THE PRICE - NC EPA
Triad Stage
AUDITION DATE
Oct 13, 2016
10:00 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)
Lunch 12:30 - 1:00 pm
APPOINTMENTS
Contact Kamilah Bush, Artistic Apprentice - 336/274-0067 x209, kamilah@triadstage.org.
CONTRACT
LOA
$625 weekly minimum
SEEKING
Actors for roles in THE PRICE by Arthur Miller. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Sides from the play will be provided.
LOCATION
Triad Stage
232 S Elm St
Greensboro, NC 27401-2605
Sloan Rehearsal Hall- Located on the 3rd floor.
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director/director: Preston Lane
OTHER
1st Rehearsal - January 3, 2017; 1st Preview - January 29, 2017; Opening - February 3, 2017; Closing- February 19, 2017
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
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
VICTOR FRANZ: (Caucasian, Jewish, 49) Victor, a 28 year veteran of the New York city police department, struggles with the decision to retire early and begin a new career. Having quit school to support his bankrupt father, now dead for 16 years, Victor’s self-esteem is hinged on the idea that he made an honorable decision to become a police officer instead of continuing his studies and becoming a doctor. He also blames his brother for his current frustrations and disillusionment, because he felt as though his loyalty and seemingly unavoidable sacrifices have gone thankless and unnoticed. Placing this blame on his more successful, but less intelligent, older brother allows him to absolve himself for the part he played in charting his own destiny and he rests on the self righteousness of having made the selfless choices that allowed for his brother’s success.
ESTHER FRANZ: (Caucasian, Jewish, 40s) Victor’s wife, a beautiful and opinionated woman, feels as though she has missed out on the life she could have had because of Victor’s decisions. She encourages her husband to retire from the police force and finally begin a more lucrative career. She uses alcohol to soothe her problems but hides her dependency on it very well. Esther has a very different opinion than her husband about the importance of money and there is resentment that he has chosen a life of civil service - made evident by the fact that she does not like to go out with him while he’s wearing his uniform.
GREGORY SOLOMON: (Caucasian, Jewish-Russian, 89) A charming, kind yet very businesslike man, Solomon is a furniture dealer come to appraise the furniture left in the Franz apartment which is about to be demolished. He is methodical and slow but lively. There is an old wisdom in the man who has lived in six countries, married four women and served in the British Navy. He is haunted by the suicide of his daughter but accepts that he could not have stopped her death. He serves as a voice of morality and practicality for the Franz family, encouraging them to leave behind sentimentality when dealing with the division of their family property.
WALTER FRANZ: (Caucasian, Jewish, mid 50s) The older and more successful of the Franz brothers, Walter left the family home and completed his education and became a surgeon. Sharp, intelligent and realistic. The only support he leant his bankrupt father before his death was $5 a month - this becoming one of the many causes for ire between him and his younger brother. After suffering a nervous breakdown wherein he nearly drunkenly killed his wife, Walter found himself estranged from all of his family and is seeking to repair relationship with his brother. While he feels guilt for having left his brother to a life of unlived potential, he also demands that Victor accept his part in the way his life turned out and does not romanticize their parents the way his brother does.
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