FIREFLIES - NYC Appointments
Long Wharf Theatre
APPOINTMENTS
NYC Auditions to be held on an upcoming date in August TBD by APPOINTMENT ONLY.
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep LORT B / $887.00 per week plus pension and health
SEEKING
Submissions for 4 available roles. See breakdown.
Seeking submissions from AEA members. AEA members must submit themselves directly in order to be considered via this posting (no agent or third-party submissions).
INSTRUCTIONS
For consideration, mail picture and resume asap. Mark submissions FIREFLIES - NYC Appt Submission.
Deadline: Mon, Aug 7, 2017
SUBMIT TO
Calleri Casting / Attn: Fireflies
39 West 14th Street, Suite 504
New York, NY 10011
PERSONNEL
Long Wharf Artistic Director: Gordon Edelstein
By Matthew Barber (from the novel ELEANOR & ABEL by Annette Sanford)
Directed by Gordon Edelstein
Casting: Calleri Casting (James Calleri & Erica Jensen)
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: September 5, 2017
Tech: October 6, 2017
Previews: October 11th, 2017
Opens: October 18th, 2017
Closing: November 5th, 2017
OTHER
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.
BREAKDOWN
Eleanor Bannister, a retired schoolteacher, lives a sleepy life in tiny Groverdell, Texas. Until one day, when walking alone through the brambles barefoot and in her nightgown, she encounters Abel Brown, a mysterious drifter. Brown has been wandering around town, looking for houses to fix and, rumor has it, single women to talk to. Brown is nothing but a drifter, but despite their obvious differences, Eleanor and Abel find themselves drawn to each other. This beautiful new romance by Matthew Barber, Tony Award-nominated author of Enchanted April, shows that connection can be found in the unlikeliest of places and in the unlikeliest of ways.
ELEANOR BANNISTER
(Female, late 60’s-70’s) A never-married retired schoolteacher in a small Texas town; intelligent, dignified, respected, intimidating, unflappable.
ABEL BROWN
(Male, late 60’s-70’s) An itinerant handyman; cowboy boots and denim; calm, self-possessed, effortlessly magnetic, twinkle in his eye; possibly a con man.
GRACE BODELL
(Female, mid 60’s-70’s) Eleanor’s neighbor and friend, a widowed housewife; loyal, good hearted, protective, easily rattled.
EUGENE CLAYMIRE
(Male, late 30s – early 40’s) One of Eleanor’s former students, now a local police officer; sweet, but not the sharpest crayon in the box.
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.
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