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CLOUD NINE - NYC EPA
Atlantic Theater Company | New York, NY
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Date of Audition:
5/6/2015
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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
lunch 1 to 2
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Contract
Off Broadway
A; $577/week min.
Location
Actors' Equity Association Audition Center
165 West 46th Street
16th Floor
New York, NY 10036
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Seeking
Equity actors for various roles.
NOTE: All roles require profound humor, wit, and complexity. With the exception of Joshua, all characters are British.
see breakdown.q
Preparation
Prepare a brief contemporary dramatic or comic monologue
Bring picture and resume, stapled together
Other Dates
1st Reh: 8/18/15. 1st Public Perf: 9/16/15
Runs: 10/5 - 11/1/15 in the main stage, the Linda Gross Theater at 336 West 20th Street.
Personnel
By Caryl Churchill
Directed by James Macdonald
Artistic Director, Neil Pepe
Associate Artistic Director, Annie MacRae
Director of New Play Development, Abigail Katz
· 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.
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Breakdown
NOTE: All roles require profound humor, wit, and complexity. With the exception of Joshua, all characters are British.
SEEKING:
CLIVE/CATHY
Male. To play Caucasian, age 30-50. CLIVE is a Victorian era colonial administrator in Africa – male, patriarchal, heterosexual, an empire builder though perhaps rather out of his depth? Also plays CATHY: a 4/5 year old girl in 1979 London. Working class.
BETTY/EDWARD
Male. To play Caucasian, age 28-35. BETTY must be played as a Victorian woman without any drag exaggeration. Also plays EDWARD: a middle class Londoner in 1979, uptight and initially troubled by who he is sexually.
JOSHUA/GERRY
Male. To play Caucasian, age 30-40. Both roles require a streak of profound dark humor and edge. JOSHUA is Clive's Black African colonial manservant, played by a white man because he’s alienated from his own culture. Also plays GERRY: a gay man in 1979 London. Working class compared to Edward.
EDWARD/BETTY
Female. To play Caucasian, age 30-50. EDWARD is Clive and Betty’s 9 year old son. An innocent who becomes increasing devious and uptight as the act goes on. Also plays BETTY: the Act One character 25 years older in late 1970s London – struggling to understand the shifting mores of society and her children's sexuality.
MAUD/VICTORIA
Female. To play Caucasian, age 30ish. MAUD is Clive's mother-in-law. A strong woman in a dependent position. Also plays VICTORIA: Edward’s sister 25 year on in late 1970s London, late 20s, trapped in a marriage with an overbearing husband. Bookish but struggles to express herself initially.
ELLEN/MRS. SAUNDERS/LIN
Female. To play Caucasian, age 20-30. Plays a range from completely repressed to boldly fearless. ELLEN is a governess – perhaps a clergyman’s daughter, of limited social prospects. Also plays: MRS. SAUNDERS: a strong independent woman who has been running a farm alone in colonial Africa since her husband died. LIN: a lesbian working class single mother in London.
HARRY BAGLEY/MARTIN
Male. To play Caucasian, age 30-40. HARRY is a Victorian explorer - a dashing romantic figure who’s actually tortured by his closet homosexuality. Also plays MARTIN: Victoria’s husband, who knows intellectually that he has to give up male power and control in 1970s London - but finds it difficult to actually do so.
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