ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE Equity Principal Actors - Keen Theater Company Auditions

ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE - NYC EPA

Keen Theater Company | New York, NY

AUDITION DATE

Friday, November 15, 2024
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
BREAK: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

CONTRACT

LOA-NYC
$700 weekly minimum + health and pension - pending approval

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE (see breakdown). All Stage Management positions are currently filled.

PREPARATION

Please sing a short cut of a contemporary musical theatre song of choice that shows range and personality. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036

PERSONNEL

Producer: Keen Company in association with Michelle Noh
Director: Jonathan Silverstein
Musical Director: Andrea Grody
Book, Music and Lyrics: Adam Gwon
Orchestrator: Michael Starobin
Casting Director: Geoff Josselson Casting

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Jonathan Silverstein (director)
Geoff Josselson or Gemma Josephine (casting directors)

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal: February 24, 2025
First Preview: March 25, 2025
Opening: April 15, 2025
Closing: May 10, 2025

OTHER

Venue: Off-Broadway - Theater 5 at Theater Row
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided. 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.

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

BREAKDOWN

ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE

All the World’s a Stage is a funny and heart-wrenching new musical centered around a small-town math teacher who reluctantly agrees to coach a misfit student for the 1996 State Thespian Competition. Enter the teacher’s new outspoken boyfriend and the devout school secretary, and he soon has trouble navigating his carefully compartmentalized life.

SEEKING:

[RICKY ALLEMAN] Male, 30s. Any ethnicity. Tenor. Math teacher. In the closet at his conservative, small-town high school, but has a romantic life outside of work without shame. “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in the flesh. He’s passionate and optimistic, working within the status quo to make a difference for his students. That also makes him careful, a people-pleaser, and caught in a dance between his public and private lives that becomes increasingly impossible to sustain.

[SAM (Samantha) BUCKNAM] Female, 18+ to play 17. Any ethnicity. Alto/Mezzo. High school student, from a working-class home. A tomboy with theater kid energy. Funny, wry, impulsive. Sam forges a connection with Ricky that makes her feel like less of an outsider. But with burgeoning questions about her queer identity, and limited choices for her future, Sam is lost in the maze of figuring herself out.

[MICHAEL HALLETT] Male or Non-Binary, 30s. Any ethnicity. Baritenor. Bookstore owner. Exuberant, with tough skin. Joyful, kind, and unapologetically queer - and out. Believes in pushing the envelope instead of working with the system. As he and Ricky become romantically involved, Michael must weigh what he is and isn’t willing to sacrifice in order to feel at home in the world.

[DEDE ROZENEL] Female, 40s-50s. Any ethnicity. Mezzo. High school administrative secretary. Traditional but not a rube. A protector. Born and bred in this small town, but self-aware about its provincial nature and excited for the breath of fresh air that is Ricky. As their friendship deepens, Dede is caught between the increasing rigidity of her conservative community and her dawning more liberal worldview.