THE DEMOCRACY PROJECT - NYC EPA
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SIGNUP INFO
Signups begin Apr 7, 11:45 am (EDT)
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
New York, NY 10036
Fri, Apr 14, 2023
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM (EDT)
Break: 1:00-2:00pm
TYA
$574 weekly minimum
Equity actors for roles in THE DEMOCRACY PROJECT (see breakdown).
PRODUCTION DETAILS: The Democracy Project is a site-specific play written for and about Federal Hall by five celebrated writers of the American Theater: Tanya Barfield, Lisa D’Amour, Larissa FastHorse, Melissa James Gibson, Michael R. Jackson and Bruce Norris. When an employee of Federal Hall is asked to stand in for a sick actor in a play about Democracy at Federal Hall, she questions and incites the actors in the company and the viewing audience to question and confront the contradictions and aspirations of the founding ideals of the United States of America.
Please prepare (2) one-minute contemporary monologues.
Director: Tamilla Woodard
Co-Director: Tai Thompson
Casting Director: Calleri Jensen Davis Casting
Line Producer: Lynn Goldner
General Manager: Joey Monda
First rehearsal: June 5, 2023
Tech / Previews – on/about June 20, 2023
Official Opening – on/about June 27, 2023
Closing Date – on/about July 23, 2023 (no extension)
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An Equity monitor will be provided.
EPA Procedures are in effect for audition.
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.
Equity encourages everyone participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas are not recommended. Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.
Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and dressing rooms.
Holding/Audition room information:
The audition room can accommodate no more than 52 individuals at a time.
The holding room can accommodate no more than 80 individuals at a time.
CASTING
ALICIA/ ACTOR 1: BLACK Female Identifying, 20’s. ALICIA a Federal Hall employee working in IT. When an actor in the company calls in sick, Alicia is called on to step in and play the role of Ona Judge, the enslaved servant of Martha Washington.
ACTOR 2: BLACK Male identifying, 30-40’s. An actor in the company who plays the role of BILLY LEE, a man enslaved by George Washington as his personal Valet. Also plays the role of MARTHA WASHINGTON 2, a version of Martha Washington who haunts the dream of George Washington on the eve he is to take the oath of office.
ACTOR 3: WHITE Female Identifying, 40-50’s. An Actor in the company who plays the role of MARTHA WASHINGTON as she haunts the dreams of her husband George on the eve of his inauguration. Also voices and puppeteers JAMES MADISON, a miniature version of the founding father as he devises Amendments for the Constitution. Also plays Henry Knox, the secretary of war.
ACTOR 4: ROLE CAST. NATIVE AMERICAN Male Identifying 30-40’s. An Actor in the company who plays the role of the Creek Chief ALEXANDER McGILLIVRAY on the night before he will sign the Treaty of New York with the United States Government. Also plays Martha Washington 3, a version of Martha who haunts the dream of George Washington on the eve he is to take the oath of office. ALSO plays a geriatric Senator advising Washington against the Quaker petition to end the Slave Trade.
ACTOR 5: ROLE CAST. WHITE Male Identifying 50-60’s. An Actor in the company who plays the role of GEORGE WASHINGTON.
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