George Street Playhouse 2017-18 Season - NYC EPA **Revised**
George Street Playhouse
**This notice was revised on 07/14/2017. Audition date has been changed. The EPA will now be held on Wednesday, August 16th. Same time 9:30am to 5:30pm. Same Location at Actors Equity Audition Center.**
AUDITION DATE
August 16, 2017
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep 656 (Theatre pays above minimum)
SEEKING
Equity actors and actor/singers for the upcoming season. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Prepare either:
A) A brief contemporary monologue OR
B) A brief contemporary musical theater song OR
C) 16 bars of a song and a one-minute monologue.
If singing, bring sheet music; accompanist provided.
Bring picture/resume.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director - David Saint
Producing Associate - Scott Goldman (expected in attendance)
Casting: McCorkle Casting, LTD (Pat McCorkle)
OTHER
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
I Love You, You're Perfect Now Change
book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro
music and lyrics by Jimmy Roberts
directed by David Saint
1st Rehearsal September 15, 2017
Opening October 13, 2017
Closing November 12, 2017
Seeking 2M and 2 F versatile performers for updated version of the long running hit off-Broadway musical.
__________
An Act of God
by David Javerbaum
directed by TBA
1st Rehearsal November 3th, 2017
Opening December 1
Closing December 23
Seeking:
GOD: 30-50;s. (S)He is, well, God; all-knowing, all powerful and funny as hell.
MICHAEL: 30’s. An angel of God’s. Funny, impulsive, as irreverent as an angel of God’s can be.
GABRIEL: 40-50’s. An angel of God’s. By the books; no-nonsense
________
American Hero
by Christopher Demos-Brown
directed by David Saint
First Rehearsal January 12, 2018
Opening - February 2, 2018
Closing February 25, 2018
An Iraq war hero’s perfect life starts to unravel when a fellow soldier seeking justice shows up threatening to expose a hidden past. From the author of last season’s American Son, this probing drama shines a light on how America honors its veteran soldiers as well as the corrupting effect of awards and commendations, and questions what it truly means to be a hero.
Seeking:
Rob Wellman : Male, 40s; ex-Marine, strong physique, all American.
Shawn Wellman: female, 18, about to graduate high school., Capt. Wellman's only child.
Mary Jean Boudreaux: African-American female, 40s, U.S. Army Corpora
Captain Beck/Marine Colonel, Corporal McCarrronl/ et. al - single versatile male actor to play multiple roles, 40s - 50s
__________
Trying by Joanna Glass
directed by TBA
1st Rehearsal Feb 16, 2018
Opening, March 16, 2018
Closing April 8, 2018
Seeking:
Judge Francis Biddle: (60s+) once brilliant man who was Attorney General of the United Stares under Franklin Roosevelt. After a long and illustrious career he now functions, as he says, “somewhere between lucidity and senility”. He comes from an old, wealthy and well established Philadelphia family.
Sarah Schorr: 20s, has been hired, by Mrs. Biddle, to be the Judge’s secretary. She is a direct, plain-spoken
__________
The Nerd by Larry Shue
directed by TBA
1st Rehearsal March 30,2 018
Opening April 27, 2018
Closing May 27, 2018
Seeking:
WILLUM: A Vietnam vet turned architect. Warm and appealing, though indecisive and to a frustrating fault, and at a standstill in life. In love with TANSY, but too afraid of commitment to stop her from moving to another city for work.
RICK: WILLUM’s Vietnam war buddy. The “nerd.” Odd, outlandish and outrageous. Socially inept.
AXEL: Male. WILLUM’s best friend. A theater critic. Intelligent and witty, with an acerbic sense of humor. Beneath the barbs, a very good friend.
TANSY: Female. WILLUM’s nearest and dearest. A weather forecaster on the brink of a move to DC.
WALDGRAVE: Male. A new client of WILLUM’s, and a self-made millionaire. A pompous real estate tycoon.
CLELIA: WALDGRAVE’s wife. Frustrated and repressed – she carries around saucers to smash at will in order to avoid meltdowns.
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 audition.
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