QUEENS OF THE GOLDEN MASK - NYC EPA
Ivoryton Playhouse Foundation, Inc.
AUDITION DATE
Mon, Aug 27, 2018
11:00 am - 7:00 pm (EDT)
Break 2 to 3
CONTRACT
SPT $600/week
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles. See breakdown.
SYNOPSIS: Queens of the Golden Mask is set in Celestial, Alabama in the early 1960s and follows the lives of a group of women as they bake and sew and participate in Women’s Auxiliary of the Ku Klux Klan. This play examines the repercussions of normalizing hate.
PREPARATION
Actors will read from sides. Sides will be available at the audition (and will be posted on the theatre's website at: www.ivorytonplayhouse.com). Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Pearl Studios NYC (500) 500 8th Ave
New York, NY 10018-6504
PERSONNEL
Writer: Carole Lockwood
Executive/Artistic Director: Jacqueline Hubbard
At EPAs – Jacqueline Hubbard – Director; Daniel Nischan – Associate Artistic Director
OTHER DATES
First rehearsal: October 16
First performance: October 31
Close: November 18, 2018
OTHER
Performance schedule: Wednesday and Sunday matinees at 2pm; Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 7:30pm; Friday and Saturday evenings at 8pm
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
Ida Sage / Moma (Mow-Maw) - 65 or older. Backbone of the group and staunch supporter of segregation. Mother of Hubie-George Jr.. A simple, yet powerful, woman with two distinctly different faces. “The Queens” are her pride.
Faith Carlyle - 45ish. Southern born and bred in Celestial - part of Ida’s circle of friends. She shares her husband’s involvement and has an easy, somewhat laid back way about her.
Martha Nell Sage - barely 21. Sold to be Hubie-George’s wife at the age of 16. Vulnerable, thin, lonely, and gentle.
Ophelia Barnett / Fifi - late 50’s. An enthusiastic lifetime member. Full of put on airs and gossip. Unloved and unnoticed by her husband.
Jean Mooney - 40ish. An unexpectedly complicated woman, well-hidden beneath a gruff, wise-cracking exterior. Raised in Celestial and the ways of the “fiery cross.”
Kathy (Two) Boggs - 18ish. Cheerleader enthusiastic, constantly pregnant child bride of the mayor’s son. Anxious to be accepted by Celestial’s grown-up world and leave her trailer park roots behind.
Rose Jackson - 25ish. An Ohio Yankee, just married to a Celestial hometown boy after a whirlwind courtship. A teacher by trade and passion, Rose is intelligent, kind, and good-hearted.
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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