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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
lunch 1 to 2
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Contract
Transition
$219 weekly minimum
Location
Actors' Equity Association Audition Center
165 West 46th Street
16th Floor
New York, NY 10036
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Seeking
Seeking an ethnically diverse cast for various roles.
This Production will rehearse in Central Park and perform in Central Park, Prospect Park, and Teardrop Park (Battery Park City)
see breakdown.
Preparation
Please prepare a monologue in verse by Shakespeare or another classical playwright.
Bring picture and resume.
Other Dates
1st Reh: 5/4 (Mon-Thur 12-9pm; Sat-Sun 12-9pm, 5 ½ hour rehearsals)
1st Preview: 5/26
runs: 6/2 - 7/12 (selected nights 7pm – 9pm in Central Park, Prospect Park & Teardrop Park (in Battery Park City).
Personnel
Director: Sean Hagerty
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Casting: Stephanie Klapper Casting
· 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.
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Breakdown
SEEKING an ethnically diverse cast for the following:
CHRISTOPHER SLY
male, late 20s – 40s— A drunken tinker; lower-class, gullible and self-important. Actor must be a strong physical comedian and improviser. This role will interact with the audience and cast, following the play through the park with the audience as it unfolds.
LORD/VINCENTIO/TAILOR
male, early 50s – 60s. Lord: proud, high-class, practical joker. Vincentio: Upper class merchant and father to Lucentio. Tailor: proud and flamboyant artisan. Actor must be capable of high-class snobbery as well as low-status groveling.
PAGE/BIONDELLO/WIDOW
male, late teens – early 20s — Page: young apprentice forced to dress as a woman for Sly; Biondello: young servant to Lucentio, not too bright; Widow: hard-edged, wealthy, does not suffer fools, marries Hortensio. Actor must be able to play the opposite gender convincingly as well as comedically.
LUCENTIO
male, 20s – early 30s — suitor to Bianca, disguises himself as a tutor to win her affections. Handsome, earnest, over-passionate lover; a bit immature yet fancies himself an esthete and Casanova; slightly delusional and self-centered, not as bright as his servant Tranio.
TRANIO
male, 20s – early 30s — smart and savvy servant to Lucentio; disguises himself as his master, Lucentio. Enjoys food, drink and having a good time. Good physical comedian.
BAPTISTA
male, 50s – 60s — Successful merchant and widowed father to Katherina and Bianca. Hard-edged and business minded. Affectionate (in his way) with Bianca, cold with Katherina.
KATHERINA
female, late teens – mid 20s — the ‘Shrew’, daughter to Baptista, strong, self-willed with a wicked sense of humor, she is an outsider in her own home and desirous of affection. Actor must have a strong sensitivity as well as physical and comedic skills. Hand-to-hand stage combat a plus.
BIANCA
female, late teens – early 20s — daughter to Baptista, the seemingly ‘perfect’ child; beautiful and a tease who knows her own power and is not afraid to use it.
HORTENSIO
male, 20s – early 30s — friend of Petruchio and suitor to Bianca; disguises himself as a music teacher to get close to her. Handsome, honest and reliable if a bit of a foolhardy lover.
GREMIO/HABERDASHER/MERCHANT
male, 60s – early 70s — Gremio: a pantaloon; rich and ancient suitor to Bianca; Haberdasher: nervous and excited, easily crushed; Merchant: hard-working yet gullible, fears for his life and pretends to be Lucentio’s father.
PETRUCHIO
male, mid 20s – early 30s — the ‘Tamer’; a man in mourning due to the recent loss of his father; a streak of self-destructiveness; strong and obstinate with a wicked sense of humor. Intelligent with a keen wit, he rarely shows his sensitive side. Must be a strong, sensitive and physical actor with strong comedic and hand-to-hand combat skills.
GRUMIO
male, 20s - 40s — Petruchio’s much-abused servant. He can seem obtuse but is quite savvy in his way; a wisecracking curmudgeon and a bit of an ‘Eeyore’; must be a strong comic and physical actor.
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