Death on the Nile Equity Open Call - Arena Stage Auditions

DEATH ON THE NILE - Washington, DC OPEN CALL

Arena Stage | Washington, DC

AUDITION DATE

Friday, August 23, 2024
12:00 PM - 7:00 PM (E)

APPOINTMENTS

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CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep
$1100 weekly minimum (LORT B)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in DEATH ON THE NILE (see breakdown).

PREPARATION

Please prepare two contemporary monologues (no classical).

LOCATION

Arena Stage
1101 6th St SW
Washington, DC 20024

PERSONNEL

By Agatha Christie
Adapted for the Stage by Ken Ludwig
Directed by Hana S. Sharif

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal: October 22, 2024
First Preview: November 22, 2024
Opening Performance: December 5, 2024
Closing Performance: December 29, 2024

OTHER

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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. Notice: Audition Call Type: Open Call

BREAKDOWN

DEATH ON THE NILE

SEEKING:

[JACQUELINE DE BELLEFORT] — Female, mid 20s, British. Attractive, original, but of modest means. Simon’s fiancée and Linnet’s childhood friend.

[SIMON DOYLE] — Male, British. Charming, confident, but of modest means. Jacqueline’s fiancé at the beginning of the play, later Linnet’s husband.

[HERCULE POIROT] — Male, French Speaking Belgian. A famous detective.

[MELTON PRAED] — Curator of the British Museum’s Egyptian Collection. A wiry, eccentric scholar full of bonhomie and a love of beauty.

[RAMSES PRAED] — Melton’s son. A medical student. Awkward and lacking confidence, but nice looking and likable. Lives in his father’s shadow.

[SALOME OTTERBOURNE] — Female, 50s. An eccentric serial hobbyist who’s recently taken up acting.

[ROSALIE OTTERBOURNE] — Salome’s daughter. Attractive and good humored. A teacher.

[SIR SEPTIMUS TROY] — Male, older than 50. A famous Shakespearean actor. Worldly, playful, and has recently gotten a facelift.

[LINNET RIDGEWAY] — Female, 20s. Strikingly beautiful, poised, and glamorous. Recently inherited her family fortune, making her the richest woman in England. Jacqueline’s childhood friend and later Simon’s wife.

[ARTHUR HASTINGS] — Male, early 40s. Poirot’s close friend. An unfailingly pleasant, good-hearted man-about-town.

[ANNABELLE PENNINGTON] — Female, 30s, Canadian. Linnet’s rather dumpy and scattered lawyer.