DOLPHINS & SHARKS Equity Principal Audition - LAByrinth Theater Company Auditions

Posted October 14, 2016
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DOLPHINS & SHARKS - LAByrinth Theater Company

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LAByrinth Theater Company | New York, NY

AUDITION DATE

Wednesday, November 02, 2016

9:30 AM - 5:30 PM

Lunch 1 to 2



CONTRACT

ANTC

ANTC Tier 1 (contract/salary pending)


SEEKING

Equity actors for various roles. See breakdown


PREPARATION

Please prepare a brief monologue from a contemporary play. Bring picture and resume.

LOCATION

Actors' Equity New York Audition Center 165 West 46th Street

16th Floor

New York, NY 10036


PERSONNEL

Author- James Anthony Tyler (to be present at EPA for first half of day)

Director- Charlotte Brathwaite

Labyrinth Artistic Associate- Kevin Snipes (to be present at EPA all day)



OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal- January 10, 2017

First Performance- February 9, 2017

Closing- March 19, 2017 (looking for

availability through March 26, 2017)


OTHER


www.labtheater.org

EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided.

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

YUSUF NWACHUKWU

(THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST - actors will be considered for possible replacement) (Black, Nigerian early 20’s)

Handsome and intelligent, he came to America when he was three years old. He’s currently a college graduate & philosophy major working a menial, minimum-wage job at Harlem Office on 125th Street (a FedEx Office type of business). He's somewhat judgmental and typically annoyed by his co-workers' lack of professionalism, education, and ambition. He’s struggling to attain the American dream but unsure if it actually exists. He tries to live by the rules and keep an optimistic outlook.

ISABEL PETERS

(THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST - actors will be considered for possible replacement) (Black, late 30’s/early 40’s)

The most senior employee at Harlem Office, she’s become a realist who protects herself with humor and sarcasm after watching less qualified, younger co-workers be promoted over her. She’s overweight and married with 3 kids. Authoritative but with fun demeanor. She’s the kind of woman full of opinions and not afraid to voice them.

XIOMARA YEPEZ

(Dominican-American, late 20’s/ early 30’s)

Recently promoted to the manager of the Harlem Office, she’s street smart but a little nerdy. Ambitious and with high expectations for herself, she wants those around her to be just as ambitious. Wants to be financially stable and in control of her life but is finding it hard make ends meet. Must speak Spanish.

DANILO MARTINEZ

(THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST - actors will be considered for possible replacement) (Dominican-American, late 20’s/early 30’s)

Works at Harlem Office as a janitor but is looking for a new career to support his wife who is now pregnant with their first child. He’s friends with Xiomara but finds their relationship changing for the worse once she gets promoted and becomes his boss. He’s striving for something better. Must speak Spanish.

AMENZE AMEN

(THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST - actors will be considered for possible replacement) (Black, mid 60’s)

A frequent customer at the Harlem Office, she has recently gone back to college and relies on the store for all of her computer and printing needs. She’s also an activist leading the fight to make sure that the Harlem Renaissance (a beloved building) isn’t torn down. As a friend of Isabel, she frequently expects favors from the employees of Harlem Office. She intelligent and kind but also pushy when she wants something.

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