THE HOME PLACE - NYC EPA
Irish Repertory Theatre
AUDITION DATE
Jul 25, 2017
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
CONTRACT
Off Broadway Tier 3; $587/wk Plus Pension and Health (pending)
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles. Roles require authentic Irish and English accents. See breakdown
PREPARATION
Roles require authentic Irish and English accents. Please prepare a short contemporary monologue.
LOCATION
Irish Repertory Theatre
132 W 22nd St
New York, NY 10011-2419
PERSONNEL
A New York Premiere By Brian Friel
Artistic Director Charlotte Moore
Producing Director Ciaran O’Reilly
Director: Charlotte Moore, expected to be in attendance at the EPA
Casting Director: Deborah Brown
OTHER DATES
Rehearsals begin: August 22nd, 2017
Performances begin: September 20th, 2017
Closing Performance November 12th, 2017
OTHER
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
Synopsis: In the long, hot August of 1878, the widowed Christopher Gore, his son David, and their housekeeper Margaret, with whom they are both in love, reside at The Lodge, the Gore family home in Donegal. Christopher’s cousin, Dr. Richard Gore, arrives with the intention of pursuing a Darwin-inspired scientific theory. By measuring the craniums of the indigenous Irish, he hopes to crack the genetic code of the indigenes, demonstrating their (inferior) place in the natural order. Set in the era of uncertainty at the dawn of The Home Rule movement which would begin to restore self-government to the Irish, Brian Friel’s THE HOME PLACE depicts the aftermath of Dr. Gore’s “experiment” as deep animosity is ignited among the suspicious villagers of Ballybeg.
Roles require authentic Irish and English accents. SEEKING:
Christopher Gore
late 50’s A kind gentle man, the owner of the lodge. Born and reared in England, he has lived for most of his life in Ballybeg. Anglo Irish accent.
Margaret O’Donnell
early 30’s, a beauty. A local native…. Head housekeeper of the Lodge. A woman of high intelligence and quiet conviction. Irish accent.
David Gore
30’s Christopher’s son. An attractive, hesitant, uncertain young man, given to passionate declarations and impetuous behavior. Anglo Irish Accent
Dr. Richard Gore
60’s Christopher’s English cousin. A man of resolute habits and Victorian confidence. He is aware that this is how he is seen and it gives him a sly pleasure to play up to that stereotype. English Accent
Perkins
40’s Dr. Richard Gore’s personal assistant. Resolute with Victorian attitudes and confidence. Extremely efficient and determined to keep things in order. English Accent
Sally Cavanagh
20’s Very pretty. A maid at the Lodge. Alert, saucy, astute, flirty. Irish accent.
Con Doherty
mid 20’s Might be up to something. He has lean, keen features. He is soft spoken and quietly mysterious. Everything he says and does is “considered.” Irish accent.
Clement O’Donnell
60’s Father of Margaret. A school teacher. Musical, Blustery, breathless, compelled to talk when he knows he should be quiet. A bit too fond of the drink. Irish Accent.
Johnny McLoone
60’s A large man. Taciturn. Watchful. Menacing. A quietly powerful frightening presence. Irish accent.
Mary Sweeney
40’s A local woman. Shabbily dressed. Poverty and hunger have made her desperate. She is frantic to the point of despair for herself and her young family. Irish Accent.
Tommy Boyle
(should look mid teens) He’s a Smartass. Scampish and utterly irrepressible. He is not shy. Irish Accent. Actor Must be 17 or older.
Masie McLoughlin
(should look early teens) Extremely shy and nervous. Barely able to speak. Irish accent. Actor Must be 17 or older.
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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