AXIS THEATRE COMPANY 2 SHOWS Equity Principal Auditions - Axis Theatre Company Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
10 AM to 6 PM
Lunch 1 to 2

Contract
LOA-NYC
$325/week

Location
Axis Theatre Company
1 Sheridan Square (Off of West 4th Street,
bet. 6th and 7th Avenues)
New York, NY 10014

Seeking
Equity actors for a few roles in the following 2 productions:

SOLITARY LIGHTS (Working Title) (a musical)
and
Untitled Baseball Play (a play)

see breakdown for more infol

Preparation
Prepare EITHER

1) A side, which will be provided at the audition; OR

2) A brief song; OR

3) A side and 16 bars of a song (if auditioning for both shows)

If singing, bring sheet music; accompanist provided.

Bring picture and resume

Other Dates
SOLITARY LIGHTS: 1st reh: 3/28/16. Runs: 4/28 - 5/28/16

Untitled Baseball Play: dates TBD (Spring 2017)

Other
www.axiscompany.org

Personnel
Brian Barnhart, Producing Director, Axis Theatre
Marc Palmieri, playwright,

· 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

SOLITARY LIGHTS
(working title)
by Randy Sharp & Paul Carbonara

An original musical that takes place at the end of the New York Bowery Theatre’s heyday and the rise of the motion picture entertainment that replaced it at the turn of the century.

seeking:

MALE 1
Age 30-50. Seasoned vaudeville performer, a hopeful spirit, but battered from years of poverty and performance – tenor (no accent).

MALE 2
Age 30-40. Heir to New York fortune, confident, manipulative but not unsympathetic, protective of his younger sister – baritone-tenor.

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UNTITLED BASEBALL PLAY
by Marc Palmieri
Dates TBD. (Spring 2017)
Seeking:

ANN
Late 20s, early 30s. Any ethnicity. Former successful college and professional soccer player who now serves as assistant athletic director and coach at her Catholic high school. Ambitious toward a college job, frustrated by the inequity between men's and women's opportunities in the coaching and sports admin worlds. Still loves the game.

TOM
40s. Any ethnicity. Teacher at a Long Island Catholic High School, member of a religious order of brothers. Articulate, intellectual, humble, with a deep love for baseball, although he never played beyond little league. Adores his long career and life of service as a Christian educator, but struggles with having to adhere to an institution's dictates.