AMERICAN PSYCHO Equity Principal Auditions - Second Stage Theatre Auditions

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AMERICAN PSYCHO - Second Stage Theatre

AMERICAN PSYCHO - Equity Principal Auditions
Second Stage Theatre | New York, NY

Date of Audition:
7/24/2014


Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Thursday, July 24, 2014
10 AM to 6 PM
lunch 1:30 to 2:30

Contract
Off Broadway
$781/WEEK MINIMUM

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


Seeking
Equity actors who sing for various roles in this new musical.

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

see breakdown.

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

Bring a photo/resume stapled together.

Other Dates
Rehearsals: December 22
Previews: February 3
Opening: Late February
Closing: March 29, with possible extension to April 12

Other
Artistic Director: Carole Rothman
Executive Director: Casey Reitz

Personnel
Director: Rupert Goold
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.

SEEKING:

[PATRICK BATEMAN]
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.

[PAUL OWEN]
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.

[CRAIG MCDERMOTT]
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.

[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.

[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.

[JEAN]
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.

[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.

[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.

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

[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.

[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.

[SEAN BATEMAN]
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.

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

[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.

[LUIS CARRUTHERS]
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.

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