THE FRONT PAGE Equity Principal Auditions - Broadway Theatre TBA Auditions

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THE FRONT PAGE - Broadway Theatre TBA

THE FRONT PAGE (Broadway) - NYC EPA
Scott Rudin Productions | New York, NY

Date of Audition:
4/5, 4/7, 4/11/2016


Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions (3 days)
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Monday, April 11, 2016
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM each day (Lunch 1 to 2)

Contract
Production (League)
$1917/week

Location
Actors' Equity Association NYC Audition Center
165 West 46th Street
16th Floor
New York, NY 10036


Seeking
Equity actors for various roles and understudies.

See breakdown.

Preparation
prepare contemporary monologues from 1930s to the present in the style of the show. No longer than 2 minutes in length.

Bring picture and resume

Other Dates
1st Rehearsal: o/a 8/15/2016
1st Performance: o/a 9/20/2016
Opens: o/a 10/20/2016
Closes: o/a 2/5/2016

Personnel
Director: Jack O’Brien
Playwrights: Ben Hecht and Charles Mac Arthur
Casting: Caparelliotis Casting

Expected to be in attendance at the EPAs:
David Caparelliotis and Lauren Port

· 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.


Breakdown

Seeking for the following roles and understudies:

WALTER BURNS:
Male, 50s. Tyrannical managing editor of the Herald Examiner.

HILDY JOHNSON:
Male, 40s. Cocky star reporter of the Herald Examiner.

PEGGY GRANT:
Female, 30s. Hildy’s fiancé.

MRS GRANT:
Female, 60s. Peggy’s formidable mother.

BENSINGER:
Male, 40s. Fussbudget reporter for the Tribune.

MCCUE:
Male, 40s. Reporter for the City Press.

ENDICOTT:
Male, 40s. Reporter for the Post.

SCHWARTZ:
50s. Male. Reporter for the Daily News.

WILSON:
Male, 40s. Reporter for the American.

KRUGER:
Male: 30s. Banjo-playing reporter for the Journal of Commerce.

DIAMOND LOUIS:
Male, 30s. Small time criminal working for Walter Burns.

WOODENSHOES EICHORN:
Male, 40s. Big, well-meaning but incompetent German policeman.

EARL WILLIAMS:
Male, 30s. Short, slight, harmless man wrongly accused of murder.

MOLLIE:
Female, late 30s. World-weary and sharp-tongued neighborhood prostitute who befriends and helps EARL WILLIAMS.

MAYOR:
50s. Cigar-wielding, pompous mayor of the City.

SHERIFF HARTMAN:
Male, 50s. Mercenary City official consistently referred to as a “backroom moron” by the pool of reporters.

JENNIE:
Female, 60s. Cleaning woman at the Herald Examiner.

MR. PINCUS:
Male, 50s. A small, ineffectual messenger.

CARL:
Male, 50s. A policeman.

FRANK:
Male, 50’s. A Deputy.

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