ENGLISH Submission - Atlantic Theater Company Auditions

ENGLISH - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS

Atlantic Theater Company

CONTRACT

Off Broadway $971/week (Category CC)

SEEKING

The play takes place in Iran in 2009. All characters are Middle Eastern. Actors DO NOT need to speak Farsi.

Marjan (Iranian, Female, 44) the teacher; was taught both American and British English; accent reflects this. Speaks English extremely well. THIS ROLE IS CAST.

Elham (Iranian, Female, 26) a student; has a very thick, very Iranian accent that doesn't not sound like Borat; we cannot always understand her English. THIS ROLE IS CAST.

Roya (Iranian, Female, 54) a student; has a noticeable accent but is always understood

Omid (Iranian, Male, 23) a student; has almost no accent

Goli (Iranian, Female, 18) not a girl, not yet a woman; her accent is light

There are no stage managerial positions available at this time.

INSTRUCTIONS

Please prepare one side from https://www.dropbox.com/sh/99i0h5uyq2nislw/AACA9ViVNo-S7BC79VHXw09da?dl=0 for the character you wish to be considered for (see note regarding sides in Other). If you do not have a reader, you may submit a contemporary 1 minute monologue. Please send a copy of your headshot and resume along with the video audition.

Deadline: Tue, Jul 6, 2021

SUBMIT TO

EnglishCastingRoundabout@gmail.com

PERSONNEL

Playwright: Sanaz Toossi
Producer: Atlantic Theater Company & Roundabout Theatre Company (co-production)
Artistic Director: Todd Haimes (Roundabout) and Neil Pepe (Atlantic Theater Company)
Director: Knud Adams
Casting: Stephen Kopel (Casting Director), Maureen Kelleher (Casting Associate).

Stephen Kopel and Maureen Kelleher will be viewing these auditions.

OTHER DATES

1st Rehearsal: Tuesday, January 4, 2022
First Performance: Thursday, February 3, 2022
Opening: Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Closing: Sunday, March 20, 2022 (possible 1 or 2 week extension)

OTHER

This is a virtual EPA for Roundabout and Atlantic Theater Company's co-production of ENGLISH at the Linda Gross Theater.

A note about the sides: The play takes place in a classroom where students are learning to speak English. Dialogue that is bolded is meant to be ‘in English’ and should be spoken with some degree of an accent (depending on the character). Dialogue that is not bolded is intended to be the characters ‘native language’ so should not have an accent of any kind.

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 submit.