ABUNDANCE Equity Principal Auditions - The Actors Company Theatre Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Monday, November 24, 2014
9:30 AM to 1:30 PM

Contract
LOA-NYC
$370/week

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

Seeking
Equity actors for 2 male principal roles.

3 other roles have been cast (2 male, 1 female); actors may be considered for possible replacements if needed.

see breakdown.

Preparation
Please prepare a brief (under two minutes in length), language driven monologue from a contemporary American play.

Bring a picture and resume, stapled together.

Other Dates
Rehearsals: January 20 – Feb 15
Performances: Feb 17 - March 28

Personnel
Directed by Jenn Thompson
Co-Artistic Directors: Scott Alan Evans & Jenn Thompson

· 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:

JACK FLAN
30’s - Description: Attractive and brutish Frontiersman, whose greed and appetite are only surpassed by his indolence.

WILLIAM CURTIS
40’s - 50's - Description: Industrious and ineffectual Frontiersman, craving the love of a good woman. Self-conscious about his missing eye.

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The following roles have been CAST. Actors auditioning may be considered for possible replacements if needed:

BESS JOHNSON
Role CAST
30’s - Description: Vulnerable and determined mail-order bride, whose belief in true love is tested and broken when she marries the sadistic and lazy brother of her intended. (sings.)

MACON HILL
Role CAST
30’s - Description: Passionate and practical mail-order bride, who journeys to the West seeking boundless adventure only to succumb to her domestic duties and growing material needs. (whistles.)

ELMORE CROME
Roles CAST
40's –50’s - Description: Avaricious Professor, seeking Wild West story to exploit.See



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