AMERICAN PLAYERS THEATRE 2018 SEASON Submission - American Players Theatre Auditions

American Players Theatre – 2018 Season - NYC Appointments

American Players Theatre

APPOINTMENTS

NYC auditions to be held January 24, by APPOINTMENT ONLY.

CONTRACT

Special Agreementref. to LORT C; LORT C (AEA actors will be paid $850 per week + p/h + travel/housing). (NON-AEA will be paid $500 per week + travel/housing)

SEEKING

Equity actors for the upcoming 2018 Season. Note: American Player’s Theatre plays in rotating rep. WE CAN ONLY CONSIDER ACTORS WHO ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON. Each actor in the season is cast in 3 shows.

INSTRUCTIONS

For consideration, email or mail picture and resume ASAP.

SUBMIT TO

klappercasting@gmail.com

Stephanie Klapper Casting

39 West 19th Street, 12th Floor
RE: American Players
New York, NY 10011

PERSONNEL

Artistic Director: Brenda DeVita
Associate Artistic Director: Carey Cannon
Casting: Stephanie Klapper Casting

OTHER DATES

1st Rehearsal: May 7, 2018
Opening: June 9, 2018
Closing: October 7, 2018

OTHER

For more information on American Player’s Theatre 2018 season, please visit: www.americanplayers.org

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

American Player’s Theatre 2018 season includes OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD directed by Tyne Rafaeli, AS YOU LIKE IT directed by James Bohnen, BLOOD KNOT directed by Ron OJ Parson, EXIT THE KING directed by Kenneth Albers, THE RECRUITING OFFICER directed by William Brown, HEARTBREAK HOUSE directed by Aaron Posner, BORN YESTERDAY directed by Brenda DeVita, MEASURE FOR MEASURE directed by Risa Brainin

Seeking 3 actors. Each cast in 3 shows.

SEEKING:

ACTOR TRACK 1
Male, 25 to 40. African American. Seeking a great character actor, committed to a combination of authenticity and theatricality. Will play multiple roles (in some cases of opposite gender). Will require extensive dialect work. The project that will anchor the offer will include multiple roles in the ensemble show OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD, a deeply poetic play. We’re interested in seeing AEA and NON-AEA actors.

ACTOR TRACK 2
Female, 20s to 30s. African American. Seeking a great character actor, committed to a combination of authenticity and theatricality. Will play multiple roles (in some cases of opposite gender). Will require extensive dialect work. The project that will anchor the offer will include multiple roles in the ensemble show OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD, a deeply poetic play. The actor cast will also be considered for the role of Queen Marie in EXIT THE KING. The role is the young queen to the title character in Eugene Ionesco’s absurdist masterpiece. We’re interested in seeing AEA and NON-AEA actors.

ACTOR TRACK 3 / PAUL VERRALL
Male, 35 to 45. Person of color. This actor will play Paul Verrall in Garson Kanin’s BORN YESTERDAY. He is a journalist who is fiercely intelligent, principled and idealistic. LEAD ROLE. The play is a politically charged Classic American comedy set in Washington DC just after WWII. Seeking AEA actors only.

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.