THE DEAD, 1904 - NYC EPA
Irish Repertory Theatre | New York, NY
Friday, July 26, 2024
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Off Broadway
$860 weekly minimum (Tier 3) + Pension and Health
Equity actors for roles in THE DEAD, 1904 (See breakdown).
All Equity stage management positions have been filled.
Please prepare a short contemporary monologue. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Irish Repertory Theatre
132 W 22nd St
New York, NY 10011-2419
Artistic Director: Charlotte Moore
Written by: James Joyce
Adapted by: Paul Muldoon and Jean Hanff Korelitz
Expected to attend:
Producing Director/Director: Ciaran O’Reilly
Rehearsals begin: October 22nd, 2024
Performances begin: November 20th, 2024
Closing Performance January 5th, 2025
The DEAD, 1904 will be performed at American Irish Historical Society, 991 5th Avenue, New York City at 80th Street.
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided.
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SYNOPSIS: James Joyce’s beloved short story from The Dubliners features a holiday gathering on The Feast of the Epiphany, 1904, in the Dublin home of two elderly sisters, Kate and Julia Morkin. At the party are family and friends, a celebrated tenor, an ardent nationalist, a lost alcoholic, and Gabriel Conroy (nephew of Kate and Julia and his wife Gretta. Over the course of the evening there is music, dancing and dining. The tenor sings a haunting traditional lament – The Lass of Aughrim – and when it is all over Gabriel Conroy will learn something about his wife that changes everything: his idea of her and of himself, his sense of what it actually means to be alive, and to be dead.
This unique, immersive script, conceived by author Jean Hanff Korelitz and Pulitzer-prize winning Irish Poet and former New Yorker poetry editor Paul Muldoon, has been adapted to fit the beautiful venue while staying totally true in language and tone to the beloved holiday story. The cast of 12 and a small audience of 55 will move together around a perfectly restored c.1900 mansion, experiencing the party as it would have taken place in 1904 Dublin. All will sit down for a sumptuous Edwardian holiday meal (catered by Great Performances) in the mansion’s dining room.
NOTE: All roles require authentic Irish accents.
Gabriel Conroy, Mid 30s to mid 50s. A secondary school teacher and book reviewer. Self-absorbed, reflective; cosmopolitan, thoughtful; brooding. Proud of his command of the language. A natural orator.
Gretta Conroy, mid 30s to mid 50s. Gabriel's wife, a strong adroit woman who masks her inner emotions. She has a kindness and beauty about her as she moves through the room and mingles with guests and family. Towards the end of the evening as she hears a song that recalls a former love, we see a side of her that has never been revealed.
Lily, 20s. Maid to the Morkans. Charming, industrious – a take charge girl like a breath of fresh air. Improvisational skills useful. As Lily greets and makes people welcome as they enter the home.
Freddy Malins, 30s. An alcoholic friend of Gabriel. Talkative, Boisterous, passionate, longwinded and blissfully unaware of the effect his drunkenness has on those around him.
Miss Daly, mid 20s to mid 40s. A delightful woman. Plays the piano and violin very well.
Bartell D'Arcy, 30s/50s. A famous tenor in the Dublin of 1904. A Divo: he can be conceited and prickly when he feels slighted; Sensitive. He owns a rich beautiful voice and when he sings, all eyes are upon him. Requires some ballroom dancing skills.
Kate Morkan, 60s to 80s. Gabriel’s elderly aunt. Vivacious, outspoken and in a state of perpetually fretting.
Julia Morkan, 60s to 80s. Gabriel’s Aunt and Kate’s sister. Spacey. More fragile than her sister, her mind tends to wander. Sings.
Mary Jane Morkan, 30s. Niece of Kate and Julia Morkan. A music teacher. Plays the piano very well. Ballroom dancing a plus.
Molly Ivors, 30s. A contemporary of Gabriel at University. Sassy with a teasing disposition. A strong nationalist with a contempt for those like Gabriel that favor continental values. She is her own woman. Some ballroom dancing skills.
Mr. Browne, The sole Protestant guest at the party. A man about town; Charming and seedy and very fond of his whiskey. A refined Irish accent. Some basic ballroom skills.
Mrs. Malins, 60s/70s. Freddy's mother. Long suffering. She shares Freddie’s passion for the insignificant detail.
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