ARENA STAGE 2022-23 SEASON Submission - Arena Stage Auditions

ARENA STAGE 2022-23 SEASON - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS

Arena Stage

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep $1096 weekly minimum (LORT B+) $1008 weekly minimum (LORT B) $926 weekly minimum (LORT C)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Arena Stage's 2022-23 Season (see breakdown).

NYC actors are encouraged to submit.

Actors of all genders, backgrounds, abilities, and identities are encouraged to audition. Unless specifically noted, roles are open to actors of all ethnicities.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a short monologue and a short song OR 2 short contrasting monologues. Auditions may not exceed 3 minutes. An accompanist will be provided.

INSTRUCTIONS

Please fill out the form at https://airtable.com/shrzedY3fXybE6WLY to submit your audition materials. Please prepare two short contrasting monologues. Each video must not last longer than approximately 1 MINUTE. You are welcome to provide a link to a reel or demo showcasing other talents. Please make sure each video contains actor's name. Please submit between June 7-11. Any submissions received before or after June 7-11 will not be considered.

Deadline: Sat, Jun 11, 2022

PERSONNEL

Joseph Pinzon, Artistic Associate (viewing auditions)

OTHER DATES

See production dates in breakdown.

All submissions must be done by the actors themselves. Agent submissions will not be reviewed.

OTHER

www.arenastage.org

Please note we will not send correspondence to confirm receipt. Any callback notifications will come from the email address casting@arenastage.org. Be sure to check junk/spam folders.

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

All roles will be understudied.

HOLIDAY, by Phillip Barry

LORT B+

Directed by Anita Maynard-Losh

Dates:

First Rehearsal: 9/6/22

First Preview: 10/7/22

Opens: 10/13/22

Closes: 11/6/22

Seeking:

JOHNNY CASE – Male, 30; A young lawyer who has worked his way up from nothing. Has ideas about making a bundle, then dropping out and taking a stab at finding himself. A rebel questioning the capitalist way of life.

JULIA SETON – Female, 28; Beautiful, bona fide upper-crust. Bright‐eyed, winsome, and kindhearted. Blindly obeys her conservative father.

LINDA SETON – Female, 22-27; Disenchanted with her family’s vision of life and happiness. A kooky nonconformist with poor-little‐rich‐girl charm. A heartsick bird in a golden cage that cannot escape because it sees how much her brother and her sister need it.

NED SETON – Male, 26; Handsome, fine features similar to Julia, alcoholic. Blasé, confident, amusing, and only probably doomed. Genuine talent that could not realize his dreams, so resigned himself to the family's Wall Street lifestyle and drinks heavily.

EDWARD SETON – Male, 58; Nervous, distinguished, second‐generation tycoon. Imperious, crusty patriarch. Believes that the making of money is God's work in a Christian society. Strict and unswerving in his decisions.

SETON CRAM – Male, 36; Cousin of the Seton children. Snippy, grotesque snob.

LAURA CRAM – Female, 32; Seton’s wife, taller than him. Handsome woman, disagreeable.

NICK POTTER - Male, 34; Gilded rich, Scott Fitzgerald‐style free spirit. Amusing.

SUSAN POTTER – Female, 30; Smart and fun. Embodies plenty of joie de vivre.

HENRY – Male, 50; The butler.

CHARLES – Male, Late 30s-early 40s; Manservant.

DELIA – Female, 35; Housemaid.

SANCTUARY CITY, by Martyna Majok

LORT B

Directed by David Mendizabal

Dates:

First Rehearsal: 10/4/22

First Preview: 10/21/22

Opens: 10/25/22

Closes 11/27/22

Seeking:

ALL ROLES HAVE BEEN CAST

G – CAST. Female identified, 17-21; Any ethnicity. Character identifies as non-white. Immigrated to America at a young age. Raised working class without the luxury of a secure household or consistent parental companionship. Deeply unsentimental, but open to loyalty, love, and humor. Quick, resourceful problem solver.

B – CAST. Male identified, 17-21; Any ethnicity. Character identifies as non-white. Immigrated to America at a young age. Studious and driven. Toiled through the American working class at an early age. Seeks to maintain familial relationships with others. Values honesty and integrity paramount. Self-reliant with a lot to prove and a lot to lose.

HENRY – CAST. Male identified, late 20s/early 30s; Any ethnicity. Character identifies as non-white. First generation American. Has a strong moral compass. Can be righteous, bold, cunning, and confrontational in his execution of protecting those he loves. Raised working class, but dignified enough to hop between classes.

RIDE THE CYCLONE

LORT B

In association with McCarter Theatre Center

Book, Music and Lyrics by Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond

Directed by Sarah Rasmussen

Dates:

First Rehearsal: 1/3/23

First Preview: 1/13/23

Opens: 1/19/23

Closes: 2/19/23

Seeking:

ALL ROLES HAVE BEEN CAST.

THE AMAZING KARNAK - 35-50; Non-singing character; the narrator; a mechanical fortune-telling machine.

OCEAN O’CONNELL ROSENBERG – Female, 18-25; The leader of the group, competitive. Sees herself as virtuous. High Broadway mix, with a pop quality; big range.

MISHA BACHINSKI – Male, 18-25; Adopted from Ukraine as a teenager. Has a thick Ukrainian dialect and a lot of rage. Obsessed with Gangsta Rap and auto-tune. Has a hidden, soulful, romantic side. Baritenor who can rap as well as sing lyrical Ukrainian folk music.

NOEL GRUBER – Male, 18-25; The only gay kid in Ukraine. Never had a relationship. Obsessed with French New Wave cinema. Fantasizes dying a tragic death. Sings in the style of a French chanteuse.

RICKY POTTS – Male, 18-25; Suffers from a degenerative disease that has left him speechless and mostly immobile. Discovers he has regained all these abilities in this strange purgatory. Baritone rock voice; basic accordion and/or tumbling a plus.

CONSTANCE BLACKWOOD – Female, 18-25; Overweight, and outwardly okay with it, but maintains a very deep self-loathing. Dubbed the nicest girl in town, which she secretly despises. Very likable; alto belt, with a rock edge.

JANE DOE – Female, 18-25; Decapitated in the accident and no one claimed her body; Isn’t headless in the piece, but often carries around a headless doll. Reacts in a literal manner and largely emotionless, almost robot-like. Classically trained soprano with a flexible coloratura upper range, and a full lower register.

THE HIGH GROUND, by Nathan Alan Davis

LORT C

Directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian

Dates:

First Rehearsal: 2/21/23

First Preview: 2/10/23

Opens: 2/23/23

Closes: 4/2/23

Seeking:

SOLDIER - Male, 30’s, African American; Stubborn, energetic, alert. Timeless.

VICTORIA/ VICKEY/VEE – Female, 30’s, African American; Powerful, compassionate, strategic. A shape shifter.

ANGELS IN AMERICA, PART ONE: MILLENIUM APPROACHES, by Tony Kushner

LORT B+

Directed by János Szász

Dates:

First Rehearsal: 2/21/23

First Preview: 3/24/23

Opens: 3/30/23

Closes: 4/23/23

Seeking:

ROY COHN /PRIOR 2 – Male, 50-60, Jewish; an influential and successful New York lawyer and powerbroker. Extremely smart, cunning, and tremendously vicious. Roy's disgust and denial of most everything in his life isolates him further the community around him. Closeted homosexual and full of hate and bile.

PRIOR WALTER/MAN IN THE PARK - Male, 25-35; Louis's waspy boyfriend, works as a club designer/caterer but otherwise lives off a trust fund. Extremely charismatic and witty, but also frail, intense, and vulnerable.

LOUIS IRONSON – Male, 25-35, Jewish; Prior’s boyfriend, works as a court clerk in Brooklyn. Intelligent, idealistic, neurotic, anxious and full of self-loathing and guilt.

JOSEPH PITT /PRIOR 1/ESKIMO – Male, 25-35, Mormon; Married to Harper, a handsome, Republican lawyer working alongside Roy Cohn. Grapples with his suppressed homosexuality.

HARPER PITT/MARTIN HELLER - Joe's wife; agoraphobic with an addiction to Valium; perpetually fearful. In order to cope with her failing marriage, hallucinates and invents imaginary characters to escape her troubles.

HANNAH PITT/RABBI ISIDOR CHEMELWITZ/HENRY/ETHEL ROSENBERG – Female, 50s; Joe's mother; chilly demeanor. Moves from Salt Lake City to New York after Joe calls with unsettling news.

BELIZE/MR. LIES – Male, 25-35, African-American; Registered nurse, ex-drag queen, Prior’s best friend and Roy's caretaker. Extremely stylish with a personality to match. Mr. Lies is one of Harper's imaginary creations.

THE ANGEL/EMILY/SISTER ELLA CHAPTER/WOMAN IN SOUTH BRONX – Female identified, 30-40s; Imposing, terrifying, divine presence who descends from Heaven to bestow prophecy on Prior. A force to be reckoned with. Powerful, forceful, and full of intensity.

EXCLUSION, by Kenneth Lin

LORT B

Directed by Trip Cullman

Dates:

First Rehearsal: 4/4/23

First Preview: 5/5/23

Opens: 5/18/23

Closes: 6/25/23

Seeking:

KATIE – Female, Mid-30s, Chinese-American; Creative historical novelist. Self-righteous and headstrong. Tries to fight for what’s right. Speaks Cantonese.

HARRY – Male, 50s, Caucasian; Ambitious, clever, absurd, self-interested, media-executive type who would have worn a three-piece suit back in the day, but dresses like a kid. A bit intimidating yet charismatic.

MALCOM – Male, Late 30s-40s, Chinese-American; Katie’s supportive boyfriend. Realist. Sees both sides of a situation but knows where loyalty lies.

VIOLA/FUMIKO – Female, 30-40s, Chinese-Australian; Gorgeous, chic, very gifted, veteran actress. Smart and deep but puts up a façade. Speaks Cantonese. Fumiko (voiceover) is Harry’s office assistant.

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.