PRESENT LAUGHTER (Broadway) - NYC EPA
Producing Org TBD
AUDITION DATE
Oct 12, 2016
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
Oct 13, 2016
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
CONTRACT
Production (League)
$1917/week current minimum
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles and understudies. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Actors will read from SIDES provided at the audition. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Pearl Studios NYC (519)
519 8th Ave
12th Fl
New York, NY 10018
Studio G
PERSONNEL
By Noel Coward ; Directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel ; Producer: Jordan Roth, Jujamcyn Theaters ; General Manager: Bespoke Theatricals ; Casting: Telsey + Company
OTHER
1st rehearsal: February 6, 2017 ; 1st preview: TBD ; Opening: April 5, 2017 ; Closing: July 2, 2017
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity monitor will be provided.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
Noel Coward’s totally-irresistible comedy, Present Laughter, follows a self-obsessed actor (is there any other kind?) in the midst of a mid-life crisis. Freely indulging his considerable appetite for wine, women and sleeping late (not necessarily in that order), the theatre’s favorite leading man suddenly finds himself caught between fawning ingénues, crazed playwrights, secret trysts and unexpected twists.
CAST
GARRY ESSENDINE – Kevin Kline
Seeking the following roles and understudies:
LIZ ESSENDINE
Female, 50’s to 60’s, any ethnicity. Garry's ex-wife. Stylish and able to hold her own at a party, alongside (or even in spite of) London's most celebrated, romantic leading man. Not easily shaken, gracious, witty, but when she lets her guard down, full hearted. Self-possessed and dignified. Liz is modern enough about relationships to redefine marriage on her own terms, while somehow not losing her own pride even as she accepts the fickleness of those around her. Must have an excellent British accent and comic timing.
MONICA REED
Female, 40’s – 60’s, any ethnicity. Garry's secretary, pal, and confidant. Hard working and indispensable to Garry, she tries to be a taskmaster, but must instead be a bastion of patience, albeit with varying degrees of success. She's quite competent and great at managing people, but her stress and the lack of time in a day emerge in a sardonic sense of humor. Must have an excellent British accent and comic timing.
ROLAND MAULE
Male, 20’s – Early 30’s, any ethnicity. An aspiring, experimental playwright who still lives with his parents in Uckfield. His unfulfilled ambition has left him loudly obsessive, quietly jealous, and secretly resentful. Human psychology eludes him somewhat, so he's taken to writing dystopian fantasies. Lofty and grandiose, he would love to transform the theater to a world of ideas. Seems gamely unaware of social cues or rules regarding personal hygiene. Needs to be able to mine rather outrageous comedy from this part while remaining tethered to reality. Must have an excellent British accent.
JOANNA LYPPIATT
Female, 30s – 40’s, any ethnicity. Hugo's wife. A femme fatale whose appetite for social status is matched only by her other appetites. Savvy, coy, yet witty. One gets the impression that her ambitions were born out of resolutions she made a long time hence. Extremely stylish, she's aware of her sexual prowess and enjoys leaving others feeling destabilized. Must have an excellent British accent and comic timing.
DAPHNE STILLINGTON
female, 20’s, any ethnicity. Garry's recent dalliance. A pretty, gently-bred debutante who grew up absolutely idolizing Garry Essendine. Quirky and shrewd. Fancies herself a great authority (or at least an admirer) of art and love. She truly believes she's meant to be Garry's muse, though how fortune made it possible is awe-inspiring. A budding social climber, she does not realize that her attempts to be more sophisticated than she is are highly transparent. Any touch of innocence about her is balanced by her ambition. Must have an excellent British accent and comic timing.
HUGO LYPPIATT
Male, 50s – 60’s, any ethnicity. Garry's producer. Shrewd and business savvy. Hospitable yet proud. After many years of working with Garry, he appreciates him, but would prefer Garry's petulance be managed by someone else. He feels he deserves a wife befitting his success, but doesn't mind indulging a few mistresses on the side. Must have an excellent British accent and comic timing.
MORRIS DIXON
Male, Mid 40’s – 60’s, any ethnicity. Garry's manager. Smart but with a romantic streak. Deferential to a point, but not without taste and a sense of the theater's tradition. Enjoys being Garry's artistic sounding board, despite its tumultuous and circuitous challenges. He's fallen deeply and obsessively in love with Joanna and is carrying on with her behind Hugo's back, a deception that he's ill-equipped to keep together. Possibly an angry drunk. Must have an excellent British accent and comic timing.
MISS ERIKSON
Female, 50s – 70’s, any ethnicity. The chain smoking Swedish housekeeper. Unfazed and slow-moving. Tackling those chores she sits fit, and in her own time. Superstitious and eccentric, she enjoys a seance to commune with the dead in her spare time. The living find her strange, and her conversational skills don't alleviate this. Must have an excellent Swedish accent and comic timing.
FRED
Male, 20’s – 30’s, any ethnicity. Garry's valet. Cockney and cocksure. He's well-meaning and has found his own rhythm to work, regardless of how others might like to have him do things. His active love life, which he loves to boast about, has him spirited and jaunty. He's unaware that his unrefined qualities leave persons of substance slightly aghast. Must have an excellent Cockney accent and comic timing.
LADY SALTBURN
Female, 50’s – 70’s, Any ethnicity. Daphne's aristocratic aunt. A model of English propriety. She has helped raise Daphne with the proper values befitting a young woman, but as a patron of the arts, she has indulged Daphne's hope of being an actress. In another life, she might have enjoyed being an actress herself, but not in this life to be certain. Her duty to her family and country run deep. Must have an excellent British accent and comic timing.
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