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ATTN: IMOGEN SAYS NOTHING AEA self-submission
Tara Rubin Casting
200 W. 41st St, Ste 401
New York NY 10036
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Contract
LORT Non-Rep
$1200/week
Seeking
NYC auditions to be held week of 6/20, 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 reh: 12/5/16. 1st Preview: 1/13/17. Opens: 1/26. Closes: 2/11
For consideration, MAIL picture and resume ASAP.
Deadline for receipt of submissions: Wed 6/15
Personnel
World Premiere By Aditi Brennan Kapil
Dir: Laurie Woolery
Art. Dir: James Bundy
Assoc. Art. Dir: Jennifer Kiger
Artistic Assoc: Kay Perdue
Literary Mgr: Amy Boratko
Other
Casting: Tara Rubin/Laura Schutzel
Mark submissions: ATTN: IMOGEN SAYS NOTHING AEA self-submissions.
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Breakdown
IMOGEN SAYS NOTHING
Imogen Says Nothing is a revisionist hijacking of Shakespearean history. Subversive, historically inaccurate casting is desired. All roles are open to actors of all races and ethnicities. Characters who are members of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men are working class to lower middle class in their speech, and dialects may hail from any region in the British Isles and any century. There is little visible difference between bears and humans, but physical dexterity is desired from the actors who must accomplish the transformation to bear.
SEEKING:
Imogen
Female, 30s-40s. We strongly encourage actors of all cultural backgrounds. A large woman. Formerly a bear and a prostitute. She defies cultural expectations. Taciturn. Powerful. Others describe her as ungainly, unfeminine, or as a freak. She is intelligent, resourceful, resilient, and she has a deep and active imagination. She has a dry sense of humor and impeccable comic timing. An unlikely addition to the Lord Chamberlain’s Men.
Henry Condell
Male, 30s-40s. We strongly encourage actors of all cultural backgrounds. An actor in the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. Friend of John Heminges and co-editor of the First Folio. Decent and kind. Straight man to John Heminges’ clown. A potential ally and love interest for Imogen. Comic timing and facility with heightened language desired.
John Heminges
Male, 30s-40s. We strongly encourage actors of all cultural backgrounds. An actor in the Lord Chamberlain’s men. Friend of Henry Condell and Co-editor of the First Folio. Smart, loud, coarse, drunk. Foil to Henry Condell’s straight man. Comic timing and facility with heightened language desired. This role doubles with Ned Whiting, a bear, a Noble Beast.
Alexander Cooke
Male, 20s-30s. We strongly encourage actors of all cultural backgrounds. An actor in the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. The actor from the company typically cast as the female lead. Superior, self-absorbed, elitist. Diva. This role doubles with White 1, a young pup of a bear, energetic but unfocused.
Nicholas Tooley
Male, 18+ to play late teens to late 20s. We strongly encourage actors of all cultural backgrounds. An actor in the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. The actor from the company typically cast as the female ingénue. Innocent, youthful, kind, truthful, gullible. Eager to please. This role doubles with White 2, a young pup of a bear, energetic but unfocused.
Richard Burbage
Male, 40s-50s. We strongly encourage actors of all cultural backgrounds. A character actor and the co-owner of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. Trying to keep the company afloat. Steadfast and in charge, the adult in the room, equal parts revered and ignored by those in his care. This role doubles with Harry Hunks, a bear, the Blind Elder.
William Shakespeare
Male, 30s-40s. We strongly encourage actors of all cultural backgrounds. A second-rate actor and playwright in the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. He is Richard’s right hand man in trying to keep the company afloat. Overworked, perpetually harried, and forgettable. This role doubles with Warden, the kind, but doomed caretaker of the bears imprisoned in the Crier’s bear baiting “Paradise.”
Crier
Male, 30s-40s. We strongly encourage actors of all cultural backgrounds. The proprietor and master of ceremonies for bear baiting at “Paradise” in Bankside. Intimidating, strong, immoral, and dangerous. This role also doubles with Isaac, a shopkeeper, and various ensemble roles in Shakespeare’s plays.
Anna Roos
Female, 30s-40s. We strongly encourage actors of all cultural backgrounds. The Queen’s Danish maid. No-nonsense, undeterred by male authority. She gets what she wants. This role doubles with Bear on Ice, an escaped bear, and various Londoners.
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