BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS Days - Lexington EPA
AthensWest Theatre Company
AUDITION DATES
Sun, Jun 02, 2019
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Callbacks Tuesday, June 4, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Mon, Jun 03, 2019
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (EDT)
Callbacks Tuesday, June 4, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
APPOINTMENTS
Auditions by appointment only by emailing athenswestauditions@gmail.com. Please include in your email which days and times you are available, as well as an indication as to whether or not you belong to Actors’ Equity Association. You will be emailed back with a confirmed appointment. Please note that actors must audition in person in order to be considered. LOCAL ACTORS PREFERRED
CONTRACT
SPT SPT 3 $343 PER WEEK MINIMUM
SEEKING
Actors for upcoming production of
BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS
PREPARATION
The audition will consist of cold readings from the script. Please bring a resume and
headshot.
Auditionees interested in reading the play in advance may do so at the Lexington
Downtown Public Library, 140 East Main Street, where the script is kept on reserve.
LOCATION
Schmidt Vocal Arts Center
412 Rose St
Lexington, KY 40506
The Schmidt Vocal Arts Center is located at the corner of Rose Street and Rose Lane, across the street from the Singletary Center for the Arts.
PERSONNEL
Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon Directed by Transylvania Theater Department Chair Tosha Fowler.
Bo List, Producing Artistic Director.
OTHER DATES
Beach Memoirs begins rehearsals Monday, September 19, 2019, and runs at the Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center October 4-20, 2019.
OTHER
ABOUT THE THEATRE
AthensWest Theatre Company, now in its fifth season, operates on an SPT3 contract with Actors’ Equity Association. Roles are available for both Equity and non-Equity performers, and non-Equity performers have the opportunity to earn EMC points through this production. All actors will be paid. For more information, go to www.athenswest.net.
EPA Procedures are in effect for audition.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of 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
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN Note: actors of all ethnicities are encouraged to audition.
Eugene, 14-21, male. Smart, precocious, and at the very beginning of an aggressive puberty.
Blanche, 40-50, female. Eugene’s aunt. Pretty, insecure, and trying to build her own confidence.
Kate, 40-50, female. Eugene’s mother and Blanche’s sister. A no-nonsense and tough, but loving, mother.
Laurie, 13-17, female. Eugene’s cousin. Sickly, but clever.
Nora, 16-18, female. Eugene’s beautiful cousin. Full of dreams.
Stanley, 18-25, male. Eugene’s confident older brother.
Jack, 40-55, male. Eugene’s weary and hardworking father.
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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