IF I DID THIS Equity Principal Auditions - Passage Theatre Company Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT:
Monday, June 17, 2013
10 AM - 6 PM
Lunch from 1 - 2

Contract
SPT
$291/week minimum

Location
Passage Theatre / Mill Hill Playhouse
205 East Front St.
Trenton, NJ

Seeking
Equity actors, men and women, for this new play.

see breakdown

Preparation
Please prepare a contemporary monologue with a naturalistic tone.

Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.

Other Dates
Trenton, NJ rehearsals: 10/15/13-11/6/13
Trenton, NJ performances (4-show performance week): 11/7/13-11/24/13

Other
Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout the audition day, as time permits.

Personnel
Producer: Kacy O’Brien (at EPA)
Author: E.M. Lewis
Director: Damon Bonetti

· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Appointments
Call (609) 392-0766 Tuesday – Friday from 10 AM - 6 PM and speak to/leave a message for Kacy O’Brien.

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Breakdown

NOTE:
ALL REHEARSALS AND PERFORMANCES ARE IN TRENTON, NEW JERSEY. The characters of Brett Martin and Hayden Quinn can be played by either women or men. Pronouns may be adjusted accordingly throughout. All characters can be played by actors of any race, although Donnie and Miriam Lawrence should look like father and daughter.

New play. IF I DID THIS
Present day. But time shifts. A single set with three defined spaces the actors can move easily between: the front room of Donnie Lawrence’s country house, an upstairs guest bedroom in the same house with stairs going up to it, and Brett Martin’s office in Manhattan.
Editor Brett Martin hires grieving mystery writer Hal Walker to ghostwrite the story of the century -- what really happened to Donnie Lawrence's wife. He was tried and acquitted of her murder, but everyone believes he is guilty. When Hal goes to Donnie's house to begin interviewing him, he doesn't expect to meet Donnie's fifteen year old daughter, Miriam, or to become so tangled up in the question of Donnie's guilt (or innocence) that it will require the services of police detective Hayden Quinn to sort things out. Who gets to decide what justice needs to be done? Who gets to tell the story?

Seeking:
HAL WALKER (M, 39) - A mystery writer. Unshaven and skinny, like he’s been subsisting for months on whiskey and nightmares.

BRETT MARTIN (M or F, 57) - An editor for a mid-sized publishing company. Very comfortable in the chair.

DONNIE L AWRENCE (M, 48) - Real estate agent. You can tell right off he makes his living selling something.

MIRIAM LAWRENCE (F, 15) - Donnie Lawrence’s daughter. Too young and too old at the same time.

HAYDEN QUINN (M or F, 43) - Detective. Chin high, but dragging every loss behind like an albatross. Comes out swinging.