THE LION IN WINTER - NYC Appointments
Guthrie Theater Foundation
APPOINTMENTS
NYC auditions will be held 09/07/2016, 09/08/2016, 09/09/2016 by appointment only.
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep
LORT B; $861/week
SEEKING
Submissions from AEA members only for the roles of HENRY PLANTAGENET and PHILIP. AEA members must submit themselves directly to be considered via this posting (no agent or third-party submissions). See breakdown
INSTRUCTIONS
For consideration, email picture and resume ASAP. Mark submissions: THE LION IN WINTER [Role___] / NYC Appointment AEA Submission
SUBMIT TO
submission.mccorklecasting@gmail.com
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director: Joseph Haj; Director: Kevin Moriarty; By: James Goldman; Casting Director: Pat McCorkle; Casting Associate: Katja Zarolinski; Casting Assistant:: Tracy Kaczorowski
OTHER
Rehearsal Date(s): 10/25/2016; Preview Date(s): 11/19/2016; Opening Date(s): 11/25/2016; Closing Date(s): 01/01/2017
Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to submit.
BREAKDOWN
SPECIAL NOTE:
The Guthrie Theater is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion in all areas of our work, including the casting of our plays. We seek to hire actors who reflect our world to tell the stories we put onstage, and therefore strongly encourage people of underrepresented groups and diverse backgrounds to audition.
CAST:
Laila Robins: ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE
Seeking submissions for the following roles:
HENRY PLANTAGENET
King of England. 50’s-60’s. Robust, strong, masculine. A king through and through. Intelligent and passionate, he feels genuine love for his wife and children, but is clear-eyed about power and chooses it above all else. From James Goldman: “He has just turned 50, an age at which, in his time, men were either old or dead. Not Henry. Though arthritis comes occasionally and new battle wounds don't heal the way the old ones did, he still is very nearly all he ever was. He is enjoying that final rush of physical and mental vigor that comes to some men not before the end but just before the start of the decline.” ACTORS OF ALL ETHNICITIES STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT.
PHILIP
King of France. 18+ to play 17 years old. Strong, confident and unafraid. Strikingly handsome and with a somewhat dangerously available sexuality. Quick witted. More ruthless than he appears. From James Goldman: “Philip Capet is indeed impressive. He is tall, well proportioned and handsome without being at all pretty. His manner is open, direct and simple and he smiles easily. He has been a King of France for three years and has learned a great deal.” ACTORS OF ALL ETHNICITIES STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT.
STORYLINE:
“Well – what shall we hang? The holly or each other?” Set during Christmas 1183, The Lion in Winter tells the wickedly amusing tale of King Henry II, his imprisoned queen (released only for the holiday), and their three entitled sons who vie for the throne in a double-dealing division of the kingdom. With elegance and barbarism, devotion and disloyalty, this brutally funny family comedy is a high-stakes chess game where the pieces constantly change sides and no one is spared the sword.
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