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All the Way, Role of __ / AEA Self Submit
ELISSA MYERS CASTING
250 W. 54TH ST, 10tTH FL
NEW YORK NY 10019
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Contract
LORT Non-Rep
B; $836/week AEA min
Seeking
NYC auditions to be held on 9/2-9/4, by appointment only.
Seeking submissions from AEA members only via this posting.
AEA members must submit themselves directly in order to be considered (no agent submissions).
See breakdown.
Other Dates
First Rehearsal: January 2, 2016
First Preview: January 29, 2016
Opens: February 5, 2016
Closes: February 28, 2016
Mail or messenger picture and resume ASAP for consideration.
Personnel
Playwright: Robert Schenkkan
Director: Anthony Powell
Casting Office: Elissa Myers Casting
Casting Director: Paul Fouquet
Casting Associate: Karie Koppel
Other
SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED AFTER AUGUST 24 WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
Mark submissions: ATTN: All the Way, Role of __ / AEA Self Submit
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Breakdown
Seeking:
PRESIDENT LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON
Male, Mid 50’s-Early 60’s, Caucasian. A master politician and incredible manipulator of men and events, LBJ is a study in contradictions: he’s compassionate and cruel, calculating and impulsive, charming and insensitive, with an uncanny instinct for finding the weaknesses of both his adversaries and his allies. He possesses a marvelous, often crude sense of humor and is a terrific storyteller. Privately, he’s a font of extraordinary insecurity and vulnerability.
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
Male, Mid-Late 30’s, African American. The great Civil Rights leader and conscience of the nation has a brilliant mind and a powerful presence. He’s charismatic, insightful, and resilient, but no plaster saint: MLK is also funny, passionate, and a very shrewd political operator in his own right. He’s trying to keep the Movement alive through impossible tradeoffs and maneuverings, each of which weighs heavily upon him.
J. EDGAR HOOVER
Male, Mid-Late 60’s, Caucasian. The infamous FBI Director, whose paranoia and desire for power leads him to sanction massive corruption and illegal surveillance. His extensive files on everyone in Washington make him dangerous, but he’s terrified of losing his position and influence. Hoover is vain and fussy, but a formidable opponent.
Also Plays:
SENATOR ROBERT BYRD (D-WVA)
Male, Late 40’s. U.S. Senator from West Virginia and one of the “Dixiecrats” opposed to Integration.
ENSEMBLE / AS CAST
CORETTA SCOTT KING
Female, Late 30’s-Mid40’s, African American. Married to Martin Luther King, she is wholly committed to him and to the Cause, but troubled by the risks he takes and the infidelities she suspects. Poised and very intelligent.
Also Plays:
FANNIE LOU HAMER
Female, Late 40’s. A Former sharecropper turned civil rights leader and Co-leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), she is uneducated, irrepressible, and inspiring.
ENSEMBLE /AS CAST
ROBERT McNAMARA
Male, Mid-Late 40’s, Caucasian. LBJ’s Secretary of Defense, known for his rigorous intelligence, brilliant managerial skills, and acerbic manner. A chief architect of American policy in Vietnam.
Also Plays:
SENATOR JAMES EASTLAND (D-MISS)
Male, Mid 60’s. Mississippi plantation owner and racist, head of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
REP. WILLIAM MOORE MCCULLOCH (R-OHIO)
Male, Early 60’s. Conservative Republican supporter of civil rights.
GOVERNOR PAUL B. JOHNSON, Jr. (D-MISS)
Male, Late 40’s. Opposed to Integration and an outspoken opponent of Mississippi Freedom Summer.
ENSEMBLE / AS CAST
ROY WILKINS
Male, Late 50’s-Early 60’s, African American, Head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Dapper, urbane and witty, he favors a conservative approach to civil rights advancement.
Also Plays:
AARON HENRY
Male, Early-Mid 40’s. Civil rights leader, politician and Co-leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
ENSEMBLE / AS CAST
GOVERNOR GEORGE WALLACE (D-ALA)
Male, Mid 40’s, Caucasia. The racist Governor of Alabama, an outspoken, brash, colorful political opportunist and thorn in LBJ’s side. Wallace is a rising political star, savvy, humorous and self-aware.
Also Plays:
REP. JAMES CORMAN (D-CA)
Male, Mid 40’s. Liberal supporter of civil rights.
JOSEPH ALSOP
Male, Mid- 50’s. Urbane journalist and syndicated newspaper columnist.
SENATOR MIKE MANSFIELD (D-MT)
Male, Early 60’s. Liberal Senate Majority Leader.
WALTER REUTHER
Male, Late 50’s. The tough and intelligent leader of The United Auto Workers (UAW), an ardent ally of the Civil Rights Movement.
ENSEMBLE / AS CAST
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