REBEL IN THE SOUL - NYC EPA
Irish Repertory Theatre
AUDITION DATE
Mar 03, 2017
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EST)
Lunch 1:30 - 2:30 pm
CONTRACT
Off Broadway $550/wk Plus Pension and Health
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in REBEL IN THE SOUL.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a short contemporary monologue.
LOCATION
Irish Repertory Theatre
132 W 22nd St
New York, NY 10011-2419
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director Charlotte Moore
Producing Director Ciaran O’Reilly (may be in attendance)
Director Charlotte Moore (expected to attend)
OTHER DATES
Rehearsals begin: March 14, 2017
Performances begin: April 12 2017
Closes May 24, 2017
OTHER
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
Synopsis:
Dr. Noel Browne became Minister For Health in the Irish Coalition Government of 1948. He had no political experience but had a burning desire to eradicate the scourge of Tuberculosis that had killed much of his family. With his messianic drive he was well on his way to success when he introduced a Mother and Child Scheme that would have given free pre-natal care to Irish women and free health insurance to all children. However, he did not lay the groundwork with his party leader and ex-IRA Chief, Sean MacBride nor with Archbishop John Charles McQuaid, the autocratic leader of the Irish Church. Rebel in the Soul deals with the intense maneuvering of these three charismatic people and the ensuing political crisis that would change Irish life.
Roles:
Dr. Noel Browne, 35, intense, self-absorbed, compassionate, well-spoken, educated in a British Prep school and Trinity College Dublin, yet came from an impoverished Irish background.
Archbishop John Charles McQuaid, 55, quiet, charming, cultured, ruthless, obsessive-compulsive organizer and tactician, Clerical accent. Interested in people.
Sean MacBride, 47, Raised in Paris to be a “man of destiny” by his mother Maude Gonne, muse of WB Yeats, to the manor born, but could move effortlessly in all strata of society, great charisma, odd mixture of principle and pragmatism.
Phyllis Browne, 34, loyal, lovely, warm, strong, practical, good judge of people, protective of Browne’s reputation and place in history.
All four characters are well-read, cultured, stylish dressers, and from the upper tier of Irish post-war society. The actors will also play the various other minor characters including Browne’s mother and father, Physician, and hospital patients who make brief appearances.
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 audition.
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