UNCLE VANYA - Equity Principal Auditions
Target Margin Theater LOA-NYC (approval/salary level pending; most recent minimum: $305/wk.)
Author: Anton Chekhov
Dir: David Herskovits
1st reh: 3/20/12. Runs 4/25-5/19 at HERE Arts Center.
Equity Principal Auditions:
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 South Oxford Space
10 AM - 6 PM 138 South Oxford Street
Lunch from 12:30 – 1:30. Brooklyn, NY 11217
Please prepare any monologue written before 1940 (2 minutes or less). Please be comfortable with the language and confident in using it.
Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.
Theatre states, “Target Margin’s Uncle Vanya will combine fearless experimentation with fundamental craft. We at TMT have a special relationship to the plays of Anton Chekhov. He is an emblem of naturalism, what has become the mainstream idea of acting and theatrical representation: psychology, behavior, the 4th-wall view into a recognizable world. It’s impossible to work on Chekhov without acknowledging this. But of course today we all know that Chekhov is much more than that. His plays are a tonal challenge, veering between comedy and pathos; they shimmer with a quiet poetry and strange symbolism. This is the Chekhov we celebrate.”
Seeking ensemble members (m/f) employed on a principal contract. All roles are available unless otherwise specified:
Alexánder Serebriakóv: Retired professor.
Yeléna: 27. Serebriakóv’s wife.
Sónya: Serebriakóv’s daughter by his first wife.
Mrs. Voinítsky (María Vasílyevna): Widow. Mother of Serebriakóv’s first wife.
Mikhaíl Lvóvich Ástrov: A doctor.
Ilyá Ilých Telégin: An impoverished neighbor.
Marína: The family’s old nurse.
Watchman: A hired man (will double with another role).
Iván Petróvich (Ványa): CAST. Auditioning performers will be considered as possible (emergency) replacements, should any become necessary. Mrs. Voinitsky’s son.
Theater’s statement: “We are especially committed to an ethnically diverse cast, and we are particularly interested in older and younger African American, Asian and multi-ethnic actors.”
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