Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions (3 days)
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Monday, April 11, 2016
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM each day (Lunch 1 to 2)
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Contract
Production (League)
$1917/week
Location
Actors' Equity Association NYC Audition Center
165 West 46th Street
16th Floor
New York, NY 10036
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Seeking
Equity actors for various roles and understudies.
See breakdown.
Preparation
prepare contemporary monologues from 1930s to the present in the style of the show. No longer than 2 minutes in length.
Bring picture and resume
Other Dates
1st Rehearsal: o/a 8/15/2016
1st Performance: o/a 9/20/2016
Opens: o/a 10/20/2016
Closes: o/a 2/5/2016
Personnel
Director: Jack O’Brien
Playwrights: Ben Hecht and Charles Mac Arthur
Casting: Caparelliotis Casting
Expected to be in attendance at the EPAs:
David Caparelliotis and Lauren Port
· EPA Rules are in effect.
· A monitor will be provided.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
Seeking for the following roles and understudies:
WALTER BURNS:
Male, 50s. Tyrannical managing editor of the Herald Examiner.
HILDY JOHNSON:
Male, 40s. Cocky star reporter of the Herald Examiner.
PEGGY GRANT:
Female, 30s. Hildy’s fiancé.
MRS GRANT:
Female, 60s. Peggy’s formidable mother.
BENSINGER:
Male, 40s. Fussbudget reporter for the Tribune.
MCCUE:
Male, 40s. Reporter for the City Press.
ENDICOTT:
Male, 40s. Reporter for the Post.
SCHWARTZ:
50s. Male. Reporter for the Daily News.
WILSON:
Male, 40s. Reporter for the American.
KRUGER:
Male: 30s. Banjo-playing reporter for the Journal of Commerce.
DIAMOND LOUIS:
Male, 30s. Small time criminal working for Walter Burns.
WOODENSHOES EICHORN:
Male, 40s. Big, well-meaning but incompetent German policeman.
EARL WILLIAMS:
Male, 30s. Short, slight, harmless man wrongly accused of murder.
MOLLIE:
Female, late 30s. World-weary and sharp-tongued neighborhood prostitute who befriends and helps EARL WILLIAMS.
MAYOR:
50s. Cigar-wielding, pompous mayor of the City.
SHERIFF HARTMAN:
Male, 50s. Mercenary City official consistently referred to as a “backroom moron” by the pool of reporters.
JENNIE:
Female, 60s. Cleaning woman at the Herald Examiner.
MR. PINCUS:
Male, 50s. A small, ineffectual messenger.
CARL:
Male, 50s. A policeman.
FRANK:
Male, 50’s. A Deputy.
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