East Lynne Theater Company - NYC EPA
East Lynne Theater Company | Cape May, NJ
Date of Audition:
3/5/2015
Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions in NYC
Thursday, March 5, 2015
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
lunch 1 to 2 Contract
SPT
$300/week
Location
Actors' Equity Association Audition Center
165 West 46th Street
16th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Seeking
Equity actors for various principal roles in the 2015 season.
See breakdown.
Preparation
Prepare a brief monologue, preferably humourous under 2 minutes.
Bring picture and resume, stapled together.
Other
www.eastlynnetheater.org
Personnel
Gayle Stahlhuth, who is directing all three productions, will be at the audition.
ï EPA Rules are in effect.
ï 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
For each production, there are two-and-a-half weeks for rehearsals, which begin on the Monday two weeks before the opening week. Performance schedule is 4 shows a week: Wednesday-Saturday, all in the evenings, except there is no show on Saturday, July 4, but a show on Sunday, July 5, and no show on Wednesday, October 7, but a show on Sunday, October 11.
MR. LINCOLN
by Herbert Mitgang
runs from June 17-July 25
This is a one-person show.
Lincoln's life passes before him when John Wilkes Booth enters the President's box at Ford's Theatre in 1865.
Seeking
LINCOLN
Role CAST. 45-60. Actor should have some resemblance to the President. Currently the role is cast, but actors may audition in case there is a need for a replacement.
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HUCKLEBERRY FINN
based on the Mark Twain classic, adapted by James Rana
runs from July 29-Sept. 5
This is an ensemble piece in which actors should have movement and musical abilities, including singing, playing guitar, banjo, or violin.
The roles of HUCK and JIM are cast, but actors may audition in case there is a need for replacements.
HUCK
CAST. A young man running away from an abusive father, age range 14-16
JIM:
CAST. African-American, a run-away slave, age range 25-35
ACTOR 1:
Plays Judge Thatcher, Duke, and other roles, age range 35-50
ACTOR 2:
Plays Widow Douglas, Mrs. Loftus, and other roles, age range 35-50
ACTOR 3:
Portrays Pap Finn, King, and other roles, age range 35-50;
ACTOR 4:
plays Mrs. Watson and other roles, age range 30-40.
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STRICTLY DISHONORABLE
by Preston Sturges
runs from Sept. 23-Oct. 17
A 1929 screwball comedy about a young woman from the South who meets an opera singer in a Manhattan speakeasy run by Italians.
ISABELLE PARRY:
Role CAST. A Southerner looking for adventure, engaged to Henry Greene when the play begins, age range 20-30
HENRY GREEN:
looking for a wife he thinks he can dominate, age range 20-30
COUNT DI RUVO:
Italian, well-known opera singer who loves the ladies, age range 30-40
JUDGE DEMPSEY:
kind man who lives above the speakeasy, age range 45-60
TOMASO ANTIOVI:
owns the speakeasy in NYC where the play takes place, enjoys making his guests feel at home, age range 40-60; GIOVANNI: works for Tomaso, age range 30-40
MARIO:
works for Tomaso, age range 30-40; and PATROLMAN MULLIGAN: Irish, age range 20-50.
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