New Georges
AUDITION DATE
Fri, Jan 10, 2020
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EST)
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
CONTRACT
Off Broadway OB Per Performance: $18/hour + $89/performance
SEEKING
Equity Actors for various roles in the production: THE HARRIET HOLLAND SOCIAL CLUB PRESENTS THE 84TH ANNUAL STAR-BURST COTILLION IN THE GRAND BALLROOM OF THE RENAISSANCE HOTEL.
All characters are African-American.
Also seeking an AEA SM and ASM. See separate notice on casting call for submission info.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a 2-min contemporary monologue. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
ART/NY South Oxford Space
138 S Oxford St
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Studio G will serve as the holding room; Studio B will be the audition spac
PERSONNEL
The Cotillion is a co-production of New Georges & The Movement Theatre Company written and directed by Colette Robert
One or more of the following are expected at the audition. Exact schedule is still TBD
Eric Lockley, Producing Artistic Leader, The Movement Theatre Company Susan Bernfield, Artistic Director/Producer, New Georges Jaynie Saunders Tiller, Managing Director/Producer, New Georges Sonya Sobieski, New Play Advocate, New Georges
OTHER DATES
Rehearsals will start Monday, April 27 OR Tuesday, April 28
Production will run Friday, May 8 through Sunday, May 11
OTHER
EPA Procedures are in effect for 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
AEA 8 Actors to be part of an ensemble of Black Characters.
*we encourage individuals who self-identify as part of the Black experience, including individuals from the entire African Diaspora (Black, African American, African, Afro Latinx, Afro Caribbean etc.).
This piece requires actors who are comfortable with movement and poetic language, see individual character descriptions below. Please note: The Cotillion will be experienced as a black debutante ball exploring the history and language of “presenting” black female bodies.
Also seeking AEA SM and ASM.
THE EMCEE, Sister Corinna Davis
Late 30s/early 40s. Black woman; successful business woman, charismatic, loves the spotlight, witty; she cares about these girls and believes in the mission of the HHSC
MADAM PRESIDENT
Late 30s/early 40s. Black woman; extremely successful business woman, competitive; obsessed with the status quo; intimidating when she needs to be;used to and comfortable with being the only black person in a room
MISS SHELLIE NICOLE BELL
17. Black woman; doesn’t make waves, follows the crowd, naïve, hopeful, popular at school
MISS KIMBERLY BLAIR
17. Black woman; ambitious, overachiever; speaks her mind; probably not very popular at school, but she doesn’t really care one way or the other
MISS MELISSA BORDENAVE
17. Black woman; keeps a lot in; tries really hard, a people-pleaser; probably not very popular at school, but she really wants to be
MISS LINDSEY DUPRÉ
17. Black woman; introverted, kind; actively and successfully tries to blend in, and is therefore neither popular nor unpopular
MISS DOMINIQUE FREEMAN
17. Black woman; wounded, strong, quiet; a peace maker, but there’s also a bit of a rebellious streak in her that’s waiting to get out; highly liked by her peers
MISS ALICIA DEANNA ROUSSELL
17. Black woman; effervescent; popular at school, her default is flirtatious; she always has the tea there is not a rebellious bone in her body
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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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