Various Producers
Monday, April 21, 2025
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
BREAK: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
LORT Non-Rep
$807 weekly minimum (LORT D)
Equity actors for roles in THE MONSTERS (see breakdown). This is a co-production between Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC) in New York, NY and Two River Theater in Red Bank, NJ. All roles will be understudied.
Actors should prepare EITHER a two-minute contemporary monologue, OR one of the provided sides. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
Playwright: Ngozi Anyanwu
Director: Ngozi Anyanwu
Casting Directors: David Caparelliotis & Kelly Gillespie
Casting Director: David Caparelliotis
Casting Director: Kelly Gillespie
Casting Director: Joe Gery
Casting Assistant: Malaika Fernandes
Dates for THE MONSTERS at Two River Theater are:
1st Rehearsal: Sept 30, 2025
Tech: Oct 28, 2025
1st Preview: Nov 1, 2025
Opening: Nov 7, 2025
Close: Nov 23, 2025 – HARD close
Dates for Manhattan Theatre Club Stage II are:
1st Rehearsal: o/a Jan 8, 2026
Tech: o/a Jan 22, 2026
1st Preview: o/a Jan 26, 2026
Clear Through: April 12th, 2026
www.manhattantheatreclub.com
An Equity Monitor will be provided.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
SYNOPSIS: For a long time, LIL has been obsessed with fighting, and one fighter in particular: her older brother BIG, an aging but successful figure in the local Mixed Martial Arts circuit. But she’s been doing it all from afar until one day when she decides to show up on his doorstep. Written and directed by Ngozi Anyanwu (Good Grief, The Homecoming Queen, The Last of the Love letters) this world premiere co-production with Two River Theater is a sibling love story about reunions, resentment, reconnection, and wrestling with demons.
BIG: 30s-40s. Black, tattooed, masculine. LIL's older brother. A Mixed Martial Arts fighter on their way out. Strong, but not that tough. Keeps their feelings close to the chest. Doesn't talk much but when they do it's searingly honest. Observant. Wishes for more than they've had; different things than they've had. Physically imposing. A strong mover.
LIL: 20s. Black, feminine. BIG's younger sister. A Mixed Martial Arts fighter on their way up. Strong, but not that tough. Scrappy. Wears their heart on their sleeve. Talks a lot but takes a while to get to the truth. Yearning. A cheeky, vibrating ball of potential; give them a shot and watch them capitalize. Physically a match for BIG - strong/tall/solid. A strong mover.
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