A FUNNY THING . . . NEW YORK CITY - Los Angeles EPA Dezart Performs | Palm Springs, CA
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM (P)
Lunch 1:00pm - 1:30pm PT
To request an appointment, please email michael@dezartperforms.com (please include Equity status & member ID #).
SPT
$465 weekly minimum (SPT 3)
Equity actors for roles in A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY UNIT AT THE MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER OF NEW YORK CITY (See breakdown).
Actors local to the Riverside/Los Angeles/Orange County areas are encouraged to audition.
Dezart Performs encourages actors of all races, ethnicities, genders, ages, body types, and physical abilities to audition.
Actors should prepare all the sides they are given even though you may be asked to only do one. (Sides provided with request for appt)
Thymele Arts
5481 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90029
Expected to attend:
Michael Shaw, Artistic Director
Randy Brenner, Director
Clark Dugger, Producer
Kyle Hester, Stage Manager
Callbacks: Thursday, December 1, 2022
First rehearsal: Monday, February 6, 2023 Opening: Friday, March 3, 2023
Closing: Sunday, March 12, 2023
Rehearsals and performances will take place in Palm Springs.
Dezart Performs encourages actors of all races, ethnicities, genders, ages, body types, and physical abilities to audition.
Housing and per diem provided for out-of-town actors.
Rehearsals and performances will take place in Palm Springs.
All actors must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, or provide a negative PCR testing no longer than 48 hours prior.
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.
Synopsis: A foul-mouthed thirty-something comedian and a middle-aged man embroiled in a nasty divorce are brought together unexpectedly when their cancer-stricken mothers become roommates in the hospital. Together, this unlikely duo must negotiate some of life’s biggest challenges… while making some of the world’s most inappropriate jokes. Can these two very lost people learn to laugh through their pain and lean on each other, when all they really want to do is run away?
KARLA: Early 30s, Female. A charismatic woman in her early thirties whose pretty face and somewhat childlike demeanor belie an incredibly dirty mouth and mind. Spunky, spirited, angry, wickedly funny. A stand-up comedian with a real penchant for dark humor which she uses to hide behind and distract herself from the pain of her mother’s sickness.
DON: Late 40s, Male. An unassuming man in his late forties. The kind of person you would never even notice on the subway or walking down the street — an “everyman” in the most boring sense of the word. Clearly has been through a lot of stress both in life-in-general and also more acutely quite recently. Employs a raging temper to mask the gaping wound left from his recent marital split and his mother’s illness.
Requirement for proof of vaccination:
Everyone entering the audition venue (i.e., venue employees, Equity members, non-members, casting personnel, creatives, producers, musicians, etc.) will be required to show proof of COVID vaccination prior to entry into the venue. (Anyone with a medical or religious exemption from vaccination, should e-mail ahoeschen@actorsequity.org with Vaccination exemption in the subject line and attach proof of exemption in advance of their appointment. Information provided will be kept confidential.) Anyone with symptoms of COVID, flu, or any other infectious disease that can be transmitted by casual contact should not attend the auditions.
Everyone participating in the auditions is encouraged to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas are not recommended. Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.
If the risk level for Los Angeles county is trending upwards and may rise to High (Red) we will contact members with appointments at least 48 hours before the first audition appointment time to let them know there is a chance that the auditions may need to be postponed or cancelled. All members with appointments will be notified at least 24 hours in advance if the auditions must be postponed or cancelled.
We encourage members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and dressing rooms.
Holding/Audition room information:
The audition room can accommodate no more than 10 individuals at a time.
The holding room can accommodate no more than 6 individuals at a time.
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