THE LAST JEW OF BOYLE HEIGHTS - NYC EPA
Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble Inc.
AUDITION DATE
Mon, Oct 23, 2017
10:00 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)
Lunch 12 to 1
Wed, Oct 25, 2017
10:00 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)
Lunch 12 to 1
CONTRACT
Showcase-NY small stipend
SEEKING
Actors for 9 roles. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Actors will read from sides, provided at the audition. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Medicine Show Theatre
549 W 52nd Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10019
PERSONNEL
Steve Greenstein- Author-Director/Aron Bederson-Producer
OTHER DATES
Opening 12/1/17 Closing 12/17/17
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
A toy factory on the industrial edge of the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. Two survivors meet in a world filled with fears of deportation, low wages, poor working conditions, and a struggle for the vanishing American dream.
Jessinia:
( 20's) A young Mexican woman from rural Mexico. Sweet, honest and endearing. Deeply spiritual.
Horowitz:
(early 30's)) The kind hearted, hard working son of the factory owner. Sympathetic, kind and thoughtful.
Hirsh:
(late 70's)) Owner of the factory. A Polish Holocaust survivor. Tough, hardened and determined, with a very good sense of humor.
Ortiz:
(mid 40s to fifties) Worldly well spoken Chicano from Boyle Heights. A Vietnam Veteran who has survived the jungles Vietnam and the tough neighborhoods of East Los Angeles -spiritual-religious- a fighter who can tell a joke
McClean:
(40's to late 50's) A no nonsense Irish American Fire Inspector with the LAFD. Straight forward with a lot of working man's pride.
Maria:
(30's to 50's) Chicana from the tough streets of East Los Angeles. Speaks a good Spanglish, loves to laugh, sing, and make good Tamales for the work crew.
Man, Immigration officer
(20's 30's) a tough Latino Immigration officer. And a sleazy patron at a down town dance club
Immigration Officer:
(20's) A Caucasian tough no nonsense robotic Immigration officer.
Bornstein:
(40s, 50s) A social worker type labor activist. Loves justice, Caesar Chavez, and workers rights. A roll up the sleeve kind of guy who gets things done.
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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