MBL Productions
REVISED
See updated submission instructions and breakdown.
CONTRACT
Off Broadway $580 weekly minimum + pension/health
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in GOLDIE, MAX AND MILK (see breakdown).
All stage managerial positions have been filled.
NOTE: We are seeking a fully vaccinated company. Actors must be fully vaccinated prior to first rehearsal.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS IN BREAKDOWN. Submit electronically with the subject line: GOLDIE, MAX, AND MILK EPA. Actors must include their membership number in the subject line to verify they are a member of Equity. Videos must be sent in the form of a link to view, not a file to download.
Deadline: Fri, Jan 28, 2022
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PERSONNEL
Producer: Mary J. Davis & MBL Productions
Theatre: 59e59 (Theatre C)
Director: Jackson Gay
Playwright: Karen Hartman
Casting: Stephanie Klapper Casting
Viewing Auditions: Stephanie Klapper, Casting Director; Lacey Davies, Casting Associate; Kate McMorran, Casting Assistant
OTHER DATES
1st Rehearsal: April 5th, 2022
1st Preview: May 1, 2022
Opening: May 8, 2022
Closing: June 4, 2022
OTHER
About the VOLT Festival: The first annual VOLT Festival will showcase the talent of local playwright Karen Hartman with the NYC Premieres of her plays The Lucky Star, New Golden Age and Goldie, Max and Milk. Launching in Spring 2022, the VOLT Festival will present three New York premieres, all authored by one under-represented writer, in all three of 59E59's theater spaces simultaneously. Three non-profit theater companies will be invited to produce works during the VOLT Festival.
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
PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Actors may choose a side from https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12Q49ITgeOiAtyzFGPaDw-
So5GmnI-GJ0?usp=sharing OR a comedic contemporary monologue no longer than 3 minutes in
length. Please slate with name, the side you have selected or and the name of the monologue you
have chosen.
Synopsis: Max, a single lesbian, just gave birth. Max is unemployed, with a house that’s falling apart,
an ex on the loose, and overwhelmed by the breastfeeding challenges of the newborn. Can Goldie,
an Orthodox Jewish lactation consultant, help guide Max into motherhood? Or will conflicting family
values get the better of them both? A surprising and deeply human comedy about motherhood, family,
and doing what comes naturally.
SEEKING:
GOLDIE (She/her, 30s-40s, white) An Orthodox Jewish lactation consultant. Judgemental, acerbic, but
deeply warm. Begins in a place of clear authority but winds up with huge questions, especially about
her teenage daughter. Big hearted, holding down tradition in a changing world. Young, comic
matriarch.
MAX (She/her or she/they or they/them 30s, BIPOC) An openly queer person who has just given birth.
Huge heart, a social worker, we meet Max immediately post-partum and post breakup so there’s a lot
going on at once. Comedy and pathos alternate quickly for Max (the play is overall a comedy). Seeks
to be the best mother possible in a world that offers no support. NOTE: Simulated breastfeeding will
be required.
MIKE (He/him, early mid 20s, any ethnicity) Lisa’s brother. A well-meaning slacker waking up to consequences. Mike has a lot of charm and means well, but at the start of the play he’s a middle- class man-child pot dealer coasting through life. Deferential kid brother energy. Grows a great deal. Strong comic chops.
LISA (She/her, 30s, role open to all ethnicities) Max’s ex and Mike’s sister. A corporate lawyer who
just left Max for her male boss and is flailing with high drama regret. Sharp with language. Strong
comic chops. A heart in there somewhere.
SHAYNA (She/her, 18+ to play late teens, white) Orthodox Jewish. Goldie’s daughter. A wry, sullen
good girl from Borough Park. Closeted. Her curiosity and desire drive her to disobey her mother and
launches a coming-of-age journey. Has a dry sense of humor but also a great deal of vulnerability.
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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