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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sign up begins at9:00 AM
Lunch is from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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Contract
LORT Non-Rep
LORT B - min. $813/wk
Location
Geffen Playhouse
10886 Le Conte Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90024
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Seeking
Actors for The Night Alive.
Preparation
Prepare a 2 minute monologue in the spirit of the play.
Other Dates
First Rehearsal - January 6, 2015
First Preview - February 3
Opening - February 11
Closing - March 15
Personnel
Phyllis Schuringa, Artistic Associate/Casting Director
· EPA Rules are in effect.
· A monitor will be provided.
Appointments
EPA rules in effect. Sign up begins at 9:00 AM.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
THE NIGHT ALIVE by Conor McPherson
Director - Randall Arney
The play takes place in Dublin. The men are loners, barely getting by and banking on a succession of odd jobs and get-rich-quick schemes. Until one day Tommy defends a destitute stranger against a violent attack then shelters and protects her with the little he has. Full of humor, this play finds humanity among the ashes.
Maurice – 70s, he owns the ramshackle house where this story takes place and lives upstairs, still, he struggles with money. His wife slipped on the ice and died three years ago, he blames himself and is making do the best he can on his own. He’s afraid of dying. He rents a room to Tommy, his nephew, and suspects him of stealing from him in many little ways, and he’s not wrong about that.
Tommy – 50s, middle-aged and well worn, he is separated from his wife and children. He lives off odd jobs and in squalor. He does have dreams of moving out of Dublin, but for now he is tied to this place, until he can scrape up enough money. In spite of himself, he does take care of those around him. He is a vulnerable and a good man.
Aimee – 20s, skinny, well worn, as the play begins she has been beaten up. She has almost lost the energy to go on. Sometimes a prostitute
Doc – 40s, long time friend and now Tommy hires him to help with the odd jobs he does to make a living. Tommy describes him as disabled – 5 to 10 minutes behind everyone else. He is a good and loyal friend. There is ample opportunity for humor in this role.
Kenneth – late 30’s, slim and powerful. Aimee’s ex- boyfriend, he has been living with her and her mother, but now the mother is dead and Aimee has received no inheritance. He depends on the money she brings in. He is volatile and dangerous.
All roles will be understudied.
If you are unable to attend this audition, you may send photo and resume to:
Phyllis Schuringa
Geffen Playhouse
10886 Le Conte Ave.
Los Angeles CA 90024
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