THE REFUGE PLAYS - NYC EPA Roundabout Theatre Company | New York, NY
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
LORT Non-Rep
$1008 weekly minimum (LORT B)
Equity actors for roles in THE REFUGE PLAYS (See breakdown).
All roles will be understudied.
Local New York City actors are encouraged to audition.
Please prepare the sides that will be available at the audition location beginning at 9AM. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Ripley-Grier Studios (520)
520 8th Ave
New York, NY 10018-6507
Holding Room Studio 17T
Artistic Director: Todd Haimes
Writer: Nathan Alan Davis
Director: Patricia McGregor
Casting Director: Carrie Gardner and Stephen Kopel
Casting Associate: Sujotta Pace
Expected to attend - One of the following: Casting Director: Carrie Gardner and Stephen Kopel
Casting Associate: Sujotta Pace
1st rehearsal: August 15, 2023
1st preview: September 14, 2023
Closing: November 12, 2023
Maximum run through November 26, 2023
OTHER
https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/
Venue: Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre - Laura Pels Theatre
Please note: we are in the process of gradually ramping up Equity monitor presence at auditions held at venues other than the Equity audition center. This off-site audition will be facilitated by an Equity monitor.
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.
Equity encourages everyone participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas are not recommended. Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.
Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and dressing rooms.
Holding/Audition room information:
The maximum capacity in the holding room is: 40
The maximum capacity in the audition room is: 30
SYNOPSIS: Late at night, deep in the woods of southern Illinois, a ghost tells Gail she will die within the next 24 hours. So begins The Refuge Plays, an intergenerational saga that follows a single Black family over 70 years.
Dax (ROLE IS CAST): Black. 30s-40s. Crazy Eddie’s younger brother. Wise, principled, trusting. A wanderer trying to reconnect with his family.
Clydette (ROLE IS CAST): Black. 60s. A ghost. Early’s mother.
Early: Black. 40s. The character appears in her late teens, 40s and 80s. The original matriarch of this family. She’s equal parts tender and fierce.
Gail: Black. 50s-60s. The character appears in her 20s and 50s-60s. The maintainer of the house and its backbone. Has the energy of someone half her age. A stubborn, determined leader.
Walking Man: Black. 40s. The character appears in his 20s and 60s. An aimless wanderer, settled once again in his childhood home. And later, the ghost of Gail’s husband. Only comes into the house at night. At times lost, and at other times eternally wise.
Crazy Eddie: Black. 40s. The character appears in his 30s and 50s. Early's husband, a WWII veteran with badly damaged legs. Full of life and almost boyish in spirit. Unshaken and of strong conviction.
Joy: Black. 30s. Gail and Walking Man’s daughter, Ha-Ha’s mother. Not quite ready to lead the family, but fully capable of doing so.
Ha-Ha: Black. Late teens – Early 20s. Joy’s son. Naïve, quiet, shy. Well-read but not acclimated to modern life or the outside world.
Reginald: Black. 60s. A ghost. Early’s father.
Symphony: Black. Late teens – Early 20s. A young woman from a nearby town.
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