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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Friday, April 24, 2015
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
lunch 1 to 2
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Contract
COST
and Off Broadway Anticipated Salary: $728/week
Location
Actors' Equity Association Audition Center
165 West 46th Street
16th Floor
New York, NY 10036
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Seeking
Equity actors for various roles.
See breakdown
This is a co-production with Signature Theatre NYC and actors must be available for all production dates as listed in breakdown
Preparation
Preparation: Please prepare a 2 minute monologue. Please bring a photo and resume, stapled back-to-back.
Other
Casting: Telsey + Company – Will Cantler & Karyn Casl
Personnel
Artistic Dir: Mark Lamos (Westport Country Playhouse)
Associate Producer/Dir of Production: David Dreyfoos
Artistic & Management Coordinator: Chad Kinsman
· EPA Rules are in effect.
· A monitor will be provided.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
DATES:
Westport
1st First Rehearsal: June 23 (all rehearsals at Signature Theatre NYC)
Tech: July 17, 18, 19
Previews: July 21-August 8
Closing: August 8
This production will officially open at Signature Theatre NYC
Signature Theatre
Rehearsal: August 11, 12
Tech: August 13, 14, 15
Previews: August 15-August 23
Opening: August 24
End of Announced Run: September 27 (with possible 3 week extension)
Seeking the following:
Cornelia Cunningham
(female, 60s): This role is Cast A classy lady of a certain age. Moving out of her Manhattan brownstone into a retirement home, Cornelia has come to view her life of grace and privilege as a crime, one she must atone for by giving all of her money and possessions away. Sharp-minded and sharp-witted, she is also generous and curious.
Harvey Clark
(male, early 30s to mid 30s): An attractive young lawyer who specializes in Trusts and Estates. Engaged, though his fiancée thinks he is too focused on his career. A little uptight, he’s eager and serious-minded. He does not believe Scott for one minute, leading to tension with Cornelia.
Walker “Scott” Williams
(male, African-American, early 20s): An attractive, charming, ingratiating young man who claims to be Cornelia’s grandson, the result of her daughter’s affair with a married African-American man. Ebullient and indomitable, he arrives at Cornelia’s brownstone to make his case and stake a claim to a part of her wealth.
Jessica Worth
(female, Asian-American, early 20s): A young woman studying music at Julliard. She is called to Cornelia’s brownstone to receive a grand piano, after proving she can play a Cole Porter song. Note: This role requires singing very well.
Agnes Munger
(female, 60s): An elderly maid who has worked for Cornelia for over thirty years. She’s quick-witted, sarcastic, and speaks the plain truth, though also kind. She’s proud of her work, but looking forward to the end of domestic labor. Cornelia is leaving her a sizeable trust. Note: The role requires an Irish accent.
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