SUMMERLAND (World Premiere) - NYC Appointments
Cincinnati Playhouse in The Park | Cincinnati, OH
APPOINTMENTS
NYC auditions to be held November 2nd, 2016 by appointment only.
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep
LORT D $637/week minimum. Theatre paying significantly above minimum
SEEKING
3 roles.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Email picture and resume ASAP. Mark submissions: SUMMERLAND [role ] / NYC Appointment AEA submission.
SUBMIT TO
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director: Blake Robison Director: Michael Haney Playwright: Arlita Jones
Casting: Stephanie Klapper Casting
OTHER DATES
1st Rehearsal: January 6th, 2017 1st Preview: February 4th, 2017 Opening: February 9th, 2017 Closing: March 5th, 2017
OTHER
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 submit.
BREAKDOWN
Based on mesmerizing true events, Summerland tells the riveting tale of William H. Mumler, a spirit photographer with a talent for taking haunting images of the dead. Set in 1869, the story follows Mumler’s meteoric rise and fall, from his wildly successful studio business, which boasted Mary Todd Lincoln as a client, to his indictment for fraud. Did Mumler really capture the visits of loved ones from beyond the grave? Or were his living subjects the victims of unspeakable deception meant to prey upon their longing to believe? Summerland is a gripping and suspenseful world premiere in which the camera provides an invitation to the truth between two worlds.
Seeking:
William H Mumler
Male, 40’s-50’s- An innocent but not a fool. He truly believes in the Spirits and is not fooled by Tooker--Mumler senses that he is there to find evidence of trickery. He has a temper and a quick wit. Avuncular. He appears naive about his wife and feels ultimately betrayed and is broken by play's end. Large man, spirit photographer.
Joseph Tooker
Male, Early 30’s- A slight, small man. One-armed. He has a dark secret. An investigator. A sharp, dogged, vindictive policeman--yet likable and witty. He is Determined to unmask Mumler as a fraud, but he has a dark secret that ultimately undoes him--forcing him to face his past. He is a broken man by the end of the play.
Mrs. Mumler
Female, Early 30’s- Wife of Mumler. She is smart, shrewd, sassy and sexy--with powers that are unclear. Is she just a brilliant savant regarding human nature or are her trances real and she has the power to contact the other side? She gives away very little. A survivor. A somnambulist. Mysterious, beautiful and dangerous.
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