THE SONIC LIFE OF A GIANT TORTOISE Equity Principal Auditions - The Play Company Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Monday, February 24, 2014
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
lunch 1 to 2

Contract
LOA-NYC
pending; $350/week

Location
Shetler Studios
244 West 54th Street
New York, NY 10019
Suite 1208

Seeking
Smart, soulful, playful performers with strong physical skills, who are inventive and willing to take chances. Interested in the possibility of creating unusual, gestural movement scores.

see breakdown.

Preparation
Prepare one two-minute contemporary monologue.

Bring picture and resume, stapled together.

Other Dates
1st reh: 4/29/14. 1st preview: on/about 5/28.
Opens: on/about 6/3. Closes: on/about 6/29 (possible extension through 7/6)

Other
FOUNDING PRODUCER: Kate Loewald
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Lauren Weigel
GENERAL MANAGER: Robert Bradshaw

Personnel
ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE: Melissa Hardy (attending EPAs)
PLAYWRIGHT: Toshiki Okada
DIRECTOR: Dan Rothenberg
CASTING : Judy Henderson
CASTING ASSOCIATE: Kimberly Graham
CASTING ASSISTANT: Sharon Funke

· EPA Rules are in effect.

· A monitor will be provided.

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Breakdown

SYNOPSIS:
The Sonic Life of a Giant Tortoise is a humorous, heart-breaking and sometimes surreal examination of contemporary couples living in a compromised economy and searching for fulfillment. Set in Tokyo it looks at seemingly ordinary life in the office, on the train, arguing with a boyfriend etc. , but beneath the surface of steady relationships and jobs lie vast doubts and instabilities. This play is a mumblecore-style piece that shows men and women struggling to find a foothold in their adult personal lives and looks at the extraordinary underneath the everyday.

Looking for smart, soulful, playful performers with strong physical skills, who are inventive and willing to take chances. Interested in the possibility of creating unusual, gestural movement scores.

Characters may be of any ethnicity and there is a lot of role switching in the play.

MAN 1:
Age 29-35. Any race, Funny, wicked sense of humor. Can play a crackpot, but also a very ordinary guy. Not slick.

MAN 2:
Age 29-35: Any race. Normal. Can play the boyfriend, can play the thinker. Introverted.

MAN 3:
Age 25-35: Any race. Soulful. Unusual looking.

WOMAN 1:
Age: 29-35. Any race. The normal girlfriend. Works in an office. Can be girly sometimes.

WOMAN 2:
Age 25-38. Any race. Graceful and/or strong. Can play the spokeswoman, the academy awards announcer.