DIASPORA - NYC EPA
Snake Path Productions LLC
AUDITION DATE
Mon, Sep 11, 2017
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1:00-2:00 pm
Tue, Sep 12, 2017**
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1:30-2:30 pm
Wed, Sep 13, 2017
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1:30-2:30 pm
CONTRACT
Off Broadway $625 weekly minimum
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in DIASPORA (see breakdown).
PREPARATION
Please prepare a monologue up to 2 minutes maximum.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
**9/12 & 9/13 Location ONLY
Pearl Studios NYC (500)
500 8th Avenue
New York, NY 10018-6504
PERSONNEL
Dir: Saheem Ali
Playwright: Nathaniel Sam Shapiro
Casting Director: Kate Lumpkin
OTHER DATES
Rehearsal Dates: 10/10/17 - 11/13/17
First Performance: 11/14/17
Closing Performance: 12/23/17
Possible Extension: Thru 12/30/17
*Performs Thanksgiving Day, if it extends it will play Christmas Eve/Day*
OTHER
Project Location: The Gym at Judson
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity monitor will be provided.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
This new work seamlessly explores the lives of the Sicarii, who heavily opposed the Roman occupation of Judea and attempted to expel them and their sympathizers from the area in 73AD, and a group of contemporary Jewish American youth on their Birthright trip in Israel.
A working acquaintance with Hebrew or a great ear for language strongly encouraged.
[OLIVIA MARGOLIS] 20, Female, Contemporary American, wants to be in high school.
[HANNAH MANDELBAUM] 20, Female, Contemporary American, wants to stay in college.
[RACHEL KUGELMAN] 20, Female, Contemporary American, wants to have already graduated.
[ACHINOAM] 30s, Female, Sicarii, struggles between what she knows and what she believes.
[FEMALE ONE] 18+ to play multiple roles. CHAWWAH: 13, Sicarii, Eve in the process of becoming a woman. JOCEY: 19, Contemporary American, annoying AF.
[FEMALE TWO] to play multiple roles. TZILLAH: 40s-60s, Sicarii, see Jöns from “The Seventh Seal.” SUSAN: 50s, Contemporary American, hates her husband. LETTY: 40s-50s, F, Contemporary American, Jewess caricature.
[FEMALE THREE] to play multiple roles. OR: 20, Contemporary Israeli, an Oracle whose uniform looks somehow couture. REUBEN’S WIFE: 20s, Sicarii, suspicious of that slut Yocheved. FEMALE SOUTHERN TOURIST: 40s-50s, Contemporary American, says “thank you” a lot.
[MALE ONE] to play multiple roles. JEREMY: 20, Contemporary American, a douche looking for meaning. MISHA: 30s-60s, Contemporary Israeli, usually has two or three cigarettes lit at a time. ALAN: 50s, Contemporary American, hates his wife.
[MALE TWO] to play multiple roles. LIOR: 20, Contemporary Israeli, learned Wonderwall on guitar just for his Birthright assignment. REUBEN: 20s-30s, Sicarii, a goon. BRYCE: late teens, Contemporary American, desperately trying with a rat tail. IRVING: 50s-70s, Contemporary American, nosey. DOV: 14, Contemporary American, a nebbish caricature.
[MALE THREE] to play multiple roles. ELEAZAR BEN YAIR: late 20s-early 30s, Sicarii, a sociopath who today would be a startup CEO who vacillates between vaguely Eastern-ish-ish philosophy motivational speaker and cutthroat capitalist. BRETT: late 20s-early 30s, Contemporary American, smiles too much. COOL PASTOR: mid 20s-30s, Contemporary American, does ollies for Christ.
[MALE FOUR] to play multiple roles. CAMERON: 20, Contemporary American, a frat boy in a “Pussy Is Paleo” EDM festival-ready tank top whose greatest aspiration is having a man bun. RABBI BINYAMIN: 40s-60s, Sicarii, fears HaShem. RABBI CATSKILLS: 40s-60s, Contemporary American, speaks as if his sides are being squeezed by horrible stomach cramps. MALE SOUTHERN TOURIST: 40s-50s, Contemporary American, loves freedom.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to audition.
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