BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS
Second Stage Theater
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep
$1,778 weekly minimum (LORT A+)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY (see breakdown). All roles will be understudied.
This is a virtual EPA for Second Stage Theater’s Broadway production of BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY at The HAYES Theater.
There are no stage manager positions available.
INSTRUCTIONS
Please prepare a contemporary monologue no more than 2 minutes in length. If you are using an iPhone to video record, be sure to film horizontally and in a well-lit space (not backlit). At the top of the video, slate your name and height. Send the video, with your photo/resume attached, in a downloadable format (Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.). In the subject line, please type: [Your full name] - [The role for which you’d like to be considered]
Deadline: Wed, Aug 10, 2022
SUBMIT TO
riversidecasting2st@gmail.com
PERSONNEL
By Stephen Adly Guirgis
Directed by Austin Pendleton
President and Artistic Director: Carole Rothman
Executive Director: Khady Kamara
Casting: The Telsey Office
Viewing auditions:
Jonathan Chang, Artistic Assistant
OTHER DATES
First rehearsal: Tuesday, November 1, 2022
First Preview: Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Opening: Monday, December 19, 2022
Closing: Sunday, February 12, 2023 (w/possible extension)
BREAKDOWN
POPS- (Role Cast. Seeking Understudy) 50s-60s, African-American. The patriarch of the family. A retired cop and with a lawsuit against the city. Trying to keep whatever is left of his family intact.
JUNIOR- (Offer Pending. Seeking Understudy) 40s, African-American. Pop’s son and currently dating Lulu. Trying to work his way through life as best as he can. At odds with Pops and is perhaps doing some illegal activity to make a few bucks. Stuck at the moment.
OSWALDO- (Role Cast. Seeking Understudy) Late 20s/early 30s, Latino. Junior’s ex-con friend from rehab, crashing at Pop’s apartment. A troubled young man seeking comfort wherever he can find it. Fighting to stay sober. Alienated by his own family.
CHURCH LADY- (Role Cast. Seeking Understudy) 30s-40s, Latina. Originally from Brazil, a novitiate for the convent. Is holding dark secrets that suggest a complicated history. Trying to do the right thing, whatever that means to her.
LIEUTENANT CARO- (Role Cast. Seeking Understudy) 40s-50s, Italian. Has quickly climbed the ladder within the NYPD and is a future Deputy Commissioner. Engaged to Detective O’Conner. Trying to help Pops resolve a long fight with the department.
DETECTIVE O'CONNER- (Role Cast. Seeking Understudy) 30s-40s, white. Pop’s former partner in the NYPD. Loves him dearly and wants the best for him. Caught between her ambitious fiancé and her mentor/father.
LULU- (Role Cast. Seeking Understudy) 20s-30s, Latina. Also staying at Pop’s. Dating Junior and trying to find a way to make herself necessary in their lives. Huge heart, yet not the sharpest tool in the shed.
OTHER
Venue: Hayes Theater
Rehearsals and performances will be indoors. These will be live performances with an audience.
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.
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