BITE ME Equity Principal Actors - WOMEN'S PROJECT & PRODUCTIONS, INC. Auditions

BITE ME - NYC EPA

WOMEN'S PROJECT & PRODUCTIONS, INC.

SIGNUP INFO

Signups begin Jun 6, 11:45 am (EDT)

LOCATION

Actors' Equity New York Audition Center

165 W 46th St

New York, NY 10036

AUDITION DATE

Tue, Jun 13, 2023

9:30 AM to 5:30 PM (EDT)

Break: 1:00-2:00pm

CONTRACT

Off Broadway

$729 weekly minimum (Category 1)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in BITE ME (see breakdown).

PREPARATION

Please prepare a brief monologue.

PERSONNEL

Director: Rebecca Martínez
Producing Artistic Director: Lisa McNulty (expected to attend)

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal August 28
First Preview September 23
Opening October 5
Announced Closing October 22
Extension 1 Closing: October 29
Extension 2 Closing: November 5

OTHER

wptheater.org

An Equity monitor will be provided.

EPA Procedures are in effect for 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.

SEEKING:

MELODY: MELODY at 16, Black, woman. Smart and outspoken (but never at the cost of being polite), a ‘good kid.’ Straight A’s, a member of every student organization. She has a very organized backpack. Deeply isolated. This high school is not in her district, she lives in a city closer to downtown than to the suburbs and makes a long commute by bus each morning and night. She sells her homework under-the- table to other kids. Lately she’s been crying through lunch. MELODY at 27: Cold, self-protective, sharp witted. Melody has become a confident and successful career woman, although navigating an elite university and rampant discrimination in the corporate world has hardened her spirit. Recently engaged to her business school boyfriend. She comes into the closet to flaunt her success. She needs to feel in control.

NATHAN: NATHAN: 16, white, man. Charmingly arrogant and daring, a ‘bad kid.’ He can be perceptive, sensitive and kind, but he makes a point of doing it sparingly and only for people who’ve ‘earned’ it. Burgeoning alcoholism born from opportunity and angst — likes the ‘tortured artist’ aesthetic but doesn’t make any art. He comes from money but pickpockets for sport and buys homework from Melody. Most of his stories are lies. NATHAN at 27: Warm, soft-spoken, unassuming. In the years after the death of his brother, Nathan hit rock bottom and undertook a humbling journey through substance abuse recovery in the 12 step program. He thinks of Melody fondly and comes into the closet to make amends.