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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions (2 days)
Friday, April 29, 2016 >>>>>
9 AM to 5 PM
Lunch 12:30 to 1:30
Sunday, May 1, 2016 >>>>>>
9 AM to 5 PM
Lunch 12:30 to 1:30
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Contract
Off Broadway
$650/week
Location
Pearl Studios NYC 500
500 Eighth Avenue
(35th/36th Streets) 12th floor
New York, NY 10018
Pearl Studios NYC 519
519 8th Avenue
12th Floor
New York, NY 10018
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Seeking
Most roles are already CAST. Seeking 1 role and 2 understudies.
Actors will also be considered for possible replacement for any role that has been CAST if needed.
See breakdown
Preparation
Prepare a short, contemporary monologue.
Please bring a picture and resume.
Other Dates
First Rehearsal: 6/9/16
First Preview: 7/3/16
Note: There is a different audition location each day. Please make sure to make note of the correct location for the day you are attending
Other
General Manager: Carl Flanigan
Written by: Bess Wohl
Director: Rachel Chavkin
Personnel
Each of the following is Expected at the EPA, splitting up the day; schedule still TBD:
Casting Director: Henry Russell Bergstein
Casting Assistant: Satchel Buck Jones
· 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
About the Play:
Six refugees from city life embark on a five-day silent retreat deep in the woods with a renowned guru. As they begin to confront what ails them, from heartbreak to illness to overactive libidos, their vows of silence bump up against their need to connect -- and the ever-present threat of bears. Funny, strange and provocative, SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS is a new play that asks how we solve life’s biggest questions when words aren’t enough.
SEEKING:
ALICIA:
Female. Any ethnicity. Around thirty-ish, from Southern California. She is the kind of person who manages to make a lot of noise even when she’s “in silence.” She recently went through a very bad breakup and is looking for something-- or somebody--to make her feel okay again. Cries easily.
FEMALE UNDERSTUDY:
One Actress to Understudy ALICIA/JOAN/JUDY/TEACHER: 30s-50s. Any ethnicity. (will begin late July/early August)
MALE UNDERSTUDY:
One Actor to Understudy JAN/NED/RODNEY/TEACHER: 30s-50s. Any ethnicity. (will begin late July/early August)
The following roles have been CAST. Actors may be considered for possible replacement if needed:
JUDY
(ROLE CAST): Female. About 50, Joan’s partner. Works at an “O magazine” like publication as a top editor in the art department. She’s the kind of person who only needs four hours of sleep per night—she’s direct, competent and capable. She was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, and, as the doctor said, she “will not have a good outcome.”
JAN
(ROLE CAST): Male. Fifty-ish, from a small town in Finland. He does not speak much English. He is pale and sweet, with a wide-eyed, continually curious air about him, like a sprite or a woodland creature. He is a pastor at a small, Lutheran church back in Finland. He came to spirituality after a great loss to try and find answers and peace.
JOAN
(ROLE CAST): Female. Late 40’s. A therapist and sex educator. Warm, open and compassionate, she is also incredibly, mind-bendingly angry underneath.
NED
(ROLE CAST): Male. A thirty-nine-year-old Jewish guy from Great Neck who works for a non-profit called Earthwatch and has had a severe run of bad luck worse than the worst country western song. Anxious, insecure, and angry.
RODNEY
(ROLE CAST): Male. Mid-thirties, ageless, fit, gorgeous, grew up in the Pacific Northwest, teaches yoga in New York and the Hamptons. Though he is married, his extensive man jewelry does not include a wedding ring. Asian or Southeast Asian.
TEACHER
(ROLE CAST): Any age. A disembodied, androgynous voice with a strange, slightly accented way of talking. The androgynous tone might be the result of some kind of sickness, or might be just the way the teacher sounds. There is a humor and dryness to this voice that comes from a sense of age and a life lived. It has a sense of authority. TEACHER is never seen, only heard.
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