THREE SISTERS / NO SISTERS - NYC Appointments
Studio Theatre
APPOINTMENTS
Auditions in New York City on or about October 26, 2016 by APPOINTMENT ONLY.
CONTRACT
SPT
SPT 10 Contract / $684 per week plus travel and housing
SEEKING
Submissions for two roles. See breakdown.
INSTRUCTIONS
Mail picture and resume ASAP for consideration. Mark submissions: THREE SISTERS / NO SISTERS - NYC Appointments AEA Submission. Deadline for submissions: 10/19
Deadline: Wed, Oct 19, 2016
SUBMIT TO
Calleri Casting / Three Sisters, No Sisters
39 West 14th Street
Suite 504
New York, NY 10011
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director: David Muse ; Directors: Jackson Gay / Aaron Posner ; Writers: Anton Chekhov / Aaron Posner ; Casting: Calleri Casting / James Calleri, Erica Jensen
OTHER
First Rehearsal - Three Sisters: January 31, 2017 ; First Rehearsal - No Sisters: February 7, 2017 ; First Preview - Three Sisters: March 8, 2017 ; First Preview - No Sisters: March 15, 2017 ; Opening Night: March 19, 2017 ; Scheduled Close: April 23, 2017 ; Extension possible through: May 21, 2017
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 submit.
BREAKDOWN
THREE SISTERS
by Anton Chekhov
directed by Jackson Gay
in association with New Neighborhood
THREE SISTERS Description:
Stuck in a backwater town, three sisters and their brother search for meaning amidst missed opportunities and misplaced dreams in the everyday clutter of lackluster birthday presents, pushy in-laws, and underwhelming suitors. Three Sisters pitches the sublime against the ridiculous, the romanticized past against an idealized future, and the individual against the unknowability of life itself in Chekhov’s tragicomic masterpiece about life’s heartbreak and absurdity.
NO SISTERS
written and directed by Aaron Posner
world premiere
commissioned as a part of Studio R&D, Studio Theatre’s new works initiative
in association with New Neighborhood
NO SISTERS Description:
Aaron Posner has crafted his latest re-imagined Chekhov to radically intersect with its Russian progenitor—while Three Sisters plays out in one theatre, half the cast is also performing upstairs in another: Same building, different theatre... No Sisters! Olga, Masha, and Irina yearn for Moscow while the rest of the household and its hangers-on grapple with their own heartache and longing, bit players in a world whose focus is elsewhere. No Sisters explores the screwed up, endlessly fascinating psyches of Chekhov’s lovelorn, world-weary misfits in a wildly funny play about wildly unhappy people.
ACTORS OF COLOR WITH A STRONG COMEDIC SENSIBILITY ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND.
TUZENBACH
(NO SISTERS): 30ish, smart, odd, literary, hopeful, loving, truly awkward, sweet, odd, passionate.
(THREE SISTERS): 30ish. Lieutenant in the army, desperate for Irina’s affection. Pure, honest and often taunted by other men, especially Solyony. Frequently described as unattractive. Ultimately willing to die for his love for Irina.
SOLYONY
(NO SISTERS): 30ish, a wicked smart, dark and disturbed, deeply sad, twisty, angry young man who has not been treated well in life.
(THREE SISTERS): 30’s. Captain in the army, in love with Irina and competitive for her love with Tuzenbach. Often viewed as crude and abrasive. Socially awkward misfit with underlying violence.
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