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casting@ardentheatre.org
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Contract
LORT Non-Rep
$618/week minimum
Seeking
NYC auditions to be held on upcoming date TBD, by appointment only.
Seeking submissions from AEA members only via this posting.
AEA members must submit themselves directly in order to be considered (no agent submissions).
See breakdown.
Other Dates
1st Rehearsal: December, 15, 2015
1st Preview: January 14, 2016
Opening: January 20, 2016
Closing: March 6, 2016
Possible Extension: March 13, 2016
Personnel
Producing Artistic Director: Terrence J. Nolen
Associate Artistic Director: Matthew Decker
Casting Associate: Jonathan Silver
A world premiere by Bruce Graham
Director: Matt Pfeiffer
Other
Email photo/resume to Jonathan Silver at: casting@ardentheatre.org.
Deadline for submissions: 8/24
Indicate in subject line: FUNNYMAN AEA SELF SUBMIT
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Breakdown
SEEKING:
Milt (Junior) Karp
Age 55+. Junior is the long-suffering, loyal agent and friend to Chick Sherman, an aging vaudeville star struggling to remain artistically relevant. A gentle man who can be tough on occasion, Junior is expensively tailored but not exactly contemporary. Ironic sense of humor. Has always lived in the shadow of more famous/powerful people.
PLAY DESCRIPTION:
New York City, 1959. An aging vaudevillian comic, grasping to remain relevant in the ever-changing world of “show biz,” tries to revive his career with a starring turn in an avant-garde off-Broadway play. Meanwhile his daughter struggles to uncover truths from her childhood that her father would rather keep hidden. From Philadelphia playwright Bruce Graham, author of three previous Arden works including the 7-time Barrymore Award-winning Something Intangible (2009), comes a new play about a man whose legacy is on the line and for whom comedy is serious business.
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