A NEW PLAY BY ANNIE BAKER Equity Principal Auditions - Signature Theatre Company Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Friday, March 6th, 2015
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
lunch 1 to 2

Contract
Off Broadway
Expected salary: $781/week minimum.

Location
Actors' Equity Association Audition Center
165 West 46th Street
16th Floor
New York, NY 10036

Seeking
Equity actors (1 male, 1 female) for 2 available roles.

The other 2 roles have been cast, but actors will be considered for possible replacement.

see breakdown.

Preparation
Please prepare a brief contemporary monologue.

Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.

Other Dates
First Rehearsal: June 22, 2015
Announced Run: July 22, 2015 through August 30, 2015 (possible five-week extension).

Other
General Manager: Gilbert Medina
Casting Director: Telsey + Company—Will Cantler & Karyn Casl

Personnel
Artistic Director: James Houghton
Associate Artistic Director: Beth Whitaker
Author: Annie Baker
Director: Sam Gold

· 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

SEEKING (two roles have been pre-cast, see below):

JENNY
Asian female, 27-34. Korean-American, grew up in Ohio. Extremely smart. She wants everyone to like her and is angry about the fact that she wants everyone to like her.

ELIJAH
Male, 27-35. Jewish, grew up in California. A drummer-turned-computer-programmer raised by hippies. Was trained to express himself using only I statements.

GENEVIEVE
Female, 90. Blind, a seer, tormented by the souls of objects. CAST

MERTIS
Female, 65-75. Compulsively kind, has lived a difficult life and is so happy to be here now, in this place, in this moment. CAST