The Public Theatre (ME) 2017-18 Season - NYC EPA
Public Theatre, The
AUDITION DATE
Aug 07, 2017
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
CONTRACT
SPT 2017-18 weekly minimum: $625 (pending approval).
SEEKING
Actors (m/f) for productions in the 2017-18 season. See Breakdown for show and character details
PREPARATION
Please prepare a contemporary monologue, 2 minutes or less. Have a contrasting contemporary monologue ready, if asked.
Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
PERSONNEL
Exec/Artistic Dir: Christopher Schario
Co-Artistic Director: Janet Mitchko
OTHER
If unable to attend the EPAs, please submit picture and resume to The Public Theatre, 31 Maple St., Lewiston, ME 04240.
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
THE REVOLUTIONISTS
by Lauren Gunderson
Contract dates: Oct 2 thru October 29, 2017
OLYMPE DE GOUGES
38 Badass activist playwright and feminist. A theater nerd seeking inspiration, she is excitable and passionate about the theatre, but tends to politically waffle when things get too scary.
MARIE ANTOINETTE 38
(CAST Auditioning performers will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.) Beautiful, commanding, self-centered, she is the former Queen of France. Bubbly, graceful, opinionated, totally unaware of her narcissism, she is unintentionally rude and oddly prescient and strong-willed. She’s never had a real friend.
MARIANNE ANGELLE
30s. A brave black woman in Paris. She is from the Caribbean. A free woman, she calls things as she sees them and has a way of cutting through everyone’s B.S with great wisdom and directness. She is a spy working with her husband to free all slaves. A devoted wife, she passionately adores her husband and is concerned for his safety. Tough, classy, vigilant, when she puts you in her sites, you will listen to what she says.
CHARLOTTE CORDAY
25 A gutsy, spunky, impulsive, badass young girl and soon to be assassin. Think girl next door looks meets Joan of Arc idealism, passion and bravery. Aggressive and hardened by righteousness, she’s never been kissed. Her passion is infectious; she’s the sparkplug that ignites the others.
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Christopher Schario
Contract dates: November 27 − December 10, 2017
This adaptation features a small cast playing multiple roles and one actor playing Scrooge. All actors perform narration of Dickens’ text, as well as scene work. Both British dialect and Standard American Speech are used in this adaptation. Show requires versatile actors who make playful choices and are good with language.
All AEA roles (Scrooge, Bob Cratchit/Marley, Xmas Past/Mrs. Cratchit) are CAST. Auditioning performers will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.
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FLY ME TO THE MOON
by Marie Jones
Contract dates: January 8 thru February 4, 2018
Both roles require a Belfast dialect
LORETTA MACKIE
(CAST Auditioning performers will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.) Mid to late 30s, lower class community care worker, easily excitable, somewhat innocent her conscience is screaming at her. A reluctant follower.
FRANCIS SHEILDS
mid to late 30s, lower class community care worker. Straight-talking, somewhat jaded, opportunistic, calculating and clever. The ringleader.
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MARJORIE PRIME
Jordan Harrison
Contract dates: February 26 thru March 25, 2018
MARJORIE
85 Beautiful, direct, opinionated, forceful. A former violinist battling dementia. A little vain, a little grumpy, a little frightened (but good at covering it). Struggling to connect with her daughter. Has an easier rapport with her son-in-law. Stubborn
WALTER
Early-Mid 30s. A young career man from 1998. Bright-eyed, handsome, warm – a charming “wooer.” Boyish, but still masculine. In love with Marjorie (he treats her like an equal, not like an elderly woman with dementia in need of care). A good listener. An innocent who is quick to learn irony. Solicitous.
TESS
55. Marjorie’s daughter. Skeptical, smart, well-read. A worrier. Judgmental, of herself most of all. Shares caregiving duties with her husband Jon. Despite her best intentions, she falls into a kind of bickering loop with her mom. Battling depression, but not without humor. Fragile but forceful. Likes to feel in control. Trying not to feel resentful. Hardened by her wounds. A West coast wasp.
JON
55. Tess’s husband, Marjorie’s son-in-law. Formerly a barnstorming hippie, now an upper middle-class procurer of lattes. Warm, caring, tolerant. Thinks more of others than himself. Unassuming but he grows on you with his steadfast heart. He married up when he married Tess. His ease with Marjorie sometimes drives a wedge between his wife and himself. He gets frustrated with Tess’s tendency to see the worst in things, but he’s good at covering this frustration. Thinks of it as his secret mission to heal Tess’s family of the dysfunctions caused by their long-buried grief.
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THE MIDVALE HIGH SCHOOL 50TH REUNION
by Alan Brody
Contract dates: April 16 thru May 13, 2018
TOM TERRES
late 60s. A wallflower in high school, he now owns a book store and has become a very successful award winning writer of mystery novels –under a pseudonym. Intelligent and witty with a self-deprecating charm, he is making an effort to come out of his shell and improve his emotional intelligence. Needs to foxtrot, rhumba, cha-cha and waltz – must move well.
BETTINA BELKNAP
late 60s. An attractive, warm, witty, perceptive, authentically confident and intelligent women. She was the H.S. valedictorian and is now a passionate neuroscientist who loves her work – perhaps more than she did her deceased husband. She’s quite the “catch”. Needs to foxtrot, rhumba, cha-cha and waltz – must move well.
MALE ACTOR
30s. Also must play an age range of 17 to 70 in various memory scenes including a stern older man, a charming sexy teenager, an arrogant chauvinistic academic, and a young Tom.
FEMALE ACTOR
30s. Also must play a an range of 18 to late 50s in various memory scenes – including a trying too hard assistant in love with her boss, a young and resentful wife on the verge of divorce, a curious and bubbleheaded teenager, and a young Bettina.
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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