinguished career and loves to hear the sound of his own voice. NOTE: DOUBLES WITH FINN GRANDAL / FINN GRANDAL - Norwegian. 50’s-E60’s. The grounds keeper at Borregaard Castle. Toril's slower, and very taciturn husband. Speaks very little English. A man who prefers to keep quiet and make and do things with his hands.
MARIANNE HOLST
Norwegian. 40’s-50’s. The political wife, with all the baggage and frustration that comes with that never-enough-respect role. Thinks she’s a great mover and shaker. NOTE: DOUBLES WITH TORIL GRANDAL / TORIL GRANDAL - Norwegian. 50’s. Housekeeper and cook at Borregaard Castle. Roughhewn and ruddy cheeked, her English is rough but her enthusiasm and warmth are copious. She is the master of the domicile and takes fierce pride in her cooking prowess.
YAIR HIRSCHFELD
Israeli. 40’s. A professor. Earnest and passionate and out of his depths in these negotiations but willing to risk all. Very smart, a bit shy.
RON PUNDAK
Israeli. 30’s. A professor as well. The academic Hardy to Hirschfeld’s Laurel. He’s garrulous and fun-loving—often too much so.
JAN EGELAND
Norwegian. 30’s-40’s. The golden boy of the Norwegian foreign service and Mona’s former lover in college. Okay political chops but has great hair. Smart but vain.
SHIMON PERES
Israeli. 60’s-70’s. The elegant, larger-than life scion of the Israeli left. More European than Israeli. A charmer and seducer held in awe by those around him. One of his nation’s founding fathers—an Old World Intellectual…who will twist the knife in when needed. The most powerful man in the room.
THOR BJORNEVOG
Norwegian. 30’s-40’s. Senior officer with the Norwegian Secret Service. Hired by Terje and Mona to be completely immersed in all the activities scheduled for the weekend. Discrete, confident, intelligent, and with a good sense of humor, he approaches the task at hand with full gusto.
Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to attend.
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