PIRIRA - NYC EPA
Luna Stage Company
AUDITION DATE
Mon, May 21, 2018
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)
Lunch 12:30 to 1:30
CONTRACT
SPT $288/week
SEEKING
Equity actors for 4 roles.
See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Prepare a brief contemporary monologue under 2 minutes. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
PERSONNEL
Director: Ari Laura Kreith**
Playwright: J.Stephen Brantley**
**attending
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: 9/11/18
First Preview: 10/4/18
Closing: 10/28/18
Performances: Th/Fri at 7:30, Sat at 8 and Sun at 3
OTHER
www.lunastage.org
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.
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BREAKDOWN
ERICKA:
30s, female, American, Black or Latina. Recently appointed funds manager for a small NGO in Malawi. A former financier who grew up in Brooklyn, Ericka is determined, distrustful, and headstrong to a fault. A pragmatist who believes in the power of logic to change the world.
JACK:
40s, male, American, Caucasian. Civil engineer drilling borewells for a small NGO in Malawi. Having lost a child in his native California, Jack has dedicated himself to saving lives in sub-Saharan Africa. A former punk musician who plays acoustic guitar.
GILBERT:
20's, male, Malawian, Black, straight. Works the early shift at a wholesale florist in Manhattan. A college student new to New York, Gilbert is reserved, even deferential, until pushed too far. An aspiring rapper with a Malawian dialect.
CHAD:
30's, male, American, gay, not Black. Works the early shift at a wholesale florist in Manhattan. A lapsed activist with hipster tendencies, Chad is funny without being bitchy, outrageous but never camp. A big flirt with a very broken heart.
About PIRIRA
Winner: New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Premiere of a Play
As the African nation Malawi erupts in riots around them, American aid workers Jack and Ericka take shelter in the storage room of a struggling NGO. Half a world away, Malawian student Gilbert and his gay co-worker Chad begin another day in the back room of a Manhattan florist. This powerful new play explores the challenges of international aid across interpersonal borders, and how we bridge seemingly impossible cultural divides.
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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