THE TRIAL OF AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT **Revised** Equity Principal Auditions - Lion Theatre Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
Lunch 1 to 2

Contract
Mini
salary pending

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

Seeking
Equity actors for various roles.

see breakdown for more info.
Note: Breakdown has been revised 6/3. Additional roles are listed in breakdown.

Preparation
Actors will read from sides, provided at the audition.

Bring picture and resume

Other Dates
Rehearsals: August 29, 2016
Previews: September 16, 2016
Open: September 22, 2016
Close: October 15, 2016

Venue: Lion Theatre- Theatre Row

Personnel
General Manager: Carl Flanigan, Maximum Entertainment Productions

Director: Stephen Eich
By: Richard Tarlow & Bill Smith
Casting Director: Pat McCorkle
Casting Associate: Katja Zarolinski

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

SEEKING:

PROSECTOR
Male. 40-60. Internationally renowned lawyer, with a strong, rabid personality- A Pit Bull. Representing the international Criminal Court in the Hague. Actors of all ethnicities strongly encouraged to attend

NARRATOR
Female. 35-55. An “Our Town” type of spokesperson, interacting between the actors, the audience, and the jury. Actors of all ethnicities strongly encouraged to attend.

The following roles will be seen on video only within the play. They are brief interviews and testimonies at the trial. These short scenes will be filmed in Mid-July and will be no more than 1 day of work. These roles are a buy out within the AEA Off-Broadway “Mini Contract” and actors will be compensated $420 for 1 day of work.

VIDEO ACTOR 1:
Female. 40-50. Caucasian. Attractive. Midwestern. Maternal.

VIDEO ACTOR 2:
Male. 20-25. Caucasian. Will play the son of VIDEO ACTOR 1. Patriotic. Wants to be a soldier.

VIDEO ACTOR 3:
Female. Mid 20s-Mid 40s. Middle-Eastern. A Fallujah victim. Actor must be able to perform with an Iraqi accent.

VIDEO ACTOR 4:
Male. Mid 20s-Mid 30s. Middle-Eastern. A Fallujah victim. Actor must be able to perform with an Iraqi accent.

VIDEO ACTOR 5:
Female. Mid 40s-Mid 50s. Middle-Eastern. A Fallujah victim. Actor must be able to perform with an Iraqi accent.


The following role has been CAST:

PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH- Tony Carlin