THE PIPELINE FESTIVAL Equity Principal Auditions - Women's Project Theater Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Wednesday, January 20th, 2016
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
lunch 1 to 2

Contract
ANTC
$340/WEEK

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

Seeking
Equity actors for various roles in the Pipeline Festival of shows.

See breakdown for more info.

Preparation
Please prepare a brief monologue.

Bring picture and resume.

Other Dates
Festival of five plays - each play will run for four performances and rehearse for two weeks prior

See breakdown for dates.

Other
wptheater.org

Personnel
Producers: Rachel Karpf Reidy, Pearl Kermani, Kristen Luciani, Liz Olson, Rachel Sussman

· 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

This is a Festival of five plays - each play will run for four performances and rehearse for two weeks prior


CYGNUS
By Susan Stanton
Directed by Danya Taymor
Produced by Liz Olsen
Dates: March 7-March 26

Time: Present
Locations: Hansen Family Home—The Middle of Everything: A vaguely middle-class house with signs of good times and harder times. It has now fallen upon harder times.

Seeking:

•Cydney Hansen – early twenties

•Mama Hansen – early forties

•Jason – mid twenties

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VEIL’D
By Monet Hurst-Mendoza
Directed by Sarah Krohn
Produced by Kristen Luciani
Dates: March 14-April 2

Setting: A fantastically real place--?Brooklyn, NY
Time: The present. Summer.

Seeking:
•Dima: 16. Innocent, quiet, sheltered, and wildly imaginative. Afghan--?American.

•Elliot: 18. A street--?wise poet boy. “Prince Charming” meets “The Artful Dodger.” A trust fund kid playing artist. American. Can be any ethnicity, but casting a person of color is preferred.

•Rhami: mid to late 40s.A dutiful and observant mother and wife. The emotional anchor of the Mansour family; Afghani.

•Amir: early 50s. An academic. Devoted father and husband. Fearful

•UPS Man: 30s--?40s. An average Joe doing his job. (this actor also serves as a puppeteer).

•Speedo: A Nurse Shark of small proportion, but huge importance. (Speedo will be a puppet, so this actor should be a puppeteer)

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CURRENTLY UNTITLED
By Sarah Burgess
Directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt
Produced by Pearl Kermani
Dates: March 21-April 9

Seeking:

•Randy, 30s

•Kate, 30s

•Rep. Sydney Millsap, 30s or 40s

•Sen. John McDowell, 55+

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THE RUG DEALER
By Riti Sachdeva
Directed by Lee Sunday Evans
Produced by Rachel Sussman
Dates: March 28- April 16

Time: Late 1990’s, before 9/11…
Place: Zacharai Persian Rug Shop in Boston & Azar’s doorstep in Boston

Seeking:

•Shiraz: American as the Wheel of Fortune; Iranian-American woman who came to the U.S. at the age of 10 or so…

•Azar: Speaks English like a meticulously learned language; Iranian-American woman who migrated to the U.S. in her early 20’s…

•Mariam: Speaks no English; Iranian-American woman who accompanied her husband and daughters to the U.S. in her mid 40’s; Shiraz’s mother…

•Raba: Confident and assimilated; Iranian-American man who brought his family to the U.S. in his late 40’s; Shiraz’s father…

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UNTITLED MARTYNA MAJOK PLAY
Dates: April 4-April 23

This play is still in development. Should more information become available prior to the auditions, the notice will be updated.