AMERICAN PSYCHO Equity Principal Auditions - Developmental Lab Auditions

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AMERICAN PSYCHO - Developmental Lab

AMERICAN PSYCHO - NYC Equity Principal Auditions
David Johnson, Jesse Singer, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel | New York, NY

Date of Audition:
11/10/2014


Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Monday, November 10
10 AM to 6 PM
lunch 1:30 to 2:30

Contract
Other
Developmental Lab Agreement; $1000/week

Location
Telsey + Company
315 West 43rd Street, 10th floor
New York, NY


Seeking
Equity actors who sing for this new musical thriller.

NOTE: The musical is set in New York City in 1989, during the Wall Street boom.

see breakdown for more info.

Preparation
Prepare a brief 1980s-style pop/rock song, showing range. Bring sheet music; a piano accompanist will be provided.

Bring a photo/resume stapled together.

Other Dates
Lab Dates: January 6 – 27 in NYC

Personnel
Director: Rupert Goold
Choreographer: Lynne Page
Book: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Music/Lyrics: Duncan Sheik
Based on the novel by: Bret Easton Ellis
Casting: Telsey + Company/Craig Burns

· 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

NOTE: The musical is set in New York City in 1989, during the Wall Street boom.
NOTE: Actors of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to audition.

THE FOLLOWING ROLES ARE AVAILABLE:

TIM PRICE
Male, to play mid 20s. Good-looking. Patrick's best friend. Part of the foursome of friends. Has huge anger issues. Highly negative. Strong pop/rock voice. PRINCIPAL

DAVID VAN PATTEN
Male, to play mid 20s. Good-looking. Patrick's co-worker. Part of the foursome of friends. Self-obsessed. Chauvinistic. Obsessed with women. Strong pop/rock voice. PRINCIPAL

EVELYN WILLIAMS
Female, to play mid 20s. Patrick's girlfriend. Attractive. Self-obsessed like all the others. Never listens to anyone, especially Patrick. Loves the idea of marriage. Highly materialistic. Strong pop/rock voice. PRINCIPAL

COURTNEY LAWRENCE
Female, to play mid 20s. Attractive. Dating Luis but secretly having an affair with Patrick. Loves compliments and the expensive things in life. Materialistic. Strong pop/rock voice. PRINCIPAL

SABRINA
Female, to play 20s. Prostitute/escort. Has a threesome with Patrick and Christine, who in turn performs extremely violent acts on her and eventually kills her. Strong pop/rock voice. PRINCIPAL

CHRISTINE
Female, to play late teens/early 20s. Prostitute. A little trashy. Has a threesome with Patrick and Sabrina, who in turn performs extremely violent acts on her and eventually kills her. Strong pop/rock voice. PRINCIPAL

VICTORIA/HARDBODY BARTENDER
Female, to play 20s. To play Victoria—Patrick’s neighbor from his building—and Hardbody Bartender. Great physique. Strong pop/rock voice. PRINCIPAL

THE FOLLOWING ROLES ARE ALREADY CAST (actors may be considered for possible replacements if needed):

PATRICK BATEMAN
CAST. Male, to play 26. The narrator. Extremely attractive, physically in excellent shape. Has obsessive compulsive disorder. Immaculate, well-groomed, always has the best clothes, the best furniture, the best of everything. Has an aura of self-importance, but actually he disgusts himself. Drug addict. Capable of sadistic humor. Strong pop/rock voice. PRINCIPAL—CAST

PAUL OWEN
CAST. Male, to play mid 20s. Extremely good-looking. Immaculate. Patrick's colleague. Handling the most important account at Pierce & Pierce, which Patrick is extremely jealous about. Can never remember who Patrick is; he calls him Marcus, which enrages Patrick. Strong pop/rock voice. PRINCIPAL—CAST

CRAIG MCDERMOTT
CAST. Male, to play mid 20s. Good-looking. Patrick's co-worker. Part of the foursome of friends. Self-obsessed. Chauvinistic. Obsessed with material things. Strong pop/rock voice. PRINCIPAL—CAST

LUIS CARRUTHERS
CAST. Male, to play mid 20s. Not as well-dressed as the others. Patrick's co-worker. Dating Courtney but secretly in love with Patrick. A little effeminate. Strong pop/rock voice. PRINCIPAL—CAST

SEAN BATEMAN
CAST. Male, to play early 20s. Patrick’s younger brother, a writer, just out of college. Patrick thinks he’s a pain. Strong pop/rock voice. PRINCIPAL—CAST

DETECTIVE KIMBALL
CAST. Male, to play 40s. Private Detective investigating Paul Owen's disappearance. Strong pop/rock voice. PRINCIPAL—CAST

JEAN
CAST. Female, to play 20s. Patrick's secretary. In love with him. Pretty. Compared to everyone else, she's the most switched on and normal. The only person who truly understands Patrick. Strong pop/rock voice. PRINCIPAL—CAST

PATRICK’S MOTHER/MRS. WOLFE
CAST. Female, 50s. To play Mrs. Bateman—Patrick’s mother—and Mrs. Wolfe—a real estate agent. Strong pop/rock voice. PRINCIPAL—CAST

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