AMERICAN PSYCHO: A NEW MUSICAL Equity Principal Auditions - Broadway Theatre TBA Auditions

Posted April 2, 2015
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AMERICAN PSYCHO: A NEW MUSICAL - Broadway Theatre TBA

AMERICAN PSYCHO: A New Musical - NYC EPAs
David Johnson, Jesse Singer, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel | New York, NY

Date of Audition:
4/16, 4/21, 4/22/2015


Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions (3 days)
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Wednesday, April 22, 2015

10 AM to 6 PM each day.

Lunch 1:30 to 2:30

Contract
Production (League)
$1861/week Min.

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


Seeking
Equity actors who sing.

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.

see breakdown.

Preparation
Prepare a brief 1980s-style pop/rock song, showing range. Bring sheet music; a piano accompanist will be provided. For the role of DETECTIVE KIMBALL, prepare a brief contemporary monologue.

Bring a photo/resume stapled together.

Other Dates
Rehearsals: January 2016
Previews: Mid-February 2016
Opening: Mid-March 2016
Venue: Theatre TBA

Other
General Manager: Foresight Theatrical
Casting: Telsey + Company/Craig Burns

Personnel
Dir: Rupert Goold
Choreographer: Lynne Page
Book: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Music/Lyrics: Duncan Sheik
Based on novel by: Bret Easton Ellis
Music Supervisor: David Shrubsole
Music Dir: Jason Hart

· 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. Ivy League sense of entitlement stemming from a wealthy upbringing. Has an aura of self-importance, but actually he disgusts himself. Drug addict. Capable of sadistic humor. Strong mover. Strong pop/rock voice. PRINCIPAL—ROLE IS CAST: SEEKING UNDERSTUDY

PAUL OWEN
Male, to play mid 20s. Extremely good-looking. Immaculate. Classy. Patrick's colleague and a threat to him. 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. Ivy League sense of entitlement stemming from a wealthy upbringing. Strong mover. Strong pop/rock voice. PRINCIPAL

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. Ivy League sense of entitlement stemming from a wealthy upbringing. Strong mover. Strong pop/rock voice. PRINCIPAL

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. Ivy League sense of entitlement stemming from a wealthy upbringing. Strong mover. 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. Ivy League sense of entitlement stemming from a wealthy upbringing. Strong mover. Strong pop/rock voice. PRINCIPAL

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. Ivy League sense of entitlement stemming from a wealthy upbringing. Strong mover. Strong pop/rock voice. PRINCIPAL

EVELYN WILLIAMS
Female, to play mid 20s. Patrick's trophy girlfriend. Attractive and sexy. Self-obsessed like all the others. Never listens to anyone, especially Patrick. Loves the idea of marriage. Highly materialistic. Ivy League sense of entitlement stemming from a wealthy upbringing. Strong mover. Strong pop/rock voice. PRINCIPAL

COURTNEY LAWRENCE
Female, to play mid 20s. Attractive and sexy. Dating Luis but secretly having an affair with Patrick. Loves compliments and the expensive things in life. Materialistic. Ivy League sense of entitlement stemming from a wealthy upbringing. Strong mover. Strong pop/rock voice. PRINCIPAL

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 mover. Strong pop/rock voice. PRINCIPAL

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

DETECTIVE KIMBALL
Male, to play 40s – 50s. Private Detective investigating Paul Owen's disappearance. Has a strangeness. Singing a plus but not necessary for this role. 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. Sexy. Great physique. Strong dancer. 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. Sexy. Great physique. Strong dancer. Strong pop/rock voice. PRINCIPAL

VICTORIA/HARDBODY BARTENDER
Female, to play 20s. To play Victoria—Patrick’s neighbor from his building; Ivy League sense of entitlement stemming from a wealthy upbringing—and Hardbody Bartender. Sexy. Great physique. Strong dancer. Strong pop/rock voice. PRINCIPAL

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

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