PRIVATE EYES and EVERY BRILLIANT THING - NYC EPA
Arc Stages
AUDITION DATE
Jun 13, 2017
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
CONTRACT
SPT SPT Category 1; 17-18 season salary pending; 16-17 was $236/week min.
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a brief contemporary monologue. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Ripley-Grier Studios (520)
520 8th Ave
New York, NY 10018-6507
16th floor
PERSONNEL
Stephanie Kovacs Cohen: Director
Ann-Ngaire Martin: Director
Adam David Cohen: Artistic Director
PRIVATE EYES by Stephen Dietz
EVERY BRILLIANT THING by Duncan Macmillan
OTHER DATES
PRIVATE EYES: 1st reh: September 4, 2017. Performances will run weekends from September 22 to October 8.
EVERY BRILLIANT THING: 1st reh: January 15, 2018. Performances will run weekends from February 2 to February 24.
OTHER
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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
PRIVATE EYES
A comedy of suspicion in which nothing is ever quite what it seems. Matthew's wife, Lisa, is
having an affair with Adrian, a British theatre director. Or perhaps the affair is part of the play
being rehearsed. The audience itself plays the role of detective in this hilarious relationship
thriller about love, lust and the power of deception.
Seeking:
MATTHEW
Male (29-39). Any ethnicity. An actor, whose wife was seduced almost literally in front of his eyes. He is shy and unwilling to cause any sort of confrontation.
LISA
Female (29-39) Any ethnicity. Matthew’s wife, who is seduced by Adrian.
ADRIAN
Male in (27-35). Any ethnicity. Matthew and Lisa’s British director. A womanizer who is after Lisa.
CORY
Female (25-30). Any ethnicity. Adrian’s wife who has been looking for him. She originally states that she is just a private eye working for Adrian’s wife. She wants revenge on Adrian in the worst possible way.
FRANK
Male or Female (45-59). Any ethnicity. Matthew’s therapist and the only reliable narrator in the play. He/She often speaks directly to the audience to clarify Matthew’s story. However, doubt is cast upon who he/she really is at the very end of the play. Can be either male or female.
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EVERY BRILLIANT THING
You’re six years old. Mum’s in hospital. Dad says she’s “done something stupid.” She finds it hard to be happy. So you start to make a list of everything that’s brilliant about the world. Everything that’s worth living for. 1. Ice cream. 2. Kung Fu movies. 3. Burning things. 4. Laughing so hard you shoot milk out your nose. Soon, the list will take on a life of its own. A play about depression and the lengths we will go to for those we love.
WOMAN or MAN
(35 - 55). Any ethnicity. Good sense of humor and an ease about her to address the audience in a ‘give and take’ throughout the show. Even though she is damaged, she has struggled to reach a certain peace in her soul. She wants to share that knowledge with others (the audience) in the hopes they walk away a little lighter in their hearts or even a little enlightened.
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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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