BILOXI BLUES - NYC OPEN Call by Appointment
Ivoryton Playhouse Foundation, Inc.
AUDITION DATE
Jan 16, 2017
10:00 am (EST)
APPOINTMENTS
Call 860-767-9520 ext 207 for appointment. Make sure to indicate you are requesting an appointment for the NYC Auditions.
CONTRACT
SPT $475/.week
SEEKING
Actors for various roles. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Actors will read from sides for the audition. Sides will be available on line at www.ivorytonplayhouse.org after Monday, January 9th.
Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Pearl Studios NYC (500)
500 8th Avenue
New York, NY 10018-6504
12th floor
PERSONNEL
Executive/Artistic Director: Jacqueline Hubbard
Director: Sasha Bratt
OTHER DATES
First rehearsal: April 11; First performance: April 26; Close: May 14, 2017
OTHER
Theatre’s mailing address: Ivoryton Playhouse, PO Box 458, Ivoryton CT 06442.
www.ivorytonplayhouse.org
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
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.
BREAKDOWN
Eugene Morris Jerome
Male, 18-25, Lead: A writer and the narrator of the show. He is the alter ego of the youthful Neil Simon.
Roy Selridge
Male, 18-25, Major Supporting: A confident man who thinks of himself as funny. He tends to take cues from others on how to behave and who to harass.
Joseph Wykowski
Male, 19-26, Major Supporting: Big and tough - but not too smart and somewhat bigoted.
Don Carney
Male, 18-25, Major Supporting: A private from New Jersey who irritates his bunkmates with his singing. He is not very good at making important decisions.
Arnold Epstein
Male, 18-25, Major Supporting: A sensitive, well-read and intelligent Jewish guy from New York City. He is mentally strong, but physically weak. He constantly feels the need to fight for something.
Sgt. Merwin J. Toomey
Male, 35-50, Major Supporting: A Southerner. He is big and tough – he is smart and hardcore, old school “Army”, but he has his demons.
James Hennesy
Male, 16-24, Major Supporting: Big and tough - but not too smart. He is part African American, but not noticeably.
Rowena
Female, 20-up, Minor Supporting: A world-wise, Southern prostitute. She must have a flair for comedy.
Daisy Hannigan
Female, 16-24, Minor Supporting: A USO dancer and Eugene's first love, she is young and pretty.
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 audition.
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