THE BOOK CLUB PLAY Equity Principal Auditions - North Carolina Stage Company Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by Appointment
Friday, September 13, 2013
11 AM to 5 PM
no scheduled break

Callbacks will be held afterwards

Contract
SPT
Cat. 4; $322/week minimum.

Location
North Carolina Stage Company
15 Stage Lane
(off of Walnut Street)
Asheville, NC

Seeking
Equity actors, men and women

see breakdown

Preparation
Sides will be provided at the audition.
Visually impaired performers may request sides in advance when making an appointment.

Bring picture and resume stapled together.

Other Dates
First rehearsal: October 1st, 2013
Opening: October 23rd, 2013
Closing: November17th. 2013
Possible extension to November 24th 2013

Other
AEA members unable to attend may submit a video audition. Please email your video through attached file, youtube, vimeo, or similar to
casting@ncstage.org.

Personnel
Artistic Director: Charlie Flynn-McIver
Producing Director: Angie Flynn-McIver
Executive Director: Steve Hageman
Director: Charlie Flynn-McIver
By Karen Zacarias

· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Appointments
Email
casting@ncstage.org (email strongly preferred) or call 828-239-0263. AEA Members w/out appts will be seen as time permits.

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Breakdown

The Book Club Play is a comedy about a book club that is being filmed for a documentary on the book club trend. Things are going just fine until the camera, and the new book recommendations by the newcomer, bring out some revealing truths about everyone.

Seeking:

ANA: (White or Latina Female, mid 30s to mid 40s) Pronounced “Ah-nuh” Beautiful.
Charming. Smart. Accomplished. Organized. A columnist for a Daily
paper. The Mother Bee. Her grace masks a need to control. Desires order and discipline in her life and in the lives of those around her. Some might consider her a book snob.


ROB: (White Male, mid 30s to mid 40s) Her golden-boy handsome charismatic underachiever husband who is starting to search for meaning. Met in College.
Upper Crust background. Wants desperately to fit in with the well read group but just CAN’T get through any of them. CAST. Performers will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary

WILL: (White or Asian Male, mid 30s to mid 40s) ROB’s conservative, well read, well
dressed, disciplined college roommate. Ana’s former boyfriend. History
buff. Unmarried. Could also be considered a book snob. Proud of his intelligence and has little patience for those who aren’t well read.

JEN: (White Female, mid 30s to mid 40s) Ana’s friend. Pretty. Shy. Smart. Tends to
burst out with awkward truthful comments. Despite some lack of self confidence,
she is the grounding center of the group. Unorganized and
oblivious to her own attractiveness. Unmarried.

LILY: (African-American Female, 20’s) A go-getter, former debate
captain who is on the cusp of all current trends and yet can still put her foot
in her mouth in social occasions. Laughs at appropriate and inappropriate
times. A great lover of books and Ana’s protégé at the paper. The one in the group who can traverse new technology to read books. Without disdain.

ALEX: (White, Latino, Asian, Middle Eastern, Jewish, -mid 30s) The New
Guy. A very smart, well-read academic who has lost his moorings and is
searching for real connection. Professor of Comparative Literature.