CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Equity Principal Auditions - Broadway Theatre TBD Auditions

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF

– Equity Principal Auditions

Broadway / Production Contract $1,754/week minimum.

Producer: Stuart Thompson

Writer: Tennessee Williams

Dir: Rob Ashford

GM: Patrick Gracey/Stuart Thompson Productions

Casting: Daniel Swee

1st reh: Early November 2012. 1st perf, opening and Broadway theatre TBD.

Equity Principal Auditions:

Monday, August 27, 2012 Nola Studios

Tuesday, August 28, 2012 250 West 54th Street, 11th Floor

10 AM - 6 PM both days New York City

Lunch from 1:30 – 2:30. Line up outside 250 W 54 ONLY – NOT at 244!

Sides will be provided at the audition. Children (both those who can read and those who cannot) will be asked to sing “Happy Birthday” a cappella. Please bring a photo and resume, stapled back-to-back.

Set in the Mississippi Delta, in the home of Big Daddy Pollitt, in the mid-1950s.

Seeking (all listed roles are available unless otherwise specified; EPA for Gooper and Mae held on a different date (see below)):

Brick:

Late 20s. Southern. Former football hero. His good looks and outward success have won him admirers his whole life, from his own parents to his wife Maggie, despite his inability to reciprocate their affections. Tormented and fraught with guilt over his friend Skipper’s suicide, he uses alcohol to try to numb himself to a family and world which he sees as dishonest.

Big Daddy:

Early - mid 60s. Southern. Brash, powerful and successful cotton planter. Speaks his mind and is unafraid of vulgarity. Inspires admiration and adoration without doing much of anything to deserve it. He worked hard for economic success, and now he wants to enjoy it. He is uninterested in his wife and treats her cruelly, belittling her love. He shows clear favoritism towards Brick and disdain for Gooper and his family.

Big Mama:

Early 60s. Southern. Robust, meddlesome and outspoken, and although she seems governed by her emotions, she’s ultimately as shrewd as anyone in her family. She loves her husband unconditionally despite his cruelty and indifference. Her outbursts are a willful effort to avoid the truth about Big Daddy's health. She loves both her sons but cannot help favoringBrick, investing him with all her hopes for the future of the family.

Reverend Tooker:

Man, 40s-60s. Southern. Local clergyman. Sycophantic and a bit obvious in his attempt to remain in the good graces of the Pollitt family in order to garner his church a generous portion of the Pollitt estate.

Doctor Baugh:

Man, 40s-60s. Small-town Southern doctor. He’s discreet enough that he allows the brothers to make their own decision about when and whether to tell Big Mama and Big Daddy aboutBig Daddy’s terminal condition.

Lacey:

African American man, 40s-50s. Southern. Servant in the Pollitt household. Has seniority in the home and understands the family politics.

Sookey:

African American woman, 40s-50s. Southern. Servant in the Pollitt household for many years.

Daisy:

African American woman, 20s. Southern. Servant in the Pollitt household.

Brightie:

African American men, 20s. Southern. African American. Servants in the Pollitt household.

Children:

Southern. Referred to by Maggie as “no-neck monsters”, they are the loud, ill-mannered and unruly pride and joy of Mae and Gooper. Actors playing children must be a minimum of 6 years old.

Polly: Girl, age 4.

Sonny: Boy, age 6-7.

Trixie: Girl, age 7-9.

Dixie: Girl, age 9-10.

Margaret:

CAST. Seeking understudy only. Margaret is mid - late 20s. Southern. Radiant, vivacious, seductive, clever and frank, she possesses an unyielding will to survive. She is afraid of abandonment, and frustrated by her husband's rejection.

Equity Principal Auditions for the roles of Gooper and Mae only: Friday, August 17, 2012. See separate notice.

Casting Director’s statement: “Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to attend.”