THE HUMANS - NYC Appointments
Pittsburgh Public Theater Corporation
APPOINTMENTS
NYC auditions to be held 07/10/2017, 07/11/2017, 07/12/2017 by APPOINTMENT ONLY
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep LORT C; current min $799/week
SEEKING
Various roles.
Seeking submissions from AEA members. AEA members must submit themselves directly in order to be considered via this posting (no agent or third-party submissions).
INSTRUCTIONS
For consideration, email picture and resume ASAP.
Deadline: Mon, Jul 3, 2017
SUBMIT TO
submission.mccorklecasting@gmail.com
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director: Ted Pappas
Director: Pamela Berlin
By: Stephen Karam
Casting Director: Pat McCorkle
OTHER DATES
Callback Date(s): 07/13/2017
Rehearsal Date(s): 10/17/2017
Closing Date(s): 12/10/2017
Venue: Pittsburgh Public Theater
OTHER
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 submit.
BREAKDOWN
ERIK BLAKE
(60) Irish-American, Catholic, working-class background from Scranton, PA. Has been head of maintenance at a high school for 28 years. Loves his family and has worked hard all his life. Has very recently been fired from his job because he was discovered having an affair with a teacher at the school. He is trying to remain stalwart in the face of having lost his job, his pension, his life savings and his self-worth. The rug has been pulled out from under him. He is struggling to make sense of his life and the world.
DEIRDRE BLAKE
(61) Irish-American. Working class background from Scranton, PA. Overweight. Her Catholic beliefs have sustained her her entire life, especially through her husband's recent infidelity and the subsequent economic catastrophe to the two of them that it produced. She's found a way to forgive her husband for his transgression. She is both a pragmatist and a romantic. She has worked for the same company since graduating from high school.
FIONA (MOMO) BLAKE
(79) Erik's mother. Irish-American Catholic. In the throes of dementia for the past four years. Most of her speech doesn't make sense and is repetitive, although her gibberish may be related to what she senses is going on around her. Occasionally prone to wild outbursts of rage. Much beloved by all members of the family for the loving person she once was.
AIMEE BLAKE
(34) Irish-American. Grew up in Scranton, PA. Is now a lawyer, working for a large corporate firm in Philadelphia and makes a good living. Possibly a little overweight. She has recently broken up with her longtime girlfriend and is heartbroken. She also suffers from ulcerative colitis which causes her constant discomfort and has to have major surgery soon. She is the eldest of two girls. Gentle and sensitive but strong. By nature, and perhaps because she has learned to be, the more even-keeled of the two sisters, often playing peacemaker in the family.
BRIGID BLAKE
(26) Irish-American, born in Scranton, PA. The youngest of two daughters. She currently lives in NYC. A musician and composer with an artistic (mercurial) nature and frustrated that she is bartending and collecting unemployment and not able to pursue her career. A bit spoiled, upbeat most of the time and full of energy. She loves her parents but is embarrassed by their provincialism now that's she's become a big-city dweller. In spite of that, she still seeks their approval and wants them to love her new apartment and her boyfriend.
RICHARD SAAD
(38) American with Middle Eastern (Arabic) ancestry. Comes from privilege and money. In a few years he will come into a trust fund. Probably from the Boston area; his family also has a house on Cape Cod. He is currently studying to get his masters in social work (his mother has a private practice as a therapist). Bright, tries to stay upbeat and positive, and is very sensitive to the Blakes' complicated family dynamics. He tries to keep things running smoothly during this holiday dinner. Suffers from depression and apparently had a breakdown a number of years ago. He's willing to reveal that to Brigid's parents, as he feels he's moved on in his life.
STORYLINE:
Brigid and Richard have moved into a shabby two-floor apartment in New York’s Chinatown just in time for Thanksgiving, and her family – mom, dad, sister and grandma – arrives from Scranton, PA to laugh, argue, and eat around the table. But also dished up are fears, real and imagined, experienced by many Americans dealing with life today.
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 submit.
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